She definitely died. Think about it—her system was gone, and both her body and her primordial spirit and nascent soul had died too. How could she possibly have survived?
"Are you sure? Didn't they say Gu Nanyi had quite the background?"
Host, don't worry. Once the system dies, the host will perish as well. That's the rule. So no matter how significant Gu Nanyi's origins were, she must be well and truly dead.
Aren't you going to check over there? If this continues, Xi Muyun will die.
Only then did Su Qiao notice that Baili Han was actually pinning Xi Muyun to the ground and pummeling him mercilessly.
"..." Could Zhong Lihan have possessed him?
No, could it be that the two split primordial spirits hadn't fused at all, and that, just like before, one of them was merely sleeping?
The corner of Su Qiao's mouth twitched as she walked over and reminded him, "That's enough. Hurry up and seal it."
Baili Han exhaled a breath of stale air, stood up, and dusted off his hands. "Whew, I've wanted to vent my anger for ages. I finally feel better now."
Su Qiao had long since had 444 investigate the sealing method. Besides, Baili Han himself was the Demon Venerable, so it didn't take them very long.
Once the two of them finished the sealing, they left the passage. The entire passage finally collapsed, frightening the many cultivators outside so badly that they nearly turned around and fled.
"Ahem. Couldn't you have waited until we were farther away?"
Even though Su Qiao had promptly rushed into the sky, she was still caught off guard and ended up covered in dust and ash.
Baili Han hurriedly formed a hand seal to clean her up, then said with an ingratiating smile, "Sorry, sorry.