Just as Xuanyuan Han was about to gather all his strength to swing the tree trunk and Yi Shangyun up, Tuoba Ze, who had been watching Xuanyuan Han's every move intently, noticed the subtle movement of Xuanyuan Han, whom he was holding down. He then raised the sharp short sword he was gripping high and slashed fiercely at Xuanyuan Han's left arm, which was supporting his weight.

Yi Shangyun immediately looked up and screamed, "No!"

Just then, a blinding light flashed past Tuoba Ze's eyes.

Tuoba Ze's eyes were suddenly burned by the light of unknown origin that caught him off guard, and he seemed unable to open them for a long time.

He instinctively pulled back his sword-wielding arm, which was already halfway down, to shield himself from the blinding light, and turned his entire head away as well.

It turned out that the blinding light was deliberately reflected into Tuoba Ze's eyes by Yi Junhao, who was engaged in a fierce sword fight with his guards not far away, taking advantage of the intense midday sun and the light from his own sword, in order to distract him.

At this moment, the guard was like a mad dog, desperately biting Yi Junhao and relentlessly entangled with Yi Junhao's sword moves.

From afar, Yi Junhao saw Tuoba Ze pinning Xuan Yuanhan, who was halfway up the cliff edge in a thicket of thorns, down under his foot and pressing down hard on Xuan Yuanhan's head with one hand, making it seem as if Xuan Yuanhan couldn't move at all.

His maid, Yi Shangyun, had already disappeared. A terrible feeling suddenly welled up in his heart, and he became extremely anxious.

Seeing that he was suddenly looking to the side, absent-minded, and his movements were full of mistakes, revealing his distraction, the guard swiftly swung his sword down hard on the top of his head.

Unexpectedly, Yi Junhao suddenly snapped out of his daze and stared at the guard, as if he had found an opportunity to escape. He swiftly leaped into the air, and the guard, who had exerted too much force and was unable to stop in time, missed his target.

Yi Junhao then gathered his strength in mid-air and, with his back to the guard, kicked him hard to the ground. The guard fell heavily to the ground, landing face-first in the dirt.

Without pausing for a moment, Yi Junhao quickly touched the ground with both feet and performed an extremely light and swift aerial somersault, landing steadily behind Xuan Yuanhan.

When he finally stood still, he saw that the lifeline connecting him and Yi Shangyun that Xuan Yuanhan was desperately clinging to was just a thin tree trunk, and it seemed that the middle of the trunk had already begun to show signs of breaking.

Yi Junhao immediately shouted to Yi Shangyun at the other end of the tree trunk, "Girl, hold on tight! Don't let go, and don't look up!"

Yi Shangyun recognized Yi Junhao's voice immediately. His face showed a mixture of surprise and joy as he said, "Third Young Master, please help His Highness."

Yi Junhao immediately turned his head and glared fiercely at Tuoba Ze. Seemingly not even bothering to waste a word on him, he then used all his strength to kick Tuoba Ze hard. Before Tuoba Ze could even react to what had happened and turn his eyes, which had just been burned by a dazzling light, back to reality, he was kicked away like a ball by Yi Junhao. Tuoba Ze hung on a tree branch several meters away before crashing heavily to the ground.

Meanwhile, the wounds inflicted by the thorns on Xuan Yuanhan's body were still throbbing, but he kept gripping the tree trunk tightly and never let his eyes leave Yi Shangyun's body for a moment.

The tree trunk had already begun to show signs of cracking, so he could no longer exert force at this point. He had to carefully pull the trunk back up little by little until he could cross the crack with his hand to ensure that this lifeline was still effective before he could exert any force.

Just as Yi Junhao quickly realized this and was frantically searching around for something to replace the tree trunk so that the two of them could work together to rescue Yi Shangyun, Tuoba Ze's bodyguards gradually got up in a disheveled state.

His fall caused his forehead to hit a sharp rock, instantly drawing blood and causing him excruciating pain. But upon seeing the other person before him, he could no longer care about his own condition.

The guard, covered in dust and staggering, stood up and saw Tuoba Ze, who was also curled up beside him, covered in wounds and in great pain. Tuoba Ze's face was deathly pale, and he seemed to be sweating profusely and trembling. For a moment, the guard was so stunned that he couldn't speak. He just stood there dumbfounded, as if he couldn't even lift his feet.

"Fool! Come and help me up! What are you doing standing there like an idiot? Do you want to die?" Seeing the guard's stunned expression, Tuoba Ze shouted angrily at him.

Once Tuoba Zeyi was helped to his feet, the two of them limped slowly back towards the edge of the cliff.

As the two approached, Tuoba Ze saw the perilous situation before him: Yi Shangyun's lifeline was about to break, Xuan Yuanhan could not exert any force, and Yi Junhao could not find anything to replace the tree trunk. He was about to leave to search elsewhere.

