Fog.
Dozens of divine rays burst out from the deep sea, and scarlet blood dyed the sea surface.
Guang Chengzi flew out from the sea with the Heaven-flipping Seal in his hand, bowed to the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother of the West in the sky, and said respectfully: "This beast has been killed."
The Jade Emperor looked down at the deep sea and nodded slightly.
"Seven Nights..."
On the somersault cloud, An Qingyu, with a pale face, tightly grasped Lin Qiye's wrist.
Lin Qiye immediately said: "Qingyu, don't talk for now, your body is overdrawn too seriously..."
An Qingyu's eyes gradually blurred, and the pain in his brain almost made him faint. Even so, he still held Lin Qiye's wrist tightly and spoke word by word:
"Bring Jiang Er...back..."
Before An Qingyu could finish her words, she had exhausted all her energy, completely lost consciousness, and fell into his arms.
"Qingyu!" Ghost Jiang Er saw this and asked with a pale face, "What happened to him?"
"It should be that the forced contact with the Gate of Truth put too much pressure on his spirit..." Lin Qiye said halfway, and looked at Jiang Er with a solemn look, "Jiang Er, tell me, what happened just now? Where is your original body?"
Jiang Er opened his mouth, a hint of bitterness appeared in his eyes...
…
Two hours later.
Heaven.
An Qingyu's eyelashes trembled slightly, and she slowly opened her eyes. A familiar face quickly came into view.
"Qingyu, are you awake?" A glimmer of light appeared in Cao Yuan's gray eyes.
An Qingyu lay on the soft water, staring blankly at the top of the palace for a long time. Finally, he regained his spirits and sat up suddenly from the water.
"Where is this? Where's Jiang Er?!"
"Don't be anxious, don't be anxious. Grandpa said that your body is still too weak and you shouldn't have too strong emotional fluctuations..." Cao Yuan steadied his body and comforted him softly.
An Qingyu took a deep breath and finally regained his composure. He looked around and found himself lying in an ancient palace. Under him was a shallow pool with lotus leaves and lotus flowers floating on it. Behind Cao Yuan were the two Golden Immortals, Guangchengzi and Taiyi Zhenren.
An Qingyu glanced around and found that there were holes as high as a person on the ground around him. Even the stone sculptures on the edge of the shallow pool had mostly disappeared, as if they had been eaten by something.
"This is……"
"When you were unconscious, you were constantly causing disturbances in space and time, so someone must be with you to prevent it from swallowing you whole and traveling to another place," Cao Yuan explained.
Hearing this, An Qingyu was stunned, and a deep regret appeared in his eyes.
"Where's Jiang Er?"
"She..." Cao Yuan opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.
Seeing Cao Yuan's expression, An Qingyu's heart skipped a beat. Regardless of his weak body, he flipped down from the shallow pool. Drops of water stained the ground. He ran barefoot out of the palace with all his strength.
When Guangchengzi saw this, he was about to stop him, but Taiyi Zhenren at the side held his shoulder and shook his head silently at him.
"Jiang Er... Jiang Er!!" An Qingyu rushed out of the palace. The dripping rain flowed across the eaves and dripped onto his body, making him feel icy cold.
"Qingyu! Slow down! Don't run around now..." Cao Yuan hurriedly followed from behind and was about to say something when An Qingyu's grey eyes swept around, quickly locked onto a palace and ran away.
…
"...No, there must be another way!"
In the empty palace, Lin Qiye, wearing the crimson cloak, stood in front of the remains of a broken black coffin, shaking his head, "Her body is only damaged, but she is not dead. Why is there no solution?!"
Lin Qiye's roar echoed in the palace. The Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother of the West stood not far away with complicated expressions.
"It's not that simple." Queen Mother of the West spoke slowly, "It's not just her body that's broken... the demon ate nearly 70% of her body. If it was somewhere else, it would be fine. The Heaven Court has ways to regenerate flesh and blood. But her only active brain has been torn into pieces, and it was also stained by Lucifer's blood that was contaminated by the Black Goat...
Her brain cannot be saved."
“What about abandoning her physical body? She is clearly standing here now, why can’t we keep her?!” Lin Qiye pointed at the girl in white dress beside him, his eyes widened.
Ghost Jiang Er floated in the air, looking down at his toes, silent...
Her body seemed even more empty than it had been two hours ago, and it seemed that it would soon completely dissipate.
"What's standing here is not her soul, but a magnetic field with self-awareness... You should understand this point." Queen Mother of the West said helplessly, "The brain is the root of maintaining the [spiritual field]. Without the brain, she is just a rootless duckweed...
Jiang Er was already dead when her body was torn into pieces.
The reason she is standing here is because her magnetic field has not dissipated. You think she is still alive because this magnetic field has its own consciousness... As the magnetic field weakens, her consciousness and existence will gradually become blurred until they disappear completely. "
Lin Qiye stood there in a daze.
His eyes fell on Jiang Er beside him, who pursed his lips and said nothing, like a child who had done something wrong.
“No, the more impossible it is, the more likely a ‘miracle’ will happen… I can give it a try!” Lin Qiye said stubbornly, then quickly stepped forward, covered the fragments of the black coffin with [Mortal Divine Realm], and his mental power rolled out wildly.
Seeing this, Queen Mother of the West sighed: "'Miracle' is indeed powerful, but it is not omnipotent. Moreover, this body is stained with the blood of fallen angels. No matter how you use [Mortal God Realm], it will not be effective."
Lin Qiye's eyes fixed and he fell into complete silence.
Tick-tick-tick-
A slight sound of dripping water came from the front of the hall. Lin Qiye looked back and saw a wet figure standing weakly in front of the door, staring blankly at the black coffin in the center.
"Qingyu..." Lin Qiye opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but couldn't say anything.
An Qingyu looked at the broken black coffin in silence, then took a step and staggered towards the palace...
"Is this... all the fragments?" he said hoarsely.
"Yes." Lin Qiye nodded, "I have brought back all the fragments that I could collect..."
"Qingyu..." Jiang Er spoke softly and floated in front of An Qingyu.
An Qingyu stopped.
He looked at the already translucent figure, opened his mouth, and forced a smile on his pale face:
"Jiang Er... wait a moment, I will fix you... I have fully recovered, I can perform the most sophisticated surgery in the world... I will definitely be able to fix you."