This is the end of the matter.
The only thing that not everyone realized was... this was actually the outcome Kongtong wished for.
How could Ji Changyun truly let go of everything... unless everything was truly moving in the direction he hoped for.
Pei Ye remembered the note he had seen in the Scripture Pavilion.
It was an old note from Bai Tianqu, long deceased, to Chi Jianzong of the Great Warden of the Mountain, who was also long gone.
"Uncle Chi, the 'Kongtong Sword' of our dreams is like true gold under the sea; though its existence is certain, the shifting light in the water makes it mysterious and invisible, untouchable by anyone. Now, the Landscape Sword Formation is an ascent for the 'Sword Collection,' and 'activity' is a tangible emergence within it... Yet you still refuse to believe it is at a depth within reach."
... I have thought long and hard and have decided to tell you my truest heart's words here, for the first and last time."
"You were right."