No sooner had Yi Junhao left than Tuoba Ze turned to the utterly wretched guard beside him and said in a strange tone, "Your chance to become famous has come!"

Upon hearing this, the guard looked at his unfathomable master with great confusion, and after a long pause, said, "This subordinate does not understand what Your Highness means?"

Tuoba Ze said in a deep voice, "Right now, this Spirit Void War God, Prince Qin Xuanyuan Han, is on the verge of death because he tried to save a woman. You just need to quietly send him on his way. In the future, the person who will strike fear into the hearts of all under heaven will be you, even more so than Prince Qin! Such a good opportunity would never have been given to you if I hadn't been ambushed and seriously injured by Prince Qin!"

However, after hearing Tuoba Ze's analysis, the guard felt a little worried despite his surprise, and said, "But... but if we do this, wouldn't it be a bit unfair to win?"

Tuoba Ze chuckled and said, "Besides Xuanyuan Han and that girl, there are only the two of us here. And below that cliff is a bottomless abyss. If you fall in, you probably won't even find a bone star. Who will know how this Prince Qin, Xuanyuan Han, died? People will only be curious to know what kind of genius the person with the ability to kill this Spirit Void War God is. That's all."

After a moment's thought, the guard slowly paced back and forth, sword in hand, and thrust it toward Xuan Yuanhan's back.

Unexpectedly, Yi Junhao, who had not gone far, quickly noticed and then nimbly leaped into the air, heading straight for the guard.

Upon seeing this, Tuoba Ze immediately drew his sword and stepped forward to block him.

The two met, and without exchanging a word, their swords flashed and clashed together with a buzzing sound, their swordsmanship swift and their strength unleashed in a fierce battle.

Upon hearing the renewed battle behind him, Xuan Yuanhan realized the situation had become tense again, and a sense of anxiety arose in his heart.

Yi Shangyun was startled by the sounds of fighting that came from her side. She couldn't help but look up and saw that Xuan Yuanhan was carefully pulling her up little by little. The lifeline in her hand was about to break. She suddenly understood why Yi Junhao hadn't let her look up earlier.

What surprised her even more was that Xuan Yuanhan's body, arms, and forearms were riddled with holes from the thorns on the cliff edge, and blood was flowing freely.

Yi Shangyun looked at him with heartache, her eyes brimming with tears, and pleaded, "Your Highness, please let go, I beg you. This tree trunk is about to break. If this continues, we will both die. I don't care if I die, I only beg Your Highness to live. There are many more people in this world who need Your Highness. For my sake, Your Highness is not worth such a sacrifice. Please do not fail that woman's dying wish."

No matter what Yi Shangyun said or pleaded, Xuan Yuanhan remained steadfast in his actions, never stopping for a moment.

Finally, Yi Shangyun was at her wit's end and didn't know how to persuade him.

Just as she was at a loss and in a panic, she suddenly noticed the seven-colored gold and jade bracelet on her wrist. She thought, "That's right, I wasn't originally from this timeline. If I die, will I return to the 21st century to continue living? If that's the case, then I can't let him die with me. Clearly, he has completely moved me. For me, someone of his noble status can endure being trampled underfoot, even risking his own life. I've already fallen for this cold prince from this strange parallel universe that I've inexplicably entered, but precisely because of that, I can't let him die with me. He must live, he must live well..."

Thinking about this, she actually had no idea whether dying in this time and space meant being alive in her original time and space.

It was all just an excuse for her to comfort herself and overcome her fear of impending death.

Suddenly, Yi Shangyun seemed to have mustered up her courage, raised her head, and shouted at Xuan Yuanhan, "Xuan Yuanhan, let go. Stop deluding yourself. I already have someone I like. His name is Wei Mingxuan, and he is the love of my life. You and I can never be together."

Upon hearing Wei Mingxuan's name, Xuan Yuanhan couldn't help but feel a jolt in his heart, and the movement in his hands suddenly came to an abrupt halt.

However, after only a moment of stunned silence, Xuan Yuanhan resumed his work and said to him affectionately, "Little liar, from now on, I will never believe a word you say to me."

The words had barely left his mouth when the guard reached Xuan Yuanhan's side, about to thrust his sword at his back. Yi Shangyun, who was already looking helpless at Xuan Yuanhan, was terrified and screamed repeatedly, "Ah, ah, ah..."

Just then, Yi Junhao heard the sound and, with lightning speed, aimed his flying sword at the guard's back and threw it out.

Unexpectedly, the guard suddenly stepped on a rock, stumbled, and fell heavily into the cliff, but managed to grab Yi Shangyun's ankle tightly.

The tree trunk snapped instantly, and Xuan Yuanhan had no time to stop his momentum. The three of them, connected in one line, fell into the abyss together...