After taking this step, it's not despairing nor lonely.
Standing in the deep darkness, behind Hu Ma, the human world is no longer visible, and ahead, Tai Sui is not in sight. That's because he had left the human world but was still too far from Tai Sui.
Yet, those lamps, those familiar or unfamiliar smiling faces, the hands reaching out in front of him, filled Hu Ma's heart with inexplicable emotions, making it suddenly soft.
Indeed, I don't want to be an earthly living immortal, just someone who inspires hope...
How could such a path be lonely?
Immortals are the ones who are lonely and solitary, but the path I've chosen won't be like that...
His heart had become incredibly sturdy, he took large strides forward, even if it was a path no one had ever imagined.
Grasping the Eight Sceneries Authority, becoming the "God" in the highest realm of the Daluo Dharma Sect doctrine, was the highest path in this world, but Hu Ma used the step towards this highest realm to move towards Tai Sui.
Originally, this step might not reach Tai Sui, causing a fall into eternal solitude, but the appearance of the Reincarnator had already helped him bridge this path.
They all came!
Knowing he was going to take this step, they all came.
To accompany him on this final part of the journey.
The Reincarnator couldn't, like him, rely on their own realm to walk out from the human world and rush towards Tai Sui, but the Reincarnator naturally had an extraordinary nature.
After they crossed the bridge, they initially needed to avoid Tai Sui, so their realm couldn't reach the highest, but now, they no longer hid. Instead, through the connection with Tai Sui, they left the human world simultaneously and arrived at this desolate place between the human world and Tai Sui.
Originally, upon arriving here, they would be devoured by Tai Sui, but the golden light from the Lifebound Spirit Temple protected them.
This is the temple that the Daluo Dharma Sect originally gave them, or rather, the protection given to them by the realm behind them.
The only thing that can counter Tai Sui!
"The future is uncertain, only the brave can break through!"
"Tai Sui is not terrifying. At least, we were all once the ones Tai Sui wanted to defeat but couldn't overcome..."
"..."
The first to grasp Hu Ma's palm was Tieguanyin.
As if in the universe, in the vacuum zone, Hu Ma's most dangerous moment was actually after leaving the human world, unable to accurately locate Tai Sui, lost in eternal solitude.
Tieguanyin's appearance resolved this issue, and while holding onto Hu Ma's palm, she dragged Hu Ma forward, rushing quickly.
"Now, you are too!"
"..."
A void voice appeared in Hu Ma's mind, Tieguanyin pinched a Magic Seal, and ghost altars emerged before her, arranged in a line. Hu Ma set foot on the altars and sprinted step by step into the depths of darkness.
And as Tieguanyin watched Hu Ma's unwavering back, a satisfied smile touched the corner of her mouth.
She fell into the deep solitude, surrounded by endless tentacles reaching out to wrap around her.
Yet she fought with all her might, slaying the endless tentacles without any regrets.
The final human massacre was the most lively, sweeping across the world, but in this massacre, Tieguanyin was almost invisible. She did not participate in any great conflicts against the ten surnames or the various grasshead kings, as if she had been asleep in Shangjing all along.
But only Hu Ma, Miss Red Wine, Er Guotou, and a few others knew she was always doing something, solving many problems.
With the most ruthless thunderous means, she pushed the great world towards the most perfect result.
And now, Hu Ma rushing towards Tai Sui was her final satisfaction.
Hu Ma could feel Tieguanyin using her last strength to fight Tai Sui, slaying the numerous tentacles surging towards the altar, but he had no time to look back.
As he took great strides on the ghost altar towards Tai Sui's deepest part, countless tentacles emerged from the mysterious darkness, swirling toward him, only to be completely blocked by a massive oil-paper umbrella.
Floral Carving Wine appeared at his side, raising a hand to support Hu Ma's back, using all her strength to send him on his way.
Her form was submerged in boundless solitude, but her voice reached Hu Ma's ears: "Everything we do in this world is for our own heart, so no one owes anyone. Regardless of if you were here or not, we would do these things for the people of the world..."
"Because we are naturally such people!"
"But..."
As she vanished, her figure had dimmed, the golden light subsided, but the paper umbrella in her hand continued to shield Hu Ma:
"If I could see West Lake one more time, taste West Lake Vinegar Fish, it wouldn't be so bad either..."
"..."
"Facing Tai Sui, do not fear, all strangeness and change are just illusions, just remember who you are!"
A fluffy white cat leapt onto his shoulder, and Miss White Wine's voice sounded next to him. She wielded red threads, binding one tentacle after another that entwined towards Hu Ma.
Accompanying Hu Ma, she braved a long distance forward, and when the golden light on her body was exhausted, the white cat transformed into human form, gently pressing Hu Ma's shoulders forward.
The voice still sounded very calm, very rational, with a warmth only perceptible through careful feeling: "Of course, perhaps I am overthinking."
