Under the moonlight, Da Mei sat on the swing, holding Xiao Pang and watching the everyday life unfold.

"Little sister, are you afraid of dying?"

"I'm scared. Sister, dying means never coming back, just like Sister Wen and Grandpa Changsheng. I don't want to die. I want to be with you every day, Sister, and also Yicheng, Dabao, Black Rabbit, our kind master, our kind mistress, Yuanbao, Xiaotianxia, ​​Xiaolingdang, Xiaonuan..."

Little Fatty counted on his fingers one by one, but when he finally realized he didn't have enough fingers, he took his sister's fingers and continued counting.

Da Mei looked at her silly little sister in her arms and suddenly said sadly:

"But sister, what if your older sister is going to die?"

"Ah! Sister, why did you have to die? Sister, you can't die!"

Little Fatty got anxious and looked at Big Beauty with big, pleading eyes.

Seeing this, Da Mei gently stroked Xiao Pang's head and said, "Little sister, I'm going to fight the bad guys with Master. This time the enemy is very strong, and Master will lose without my help. If Master loses, we will all die."

"So, little sister, would you like to come with your big sister?"

Da Mei was in great pain.

Her younger sister is silly and so innocent. How wonderful it would be if she could live happily like this forever!

"My sister is gone, and she'll never come back."

"No, I don't want to."

Little Fatty seemed to sense his sister's sadness and immediately snuggled into Da Mei's arms, wailing loudly.

"Sister, I want to go with you. I want to be with you forever. Wherever you go, I'll go. Little Fatty will never leave you..."

"Waaah~, sister, I'm so stupid, if you're not here, I'll be kidnapped by human traffickers..."

"Alright, little sister, then let's go with our master to fight the bad guys."

Da Mei, her hands trembling slightly, pulled Xiao Pang into her arms and hugged him tightly.

"From now on, the older sister will always be by her younger sister's side."

"Yes, yes, I, the Koi King, will fight the bad guys with my sister!"

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"Yi Cheng, Master might be dying."

"Ah! Master, is someone bullying you? I'll go help you beat him up!!!"

"Yi Cheng, if one day, your master needs you to fight bad guys with him, would you go?"

"If Master tells the goose to go, the goose will go."

"What if you die?"

"Master, the goose isn't afraid of death, the goose is afraid that Master will be beaten."

"My good disciple."

Under the moonlight, fireworks filled the sky. Qin Shou stroked Yi Cheng's chubby little head, looking at the child's silly face, and couldn't help but feel endless melancholy.

In her past life, it was at her command that she unhesitatingly chose to sacrifice herself for the Dao, guarding the path to immortality for billions of years, enduring endless loneliness and desolation in the vast universe, in order to create opportunities for all the heavens and myriad worlds.

"It's because your master is incompetent; in both past and present lives, he couldn't protect you, his fellow disciples."

Qin Shou was filled with grief.

“Master, this is our shared choice—to fight for our beliefs. We will always be honored to have you as our Master.”

At that moment, a gentle breeze brushed past Qin Shou's ear; it was the voice of Chang Sheng.

"hehe. "

Qin Shou composed himself and smiled at Yi Cheng, saying, "Yi Cheng, how about I give you a gift?"

"Master, what gift is it?" Yi Cheng asked with her little eyes full of anticipation.

"Haven't you always wanted a gourd that can hold an infinite amount of things?" With that, Qin Shou produced seven gourds in his hand. "Here, I'll give you all seven gourds."

"Huh! Thank you, Master!"

Yi Cheng happily hugged the seven little gourds.

Da Mei used to always have a gourd hanging from her waist. Yi Cheng asked her for one, but she wouldn't give it to him, which made Yi Cheng very envious. Now he has seven, and Da Mei's gourd is with him too. Sure enough, his master is the best to him.

Yi Cheng thought to herself with a happy smile.

Qin Shou watched the silly roe deer grinning foolishly from the side and couldn't help but chuckle.

Actually, these seven gourds were prepared for her.

Although Yi Cheng burned her divine soul to ashes back then, when the Dao Ancestor sacrificed his life to transform time and initiate reincarnation, he still managed to forcibly retrieve some of her fragmented divine thoughts and remnants of her soul from the long river of time in the past. He then used these fragments to nourish her with the innate gourd vine. However, after countless lifetimes, although her three souls and six spirits were not completely restored, they were enough to support Yi Cheng in her final battle.

