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The wails of death filled the once prosperous capital city, and the prophesied scene came to pass.

Chang Xi instinctively rushed out to save people. She couldn't use her own power in the illusion, and forcibly channeling her energy now would be useless.

Lanxin rushed out with them; she hadn't been out in a long time, this was her first time. The capital city she remembered was now riddled with holes. To save a child, she was struck by a flying meteorite.

"Mother!" Xiao Chen rushed forward, but couldn't push the meteorite away.

Lanxin was in so much pain that she was almost delirious, and she seemed to see her child.

It must be an illusion. She didn't love this child, so how could her last sight of him be before she died?

Chang Xi and the others wanted to save people, but they could only watch helplessly as their bodies passed through people's bodies, unable to touch anything or do anything.

A profound sense of powerlessness engulfed everyone.

Yin Cheng had already abandoned his swords and was now using a chain, which he had obtained from an unknown source, as a magical artifact to try and pull the celestial maiden over.

Nan Sheng and Boss Qin walked side by side, working together to block the attack and buy time for the Heavenly Maiden.

The celestial maiden pierced the eunuch's throat with her sword. But the eunuch's body was absorbed by the crevice after he fell, disappearing completely in an instant.

Nan Sheng and Boss Qin were no match for Yin Cheng, who had been through many battles.

The chains were barbed. The two women abandoned their weapons, grabbed the chains with both hands, and let the barbs hook into their flesh as they worked together to put the chains on Yin Cheng's body.

Yin Cheng was no pushover either; the chains tightened around the three of them, and blood flowed down like a trickle. After an unknown amount of time, a pool of blood formed on the ground.

The three people had long since stopped breathing.

"Nan Sheng, Nan Sheng," the celestial maiden turned around and saw the three motionless bodies. She immediately understood what had happened and closed her eyes in sorrow.

The long sword was driven into the ground. The celestial maiden knelt down, her hands forming a mudra, and said with utmost sincerity, "Gods above, I, the believer celestial maiden, pray here that with the power of all the gods, and using my body as a medium, I may seal the ancient evil god once more and protect all living beings."

The spiritual energy of various colors that gathered from all directions of heaven and earth flowed into the celestial maiden's body, forming a brand new sealing array on top of the original formation.

As the formation became clearer, the celestial maiden's physical body gradually dissipated.

Xiao Chen knelt beside her, his eyes reddening. "Please, A-Wu, don't do this. Don't leave me alone. What's the point of immortality if I can be resurrected without you?"

The celestial maiden could not hear his prayers.

As the formation was about to be completed, the celestial maiden's figure became increasingly faint.

Just then, a strong tremor came from underground, like an earthquake.

Chang Xi and the others were unsteady on their feet and staggered as they helped each other up.

"What's wrong?" Yan Feishuang asked.

Shen Kongming pulled her back, "It sounds like it's coming from underground; the seal has malfunctioned!"

The seal, which was almost complete, developed spiderweb-like cracks, which multiplied until the formation turned to dust.

The celestial maiden's physical body completely dissipated, and her soul scattered and disappeared without a trace.

The illusion began to distort and shake.

A figure shrouded in black mist slowly rose from the exposed cracks in the ground. He stood with his back to the crowd, barefoot in the void, his head slightly tilted, revealing a gray eye to everyone.

The gray of this eye doesn't resemble the typical eye color of foreigners; it's more like an ancient, chaotic gray, like a black hole in the universe, capable of sucking people in if you're not careful.

Unpredictable, unpredictable, and of unknown depth.

Everything is unknown.

Chang Xi felt that these eyes were very familiar.

"Tens of thousands of years have passed. It's been a long time. My old friends," he said, his eye seemingly able to see Chang Xi and the others through the illusion. His words were loaded with meaning.

Foreigners?

Chang Xi knelt on the ground of the tomb, feeling dizzy, as if he had just ridden a drop tower and a pendulum ride and was experiencing the vertigo that follows.

Others had similar symptoms to her, some even more severe; for example, Ji Rufeng and Gu Qingfeng vomited all over the place.

They have absolutely no image to speak of.

You're back already?

Did the seal fail?

[I think so, didn't we finally see the evil spirit?]

"That's it, all those people from Tianque died for nothing."

[The celestial maiden even lost her physical body in the end, yet she still couldn't seal away the evil god.]

What we should be worried about now is that this evil spirit, unsealed, roams the earth like a ticking time bomb.

Chang Xi was dizzy, and her head tilted to the side, almost causing her to fall to the ground.

Her cheek was lifted by a large hand, preventing her face from making intimate contact with the dirty ground.

The sound of sobbing could be faintly heard from within the vast palace.

Xiao Chen picked up the portrait from the ground, held it in his arms, and lowered his head with his back to everyone.

Drops of liquid soaked the ground.

All the palace guards surrounded it, letting out long, mournful cries.

No one stepped forward to interrupt him.

Xiao Chen lost his mother, lover, and people overnight. A thousand years later, the world is filled with lights and crowds of people, but his old friends are nowhere to be found.

Shen Kongming shook his head, muttering, "As the Buddhist saying goes, 'All things are impermanent, all phenomena are without self.' The world is ever-changing and unpredictable. Only by going with the flow can we find inner peace."

"Please accept my condolences, Mr. Xiao."

"None of your business, you bald-headed monk," Xiao Chen said viciously.

"Huh?" Shen Kongming rolled up his sleeves, ready to fight him, but was stopped by Huo Dongjun and Gu Qingfeng.

"Calm down, monk," Changxi said, fanning the flames. "He has a thousand years of cultivation, and after taking the elixir of immortality, he has divine blood and divine power. He can't beat us, so we won't help him."

Shen Kongming slipped and broke free from Huo Dongjun and Gu Qingfeng.

However, the two men stopped him and withdrew one after the other.

Shen Kongming stumbled back and said, "Why don't you two stop me?"

I chickened out anyway.

This is called following one's heart.

"Immortality! I want immortality!" The leader awoke from the illusion, still convinced he could attain it. "Why are you stopping me? I'm about to achieve immortality!"

No one ignored him.

The leader's gaze was fixed on Xiao Chen, and he gripped his arm tightly. "There's another Pisces jade pendant, isn't there? I know the expedition team outside has one. You have divine blood in your body, can you give me your blood?!"

Xiao Chen was already heartbroken beyond measure, and this person was buzzing in his ear like a fly. He felt a surge of annoyance, a feeling he hadn't felt in a long time.

With a wave of his hand, a shockwave swept out, sending the leader flying.

The palace guards swarmed forward, ready to tear this person who had displeased their emperor to pieces.

"Hey, hey, hey!" Chang Xi waved his hand, "They're filming here, lots of people are watching. Your Majesty, killing people at will is illegal these days!"

Xiao Chen slightly raised his hand, and the palace guards immediately stopped and obediently retreated.

The leader lay prostrate on the ground, his mouth full of blood, unable to speak.

"I kept my promise. Here, choose what you like," Xiao Chen gestured for them to pick.

Huo Dongjun and Xiao Chen met eyes, and the feeling was strange. "I don't need it. Just give my share to Chang Xi."

"Then I'll give mine to Chang Xi too," Gu Qingfeng said, not wanting to be left behind.