Gu Palace, Houshan Cemetery.

A man wrapped in a black robe, head slightly lowered, climbed up the stairs alone.

He walked very slowly, very slowly, as if every step took a lot of effort, and he even paused for a while to rest.

When he reached the top of the mountain, he looked around quietly and quickly found some familiar names.

The hood only covered half of his face, revealing his thin chin and bloodless thin lips, and the strange gold and silver patterns on his face could be vaguely seen.

Although there was no one around, the man still subconsciously pulled up his hood, as if he couldn't see the sun.

He silently walked to a tombstone and gently put down a bouquet of white flowers without saying a word during the whole process.

There was a withered yellow leaf on the tombstone. The man stretched out his hand and swept it away, then sighed softly.

"I've been fighting with you all my life, but now that I think about it, it's really meaningless..."

"Although I am standing here in the end, I still lost in the end."

"But, I would rather you be more selfish."

"You are obviously no longer a member of the sect, why are you still fighting for unrelated people like us?"

"Is it for the victory of the war? For the Great Desolate Star? To protect your father's last effort? Or is it nothing?"

"Sometimes, I'm really jealous of you. Even after going to Xuefeng for so long, I still can't interfere with the earth."

"Sometimes, I feel that it doesn't matter anymore. We have been fighting for our whole lives, we have fought to the death, and we have exhausted all our mechanisms, but so what?"

"Actually, it's quite good. Whether you or I take over that position, life or death will inevitably happen. But to him, being the leader of a sect is insignificant."

"If it had been five years ago, seeing your tombstone standing here would have been something I could only dream of doing."

"But humans are really strange animals."

"Senior Brother Pei, you said that you hate righteous gentlemen and passionate heroes the most, but these happen to be the two types of people I admire most, because I can't do it."

"I've always known that we are different."

"You were born in darkness, but deep down you are nobler and prouder than anyone else. I walk in the sunshine, but I am more hypocritical and vicious than anyone else."

"So...you became the hero, the person you thought you hated the most."

"If there is a future, a hundred years from now, no one will remember the past. They will only see this tombstone and know that there was a man named Pei Tianling who sacrificed everything in the Battle of the Wild Star."

"Senior Brother Pei, is this what you want? Will you be happy?"

The man slowly raised his head and raised his voice accordingly.

"Will you?"

"The cold-blooded and ruthless Dark King of the Earth, will one day sacrifice his life for others?"

"I have been clever and calculating all my life, but it ended up like this. Is there anything more ridiculous than this?"

"If you were a little sober, you wouldn't do such a stupid thing."

"Ha... Jueyin Meth, which severely damaged more than a hundred masters and blocked the puppet army, is really powerful."

"Doing something you know you can't do is as stupid as Zhou Aobai."

"How come there are so many fools in our Fire Refining Sect, rushing to die one by one, as if life is meaningless."

"It seems that I did not die, which is such a regrettable thing."

"Cough, cough, cough, cough..."

Xie Zian pressed his lips, coughing so hard that he couldn't breathe. He coughed and slowly squatted down, supporting the ground in pain. The back of his exposed hands was full of strange and twisted lines.

"Who else is there... who is left..."

The injury could no longer be suppressed, and he almost collapsed to the ground after struggling to hold on all the way. Even his consciousness became blurred, and only his words were filled with confusion.

It was as if he had entered the harsh winter in an instant, and the boundless cold enveloped him, pulling him into the abyss.

A casual blow from a soul-seeking guard was a fatal blow to him. If Pei Tianling hadn't thrown him into the palace leading to the underground teleportation array, he would have been drowned in the army of puppets.

It's just that he can accept his death in the war, but he can't accept being saved by his old enemy.

This means that he lost, completely.

He once thought that he understood Pei Tianling well enough, but it was not until then that he suddenly realized that he might have never truly seen through this dark king of the earth.

Perhaps, since Guan Yiqing's death, he is no longer the senior brother Pei he once was.

In the haze, Xie Zian saw a figure walking in front of him, and the rich icy death aura spread out, making his already weak vitality even more dim as a candle flame.

"well……"

The man squatted down and gently pressed his cold hand on Xie Zian's forehead, feeling a very familiar and close force.

