The group's beloved wife: She is the phoenix, she is the king

With limited information at hand, one's thinking will naturally be less comprehensive. —Epigraph

"What you're saying, I've actually thought about before, but not everyone in our Rin Realm can explore every aspect of this world. We face significant obstacles in many areas..."

"Like in this current state, I can conjure up the elite troops I bring, or even myself, but the effect usually only lasts for half an hour or an hour before they are forced back to their previous state and then expelled..."

As Tan Ying spoke, she became somewhat dejected.

"If it's really as you say, the matter is probably relatively easy to resolve, but after so many years of investigation and documentation, things may not be that simple..."

"But one thing that's worth noting right now is that your power can hold this place back."

"I was being a bit presumptuous..." Fan Nuoxi's voice lowered, and the clouds seemed to dim as well.

Dongfang Junyan slowly approached Fan Nuoxi and softly comforted her, "Everything will be alright..."

Just then, a sudden change occurred. A black crack suddenly appeared in the sky where they were, and a tremendous force sucked everything around them into the crack.

"The rift that usually appears only once every six months, why has it appeared earlier than expected?" Tan Ying hurriedly cast a spell to resist it. "Could it be that the flow of time here has changed again?"

"Your Excellency, this crack is strange, our power seems to be being devoured..." an elite "Cloud" roared for help.

With immense force tearing them apart, everyone returned to their human form.

Dongfang Junyan and the others also struggled to resist the sudden appearance of the gap.

Fan Nuoxi was about to use the same method to put them into the bracelet, but she found that the bracelet could not be used at all.

That string of "brilliant as the Milky Way" and its own space are now completely useless.

"Is there no way to escape this time?" Fan Nuoxi felt a sense of despair as she watched the gap getting closer and closer.

The next moment, they all suddenly lost consciousness, their bodies surging towards the crack.

Suddenly, black tentacles appeared out of thin air, pulling them back one by one from the gaps that were about to be pulled in.

After about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, they were all half-dead and wrapped in oval-shaped cocoons.

The crevice has disappeared, leaving only the shattered landscape and countless ravines, showcasing the "masterpiece" left behind by the crevice after the storm.

……

The Realm of Coldness, the Palace of Hidden Emptiness.

"Thank goodness you're finally awake!" Qu Kuo saw Fan Nuoxi finally open her eyes and grabbed her fingertips with a "whoosh." "If you hadn't woken up, Yingying would have sliced ​​me into pieces!"

Upon seeing this, Dongfang Junyan slapped Qu Kuo's hand away with a dark face and wiped the place where Qu Kuo had touched him with his own handkerchief. "Men and women should not touch each other. Don't touch me like that."

Then, Dongfang Junyan helped Fan Nuoxi up, let her lean against the pillow, and handed her a glass of warm water.

Seeing that Fan Nuoxi drank it and showed no other abnormalities except for a slight confusion in her eyes, Dongfang Junyan breathed a slight sigh of relief.

"Are you feeling any discomfort?"

"A little sore, but otherwise fine," Fan Nuoxi replied, shifting slightly. "How long have I been asleep?"

"Two days." Dongfang Junyan grasped Fan Nuoxi's hand, his voice filled with heartache and lingering fear. "Do you know, you almost..."

Qu Kuo curled his lip in disapproval.

"What's wrong?" Fan Nuoxi subconsciously tightened her grip on Dongfang Junyan's hand. "Could it be that the black-hearted cotton from the abyss has jumped out?"

Qu Kuo smirked, "If that guy knew you called it that, he'd be furious..."

"It has nothing to do with it? Then what happened to me? Are you all alright?" Fan Nuoxi looked puzzled, then turned to Qu Kuo, "What are you doing here?"

Qu Kuo's head was buzzing from the barrage of questions Fan Nuoxi threw at him.

"Originally, the hole in the sky seemed to sense something alive and was about to take everything away, but at that time the hole's power was not yet stable..."

"If I hadn't shown up in time, you would all have been torn to shreds by that force..."

Qu Kuo still feels lingering fear when he recalls what happened that day.

"You were quick to save the others, but you..."

