Are you sure you want to go?
I absolutely must go.
Will you regret it?
No, that's my inherent duty.
If you don't come back...
[If I cannot return... so what? I am a child of the earth; where I came from is where I will return!]
If you don't come back, I'll go and be with you.
No, no, what about Kun'er?
He has his own path, just as you and I have our own paths we must walk.
【But……】
Trees ultimately return to the earth; you and I come from the same place and go together!
[…Alright, let's go down together.]
...
In the chaotic and empty space, Qin Nan heard words spoken by someone he didn't know.
Before this, Qin Nan had never been to this space. He was deeply immersed in Houtu's memories, from her birth to the end of her life.
More than once, each time, Qin Nan failed to awaken to the truth, only experiencing a brief moment of clarity after Hou Tu's death.
After accumulating death time and time again, Qin Nan finally regained consciousness through sheer willpower and escaped the endless cycle of dreams.
Then he arrived at a broken and empty space, surrounded by thick gray fog, and beneath his feet lay a pile of ruins.
Through Houtu's memories, Qin Nan finally learned what the source of darkness he had eliminated beneath the River of Darkness was all about.
Everything has two sides, good and evil. Houtu is a spiritual being born from the heart of the earth. She represents the good side, while the evil side is born alongside her.
The sky once collapsed, and the earth once caved in.
The evil side failed to cultivate its true form like Houtu and become an ancestral witch.
The mutilated body could only be repaired by the dark side of all things, by the power of all negative emotions. But unexpectedly, the dark aura of death was too much, too heavy, and the body, unable to bear it, collapsed directly.
That dark swamp is a concentrated form of overflowing energy.
Then Tu sensed the calamity beneath the earth and was the first to try to resolve it. Unfortunately, her power was insufficient; even with all her strength, she could only imprison the darkness within a small area.
Her heart, however, was petrified, polluted, and devoid of soul and reason, dissipating into nothingness.
After each death, Qin Nan's consciousness would linger for a few more moments, and with his efforts, each time it lasted longer.
One last time, he saw someone arrive.
Although Qin Nan didn't recognize the person, he looked so much like Su Kun that he knew that the person was his grandfather in terms of generation.
That is, the Wood Emperor.
Therefore, the space that Qin Nan encountered when he met Su Kun and Sang Wusheng resembled a graveyard.
It really is a grave.
Inside are the Wood Emperor and the Earth Goddess.
Qin Nan guessed that this must be the reason why her father and mother survived safely.
He was merely a cleanup worker in the underworld, but starting from Houtu, no one knew what had actually happened, or what sacrifices the three generations had made in the unseen realm.
Qin Nan wondered if this was the reason she and Bai Hao were born.
Because Qin Nan was born from the earth, while Bai Hao was born from the sky.
Bai Hao is blessed with extraordinary fortune, while Qin Nan is able to sense the sorrow of the earth.
So everything that has happened so far may be the redemption that the earth has been waiting for.
Qin Nan sat on the stone slab of the ruins, his mind somewhat confused. Although he was clear-headed, he didn't know where he was or how to leave.
He looked up at the vast ruins before him, which resembled a fallen dynasty. It was an ancient architectural complex built of bricks and stones, but now only broken walls and rubble remained.
Qin Nan stood up, swept her long hair behind her head, and lightly leaped through the ruins. After wandering around for a while, she finally saw a shiny, complete, snow-white jade pendant.
Qin Nan held the jade pendant in his hand, quite shocked. It was exactly the same as his black jade pendant, except for the color.
The jade pendant fell into his hand, its light gradually dimming, and Qin Nan felt a change in the air around him.
Before long, a vortex of air appeared in front of him, and before he could retreat, he was sucked in.
————
Bai Hao, who had slept all night holding the unconscious Qin Nan, lowered his head and nuzzled the person in his arms, not wanting to move or get up.
He raised his hand to cast a cleansing spell, then stroked Qin Nan's face, propped himself up, and lowered his head to kiss her.
Even when Bai Hao bit Qin Nan's lip hard, he still didn't react.
Waiting is agonizing and agonizing.
After the kiss, Bai Hao looked down at Qin Nan, who was sleeping peacefully with his eyes closed, and leaned against him, holding him tightly in his arms.
However, at that moment, his body suddenly stiffened, and he abruptly stood up.
Just now, he suddenly felt Qin Nan's hand move.
Bai Hao sat up, looked at Qin Nan, and stared at his hands folded in front of his chest.
One minute.
Two minutes.
Five minutes.
Bai Hao lowered his head and raised his hand to rub his temples.
It was just another hallucination.
He smiled bitterly, but there was nothing he could do.
But when he lowered his hand and looked again, Qin Nan opened her eyes in confusion and stiffly turned her head to look at him.
Bai Hao was stunned; this time, the hallucination felt somewhat real.
"Bai...cough cough..."
Qin Nan had just woken up, and because she hadn't spoken for a long time, her throat was dry and hoarse. She coughed after saying just one word.
Bai Hao was surprised and immediately conjured water out of thin air. He carefully helped Qin Nan sit up and slowly fed him water.
After drinking water to soothe her throat, Qin Nan felt a little better.
After being sucked into the vortex, he felt weightless and kept falling until his consciousness went dark. When he regained consciousness, he felt warmth in his eyes and on his skin, and felt being held tightly in his arms.
"Bai Hao... Am I awake? Is it really you?"
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