Chapter 258 Don’t cry, I solved this problem beautifully

"Brother Xiong Xiong, look,"

Jiu raised his head and looked at the gate to the underworld that was beginning to become illusory and uncertain, with unprecedented pride in his eyes.

It's like a child who has finally solved a difficult problem and is showing off to the person he loves most.

"I solved this problem."

She smiled, and the blood at the corner of her mouth made the smile look sad and resolute.

Xiao Yu's heart was completely torn apart at that moment.

She used her own soul to make the 'key'.

"Now, it's my turn."

She opened her arms, and her whole body turned into a stream of purple light that soared into the sky and crashed straight into the hideous crack.

"No." Xiao Yu's eyes were bloodshot. He wanted to stop it, but his body was too weak to move because of the sudden change just now.

"Brother Xiong Xiong."

Ajiu's voice came from the sky, carrying with it endless affection.

"Promise me that you will eat well and sleep well."

"Don't frown all the time. You look best when you smile."

"From now on, I can't watch the sunrise with you. You have to find someone to watch it with you."

"Forget me."

"Then, live on."

The next moment, the purple light was imprinted heavily on the core of the Netherworld Gate.

"boom."

The whole world was eclipsed by it.

At that moment, the purple light became brighter, as if a star was forcibly lit up in the dark sky.

She is the key and the lock.

She used her own soul to completely lock this door of disaster leading to the human world from the inside...

"roar."

Behind the door, the ghost king who was about to descend let out an earth-shattering and angry roar.

However, it was all in vain.

"Boom boom boom."

The entire sky was shaking violently.

Amidst waves of unwilling roars, the huge crack began to collapse inward and close at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The endless negative energy that seeped out from behind the door was sucked back like the receding tide.

Inside and outside the imperial mausoleum, tens of thousands of ghost soldiers and generals howled in unison the moment the cracks closed, and their bodies dissipated between heaven and earth like green smoke.

The dark clouds that had shrouded the capital city dissipated.

The bright moon, which had been obscured for so long, once again cast its light on the devastated land.

In the capital, countless people who were originally kneeling on the ground praying raised their heads and looked at the night sky which had become clean and clear again. There was a moment of dead silence at first, and then, a thunderous cheer broke out.

They were saved.

The whole world is saved.

But in front of the imperial mausoleum, the man who should have been admired by all people turned a deaf ear to it.

There was no relief after the catastrophe, no joy of peace in his eyes.

He stared at the sky blankly. Where the crack disappeared, a petite and familiar figure slowly floated down like a kite with a broken string.

There was no longer that dazzling purple light on her body.

"Ajiu."

A beast-like growl emanated from Xiao Yu's throat.

He didn't know where the strength came from, but he suddenly stood up from the ground and rushed out.

Just as the petite body was about to hit the ground, he finally arrived, opened his arms and held her steadily in his arms.

Her body was still warm.

She was breathing steadily and faintly.

But Xiao Yu's heart sank into the bottomless abyss bit by bit.

Because, what he held in his arms was just a... body.

The soul that once smiled at him, acted coquettishly towards him, and softly called him "Brother Xiongxiong" has been locked forever in the cold void as the door closed.

She saved everyone.

But she was the only one not left.

"Your Majesty."

Chu Xuanyi and Xiao Yu came from afar like a gust of wind.

Their faces still showed the excitement and joy of surviving the disaster.

"Your Majesty, we succeeded, you..."

Chu Xuanyi's words came to an abrupt end when he saw Ajiu in Xiao Yu's arms.

The smile on his face froze instantly.

"Ajiu..."

Xiao Yu did not answer.

He held her tightly, moved step by step to the bluestone and slowly sat down.

He adjusted the position to the most comfortable one, allowing her little head to rest safely on his shoulder.

Then, he buried his face deeply in the crook of her neck.

There was still a faint, pleasant milky scent from her body.

A drop of scalding liquid silently slid down from the corner of his eye.

It fell on the girl's overly quiet sleeping face, leaving a small wet mark.

"Ajiu."

He held her in his arms, calling her name softly over and over again in a voice that only he could hear.

It seemed that as long as he kept shouting, the girl who smiled at him would open her eyes again.

"Ajiu."

"Don't sleep."

"I'll take you home."

Chu Xuanyi stood aside, watching the scene in front of him, his lips moved, but he couldn't say a word.

He counted with his fingers and found that everything in the world was in chaos. The life star belonging to Ajiu was extremely dim, almost non-existent.

Her three souls and seven spirits are probably already...

"Cousin," Xiao Yu's eyes also turned red, "I am in deep sorrow."

Xiao Yu ignored them.

Those deep eyes were already a heart-pounding blood red.

He slowly lowered his head and gently placed a kiss on the cold forehead.

"wait for me."

After saying these two words, Xiao Yu slowly stood up.

"Your Majesty."

Chu Xuanyi finally recovered from his immense grief. He took a step forward and spoke in a dry voice, "I just checked her breath. She's... in a very bad condition."

Xiao Yu also came over and asked anxiously, "Xuan Yi, what do you mean by very bad? Isn't the person still alive and breathing?"

"Alive, yet dead." Chu Xuanyi's words were cruel and direct. "The reason her body still has life is because of the tampered curse between the prince and her. As long as the prince lives, her body will not decay."

"But her soul and spirit... have already left her body."

Chu Xuanyi looked into Xiao Yu's terrifyingly hollow eyes and spoke word by word, "It didn't dissipate. Instead... she locked herself inside the sealed Netherworld Gate. She transformed her soul into a part of the lock, constantly bearing the backlash of the entire Netherworld Rift."

"This... Can we still come back?" Xiao Yu suddenly grabbed Chu Xuanyi's arm.

Chu Xuanyi closed his eyes in pain and slowly shook his head. "I don't know. There has never been such a precedent in history. Using a mortal soul to suppress the rift between heaven and earth, theoretically speaking, her soul will be worn away bit by bit by that power until... it completely turns into nothingness."

"theory."

Xiao Yu, who had been silent all this time, spoke.

He slowly turned his head, his bloodshot eyes fixed on Chu Xuanyi.

"What this king wants is not theory."