Years

Several weeks later,

As she walked out of the Trial Padoga, a faint smile couldn't help but appear on Xu Yue's face, causing her to faintly shake her head.

After relaxing for just a few weeks, Xu Yue's mood, which was previously quite bad, improved immensely, allowing her to return to seclusion.

In fact, if she truly wanted to, Xu Yue could spend a lot more time in the outside world, but in the end, Xu Yue felt no need to do something like that, and returned to her cave abode.

Then, after around a few months of thinking, Xu Yue fully entered seclusion once again.

This time, though, Xu Yue spent quite a bit more time than usual in seclusion.

...

Seventy One Thousand Years later,

This time, Xu Yue spent around Seventy Thousand years in seclusion, and in fact, could have spent even more time in seclusion.

Sadly, though, Xu Yue was awakened by something quite important.

The instant Xu Yue opened her eyes, she disappeared from her cave abode, reappearing in front of three old women, who were currently standing next to Bing Yue's grave.

These three were, of course, Shi Xia, Shi Yao, as well as Yu Meiren.

With their rather pitiful talents, at least compared to the other people around Xu Yue, the three of them were unable to reach the Dao Saint Realm, and were about to reach the ends of their lifespan.

In fact, Xu Yue could slightly extend the lifespan of the three, if only by about around one hundred years, but as she looked at the looks on their faces, which seemed to be filled with acceptance, Xu Yue couldn't help but let go of this thought.

The moment Xu Yue appeared, a faint smile appeared on the old face of Yu Meiren as well as on the faces of the two sisters, causing them to breathe faint sighs of relief.

But of all three of them, Yu Meiren seemed to be the happiest, causing Xu Yue herself to slightly shake her head.

As she stared at Xu Yue, who was also looking at her, Yu Meiren continued smiling as she sat down on the rock behind her.

"I'm very thankful..." said Yu Meiren as she looked at Xu Yue, happy that the latter had come to see her one last time.

A moment later, without giving Xu Yue any time to say anything, Yu Meiren peacefully lowered her back onto the boulder and closed her eyes.

After around thirty seconds, the life of Yu Meiren, who no longer held on, disappeared, as her breathing soon stopped.

A few moments after that, her soul then also disappeared, leaving only her dead body.

As they looked at this scene, Shi Xia and Shi Yao, who were clearly aware of their own mortality, couldn't help but breathe out faint sighs of relief as they silently watched Xu Yue dig another grave next to Bing Yue.

...

The two maids of Xu Yue managed to hold on for 13 more years before dying one after the other, seemingly in sync, as they were in life.

Xu Yue stayed with the two in these last 13 years of the lives, watching them happily sing and dance as they awaited their inevitable deaths.

Seeing the two of them accept their deaths so easily, something which she would never be able to do, Xu Yue couldn't help but feel a little bit of relief.

After their deaths, like with Bing Yue and Yu Meiren, Xu Yue dug two graves for the two maids, before burying them close to each other.

...

After the deaths of the two, Xu Yue spent around a month staring at the four graves in front of her, before finally letting out a faint sigh of relief.

"Hopefully we will meet again in this life," mumbled Xu Yue as her mood returned to its normal, blank state.

A few moments after saying this, Xu Yue disappeared from the scene and returned to her cave abode, where she sunk herself in the fur of a fox.

But as she looked at Hulli Jing, who seemed to be quite sad herself, Xu Yue couldn't help but stretch out her palm towards the face of her Dao Companion.

"Don't worry, I'm sure that your sister felt very happy to have spent her last moments with her," said Xu Yue as she looked at Hulli Jing.

Although she knew that this was true, Hulli Jing couldn't help but be a little bit angry as she heard the words of her Dao Companion, causing her claws to suddenly come out.

In the face of Hulli Jing's extremely sharp claws, Xu Yue's robes were not able to resist in the slightest, and were easily torn to shreds.

As she looked at Xu Yue, whose robes barely covered her any longer, Hulli Jing couldn't help but proudly nod, having vented her anger out.

A few moments after that, though, Hulli Jing couldn't help but faintly smile.

"I've grown quite a bit tired of your clones, you've neglected me and need to make it up to me," said Hulli Jing as she looked at Ye Qiao, who had just entered the room as well.

Other than Ming Yun, who was still out on an adventure, this was all that remained of Xu Yue's harem after time had its say, making Xu Yue fall into thought.

"I wonder if the little beauties of this era changed compared to my time..." unconsciously mumbled Xu Yue whilst licking her lips, causing both Hulli Jing and Ye Qiao to turn their attention onto her.

Feeling the fiery gazes of the two, filled with both lust and anger, land on her, Xu Yue remained silent, knowing that not saying anything was the best option.

The three women remained inside this cave abode for over 57 years, when the mountain the abode was in cracked, after which, the three of them entered a rather hidden small world.

The three of them then remained within that small world for over two hundred years, before Ye Qiao suddenly emerged, running away from Hulli Jing.