Jiang Yun's expression turned grave, his usually gentle eyes filled with concern.
"Nannan, listen carefully. No matter what happens, you must not come out."
"If danger comes, hide in the Source World at once. That's the safest place."
He lowered his head and rested his hands gently on Xiao Nannan's shoulders. Looking straight into her eyes, he spoke each word with the utmost solemnity, as though entrusting her with a matter of life and death.
His low, firm voice echoed through the open space, carrying a resolve that brooked no argument.
Before Xiao Nannan could answer, Jiang Yun vanished like a streak of black lightning.
"Be careful, Brother."
Xiao Nannan watched him go, tense with worry. After all, he was about to face a Quasi-Immortal Emperor.
Even sealed, she could not be underestimated.
The next moment, Jiang Yun appeared outside the Hundred-Li Grand Formation.
Spiritual-energy storms raged there, and runes flashed and leaped. The formation's crushing pressure rolled outward in wave after wave.
Jiang Yun stood still, his robes snapping in the gale. Darkness shrouded him, making him look like a demon god descended into the world.
His gaze remained fixed on the Mysterious Bird standing atop the structure on one leg like a golden rooster, his eyes intent and wary.
He moved his hands slowly. Runes of Grand Dao order danced around him as his body gradually merged with the formation. Within the countless treasures used to build it, runes of order spilled forth as though burning.
With Jiang Yun's addition, the formation surged with greater power.
Already magnificent, it seemed to receive an endless infusion of energy and grew more unyielding still.
Chains of order woven from Great Dao Runes blazed, interlacing into a net without a single gap and trapping the Mysterious Bird within.
Under the formation's