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After finally reuniting with the soul of his beloved wife, the Heavenly Demon could not bring himself to meet her gaze.
"Zhao Yanyan..." He stared at the floor, his voice thick with pain and shame.
"Dear...!" She smiled warmly, reaching out to embrace him. "Why won't you look at me? You did it! You finally saved everyone."
"No... I saved no one," the Heavenly Demon whispered, clenching his fists as tears streamed down his face. "I couldn't protect a single soul in the end. I lost all of you... because I failed you."
"Dear..." His wife wept softly as she drifted to his side and wrapped him in her arms. "Please don't blame yourself for what happened to us. You must keep living. Protect our son... and this world."
"Mother..." Wu Lieng sobbed. "Everyone...?!"
Then more souls appeared. Wu Lieng's five younger siblings, all children between two and six years old, joined them.
"Big bro?!"
"Wow, you have a beard now, hehe."
"Papa! Mama!"
"It's so bright... Where are we?"
