Sure enough, Princess Zixia bowed and said, "Great Sect Leader Master, you saw it just now as well. Every one of your disciples—Liu Yi, Fu Zhiwen, and the rest—chose to remain on the Three Great Continents and fight the World-Ending Mayflies to the death! Before death, everyone feels fear; I am no exception! If you had not found a way to break the formation earlier, I believe they would never have stayed behind with such resolve! Yet now they remain because they trust you. They believe you will certainly break the grand formation and save the Three Great Continents from this world-ending calamity! What supports their decision to stay... is their trust in you! But you are leaving, and the eight Sect Leader Masters are leaving too. Though Lord of Wenqu Palace remains, that is clearly not enough! Therefore... Xiao Lang, I must stay behind! I will remain here so they know that you... will surely return! With me here, it is the same as you being with them!!"
"Zixia..." Xiao Hua bit down hard on his lips, and after a long while, managed only those two words. He did not know how to express what he felt.
"Moreover, Great Sect Leader Master..." Zixia said with a smile, "although Lord of Wenqu Palace has reached the pinnacle of the ninth grade of Yuan Force, with no one in the world able to stand against him, he is lacking when it comes to planning and strategy. Though my cultivation is not high, I can serve as an excellent adviser!"
Xiao Hua lowered his head in thought for a moment, then consulted Wenqu in his heart before nodding. "Zixia, you are absolutely right! With you here, they will have a reassurance greater than the heavens! You are more useful than ten Great