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Luo Yunyan is the sword spirit of the Eternal Tribulation Sword Master, the seventh disciple of the former Dao Ancestor.

In that battle, the Eternal Sword Master passed away, giving her last wisp of true spirit to the sword spirit that had accompanied her for countless years, helping her to fulfill her wish and be reborn as a human.

"Yunyan, these four swords of Zhuxian are what I forged for you." Four peerless immortal swords appeared in Qin Shou's palm and he gave them to Luo Yunyan, saying, "In fact, your true form is a peerless immortal sword. Once you fuse with these four swords, you can be promoted to an eternal immortal sword."

When the final battle arrives, you will be needed to become the sword of the supreme master of swordsmanship, bearing the seventh sword intent that is about to be born.

"That was a sword intent capable of slaying eternity. With a single strike, everything would vanish, including the sword itself that carried that intent; it would shatter inch by inch and dissipate into nothingness."

“I know, Master.”

Luo Yunyan accepted the Four Swords of Zhuxian. She is now at the Great Perfection of the Immortal Venerable realm. As long as she breaks through to the Immortal Emperor realm and merges with these four swords, they will become the number one killing weapon in the universe.

"Um. "

Qin Shou nodded indifferently.

The people on the mountaintop were still setting off fireworks, and the human realm, which was originally the Tianxuan Continent but was later renamed the Lotus Continent by Qin Beast, was also filled with fireworks covering the night sky.

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"Black Rabbit, come here."

After his thoughts drifted for a while in that mortal realm, Qin Shou came back to his senses, beckoned, and grabbed the rabbit that was hopping around in the distance.

Qin Shou held him on his lap and carefully examined the little chubby boy.

"Black Rabbit, has your master ever told you that you're actually the most handsome and bravest rascal on this mountain?"

“Squeak, I did say that.”

"Oh? I really did say that!"

"Squeak?? I already said that!"

The black rabbit scratched its head. "Master, you used to praise me all the time, and I think you were always right."

"Oh, I had such good taste back then, haha."

Qin Shou laughed a few times.

After the smile faded, Qin Shou stroked the black rabbit's little belly and said:

"Black Rabbit, are you afraid of being alone?"

"Squeak, Master, what is loneliness?"

"Hmm... Loneliness is when you're all alone in the world, with no one to play with, and you're surrounded by darkness, drifting in that darkness for a very, very long time..."

"Ah!? Master, are you going to leave me behind and go somewhere far away?"

Black Rabbit got nervous. He didn't know what he had done wrong. After thinking about it, he realized it might be because he and Little Fatty had stolen peaches the day before yesterday. Black Rabbit was so scared that he immediately said it was all Little Fatty's idea and he would never dare to do it again.

"No, Black Rabbit, you can eat as many peaches as you like from now on. It's just that I'm taking Yi Cheng and the others on a long trip soon, and we won't be back for a very long time. You'll need to stay home and look after the house..."

"Master, will you come back for me?"

Black Rabbit tilted its head back and asked innocently.

"...Yes...they will. Little Fatty and Big Beauty will both be back."

"And what about the orange?"

"It will... too."

"Da Bao, Si Wu, Yuan Bao, Ponyo..."

"Black Rabbit, I'm sorry..."

"It's alright, Master. I'll take good care of the house. I won't be afraid to be alone at night. Although I'm black, I'm not afraid of the dark because I, Grandpa Rabbit, am a male rabbit!"

"Okay, when I come back, I'll bring you lots and lots of delicious food, enough to last forever. And you'll eat it all, not even a single orange." If it weren't a white lie...

"Yes, Master, I will definitely take good care of the house. I will stay home obediently and wait for you to come back."

Black Rabbit clenched her little fist and made a promise.

"I believe you, go set off the fireworks."

Qin Shou watched the rabbit hop away.

The Black Rabbit was formed from the skull of the Demon Lord's second incarnation. When this universe was destroyed, it was used as a container to hold the 'Golden Core Universe Prototype' until the prototype universe evolved into a complete universe.

