The mountain's heartbeat grew stronger and stronger.

The sound of thumping could be heard by every member of the tribe.

"It seems the gods really like this gift," the old man said with a smile.

But what happened next left him dumbfounded.

Fiery red lava gushed out of the cave entrance, and large amounts of ash spread outwards.

"Oh no! Everyone, get down the mountain quickly!" the old man shouted, urging his people to leave immediately.

It was too late. A large number of the tribesmen were covered in ashes and turned into stone sculptures before they could run away.

The old man was anxious, but he couldn't care less about anything else. He grabbed Jianjun and the others and flew away into the distance.

A series of screams rose and fell as some were burned alive, while others were turned into stone statues.

Down the mountain, everything turned into a sea of ​​fire. Countless houses were destroyed by lava, and the once vibrant tribe was almost wiped out in an instant.

Only 10% of the people survived because they were relatively far away.

"Why did it turn out like this?" The old chieftain, standing in the air, looked at his tribe with red eyes and roared to the sky.

In the distance, after a cloud of smoke and fumes, the sacrificial mountain stopped spewing lava. Instead, a burst of brilliant light appeared, followed by the unfolding of a semi-circular five-colored barrier, leveling everything around it.

"Ha ha ha ha"

"Is this a test from the gods?" the old man muttered, becoming somewhat delirious as he laughed.

"Yes, that must be it, hahaha."

...

...

Beneath a fiery red cave.

The surrounding area was filled with red rocks, and the sky above was very high, like a huge cavity. Several narrow paths on the ground led to unknown destinations.

An unusual fragrance permeated the air, and the temperature was much higher than outside.

Sui Xin sat on the ground by the rock wall, gazing intently at Xi Yun in his arms, stroking her beautiful hair.

I could see her deep exhaustion and the tear stains remaining in the corners of her eyes.

Sui Xin felt extremely sorry for Xi Yun and gently held her in her arms. Her mind was filled with thoughts of Xi Yun, and she hoped that Xi Yun could sleep peacefully.

He didn't know what had happened before; he was pulled here by gravity and fell into this big pit.

Then they saw Xi Yun fall from above, still calling her own name.

I originally thought it was just my imagination, but the moment I held Xi Yun in my arms...

For some reason, he was certain that this was the real Xi Yun, the person he had longed for for so long.

A day has passed.

Xi Yun slowly opened her eyes, feeling like she hadn't slept so comfortably in a long time. Could it be that she was already dead?

"Yun'er, you're awake," a familiar voice rang in my ears.

Xi Yun instantly snapped out of her daze, staring at Sui Xin in astonishment.

She quickly climbed out of his arms, moved close to his cheek, stared intently at him, and silently shed tears.

Her voice trembled as she spoke, "Suixin, is that you? Am I dreaming?"

With a light laugh, she stroked Xi Yun's delicate face and said gently, "It's me, not a dream."

"Huff, huff, huff," Xi Yun gasped for breath, trying to calm herself down.

But she couldn't hold back her tears and burst into tears. She hugged Suixin's head and cried, "Suixin, I miss you so much, I really miss you so much."

"Yes, me too," Sui Xin hugged Xi Yun, tears welling up in her eyes.

This time, he didn't try to stop Xiyun from crying; it was good for her to vent.

After all, I couldn't hold back any longer.

After a long while, the two let go of each other's hands, looked at each other's red eyes, and laughed.

"You still know to come back? I thought, I thought..." Xi Yun gently patted Sui Xin's chest and said with a hint of anger, but her eyes were full of tenderness.

"I still have to protect my Yun'er, how could something happen to her?" Sui Xin said, squeezing Xi Yun's small hand tightly.

"Hmph, I'll never let you leave me again. No matter where you go, you have to take me with you," Xi Yun said with a serious expression.

If she were given another chance, she would never let Suixin leave, no matter how many kind words he said, simply because the feeling of waiting was just too painful.

Sui Xin nodded, "I promise you."

"Also, you said you'd be back in a month, but it's been three months already. Where have you been? I was worried sick about you," Xi Yun continued.

"Yun'er, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to not come back."

"Do you remember that great battle between good and evil, when I entered the Demon Sealing Cave?" he said casually.

"Hmm, what's wrong? Is it related to this?"

"Um"

Sui Xin's eyes darted away slightly. "Actually, there's a part in the middle that I haven't told you."

"Huh? Hiding things from me? We agreed to share the burden, so why didn't you tell me?" Xi Yun immediately questioned.

Sui Xin had anticipated that Xi Yun would ask her, "I thought it wasn't important, didn't I?"

That was indeed the truth; he really hadn't expected that the tiny bit of black energy would remain in his body all along.

I felt there was no need to tell Xiyun, lest she worry unnecessarily.

“That day, I actually entered the illusion once. You were killed in the illusion... and a trace of demonic energy appeared in your body, but I didn’t pay attention to it and thought it was nothing to worry about,” Sui Xin slowly recounted.

She recounted her experiences in the illusion and the process of the birth of demonic energy, continuing all the way up to before she met Li Xian.

"Are you alright now?" Xi Yun asked quickly after hearing that there was demonic energy in Sui Xin's body.

He shook his head casually, "It's nothing."

"The next three months are what happened. In the secret realm, I met someone... and later I became completely possessed by demons... and almost killed you."

Upon hearing that Sui Xin had fallen into demonic possession and that the demonic seed remained within her body, Xi Yun gasped, raised her hand to stroke Sui Xin's cheek, and activated her Source Detection Technique to begin examining Sui Xin's body.

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