If Zhou Yan had been unaware of a bit of causality and perhaps abandoned the White Fox because he had fallen for those dazzlingly talented and enchanting beauties, it would have been yet another heart-wrenching ending.
Ultimately, the ending doesn't really matter much. As far as emotions are concerned, Bai Ying or Zhou Yan both took it lightly.
However, if the ending were like that, it would prove that Zhou Yan was unable to escape the allure of the Red Dust, thus failing in his Enlightenment.
In this situation, it would indeed be a true failure, and Bai Ying's efforts would be in vain.
At present, this life reached its extreme, and when Zhou Yan and Bai Ying were both on the brink of passing, the two leaned on the wild mountaintop, still watching the sunrise, quietly leaning together, very happily.
