Meanwhile.
Inside the stone chamber, Gu Chengming was still staring blankly at the Dialogue Box, watching Hundred Bones Cry live through the peak of his life.
[Hundred Bones Cry stood alone against the gods of the heavens, gazing up at countless deities plummeting like shooting stars as he roared, "Hand over Gu Chengming's Remnant Soul!"]
Gu Chengming: "..."
Why was Hundred Heavenly Emperor's Illusion Realm always about waging war across the heavens?
He lowered his eyes to the pile of treasures stacked like a little mountain before him, then looked up at Xu Huaiyi's profile. She had turned away without thinking, the tips of her ears red. He sighed helplessly to himself.
The good news was that with Hundred Heavenly Emperor taking the lead, there was hope of escaping.
The bad news was, what was Xu Huaiyi getting at? He'd already said there was a way out, so why wasn't she putting the Spirit Stones away?
[Hundred Bones Cry faced the heavens alone, his body riddled with a hundred wounds and drenched in blood, yet he still stood unyielding.]
[Hundred Bones Cry slowly emerged from a mountain of corpses and sea of blood, clutching a shattered fragment of a Divine Soul in his hand.]
"Rise again, my love!"
Gu Chengming fell silent for a moment when he saw that line.
—Hundred Heavenly Emperor, wasn't there something a little off about that line?
Putting the thought aside, Gu Chengming turned to Xu Huaiyi. "Put everything away first."
Xu Huaiyi froze in place.
Gu Chengming looked at the Spiritual Runes on the wall. "I have a lead. This predicament is nothing much. I'll break us out of here soon."
At his words, Xu Huaiyi's tense shoulders abruptly relaxed. She let out a long breath, wiped the fine sweat from her forehead with