Bai Ran curled up, images of her time meeting and accompanying the four people constantly appearing in her mind.
Her lips trembled, and tears had dampened more than half of her skirt.
"Aaaaaah—"
Overwhelming grief consumed Bai Ran, her heart feeling as if it were being torn apart with intense pain.
"Little imp..." Xiao Zi slowly reached out, intending to comfort her.
Jing Feng lightly stepped forward, patted Xiao Zi, and shook his head at him.
Let Miss Bai have some quiet...
Now, no one could comfort her...
Zhu Que clenched her fists, her heart aching unbearably. Perhaps due to the contract, she could clearly feel her master's despair and sorrow.
And also, immense anger and hatred...
The door was gently closed, and the few people fell into an endless silence once more.
The entire night, no one in the courtyard spoke. They simply sat around Bai Ran's courtyard, sitting in silence.
Until the sky began to show the pale white of fish belly, and the dazzling red sun started to rise from the horizon, there was finally a stir within the room.
"Creak—" The door was slowly opened. Jing Feng and the others immediately stood up, their expressions anxious and worried.
"Bai..." Jing Feng's words were choked in his throat before he could finish.
Bai Ran was seen with her head bowed, her expression indiscernible. However, the lotus mark between her brows was emitting a blinding light.
How could this be... Master's spiritual energy, how could it have skyrocketed overnight?
Zhu Que stared blankly at Bai Ran. The oppressive aura filled with boundless killing intent actually made it difficult for her to approach?
They watched with their own eyes as Bai Ran walked out of the room, step by step, towards the place where Qing Yue and Qing Feng had died.
Stiff, lifeless, like a walking corpse, she moved mechanically.
Xiao Zi and Jing Feng exchanged glances, both seeming to sense something unusual about Bai Ran.
She walked slowly, arriving at the place where the two had died and stopping. Bai Ran then crouched down, picking up pieces of broken clothing scattered on the ground.
Some fragments of clothing still had bits of minced flesh and dried blood clinging to them, but Bai Ran just picked them up bit by bit.
"Master..." Zhu Que felt suffocated watching this scene...
The two were gone, leaving behind only a small handful of the remains from the explosion, carefully held in Bai Ran's palm.
She stood up and walked towards the back mountain of Black Crow City. Jing Feng and the others followed at a distance, their hearts choked with emotion and suffocation, unable to utter a word...
Bai Ran buried the small handful of remains in her hand at the foot of the mountain, gently covering it with soil.
From beginning to end, she had not spoken a single word. Only after finishing everything did Bai Ran slowly raise her head.
The lotus mark between her brows felt scorching hot, emitting a blinding light. Her dark, black eyes, at some unknown time, had turned completely blood-red.
In an instant, a fierce wind howled. Bai Ran's fiery red robe billowed wildly in the wind, as if silently roaring and screaming...
"Miss Bai!"
The spiritual energy in the air began to gather frantically, drilling into Bai Ran's body.
Tribulation Stage Six, Tribulation Stage Seven, Tribulation Stage Eight, Tribulation Stage Nine...
Bai Ran absorbed the spiritual energy surging from the air with abandon, but the massive spiritual energy caused her body to strain, and blood trickled from the corner of her mouth.
"Master!" Zhu Que flew into the wind, her face filled with extreme horror.
No! Master is forcibly breaking through her cultivation!
The violent spiritual energy transformed into a tempest, gradually forming a barrier that enveloped Bai Ran, also isolating them.
Zhong Zi and Dong Ling's expressions turned extremely grim. They exchanged a panicked glance and began to rush towards Bai Ran against the wind.
"Your Majesty! Please calm down, forcibly breaking through will damage your dan tian and meridians!"
Their words were drowned out by the wind, with only a few fragmented syllables and notes faintly audible.
"Your Majesty!" Zhong Zi's cry was filled with terror, but just as he was about to touch Bai Ran, a figure blocked him.
"You are... the Undead Soul!" Dong Ling's pupils trembled, his face etched with a severity he had never shown before.
"I apologize, but Your Majesty's orders are not to let you pass."
Ying Yi bowed slightly, behind him was a densely packed army of Undead Souls.
"Get out of the way! Do you know what you're doing!" Zhong Zi surged forward, trying to force his way through the Undead Soul army.
"Master! Stop!"
Zhu Que's panicked cry rang out, only to be muffled by the wind. She anxiously rushed towards Bai Ran, but was also blocked by the Undead Souls.
"Damn it!" Jiang Ye cursed and also began to attack the Undead Souls.
Bai Ran's spiritual energy surged, her cultivation steadily rising, until she reached Celestial Immortal Stage One...
Her skin began to ooze blood, and two streams of blood flowed from her eyes.
The vast spiritual energy rampaged within Bai Ran's body, damaging her meridians and her dan tian...
"Miss Bai!"
Jing Feng frantically tried to break through the Undead Souls' blockade, but the Undead Souls were immortal; even if they were defeated, they would quickly rise again.
They were blocked, unable to get any closer to Bai Ran.
"Boom—" A massive wave of spiritual energy erupted, sending Jing Feng and the others flying back and crashing to the ground.
Xiao Zi pushed himself up, his eyes widening instantly: "Little imp—!!!"
Bai Ran was seen straightening her arm, and a bow of flame appeared in her hand, pointing directly at the breaking dawn sky.
The dazzling flames flickered, illuminating Bai Ran's face, sharp and enraged.
She placed an arrow on the bowstring, drawing it back with force. A sound of the wind being sliced through could be heard as the fiery arrow shot straight into the sky.
"Bang—"
The arrow seemed to shatter space, and a massive vortex appeared in the sky.
The vortex was pitch black, like an abyss, like a tsunami...
"That is! Not good!" Jing Feng shakily stood up, but as soon as he did, he was intercepted by an approaching Undead Soul.
"Get lost!"
Jing Feng gritted his teeth. That was the entrance to the Nine Heavens! Miss Bai's body was severely injured, she couldn't enter the Nine Heavens in such a state!
If the entrance connected to the Divine Realm, something would happen!
Even the powerful Zhong Zi and Dong Ling were entangled by the dense Undead Souls, making it difficult to move.
Bai Ran leaped up and charged towards the entrance.
On her face was a mad killing intent and hatred. She seemed to hear nothing, see nothing.
"Little imp—!!!"
Xiao Zi's heart pounded wildly. He watched with his own eyes as Bai Ran charged into the wide-open vortex.
Then, in an instant, the vortex completely disappeared, as if it had never existed.
The imp forcibly increased her strength! And rushed into the Nine Heavens!
Seeing Bai Ran leave, the Undead Souls gradually dissipated, vanishing without a trace.
Master, with her body in such a state, went to the Nine Heavens alone...
Zhu Que slumped to the ground, her face ashen white, her despair as deep as falling into an ice cave.