The Otherworld Gate

"With the Flower Code, I will rule everything." Dressed in purple, Yaga laughed, her voice dripping with scorn.

"Yaga, hand over the Flower Code!" Edwin's voice was icy as he thrust out his hand, sending a beam of light toward her.

Yaga dispersed the beam with a wave of her fan. "You members of the declining Ancient Spirit Fairy Clan aren't worthy of the Code. Its power should belong to me!"

Dai Weiwei tried to reason with her. "Goddess Yaga, this book doesn't just concern the fate of the entire Labelle Continent, it also..."

Before she could finish, Edwin interrupted her. "Dai Weiwei, you can't reason with an evil goddess."

"You overestimate yourself! Edwin, you traitor, you think you can stop me?" Yaga sneered.

Dai Weiwei sighed helplessly. "I know we're no match for you, but..."

A magic circle suddenly appeared on the tree where Yaga stood. Petals drifted through the air, and an immense suction arose.

Just then, Sen Lijiu sensed that Magnolia seemed to want to come out, so he released her from the Origin Realm. Magnolia changed from her essence form back into a Flower Spirit. With her eyes closed and her arms spread, she conjured a translucent sphere before her, enclosing Sen Lijiu within it. With a wave of her hand, the sphere shot toward the glowing magical gateway and merged into it. Edwin witnessed everything.

"The Otherworld Gate! What are you trying to do?" As Yaga shouted, the Flower Code in her hand began trembling uncontrollably.

"I may not be able to stop you, but I'll never let you have the Flower Code!"

Dai Weiwei hovered in the air and chanted, "...In the name of the Flower Spirit Contract Holder of the Flower Code, I break the seal. Release!"

"Stop! You fools, what are you doing?" The Flower Code flew out of Yaga's hand, its pages vanishing one by one as they transformed into cards and entered the Otherworld Gate.

Sen Lijiu, enclosed in the sphere of light, left along with them. Jun Yi did not follow him, but he could not leave either. He needed to hold Pupula back.

After one lingering glance in Sen Lijiu's direction, he turned and vanished resolutely. "I'll clear the obstacles out of your way."

As Pupula looked at Jun Yi, who had suddenly appeared before her, her expression turned cold. "Jun Yi, get out of my way!"

Jun Yi summoned his magical artifact, and Pupula instinctively stepped half a pace back. The beating she had suffered before seemed to replay before her eyes.

"I won't do anything to you. You only need to wait quietly here for a little while." Jun Yi sounded as though he were negotiating with her, but his tone brooked no argument.

Pupula clenched her pale, jade-like hands so tightly that her knuckles turned faintly white. A fine layer of sweat even seeped from her palms.

Yet despite the resentment and anger filling her heart, she bit her lip and forced herself not to show any sign of resistance. She could only obey his instructions in silence.

"Damn it! Damn it all! Pupula! And all you Flower Fairies under her protection, just you wait!"

"Watch out!" Edwin caught Dai Weiwei as she fell. "What should we do now?"

Dai Weiwei murmured, "Perhaps... perhaps only the goddess..."

"It's all right. I saw everything that happened just now. You did the right thing. Leave the future to the destined Flower Fairy Magic Envoy." Pupula struggled to maintain her smile, trying her best to appear gentle and kind.

A shower of meteors streaked across the Human World.

Xia An'an looked out the window curiously. "A shooting star? Is that you, Mom?"

Just then, a shooting star fell into the garden...