Lu Yin hurriedly used Instant Movement to catch Wang Xiaoyu.
Wang Xiaoyu's gaze was vacant, unfocused. She stared blankly at the sky, her face ashen.
Yet there was a smile at the corner of her mouth. She raised a hand, as if trying to grasp something.
As Wang Wen entered the portal to leave, he looked back. "Anyone can betray me, but no one from the Wang family. I brought you into this world, so I'll be the one to take your life." With that, the portal vanished.
Wang Wen took Sky Dog and Wang Miaomiao with him.
Holding Wang Xiaoyu, Lu Yin wondered when Wang Wen had struck. He hadn't seen it at all.
Master Cao also came to stand before Wang Xiaoyu, grief-stricken. "Girl..."
Wang Xiaoyu could no longer hear him. Her world had lost all its color. There was nothing but a gray sky and rain, and a lone figure lying on the ground, soaked by the rain.
After chasing him for so many years, he could finally be free.
Wang Xiaoyu raised a hand, as if she wanted to reach for that figure.
Lu Yin hurriedly used Instant Movement to bring her before Ancestor Chen.
Those in the Heavenly Origin Universe couldn't see what had happened in the Nine Heavens Universe, nor were they connected to Master Cao through the knot in his heart. So Ancestor Chen had no idea what was going on.
Seeing Wang Xiaoyu collapsed in Lu Yin's arms, his pupils constricted. He stared at her, stunned.
"I'm sorry...I couldn't protect her." Lu Yin handed Wang Xiaoyu to Ancestor Chen.
Ancestor Chen held her tightly, saying nothing. He simply held her.
Lu Yin looked up. It really was raining.
Ancestor Chen wasn't crying, and neither was Wang Xiaoyu. Yet the sky was.
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