Emily's surgery went near perfectly as well. Just like Alex, her body accepted her new root, and meridians grew out of it.
Alex couldn't tell whether he was just lucky, or if his pill worked just that well. He had formed the recipe using his knowledge from the Book of Boundless Healing, so there was a lot more nuance in the pill than what existed out there.
He chose to believe that it was the pill.
The older Alex and Emily were now free to pursue Dao as much as they wanted to, which they very much did. They began sitting around the World Tree since then, absorbing its Qi, as that was the only Qi they could absorb.
With that done, Alex could spare his attention back toward the other matters. Shumi arrived back around to keep him company while he absorbed the Void once again and only left when he left to absorb the Sun.
