Chapter 147 - Third world end 1.

This world also soon came to its end. The days that had once felt endless, full of quiet warmth, familiar routines, and the simple comfort of waking up to the same face beside the pillow, started to thin out like mist under the morning light. The festivals they used to look forward to became a way of counting time, each one quietly whispering that another year had passed. At first, Qiao Zhi and Gu Yangjin tried not to think about it too much. They had always known, deep in their hearts, that this life was borrowed time, a temporary stop in the long journey of their reincarnations. But knowing something and facing it head on were two completely different things. As the seasons turned and their hair slowly grew streaked with grey, the softness around their eyes deepened, and small aches in their joints stayed for longer than they used to, the reality they had tried to ignore slowly settled in.