The dark wounds from the attack gradually subsided, and the lines on Xie Zian's face slowly faded until they were hidden under the skin again.

He opened his eyes, and his pupils had turned black again.

"Your Majesty alone?"

Xie Zian hesitated for a moment, then finally called out and stood up unsteadily.

Shan Qi, the king of the corpse clan, retracted his hand, turned around and glanced at the white flowers in front of the tombstone: "I'm afraid you can't think about it, so I came to see you."

"I still cherish my life." Xie Zian twitched the corners of his lips, but couldn't squeeze out a smile.

"If you cherish your life, you won't be among the last few people to retreat." Shan Qi said calmly.

"Because it's my sect, that's all." Xie Zi'an said.

Shan Qi did not argue with him: "You are too seriously injured. Go back to the blood pool to recuperate as soon as possible."

Xie Zian remained silent, just staring at the tombstone in front of him.

Shan Qi waited for him quietly for a moment, then finally shook his head and turned to walk to the mountain road aside.

"Your Majesty Shan Qi." Xie Zian suddenly stopped him.

"Huh?" Shan Qi paused.

"Is there any way that can help me reach the realm of immortality quickly?" Xie Zian asked.

"have."

Shan Qi looked directly at him calmly: "But I don't recommend you to try it, because the best result is to become like me, which will ruin your future."

"If you can't even protect the present, how can you talk about the future?" Xie Zian said.

"Then you come with me."

Shan Qi did not try to dissuade him any more, because he knew that underneath Xie Zian's calm appearance, there was a crazy flame igniting in his bones.

And he is not the only one who is driven to a dead end by this war?

The two returned to the steep mountain steps. As soon as Xie Zian took two steps down, he saw a young man with an unfamiliar face coming towards him.

Neither party said hello, they just passed each other.

Xie Zian subconsciously turned his head and watched the young man walk towards the forest of tombstones on the other side of the mountain road, putting down the bouquets of flowers in his hands one after another.

The row of tombstones were all engraved with names that Xie Zian didn't recognize. Due to his limited field of vision, he could only see the outermost few.

Ying Luo Yan, Ying Luo Xuan’s Tomb, Yue Qiuhong’s Tomb, Liang Xiu’s Tomb, Jing Yue’s Tomb...

Xie Zian saw the unknown young man standing in front of the monument like a sculpture after putting down the last bouquet of flowers. It was not clear from his back whether he was sad or not.

"Your Majesty Shan Qi, do you know that person just now?" Xie Zian asked casually.

"It seems his name is Zhou Sheng. I have met him several times in Gu Palace. It seems that he had a good relationship with the Jade Alliance Leader in the past. Although he became estranged later, he still held important positions. However, all his positions were closed some time ago.

He was lifted, it is said that he wanted to practice in seclusion with peace of mind." Shan Qidao.

Xie Zian nodded. Although he felt that there was something hidden in this, he was not in the mood to get to the bottom of it.

This is just a trivial episode.

The joys and sorrows of human beings are never connected. At this moment, he just wants to make himself busy enough to forget those things that cannot be forgotten.

Because from now on, no one will compete with him anymore.

…

In the vast void, countless light balls twinkle like stars in the sky, and like bright pearls embedded in the darkness. Even the most mythical scene in people's imagination is not as magnificent as one ten thousandth of it.

Here is the only void prison in the north - the Demon Suppression Tower.

But at this time, there was silence in the tower, and all the light ball cages were empty.

When the Southern Territory began to gradually fall, all the prisoners here were planted with soul marks and released. They went to the front line of the battlefield as vanguards. Today, less than one-tenth of the prisoners are still alive.

Since then, the Demon Suppressing Tower has been empty. Until a secret order came, a huge altar was built around the Demon Suppressing Tower. A ten-mile radius was designated as a forbidden area. Even Xun Qi and Shao Yetang were very angry.

Travel less.

No one knows the function of this altar. Even the builder is confused and just completes the task step by step.

After nearly half a year, this magnificent project finally came to an end, and the empty Demon Suppression Tower also welcomed its first guest in the past six months.
To be continued...