Despite Marc Fraley's desperate shouting, Ethan Smith had started ignoring him.
He returned to the Divine Alchemist Pavilion.
At this point, the Divine Alchemist Pavilion had turned into broken ruins.
Ethan Smith picked up Star's corpse and headed to the back mountain.
He built a grave for Star there, engraving her name on the tombstone.
The back mountain was somewhat desolate. Looking at Star's tomb, Ethan Smith was filled with countless emotions.
He wondered how many more people beside him will depart in this journey, and how many will make it to the end.
"Star never did anything bad in her life," the Pavilion Master murmured nearby.
Ethan Smith remained silent.
The world never judged outcomes based on right or wrong. Numerous evil-doers enjoyed a carefree life beyond the ninth cloud, while countless kind-hearted people died unnaturally.
The world of cultivators was even more ruthless, one might be drinking together today and pushed into death the next.
"Let's go."