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Gu Xiaoxi watched all of this, beads of sweat the size of soybeans rolling down her forehead.

But she couldn’t open her eyes or move.

The purple mist gradually enveloped her.

All of this happened too fast...

She wanted to roar and stand up, but no matter how hard she tried, it was useless.

The Nascent Soul’s sword was about to strike Quan Shaoqing.

Just then, a phoenix cry suddenly rang out from the edge of the sky.

A ten-meter long phoenix with rainbow-colored feathers flew swiftly towards them.

The phoenix’s long cry instantly halted the spread of the purple mist.

The Nascent Soul was shocked and, without thinking, sheathed his sword and fled.

He felt danger, fear creeping more profoundly. This Phoenix had been locked in a barrier by him for six hundred years; how could it have escaped?

During the time he was sealed, what exactly had happened?

He had almost forgotten the issue with the Phoenix.

"Think you can escape! Audacious Nine-Tailed Fox, halt for me," the Phoenix’s voice was still so young and childish.

Compared to when Gu Xiaoxi first saw it, its power had undergone an earth-shattering change.

The Nascent Soul didn’t dare to stop and disappeared from the space in the blink of an eye.

Clearly, he had abandoned the barrier and fled.

The proud Phoenix cried out and directly broke through the barrier, giving chase.

The space became silent in an instant.

But the silence didn’t last more than three seconds.

Suddenly, a shattering sound rang out, and the earth turned pitch black.

The moon overhead had disappeared, replaced by a massive black hole.

The black hole, like an enormous demon’s gaping maw, spun continuously.

The barrier where Gu Xiaoxi and the others were collapsed, trees fell, and sand and stones flew about.

A powerful suction force emanated from the black hole.

In an instant, everything on the ground was sucked up into the hole.

Those unconscious people, those who were alive, the rocks, trees, rivers, humans, objects, everything was pulled up into the sky.

At this moment, Gu Xiao Xi’s clothes were completely drenched with sweat.

Quan Shaoqing clenched his teeth and used the last of his strength to move beside Gu Xiaoxi, holding her in his arms.

He saw the sweat on her face and didn’t know what was wrong with her.

At this time, there was no escape for any of them; all he could do was to hold her, even if they were to die, he wanted to be with her one last time.

Gu Xiaoxi, with her eyes closed, felt her body continuously ascending.

She saw Yun Xiao, Jing Rui, Jing Haoran, the alive Huo Jin, the villagers from Snow Country, all being sucked up into the sky by the black hole.

She was powerless to stop it!

The feeling of helplessness almost drove her to despair.

She saw Quan Shaoqing holding her tightly, his face deathly pale.

And Ya, who had been gravely injured trying to save her, now completely despondent, didn’t even struggle. He floated in the space like dust.

All of this unfolded before her eyes.

An endless sadness overwhelmed her, and with her eyes closed, a tear rolled down Gu Xiaoxi’s cheek.

Time overlapped as if from a distant past.

She had encountered such a dilemma before.

But her memory was blocked; she could not peer into the past.

Clang!

A clear, ringing sound suddenly erupted, and Gu Xiaoxi, previously unable to move, suddenly opened her eyes.

As she opened her eyes, a burst of milky white light enveloped her.

In an instant, she seemed like a different person.

In Quan Shaoqing’s eyes, Gu Xiaoxi’s black training outfit had long disappeared, replaced by a blue dress.

Her face was still the same, but her aura had undergone a radical transformation.

As she transformed, time seemed to stand still, and the cosmic black hole stopped spinning.

The ground, mountains, and rivers ceased collapsing.

The specks of dust and debris in the air were all frozen in place.

All could see Gu Xiaoxi standing in midair.

Her light blue dress billowed elegantly, with white mist swirling around her.

She looked like an immortal, so beautiful it was almost unbearable to look directly at her.

If one looked closely, Gu Xiaoxi’s eyes were not focused. Her body seemed to be controlled by a strand of will.

She pushed Quan Shaoqing away, steadying him on his feet.

Afterward, she turned and stepped toward the black hole in the sky.

Standing before the black hole, she formed hand signs.

A white light emanated from her palms, like a sun, converging towards the mouth of the black hole.

As she moved, the black hole grew smaller and smaller.

Eventually, a white light gathered where the black hole was, condensing back into a round sun.

Then, with her light blue sleeves fluttering, she began to dance.

The collapsing rivers reassembled, the mountains returned to their original state, and those injured—even those who had died—awoke under the miraculous movement of her divine hands.

Even Ya, with his skin fallen apart, was restored to his original state.

Jing Haoran, pierced through the heart by a sword, and Willy, along with others, all opened their eyes.

