As for how the energies of life and destruction could coexist...
Electrolux set that question aside for the moment.
He looked at Chen Mo. "Xiao Mo, you can go speak to your teacher outside first."
"All right."
Chen Mo nodded slightly.
If Electrolux had not reminded him, he would have forgotten Jing Hongchen was standing guard outside.
Given the commotion just now...
His teacher must have noticed, and he was surely anxious.
It was exactly as Chen Mo imagined.
Outside the door, Jing Hongchen was burning with anxiety.
He paced back and forth along the corridor.
His gaze kept returning to Chen Mo's suite.
"I wonder how things are going?"
"It's been so long, and there hasn't been a sound."
"This is worrying me to death."
When he had sensed the extraordinarily powerful energy erupting inside the room...
Jing Hongchen had intended to force his way in.
But then he considered the possibility that Chen Mo's purification of the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife had reached a critical stage.
If he barged in rashly and distracted Chen Mo...
It might cause the purification to fail, or even trigger a backlash.
What would he do then?
At that thought...
He slowly lowered his raised right hand.
But after a while...
When Chen Mo still had not come out...
Jing Hongchen could no longer afford to worry about all that.
"To hell with it. I'll get him out first."
He approached the door.
Just as he was about to break in...
There came a creak.
Holding the Blade of Life's Watch, Chen Mo opened the door.
The Ice Empress and Snow Empress had already transformed into Gulou Balls and returned to his waist.
"Are you all right?" Jing Hongchen lifted Chen Mo with both hands and examined him carefully.
Only after confirming that nothing