Breakthrough! Late Earthly rebirth realm! (2)

Long Shao's voice was weary, distant—the sound of a man who had lived too long and given too much.

"Had you come earlier, I could have given you everything… but I am no longer whole. My remnant is fading."

His glowing eyes dimmed, like the last embers of a once-roaring fire. 

Eons of battle and imprisonment weighed on his soul. 

Once, he had soared freely, unchallenged. A beast of legend, a divine force that ruled the skies with an iron wing and a fuck-you attitude.

And then? 

Chains. Sealed, trapped, drained like a divine keg at a mortal drinking contest.

For eons, he had lingered, waiting. 

Then came the humans. 

Greedy hands. Filthy, mortal fingers siphoning his essence, sucking him dry one piece at a time.

Su Xiaobai swallowed hard. That phrasing did not sit right.

And yet, Long Shao had let it happen.

Not out of weakness. 

Out of indifference.