Caught completely off guard for a moment, Chen Zijin was pushed straight into the light screen by Zhang Yue.
At the side, Xingtian, who had long seen through everything and knew Zhang Yue would do this, looked at him and sighed, "This feeling of two people running toward each other, it really makes me jealous."
"She rushed into the Divine Tomb for you without a second thought."
"And for her, you're willing to let yourself be trapped here for a lifetime."
Just as she finished speaking.
Xingtian suddenly noticed something.
She stared closely at the light screen before her and said in surprise, "Why is it like this?"
Zhang Yue didn't understand, "What's wrong?"
"Why hasn't it disappeared?", Xingtian stared at the golden light screen that still remained, astonished, "Back then, when Kai used the core to open the light screen, the moment he went in, the light screen disappeared immediately."
Like she had realized something, Xingtian felt a shock of disbelief inside, "Could it be… he closed the passage on purpose."
Right at this moment, Chen Zijin suddenly walked back through the light screen and returned.
"You have some nerve, Zhang Yue!", Chen Zijin marched straight up to him, eyes locked onto his, furious, "How are you so good at tricking people?"
Zhang Yue was even more stunned, "How did you come back?"
"Why couldn't I come back?", Chen Zijin said righteously, "If I can go out, I can come back."
At first, it seemed strange.
But thinking about it, it made sense.
Even the Demon Emperor Yu could enter and leave the Demon Realm whenever she wanted.
So it should be that anyone who has entered this place before, after leaving, can reenter the God Realm at any time.
Chen Zijin grabbed Zhang Yue, "Come on, let's go out together!"
The two of them walked toward the light screen.
When Chen Zijin had already stepped fully into the light screen and Zhang Yue had one foot inside as well, Zhang Yue finally realized something: a single core did not only allow one person to leave the God Realm.
Clearly, Xingtian also realized this.
At this moment, her gaze went empty.
Her mind went blank.
Because she had always believed that one core could only let one person leave the God Realm.
So back then, after Kai left, he left her behind here.
Yet now, the truth proved that both Zhang Yue and Chen Zijin could pass through the light screen.
Which meant that after Kai left, Xingtian could also have exited through that same passage.
But Kai had deliberately shut the exit after he left.
It was Kai who trapped Xingtian in the God Realm.
"Why did you do that?", Xingtian felt an unbearable sadness.
In that instant, she felt as if the whole world had abandoned her.
She crouched down involuntarily, crying.
Just then, Chen Zijin came back again. She reached out her hand to Xingtian and said, "Come with us. Let's leave together."
Xingtian looked up at Zhang Yue and Chen Zijin, who had stopped for her. A trace of warmth finally appeared in her cold heart.
She nodded, "Alright."
She stood up and prepared to cross the light screen with them, but discovered something: both Zhang Yue and Chen Zijin could pass through the light screen, but Xingtian alone could not.
To her, it was like a solid wall.
"How can this be?", Chen Zijin exclaimed.
Xingtian said, "Most likely, only the two of you can leave, because you two have a contract between you. The core automatically recognized you two, but it didn't recognize me."
Chen Zijin drew her blade, "Then we'll just fight our way through the seven dynasties again, get another core, and all leave together."
"No," Xingtian said, "You two must go, or you'll die here."
"My resurrection ability can be used on myself. I can remain undying. But it cannot be used on you, who are countered by the Hell Dynasty."
From all directions, the forces of the seven dynasties surged toward them like a tidal wave.
Xingtian urged, "Don't worry about me. Go!"
"Go!"
Tears streamed uncontrollably from her eyes.
They were not tears of fear.
They were tears of helplessness and sorrow.
No one could bear being abandoned twice.
Zhang Yue turned back to look at Xingtian and said, "Don't worry. I'll definitely come back and take you out."
Xingtian shook her head, "Don't come back. If the rift keeps opening, it will eventually become uncontrollable. Once the power of the God Realm leaks into the other world, all of humanity will be doomed."
She took a jade pendant from her body and handed it to Zhang Yue. Then she instructed him, "Remember, don't come back."
After that, Xingtian released her power and forced both Zhang Yue and Chen Zijin into the golden light screen.
One second later, the light screen vanished.
At that moment, from all sides, the armies of the seven dynasties surged in.
Above the sky, wind and clouds churned, lightning flashed and thunder boomed.
A rift silently tore open.
Seeing the rift, Xingtian knew: this happened because the space passage had been opened repeatedly, causing a crack to form between the God Realm and the other world.
Next, if Kai or Zhang Yue returned again and caused the rift to grow larger, then the power of the God Realm would seep through and spread into the other world, then further into the real world.
At that time, humanity would face extinction.
Realizing this, Xingtian summoned a Firebird and shot into the sky.
Soaring through the air, golden light surged from within her.
That stream of light slowly drifted into the rift, gradually healing it.
And Xingtian, due to losing all of her divine power, lost all radiance.
With not a trace of strength left, she drifted downward toward the ground.
Below, countless fierce beasts from the seven dynasties bared their fangs and stared up at her, appearing ready to devour her.
Xingtian simply gazed at the closing rift in the sky and showed a helpless yet regretless smile.
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On the other side.
After passing through the light screen, Zhang Yue and Chen Zijin returned to the Divine Tomb secret realm.
When they turned around, they found the light screen fading rapidly.
To test whether the passage could still be reopened someday to return and rescue Xingtian, Zhang Yue asked Chen Zijin, "When you came out earlier, how did you reopen the entrance?"
Chen Zijin placed her hands together and closed her eyes.
After a moment, she opened them again and saw nothing. Stunned, she said, "Strange, why can't I open it?"
"When you pushed me out just now, I followed the prompts exactly to reopen the passage, then entered again."
Zhang Yue seemed to understand.
He said in a low voice, "Looks like Xingtian sealed the entrance completely from inside. We can't get back in anymore."
"Huh?", Chen Zijin said regretfully, "Then doesn't that mean Xingtian…"
Zhang Yue said, "It's fine. There's still one more way to reenter the God Realm."
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