The villagers of Snow Country, who had been sucked into the black hole high in the sky, all returned to the ground.

The Barrier was restored to its former state, and every life here came back to life once more.

Even the shattered trees reverted to their former state, verdant and dripping with vitality.

Yun Xiao, Ya, Quan Shaoqing, Jing Rui, Huo Jin, Bai Tian... all lifted their heads, looking up at the woman in the sky.

She was so beautiful, that graceful figure, with hands like white jade. Each time she lifted her jade-like fingers, Spiritual Energy scattered throughout this space.

She seemed to be dancing a beautiful dance, a dance that deeply captivated everyone watching.

Once the Barrier was restored, once all those who had died were awake,

Gu Xiaoxi finally stopped her movements, her water-blue dress disappeared, and the immortal qi around her body dissipated.

She closed her eyes, like a falling dry leaf, plummeting from the sky.

At that moment, Quan Shaoqing felt an indescribable throbbing in his chest.

He had seen Gu Xiaoxi in this attire before, it was once on the grasslands of Qing State.

It was an accident, he had seen her like this.

At the time, he thought he was hallucinating.

Not until this moment did he realize, it was not a hallucination.

Rather, he had never truly understood her.

Or perhaps, even he did not understand himself.

Ya was also stunned.

Wasn’t Gu Xiaoxi just now the bride from his dreams?

Seeing Gu Xiaoxi revert to her previous state, falling from the sky,

Quan Shaoqing and Ya almost ran over at the same time, wanting to catch her.

In the end, Quan Shaoqing was a step ahead, holding the unconscious Gu Xiaoxi in his arms.

Ya stepped forward anxiously, his tone serious, "Let me check her injuries."

Quan Shaoqing said nothing more and crouched down, holding her in his arms.

After Ya checked Gu Xiaoxi’s injuries, he said with a strange expression, "Her body is not in any serious trouble! And the injuries she sustained before are all healed. Yet, her spirit has been traumatized, as if she has endured a significant amount of stress. Therefore, she won’t wake up for a while. "

However, one can be reassured that,

Gu Xiaoxi is fine!

As long as she rests for a while, she will eventually wake up.

Upon hearing this, Quan Shaoqing breathed a sigh of relief.

He remembered, after Gu Xiaoxi’s trip to Nether Island, when Mi Xi brought her back, she was like this as well.

Only, he did not know, whether this time when she woke up, she would be like last time, with her cultivation completely gone.

Quan Shaoqing held Gu Xiaoxi tightly in his embrace.

Now, as long as she was fine, nothing else mattered.

Suddenly, he no longer wanted to be apart from her.

He wanted to marry her, and then love her for a lifetime, protect her, have her as his wife, and be together day and night.

All the honors of the state, all his personal pride, no longer mattered.

From now on, he never wanted her to be harmed again.

Yun Xiao and Jing Rui exchanged glances.

Especially Jing Rui, with an incredulous face, "Wasn’t I just dead? Was I dreaming?"

"Me too!" Jing Haoran clutched his chest, where there was still blood and sword marks on his clothing. Yet his skin was as good as new, and his heart was beating powerfully.

Only Huo Jin and others knew that this was not a dream!

It was Gu Xiaoxi who saved everyone, revived the dead, and even the cosmic black hole, she was able to repair.

My God!

Is this not the power of a god?

Huo Jin covered his mouth with his hand, swearing never to be impolite to Gu Xiaoxi again!

And he was glad that his neck was still intact!

Ya glanced around and muttered to himself, "The Nascent Soul has fled. But how do we get out of the Barrier?"

No sooner had his words fallen than the scenery in front of everyone changed, the Barrier that was warm as spring vanished.

In its place was a vast expanse of snow-white plain, with the cold wind piercing to the bone.

And above the snow plain, a light suddenly lit up at the edge of the sky.

At that moment, the sun rose high, and its golden light made the snow plain stunningly beautiful.

"Oh!..." Everyone who had been locked inside the Barrier couldn’t help but cheer loudly.

They were finally all out.

Everything they had just experienced was as terrifying as a dream.

Yet it felt so real.

Until this moment, everyone present dared not underestimate Gu Xiaoxi.

Including the people from Yaobi Mountain, they all found it incredible.

If today’s event were to be handled by the patriarch of Yaobi Mountain, even he could not repair the black hole.

Yet Gu Xiaoxi did it with ease, and could even resurrect the dead.

When everyone wanted to look for Gu Xiaoxi’s figure, by that time, her trace was nowhere to be found.

And Quan Shaoqing had already taken Gu Xiaoxi away from this place and returned to the Imperial Capital.

Only, it wasn’t known whether the Little Phoenix chased after the Nascent Soul.

Whether it managed to kill the Nascent Soul!