Hidden Danger

It was indeed so. The moment Lu Ye pushed open the second gate and entered Immortal Yuan City, Yiyi sensed that something was wrong.

Lu Ye seemed to have become nothing more than an empty shell.

At first, she thought Lu Ye had met with some mishap and wailed her heart out, but she soon realized the situation was not as serious as she had imagined.

Because she and Amber were still alive. If they were alive, that meant Lu Ye was not dead.

But the situation was far from optimistic. Lu Ye's aura was incredibly, incredibly weak—so weak that it was almost impossible to detect without careful attention.

Over the past few days, Yiyi had tried every possible means to wake Lu Ye, but with little success.

Until this moment, she distinctly felt it... Lu Ye had returned!

That aura, so faint it seemed liable to vanish at any moment, was growing stronger at a visible rate. A soul had returned to that shell-like body as well.

She kept calling Lu Ye's name. Her pleading voice pierced through an invisible barrier and reached the Heart Lake, stirring wave after wave of ripples in Lu Ye's Sea of Consciousness. As those ripples spread, Lu Ye's awareness swiftly revived, and he gradually understood his own condition.

After an unknown length of time, he finally regained a sliver of control over his body. With difficulty, he opened his eyes and immediately saw Yiyi kneeling before him, her face filled with anxiety and worry. Her eyes were red. If not for her Spirit Body, tears would surely have already streamed down her face.

"Lu Ye!" Their eyes met, and Yiyi cried out in delight. "How are you? What happened?"

Lu Ye's lips moved. After trying for a long while, he finally managed to