Zhao Douan stepped forward, his figure gradually merged into the stone wall, disappearing from sight.
Xu Zhenguan watched his breath completely vanish. The White-clothed Empress stood alone in the old building, the afternoon sunlight slanting through the window.
Sorrow seeped into her eyes, a sense of loss overtaking her.
...
...
Linfeng, inside Ning'an County government.
In a tightly shut room, Zhao Douan, cross-legged and meditating on the bed, suddenly opened his eyes, feeling the world spinning around him and a strong fatigue surging through his heart.
In the Sea of Consciousness, the Green Lotus swayed, spreading a hazy radiance to replenish the Divine Soul's expenditure.
"Back already? So tired... Indeed, as before, entering the Human World is especially exhausting, but this should be because of entering the painting. The time in the Imperial Palace was not too impactful since the latter period is much longer..."