This process will be very long... possibly up to a billion years...

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Inside Turtle Mountain.

A separate space.

Time stands still here.

Qin Shou quietly looked at the little figure lying in the ice coffin.

"My disciple, you will return in the near future, but I may not be able to see it..."

A blue lotus appeared in Qin Shou's palm. He gathered Wenqing's body and coffin into a petal. He had retrieved her lingering resentment from the long river of time. The merit of creation would give her a true new life.

At the same time, many orbs of light floated out of his palm, containing fish scales taken from Da Mei and Xiao Pang... These orbs of light transformed into wisps of light and drifted into the petals of the Chaos Green Lotus.

The Eternal Ancestral Realm beings are immortal and indestructible unless they actively transform into the Dao. Once they transform into the Dao, they completely vanish, leaving no trace in this world. However, beings whose realm is lower than that of the Heavenly Dao still have the opportunity to reappear in the world under the protection of the Qin Beast's Eternal Dao and the blessings of creation merit.

After preparing all this, Qin Shou stayed by Wen Qing's side and talked to himself for a long time.

Snow began to fall heavily in the night sky outside the mountains.

Fireworks and snowflakes dance together.

The silent sky was painted into a series of beautiful pictures.

"Da Bao, come here and let me pet you."

Qin Shou carried Da Bao out of the bamboo forest and laid him on a bamboo chair under the eaves. A pot of wine was warming on a small stove beside him. The wine was called Tusu, which was the most popular wine among ordinary people during the New Year, symbolizing reunion, blessings, and prayers.

"Hmph hmph."

Da Bao wiggled his bottom, looking somewhat unwilling.

"Hey."

Qin Shou handed over a bag of cookies.

"Hmph!"

Da Bao immediately became quiet, nestled peacefully in Qin Shou's arms, clutching the little biscuit.

"Hey~"

Qin Shou then took out a bag of cookies.

"Hmph!!"

Da Bao's little eyes lit up instantly, and he eagerly nuzzled his head against Qin Shou's neck.

"Na~ Na~ Na~ Na~~~~~"

Upon seeing this, Qin Shou promptly produced tens of thousands of bags of cookies, filling the entire small courtyard on the hilltop.

"Hmph—Chirp chirp!!!"

At this moment, Da Bao was too excited to speak. He leaped up from the pile of cookies and then fell back down, happily tumbling around in the cookie pile.

"From chaos arises all things, from the Great Dao arises Yin and Yang..."

Da Bao is the Dao Spirit of that Dao Diagram...

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Shoveling snow, staying up late on New Year's Eve, eating dumplings...

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Several days later.

The earth, mountains and rivers, were all covered in white snow, a vast expanse of white between heaven and earth, while the sky beneath the evening shone with unprecedented and magnificent colors.

The peach blossoms on the mountaintop are in full bloom, especially dazzling against the backdrop of winter snow.

Such a beautiful sunset naturally attracted many people on the hilltop to admire it.

A scene unfolds on the mountaintop...

In that beautiful and enchanting twilight...

Da Bao, Yi Cheng, Xiao Pang, Hei Tu, and Xiao Putao sat on small stools with a long bench in front of them. They all rested their little heads on the long bench, gazing longingly at the sunset in the sky.

Qin Shou sat behind him, with Mu Qingyan holding his arm and resting her head on his shoulder. A bamboo hairpin was inserted in her hair, which was gathered up behind her, with the words "pure thoughts" written on it.

Next, Changsheng, Xiao Xuan, Luo Yunyan, and Da Mei sat in a row, while Xiao Yu, Xiao Tianxia, ​​Xiao Hanyue, Ponyo, and other third-generation disciples stood behind their respective masters and fathers.

It lacks warmth, it lacks affection...

As the saying goes, "The sunset is infinitely beautiful, but it's nearing dusk..."

As the saying goes, "No pain, no gain; no fragrance, no sweet scent."

"As the saying goes, the bright winter sun is so lovely, warm and lovely..."

"As the saying goes, the world is still good; one day... I can return..."

In the end, Qin Shou added his brushstrokes to the painting, imbuing it with warmth and tenderness.

As the saying goes, in this world, joys and sorrows are boundless, but reunion remains the same.

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