After the spiritual energy was restored: Goddess girlfriends came knocking.

Blue Star, Shenzhen.

The moment Lin Chu entered the Book of Myriad Realms.

Some changes seem to be happening quietly on Earth.

That evening.

The setting sun bathed the entire city in orange-red hues, and the glass curtain walls of office buildings reflected the last rays of light.

Some people noticed that the sunset was exceptionally red today.

It was as if a fire had started on the horizon, spreading upwards from the horizon, layer by layer.

On the rooftop of Linjia Village, several sparrows suddenly took flight, circled the village three times, and then flew into the mountains without looking back.

The dogs at the village entrance started barking, not in the way they bark at strangers, but in a low, uneasy whimper, as if they sensed something.

But that's about it.

Ordinary people just thought the sunset was pretty, took out their phones to take a few pictures, and posted them on their WeChat Moments.

Then soon my WeChat Moments was filled with posts saying "The sunset today was absolutely stunning".

A space monitoring center thousands of miles away.

A string of data popped up on the big screen.

The technician on duty rubbed his eyes and looked at it again.

"Team leader, come and take a look."

The team leader came over with a cup of coffee: "What's wrong?"

"The geostationary orbit satellite just detected an abnormal energy fluctuation."

How big?

The technician pulled up the data, and his expression changed: "...Very large."

The team leader put down his coffee cup and stared at the fluctuating curve on the screen.

The curve suddenly spiked at a certain point in time, as if it had been violently pulled up by something, and then slowly fell back down.

It was dusk at that time.

"Can you locate it?"

The team leader was silent for a moment, then said, "Report it."

He didn't know what it was.

But his intuition told him that something was happening.

at the same time.

Xuan Tian Realm, Dragon Court of the Four Seas.

The observatory is located at the highest point of the Dragon Court. It has no walls on any side, only twelve white jade pillars supporting the dome.

Cang Yao sat in the center, with a huge star chart in front of her.

Starlight flowed slowly across the jade ground, like a silver river.

When she has nothing to do, she sits in meditation here.

It's not cultivation, it's waiting.

She was waiting for someone she couldn't tell how long she would have to wait, or even if that person would ever appear.

suddenly.

A corner of the star trail map lit up.

A star shines in a distant star field, its light faint, but in that star field that has been silent for thousands of years, it is like a lamp.

Cang Yao suddenly opened her eyes.

The light of that star was reflected in her pupils, growing larger little by little.

He lowered his head and took out a wooden comb from his sleeve.

The comb teeth are somewhat worn, and the water ripples on the back of the comb have faded considerably, but it is still smooth and warm, as if it has been repeatedly rubbed.

The wooden comb gleamed in her palm.

Cang Yao's fingers gently traced the patterns on the back of the comb.

"My husband."

Her voice trembled as she uttered those two words.

It's been a thousand years.

This time, she waited another thousand years.

From a little koi fish learning to read by the stream to the current domain lord who rules over the myriad demon realms and the four seas dragon court.

As the only true dragon in the Xuan Tian Realm for ten thousand years, it suppressed the rebellion in the Ten Thousand Demon Domain and rebuilt the order of the sea race.

Everyone thought she was doing it for the revival of the dragon race.

Only she knew that she did all this so that one day she could go to him.

When that star lit up, the string that had been taut in her heart for a thousand years snapped all at once.

"This time, I won't let you leave me again."

Cang Yao stood up, her voice regaining its calmness, but the fingers holding the wooden comb were still trembling slightly.

"Little one."

A figure strode quickly from the entrance of the observatory.

She was no longer the little girl with double buns from back then, but she still looked like a young girl. Her figure hadn't changed, but the childishness in her eyes and brows had faded, making her look more refined.

"elder sister."

"Prepare the dimensional teleportation array."

Cang Xiaoxiao looked up and froze.

"Sister...no, Domain Lord, you mean—"

"I said, prepare the teleportation array." Cang Yao looked at her, tears welling in her eyes, but her tone left no room for doubt, "I found him."

Cang Xiaoxiao's eyes immediately welled up with tears.

She opened her mouth as if to say something, but then swallowed it back.

Finally, he simply nodded vigorously: "I'll get on it."

Xiao Xiao turned and walked out, but after a few steps she stopped, her back to Cang Yao, her voice a little hoarse: "Sister... I've been waiting for this day for a long time."

After saying that, she quickly walked out.

Cang Yao was left alone on the stargazing platform.

Cang Yao looked down at the wooden comb in her hand and pressed it against her chest.

Starlight flowed at her feet.

This time, she won't let go.

……

Xuan Tian Realm (Book of Myriad Realms)

Three years later.

The locust tree in the courtyard has grown taller again, its branches and leaves so lush and verdant that they shade half the yard.

Lin Chu set up a swing under the locust tree. It was made of woven vines and entwined with a few unknown wildflowers.

This swing later became Cangyao's exclusive seat.

She was sitting on a swing, holding a copy of the Book of Songs in her hands, her brows furrowed as if she were struggling with the words on the paper.

Cang Yao wore a pale yellow shirt today, her hair was casually tied back, and a few strands of hair hung down by her ears, swaying in the wind.

"Lin Chu." She looked up, pointing to a sentence in the book, her face full of confusion. "What does this mean?"

Lin Chu was sitting on a stone bench not far away, holding a book in his hand.

Upon hearing this, he turned his head and his gaze fell on the spot where Cang Yao was pointing.

"In life and death, we made a vow. I will hold your hand and grow old with you." Cang Yao recited each word carefully.

She read very slowly, as if she were chewing on each word, then looked up at him and said, "I don't quite understand these few sentences."

Lin Chu put down the book and thought for a moment.

After three years of getting along, he had become used to Cang Yao's sudden questions.

She learns things quickly, but some things can't be understood just by recognizing words—especially the meanings in poems.

"The phrase 'life and death, separation and reunion' means that life and death, reunion and separation are all very important matters."

Lin Chu's voice was unhurried, like walking slowly by a stream, "'To make a promise with you' means to establish a pact with you. The meaning of the last two lines is—"

He paused for a moment.

Cang Yao tilted her head and looked at him, her eyes unblinking.

"Holding your hand, growing old with you." After saying this, Lin Chu shifted her gaze back to the book and turned a page.

Cang Yao did not speak immediately.

She lowered her head, held the book in front of her, and read the four lines of poetry again.

Then she closed the book, placed it on her lap, rested her chin on her hands, and stared blankly at the locust tree leaves above her head.