Believe it or not, the ancient calendar was right; there was no way Tianxuan could have jumped down!
“I’m not worried about whether there are pursuers behind us. I’m just curious why we haven’t landed yet. Are we going to fall to our deaths?” Mo Chen suddenly asked.
Gu Liyan frowned, watching the descent speed increase rapidly, and immediately said, "This won't do. If we land at this speed, our meridians will definitely be shattered and we will die."
"Then, what should we do?" Gu Li panicked.
Gu Liyan gritted her teeth and said, "You all stand firm!"
Stand firm?
Everyone looked at Gu Liyan with puzzled expressions.
But then Gu Liyan shouted, "Freeze!"
Suddenly, everyone felt a chill beneath their feet, and their footing stopped abruptly. It felt as if they were stepping on a thin layer of ice, making a sound like a shattering mirror. This repeated layer after layer, gradually slowing them down.
"Well done, Xiao Li!" Gu Li cheered.
Gu Liyan did not respond in the darkness.
Just then, Mo Chen suddenly spoke up, "I feel my wind domain is about to land, everyone get ready!"
Upon hearing Mo Chen's words, everyone tensed up and prepared to land.
Gu Yan embraced Hua Qingwu, bearing all the weight, and they landed heavily on the ground.
"Pfft..." Gu Yan felt as if he had been hit by a boulder, and he spat out a mouthful of blood. Fortunately, he managed to stand firmly on his feet.
Hua Qingwu was held firmly in Gu Yan's arms, her clothes stained with his blood. She immediately asked with concern, "Are you alright?"
Gu Yan gritted her teeth and said, "No, it's nothing, it's fine, it's perfectly fine!"
As the two were talking, two heavy sounds came from the side as something fell to the ground.
Mo Chen was dazed and confused after the fall, spitting out several mouthfuls of blood, but he managed to get up. Gu Li fared a little better; just before landing, he took out his sword and stuck it into the cliff face to cushion the impact, but his legs still hurt quite a bit when he fell.
"Is everyone alright?" Gu Li asked as he limped to his feet.
"I'm alright..." Mo Chen said weakly.
"Qingwu and I are safe and sound," Gu Yan said, putting down Hua Qingwu.
"That's good!" Gu Li breathed a sigh of relief, then asked, "Xiao Li, what about you?"
There was no response from Gu Liyan in the darkness, and Gu Yan immediately became anxious, "Where's Xiao Li? Where did Xiao Li go!"
Hua Qingwu also hurriedly called out, "Xiao Li!"
Mo Chen hurriedly looked around, but the visibility in the pitch-black abyss was very low, and he couldn't see any trace of Gu Liyan.
"Quickly, quickly find Xiao Li!" Gu Yan said anxiously.
"Xiao Li—"
Unbeknownst to Gu Yan and the others, a mysterious figure was standing high above, holding a white-clad youth covered in blood in his arms. Upon closer inspection, the youth was none other than Gu Liyan, while the mysterious figure was none other than the Nine Netherworld Emperor!
Gu Liyan in his arms was like a corpse, without breathing or heartbeat, and there was no sign of blood flow. He had completely lost all signs of life.
The Nine Netherworld Emperor looked at Gu Yan and the others, who were blindly searching for Gu Liyan in the abyss, and sneered, "Look, the people you are so eager to save will only ever be a burden to you and stumbling blocks in your life. Now, with just one word from you, I will make them all die here, and you will become the only king in this world!"
Neither you nor I have the right to decide whether someone is born or dies.
Just as the Nine Netherworld Emperor finished speaking, another figure appeared behind him. The person was none other than Mo Bai, whom Gu Liyan had been searching for.
Mo Bai glanced at the group below who were anxiously searching for Gu Liyan, and sighed helplessly, "Gu Liyan died to save Gu Yan and the others, but they were unaware of it. According to the prophecy of the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion, with Gu Liyan dead, no one in this world can subdue you. It seems that you have won again this time."
The Nine Netherworld Emperor smiled, looked down at the already dead Gu Liyan, and said, "You placed all your hopes on him, but what about him? He placed all his hopes on others, and couldn't even protect the person he wanted to protect the most. What right does he have to control the power of life and death? And what about the fate of that world?"
Mo Bai sighed and said, "I remember when we were in the Nine Netherworld, we talked about how the life in the lower realm is weak and has limited power. If all the living people are united in building a better home, even if you use a divine artifact to bring immortality and deceive all the greedy people, there will still be many righteous people who will stop you."
Looking at the crowd anxiously searching for Gu Liyan in the darkness, Mo Bai said calmly, "I'm not the first, they may be the first, but neither I nor they will be the last!"
The Nine Netherworld Emperor coldly snorted, "As long as Gu Liyan dies, this cycle of reincarnation will end. You no longer have any chips to gamble with me!"
Mo Bai pursed his lips, looking at Gu Liyan in the arms of the Nine Nether Heavenly Emperor, without saying a word.
Seeing Mo Bai's defiant attitude, the Nine Netherworld Emperor coldly said, "You are the one who orchestrated this, and you are also the one who entered the game. Everything is because you are unable to escape your own trap."
"But you want to escape this predicament, you want to escape the Nine Springs Realm you created, and you even want to destroy me, whom you created with your own hands! The consequence of your own evil deeds is the fate and ending you deserve in every life!" The Nine Netherworld Emperor coldly said, "From the very beginning, you should not have created me—the Reincarnation Compass!"
Mo Bai took a deep breath and asked, "If I hadn't lost, would I have had a chance to start over?"
"Heh, you have no chance anymore. This time, your bargaining chips are ruined!" The Nine Nether Heavenly Emperor glanced at Gu Liyan and spoke coldly.
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