After My Rebirth, I Ended Up Happily Ever After with the Saintess - Chapter 140.1

In that instant, all the sacredness, majesty, and antiquity transformed into an indescribable heartache, fear, and a love that surged like a tide. She instantly moved to Ye Li’s side, carefully lifting her and cradling her in her arms. Looking at Ye Li’s face, pale as paper, her blood-stained lips, and the innumerable horrific wounds on her body, Qin Yixuan’s fingertips trembled slightly.

She reached out with a slightly trembling hand and gently, dearly wiped away the blood from Ye Li’s lips, her movements cautious, as if touching a rare treasure. Crystal tears could no longer be restrained. Like pearls breaking their string, they slid down her sacred cheeks, dripping onto Ye Li’s cold face.

“A-Li…” Her voice carried a heavy nasal tone and a hint of a choke, but she spoke clearly, word by word, “Thank you… thank you for not giving up… thank you… for once again, using your life, to protect me.”

As if sensing her aura and call, Ye Li’s long eyelashes fluttered. With extreme difficulty, she slowly opened a slit. Her vision was blurry, but the face carved into her soul was perfectly clear. Seeing Qin Yixuan safe and sound, seeing the tears filling her eyes, Ye Li wanted to manage a comforting smile, but lacked even the strength for that. She only managed to utter two words in an extremely faint, muffled breath: “…Glad… you’re safe…”

A thousand words, a thousand difficulties, ten thousand tribulations—all were conveyed in this mutual gaze, in these brief words. All the sacrifices were worth it the moment she saw her safe return and renewed glory. The relief of surviving the disaster, and the feeling that had been tempered by the ordeal of life and death, making it even more brilliant and indestructible, flowed silently between their hearts, warming their nearly exhausted lives.

After a long time, Qin Yixuan cautiously channeled a pure and gentle primal divine power of the Profound Goddess into Ye Li’s body, protecting her collapsing heart meridian and Sea of Consciousness, temporarily stabilizing her injuries. Then, she gently helped Ye Li up, letting her lean against her. Hand in hand, they slowly walked out of the cracked but still solemn gate of the Profound Goddess Palace.

Outside the palace gate, all the surviving Celestial Palace disciples, regardless of the severity of their injuries, were waiting silently, led by Envoy Yunying. When they saw the two women walking out together—seeing the Goddess whose body was free of strong light but naturally exuded a calming, sacred, and inviolable aura, and the Ye Li who leaned against her, her silver hair stained with blood, her aura faint but her spine still straight—the eyes of everyone burst with indescribable excitement and reverence.

Someone was the first to bow, and then, like a surging tide, everyone bowed simultaneously to them. Their voices converged into a torrent, filled with excitement, gratitude, and unparalleled devotion, resounding across the entire Nine Heavens Celestial Palace, even dispersing the last trace of gloom:

“We respectfully welcome the return of the Profound Goddess!”

“Greetings, Profound Goddess!”

“We thank Immortal Ye Li for the grace of protecting the Dao!”

The thunderous cheers shook the heavens, expressing their highest respect and most sincere gratitude.

Qin Yixuan’s gaze swept across the scarred square. She looked at the loyal disciples, covered in blood but with bright eyes, and at Yunying, who was being supported by a disciple, heavily injured but with a look of relief. A flicker of pain crossed her eyes, but it was quickly replaced by a firmness called “responsibility.” She nodded slightly and raised her delicate hand. Without chanting, without forming seals, with a mere thought, a denser, nine-colored divine radiance, containing infinite vitality and the power of creation, sprinkled down like warm spring rain, enveloping the entire square.

Nourished by this divine radiance, the disciples’ injuries healed at an astonishing rate, their depleted spiritual power rapidly recovered, and even their mental fatigue and trauma were soothed. The damaged palace buildings automatically repaired themselves in the divine radiance, shattered white jade steps re-coalesced, and the scorched earth burst forth with new life, sprouting tender green grass. An aura of sacredness, peace, and hope returned to this ravaged holy land.

Ye Li leaned against Qin Yixuan, feeling the vast-as-the-sea yet gentle-as-water power within her, and watched her calmly soothe the crowd and wield divine power to mend the world. Her eyes were filled with an indescribable pride and an unyielding tenderness. Her girl had finally and completely stood at the apex of this world.

Qin Yixuan quickly handled the immediate post-battle affairs and stabilized the Celestial Palace’s situation. She turned and looked at Ye Li, who was leaning on her, extending her hand—not to support, but to invite.

Ye Li looked at the familiar, gentle, and firm gaze that belonged only to her in Qin Yixuan’s eyes. A clear and genuine smile finally appeared on her pale face. Though weak, it was dazzling. She raised her heavy arm and steadily took the hand extended to her.

Fingers interlaced, power and conviction merging in their palms.

Hand in hand, their figures gracefully ascended to the highest peak of the Profound Goddess Palace. The bright moonlight fell without reservation, interweaving with the Profound Goddess’s natural divine radiance flowing from Qin Yixuan, draping them in a hazy, dreamy veil of light. Beneath them was the Nine Heavens Celestial Palace, gradually recovering its tranquility and sacredness, and in the distance, the boundless, star-dotted world of the Spirit Realm.

The road ahead was still long, and the challenges remained severe. Ling Hao’s main body was not destroyed, lurking in the shadows like a viper. The shadow of the World-Corroding plan still hung over the Spirit Realm, fraught with danger. The journey to collect the remaining Samsara Mirror fragments was long and arduous.

But at this moment, they stood shoulder to shoulder here. One, an eternal supreme being reincarnated, burdened with the mystery of the Samsara Mirror, dedicated to revenge and protection; the other, the Nine Heavens Profound Goddess returned to her throne, wielding primal divine power, with compassion and great love for the common people. Their power, conviction, and emotions that transcended life and death were tightly linked, merging into one.

No matter how many hardships and how much bloodshed the future held, they would face it together and fight side by side.

A new journey might begin tomorrow. But at least for this moment, on this peak blessed by both moonlight and divine radiance, they enjoyed the hard-won reunion and peace after surviving life and death and battling through blood. Leaning on each other, hearts connected, they felt capable of withstanding all the storms in the world.