Upon hearing this, Qin Moyu tried it out. Sure enough, the thing could be twisted up, down, left, and right. He was quite intrigued and didn't ask why Chu couldn't send them back. He simply thanked him sincerely and put the item away.
Jiang Hua's return problem has been solved, but there is still one problem in this world that remains unsolved.
That is, with the opening of the path to heaven, the ascension of living beings will take away a large amount of spiritual energy, eventually leading to an imbalance of spiritual energy in the world.
"What should I do?" Chu stroked his chin with a hint of distress.
Qin Moyu had no time to think about this question, because he saw Shen Mo's figure completely disappear on the path to heaven.
He really is about to ascend to heaven.
The light in Qin Moyu's eyes dimmed slightly.
There seemed to be no point in staying here any longer. As for the world's problems, they had to be solved by Chu. Qin Moyu said goodbye to Chu and decided to go back.
He had only taken a few steps when he was stopped by a voice.
"Why is Mo Yu leaving me like this?"
The aggrieved voice seemed to come from the sky. It had only been a few tens of minutes since they last met, but it felt to Qin Moyu as if a lifetime had passed, both familiar and strange.
Chu pursed her lips and muttered to herself, "None of them are good kids."
Qin Moyu suddenly turned around and saw a figure on the path to heaven growing larger as it ran down the platform, as if some fierce tiger or wild beast was chasing it.
"Luckily, I made it in time."
Shen Mo ran down the Path to Heaven like an ordinary person who had never cultivated—the Path to Heaven indeed prohibited the use of all formations and spells. He was panting heavily, his hair was soaked with sweat, but his eyes were exceptionally bright.
"Ye Bai, you...you're not..."
Have they ascended?
Qin Moyu stared at him in astonishment.
Shen Mo, who ran down from above, not only failed to ascend, but his cultivation level also dropped by two levels, from the third level of the Tribulation Transcending Realm to the first level. This must be the price of going against the natural order.
But Shen Mo answered like this:
"How could I possibly abandon you and ascend to heaven alone? Didn't I say I would stay with you for a lifetime?"
A lifetime is precious; not even a year, a month, or a day less is acceptable.
and……
"I haven't even held our marriage ceremony yet, how can I leave?" Shen Mo said matter-of-factly.
What if he ascends to immortality and some foolish person tries to deceive and abduct Mo Yu? Wouldn't that be like picking up a sesame seed and losing a watermelon?
"Stop talking nonsense!" Although their relationship was already as certain as it could be, Qin Moyu still blushed when he heard about the marriage ceremony. Although he looked angry, the smile on his lips was undeniable.
—That big idiot.
Chu, who had just been force-fed a mouthful of dog food (a Chinese slang term for witnessing public displays of affection), was displeased: "You just ran down like that, aren't you afraid you'll never be able to ascend again?"
Throughout history, there have been many child prodigies who died young, and even more geniuses who missed their chance and died with regret.
Shen Mo was surprisingly nonchalant: "If you don't even have this much confidence, then what's the point of cultivating the Great Dao?"
Shen Mo always followed his heart; if he wanted to take the path to heaven, he went; if he wanted to come back, he came back.
He knew perfectly well what he truly wanted from the very beginning.
Upon hearing this, he raised an eyebrow and chuckled arrogantly.
Then he turned to look at the Path to Heaven.
By a twist of fate, Shen Mo's return awakened Chu from her misunderstanding.
Why bother searching for other ways to replenish the world's spiritual energy? He could simply prevent ascending beings from taking away large amounts of spiritual energy. If they have the cultivation level to ascend and leave this world, the spiritual energy they leave behind will nourish this world, thus preventing the world from being destroyed due to an imbalance of spiritual energy.
Now that he's found a solution, there's no need for him to stay here any longer.
"See you again someday."
Chu Chao Qin Moyu waved his hand and disappeared from this world.
Now, only Qin Moyu and Shen Mo remain in this frigid land.
They held hands, moving further and further away from the golden path to heaven, until they finally walked into the wind and snow.
Faintly, two voices could still be heard.
"No regrets?"
No regrets.
I will never regret meeting you in this lifetime.
Behind them stood a massive stone monument.
The names of all the members of the Extreme Cold Clan are engraved on that stone tablet. Here, the wind and snow can no longer bury any of their names, just like the road to heaven.
They will exist here forever, along with their story.
It has been sung for a very, very long time...
And the wind and snow will remember.