Ji Rufeng also raised his hand, joining the hand with the ring.

The two closed their eyes, and the surrounding air circulated. A golden light shot out from Ji Rufeng's body, and a white light shot out from the small body of the ring.

Two forces revolved around them, initially chaotic, then parallel, but never merging together.

As the sun gradually sets, the moon rises, and the stars emerge in droves.

Within the valley, the energy emanating from the two of them could never merge.

What happened?

Why can't they ever get along?

Ji Rufeng and the ring both asked this question in their minds at the same time.

Since they cannot unite, continuing this will exhaust their power.

"ring!"

"Know!"

"receive!"

The two withdrew their power and disappeared from the scene.

Inside the wooden house in the valley, the lights were on.

Qiao Qiu had been placed on the bed. To ensure she could sleep well, Ji Rufeng pressed her acupoints again, and the ring was surrounded by lavender in the room.

The two left the wooden house and then used magic to protect it.

Only after everything was in place did they feel at ease enough to sit down and discuss certain issues.

“Ji Rufeng, I was created by the Qiao family’s generations of outstanding talents through sensing you. Our powers are arguably the most compatible in the world, so how could we not be able to merge?” the ring asked.

Ji Rufeng stroked his chin, "I can't figure it out for the time being either."

"Aren't you really the Gate of Life?" The ring stood up in horror.

Ji Rufeng twitched her lips and flicked her finger down his forehead. "How could you ask such a stupid question? Can't you sense anything?"

The ring clutched its head and cried out in pain. It was about to get angry when it heard his words, but after hearing the rest, it actually calmed down and sensed the situation.

Ji Rufeng wanted to slap him again.

The ring stroked its chin. "You are indeed the Gate of Life, there's no mistake, but where exactly did things go wrong?"

"You and I recovered because each world absorbed natural spiritual energy. Could it be that the curse did something to us?" Ji Rufeng racked his brains but couldn't figure it out. He didn't even believe what they were saying.

The ring rolled its eyes at him. "Are you getting more and more regressive, or have you lost your memory again? Have you forgotten that the natural spiritual energy we extract comes from ourselves? The curse can't possibly tamper with it."

"Wasn't it it that did the decomposition of our spiritual energy back then?" Ji Rufeng scoffed.

"It was it that did the tampering, but all it can do is break things down. Do you see it doing anything inside?" the ring countered.

Ji Rufeng touched his chin; that was indeed true.

The two fell silent again. After a long while, the ring spoke in a muffled voice: "If only the master knew about this. She's so smart, she would definitely have figured it out."

"Don't tell her about this!"

Ji Rufeng became nervous when Qiao Qiu was mentioned.

The ring curled its lip dismissively. "You think she can't guess just because you didn't tell her?"

Ji Rufeng stood up and sighed, "I knew she had already guessed it, but I didn't want her to know the specifics of the operation. If she got involved, she would feel even worse."

The ring, of course, knew this, so it never told her.

"What do we do now?"

"Let's put it off for now and find a solution first."

"Oh well."

The two reached an agreement, but Qiao Qiu was unaware of it this time.

The next morning, Qiao Qiu woke up very early and turned around to see Ji Rufeng lying next to her.

Qiao Qiu stretched and sat up.

As usual, I got out of bed quietly. Usually, the person behind me is asleep, but this time, a pair of arms reached out to me.

Qiao Qiu put on her shoes, raised her hand and pushed the head on her shoulder, "It's so early in the morning, if you want to sleep, go back to sleep. I'm awake."

Ji Rufeng yawned, "Qiuqiu, are you done?"

Qiao Qiu found it somewhat amusing and tugged at the corner of her mouth, "What else can happen if it's bad?"

"I'm glad you're alright. I'll go back to sleep for a bit."

"Um."

Ji Rufeng shrank back to sleep, and Qiao Qiu left the room.

It was another day with clear skies and everything seemed fine.

However, Qiao Qiu immediately noticed something was wrong; the green hills and clear waters didn't seem as beautiful as before.

It was as if it had been covered in a layer of dust, a situation somewhat similar to the scenery she saw when she transmigrated to the post-apocalyptic world.

This one is slightly better, but the air around it isn't as pure as before.

Everything was exactly as Ru Feng had said.

The curse is prepared to take the entire world with them.

A wisp of white smoke drifted from the ring on her finger. "Master, what's wrong?"

“Look.” Qiao Qiu raised her chin.

Looking into the distance, the ring frowned immediately. "Has it accelerated to this extent already?"

Qiao Qiu slightly curled the corners of her lips, "Creating immortals in this way is truly painstaking. Little Jie, guess how many people will be involved in the next attack?"

With a wave of his hand, the table moved over, and with another wave, the divination implements were placed on it.

"It's best to find out more about this kind of thing in detail."

The ring sat down on one side and began to perform divination.

Qiao Qiu sat on the other side, watching his movements.

She can also do divination, but due to her lack of talent, she can only perform general divinations to fool people. She really can't do serious fortune telling.

After calculating the ring's value, he tossed the item aside, leaned to the side, and the bench behind him transformed into a rocking chair. "Sigh..."

"What did you figure out? Why are you sighing like that?" Qiao Qiu raised an eyebrow slightly.

"Master, do you know how many people there are in the Six Thousand Realms?"

Qiao Qiu did some quick calculations and said, "More than four hundred and three million."

How many demons are there?

"Seventy-five thousand."

How many demons are there?

"One hundred and seven thousand?"

"It's 136,000." The ring stopped testing her and continued, "There are over 300,000 wandering ghosts, 160,000 cultivators, but 800 million immortals!"

Qiao Qiu was startled.

"There are also 70,000 Buddhists, but fortunately they don't get involved and have strong self-control. Otherwise, we would be in even more trouble," the ring sighed.

"I never imagined it would come to this." Qiao Qiu stood up. If what the ring said was true, then what came yesterday was only a small amount.

Could the three of them hold off so many people?

Qiao Qiu felt uncertain, completely uncertain.

"Has it come to an end?"

Qiao Qiu's heart grew colder and colder. She had thought she could still live for a while, but now it seemed that the curse was closing in step by step.

"Xiao Jie, it's come to this point. Tell me your method!"

"Huh?" The ring was stunned for a moment, then realized what was happening and chuckled awkwardly, "You've got it wrong, there's no such method."