The moment Lucifer and Ume set foot on the Heaven's First Step, the clouds surrounding the mountains began an ecstatic dance. A cool breeze whistled in soothing calm, and out of nowhere, countless plum blossom petals flowed along the wind.
"U-Ume, are you doing this?" Lucifer asked in a low voice.
"No! It's not me," Ume replied. "I have kept my Divine Soulforce completely sealed. I do not understand what is happening either."
A faint smile coiled onto Lucifer's face as he whispered softly,
"Sigh… the heavens are welcoming me home. And Ume, they are welcoming your presence to the Hundred Sky Mountains as well."
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In the Flowerbane Sect
The World Tree, which had been slowly withering ever since Taranis died, had strangely stopped shedding its leaves two years ago. However, the event that truly unsettled the entire Flowerbane Sect occurred a month ago, when, for the first time in seventeen years, new buds appeared upon the World Tree.
