Within a cave dwelling, a figure in green robes sits cross-legged; behind him, countless spiritual glimmers cascade down, merging into his body.
A massive force of divine soul slowly starts to gather.
Yet the eyes of the figure at this moment appeared extraordinarily vacant and lost.
In that instant, he clearly saw his younger self.
Back then, he was full of youthful vigor, with sharp features. As a Third Spirit Root and the fastest cultivator in his family, he was intelligent from a young age and received meticulous nurturing from the previous Family Head.
What he could not bear to look back upon, what he could never escape, was always Duan Ming Mountain.
...
"Has the young master awoken?"
"Where is this?" Lin Houyuan opened his eyes to see a gentle woman dressed in a red robe.
This woman had a pair of indescribably beautiful eyes brimming with tenderness.
