No one had expected that at the critical moment, the Heavenly Gate would use a hostage as leverage!
"Brother Yun!" Even Yun Zhongtian froze, the killing move in his hand instinctively coming to a halt.
"Father!!!"
When Yun Xuan saw who it was, she cried out in shock.
She had not seen her father appear all this time, and a faint unease had already been stirring in her heart.
She had never expected that something had still happened to her father!
Her eyes reddened instantly, tears blurring her vision.
She wanted to rush out, but Fairy Qingyue and the others held her back.
"Don't go!" Fairy Qingyue said. "It would be useless even if you went!"
Yun Xuan's strength had advanced enormously over the years, yet before an Immortal King, it was still far from enough.
Yun Xuan wept bitterly. Looking at her restrained father, her eyes were filled with helplessness and worry.
Fairy Qingyue also fell silent, not knowing how to comfort Yun Xuan.
She only knew that if her own father had been bound there at this moment, she would go mad too!
Yun Hai was bound by the Heavenly Dao Chains, his cultivation entirely sealed. He was covered in wounds, clearly having suffered no small amount of torture.
Yet there was a smile on his face.
He looked at Yun Xuan, at his daughter crying herself into a tearful mess, his eyes brimming with fatherly love and relief.
"Xuan'er, don't cry."
His voice was soft and weak.
"Father is fine."
"Regarding the connection between the Road to Heaven and the Lower Realm, this is all Father can do."
"The rest is up to you."
He looked at Yun Xuan, at Jiuyue, at the Heavenly Dao Sect powerhouses who were fighting the Heavenly Gate in a bloody battle.