"It's good that everyone else is alright." Fan Nuoxi breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Qu Kuo said with a hint of exasperation, "You really are carefree."

“Everyone wants a worthless life,” Fan Nuoxi shrugged helplessly. “If it’s taken, I’ll just… fight it to the death!”

Before he could finish speaking, Dongfang Junyan covered his mouth.

"Pah! Pah! Pah! Don't talk nonsense!"

"To be honest, I feel that those things were definitely aimed at you," Qu Kuo sighed inwardly as he looked at Fan Nuoxi's zen-like appearance. "They were like hungry wolves seeing meat whenever they encountered even a trace of your presence, and they all wanted to get involved."

"But it seems there was a faint force helping me at the time..." Qu Kuo recalled how he had used his strength to save people that day, feeling somewhat fortunate. "If that force hadn't managed to intercept it for me, it's hard to say what would have happened to you."

"Perhaps... the power that helped you came from Xu Nuan?" Fan Nuoxi gently moved Dongfang Junyan's hand away and held it in her own. "After all, what's happening right now is all happening on its own body."

Dongfang Junyan wholeheartedly agreed.

"Xu Nuan?" Qu Kuo read the name aloud, vaguely guessing what was going on. "You named her again?"

"According to you, as long as we find the most fundamental source of this warmth and give it a helping hand, we can make its power stronger and gradually gain autonomous control?"

Seeing that Fan Nuoxi seemed to think this way, Qu Kuo said with a hint of helplessness, "Maybe it's just taking a gamble and fighting back because it sensed your return, but it's nothing more than a death throes..."

Hearing this, Fan Nuoxi's eyes filled with sadness.

“Recently, quite a few other little guys similar to it have turned to dust. It’s just lucky that it can hold on for a while longer…” Qu Kuo sighed and talked about the recent situation.

Fan Nuoxi gently stroked the ring formed from the Abyss of Yunmeng on her fingertip, still holding onto a sliver of hope, "We can't let everything we do now end up being a complete waste..."

She couldn't bear to watch them disappear one by one.

“If the foundation has been shaken, how can it be so easily repaired?” Qu Kuo’s eyes welled up with tears. “But even I can’t find where that foundation is, so how can I… protect you, and all living beings…”

“There must be a way…” Fan Nuoxi felt her scalp tingle and her body went limp when she heard this, and she could only lean on Dongfang Junyan.

Dongfang Junyan steadily supported Fan Nuoxi, his fingertips tightening around the hem of her clothes, and looked straight at Qu Kuo, "Since you say you can't find a foundation, then there must be some trace of it."

“I…” Now it was Qu Kuo’s turn to be speechless.

If he were to be found, why would he rush here to discuss things with Tan Ying...?

Dongfang Junyan couldn't help but roll his eyes at him.

“Even if… I don’t know, Master…” Qu Kuo subconsciously looked at Fan Nuoxi, but before he could say anything more, Dongfang Junyan glared at him and cut him off, “Gather… brainstorm, there must be some way…”

At this moment, Tan Ying arrived with several priests dressed in various costumes.

After the priest bowed to them, they all retreated to wait outside the door.

Judging from the style of their clothing, those priests were not unique to the Realm of Rin; they clearly came from some little-known place.

Qu Kuo breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the person who came, and quickly went to greet him and change the subject, "I told you the master was fine, look, he's awake now?"

Tan Ying glanced at Fan Nuoxi, who was being supported by Dongfang Junyan, and then glared at Qu Kuo. "I think you're asking for a beating!"

“Master, ignore him. He’s just unreliable. Don’t let him fool you!” Tan Ying said as she reached out and pinched the flesh on Qu Kuo’s forearm.

Qu Kuo's expression changed slightly, but feeling guilty, he could only clench his fists and mutter under his breath, "At least give me some face..."

His response was another painful blow to his forearm.

Qu Kuo glanced at Tan Ying with a resentful look, then lowered his eyes and rubbed his aching spot, not daring to speak again.

Then, Tan Ying took out several letters from her sleeve. "Master, I have just received some news about you, and I am undecided. Why don't you take a look for me?"

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This chapter's screenwriter: Fan Nuoxi

Artistic Director: Tan Ying

Guest appearance: Several priests