"No... impossible..." Cracks began to spread across Xiao Hanshan's body. "How could a mere Yun Tianxing... possibly..."
"Because I've never been fighting alone." Yun Tianxing's voice grew ethereal. "Mother... can you see? I haven't let you down..."
The white light inside the cave grew brighter and brighter, and the figures of the three Devil Dao experts blurred within it.
"Run! If we don't go now, it'll be too late!" Zhao Wuji was the first to sprint toward the cave entrance.
Lu Yuan followed close behind.
Only Xiao Hanshan remained trapped in place, unable to move.
"Yun Tianxing! You madman!" he roared hysterically.
Yun Tianxing didn't answer. His life force was rapidly fading, but his gaze remained utterly resolute, just as it had the first time he held the swaddled Yun Chan in his arms.
"Lin Yi... take her away..."
"Uncle Yun!" Lin Yi's eyes reddened.
"Remember what I told you... she isn't a curse... she's hope..."
Yun Tianxing's body began to turn transparent, but the smile on his face grew brighter and brighter.
Yun Chan could no longer hold back her tears. "Father... I was wrong... I shouldn't have treated you like that..."
"No... you weren't wrong..." Yun Tianxing raised a trembling hand and gently caressed Yun Chan's cheek. "I was the one who was wrong... I let you suffer too much all these years..."
The power of the seal grew stronger and stronger.
Xiao Hanshan's body began to disintegrate, but he still struggled to the end. "So what if you seal me away? Yun Chan still has that constitution. Someone will come looking for her sooner or later!"
"Then let them come." Yun Tianxing smiled faintly. "Besides... she's no longer alone."
After saying this, he looked at Lin Yi. "Young man... I'm entrusting her to you... Don't let me