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Tuzhou, Beast Taming Sect, rear mountain.
Great Yue loomed grandly, with a silver waterfall, like the Milky Way upended, cascading to the ground and churning up misty veils of spray.
Three figures stood atop Great Yue, gazing down upon the splashing water droplets.
Liang Hui's head was slightly tilted, looking at the woman in green beside him, her back bearing a war hammer.
His palm reached out, smoothing out the folds on the shoulder of her robe.
"I did not hold back, nor did I wish to," he said.
"All along the way, I have lost much, but I have never done anything wrong."
"They sowed the seeds in days past, now they reap the consequences—this is their due."
His palm moved past the woman's cheek, tucking her scattered forehead hair behind her ear.
"I'm sorry," the woman in green said, her lips parting slightly.
The youth looked at Tang Tang with earnestness in his eyes.
"There's no need for apologies."
