[Let Me Tell You Some Bad News]

In the Bright Secret Passage.

Less than a kilometer from the Forbidden Radiance Dungeon, at the entrance to the second secret passage, an elderly man with white hair and a youthful face sat before a chessboard, deep in thought.

As though the upheaval outside had nothing to do with him, he did not even raise his head when City Lord Tu Hai and Nation Lord Ling Yun led Eighth Prince Wu Hai, the beauty Que Ying, Yue Yang, and the others inside. Only after a long while did he gently set down the chess piece in his hand and sigh. "Truly one of the world's ten greatest chess puzzles. What a pity—there is no longer time to solve it..."

"Elder Qi, the Dark Realm has broken through the seal. Nearly a hundred Heaven-rank warriors are joining forces to establish a link to the Dark Realm." City Lord Tu Hai was frantic. How could he still be playing chess at a time like this?

"I know." The old man nodded slightly.

"Should we activate the Divine Light Barrier immediately? We must hold the Bright Secret Passage and rely on the sealing power left here by the predecessors. Otherwise, caught between enemies inside and out, we will have little chance of survival." Tu Hai wanted desperately to activate the Divine Light Barrier at once, but the Key of Light needed to open it was on Elder Qi.

"You should all leave!" Elder Qi fell silent for a long while. Then he lifted his eyes, looked at City Lord Tu Hai, then at Eighth Prince Wu Hai and Yue Yang, and shook his head. "I will not open the Divine Light Barrier. Though activating it could let us survive, as its guardian, I must fulfill my duty. Even if I die, I will