Chapter 918 — Being and Non-Being Beget Each Other, Yet All Ends in Void
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 5 of 5
Ling Yuxiu had inherited the throne and become Emperor Yanxiu; Shen Mu had become the new Jingping Imperial Preceptor. Never again would there be any possibility of the two being together.
Ling Yuxiu must have realized this outcome when she inherited the position, and yet she had taken up the throne.
And Shen Mu, when he agreed to become her Jingping Imperial Preceptor, had realized it too — and yet he had become her Jingping Imperial Preceptor all the same.
In silence, both had given up something of what lay in their hearts, and neither had ever spoken of it.