After hearing the Old Martial God Zhu Huai's explanation, the King of Chu and Sword Immortal Qionghua both fell silent.
He was clearly a hero who had resolved the calamity of Mysterious Wasteland Heaven and brought a tremendous opportunity to the cultivators of the Five Heavens, yet in the end, he faced sealing and execution. An inexplicable sorrow welled up in the three of them.
"How could this happen?"
On the Heaven-Ascending Platform in the Twelfth Layer of the Mysterious Wasteland Tower, Zhao Linglong's face filled with horror when she heard Gu Qingcheng's explanation of the Book of Life and Death's backlash.
"Junior Brother and the others helped so many people demand justice from the Nine Abysses. They did such a great good deed, so why should they end up sealed and killed?"
"This isn't fair!"
Zhao Linglong shook her head repeatedly, her face furious.
"Senior Brother, Senior Sister, let's leave the tower right now." Zhao Linglong hurried over to her senior brother Dugu Qingxiao and Jiang Zhi, then declared resolutely:
"I don't care about Corpse Wraiths or Corpse Demons! He's my junior brother, the junior brother of our Azure Profound Sect. No one is allowed to hurt him!"
"You're right, Junior Sister."
Jiang Zhi, who had always been gentle, now had an icy look in her eyes as she stepped forward and took Zhao Linglong's hand.
"Eldest Senior Sister, Junior Sister."
Just as Jiang Zhi and Zhao Linglong were about to leave the tower, Second Senior Brother Dugu Qingxiao suddenly stopped them.
"Second Senior Brother?"
Zhao Linglong looked at Dugu Qingxiao in confusion.
"Don't be hasty."
Dugu Qingxiao laid a hand on Zhao Linglong's shoulder, looked up at the illusory image above the Heaven-Ascending Tower, and said:
"Junior Brother hasn't given up yet. We mustn't throw our own