Chapter 369: The Gate of Life and Death
The young man at the forefront appeared to be in his twenties, with purple robes and long hair. His gaze was sharp, and his entire being radiated a lively glow.
Looking at his appearance, he had red lips and white teeth, a face as smooth as jade, and a slender figure—truly a rare and handsome man.
Yet now, this young man, who possessed the power of an Eternal Sovereign, had a vacant stare. A thin stream of droplets flowed from the corners of his mouth as he murmured to himself, completely devoid of his earlier calm composure and wisdom.
Seeing him in this state, Uncle Li’s face instantly fell, turning pale blue, but he was helpless.
Below, the thousand subordinates brought by the young man all lowered their heads, pretending not to see anything. Some even started chatting with those around them.
…
“Xiao, it seems I have a rival…”
Mo Xian’s bright eyes were filled with laughter. When she and Chen Xiao lived in that small valley before, she often listened to Chen Xiao talk about various things happening on Earth.
Chen Xiao also told Mo Xian about that man-loving subordinate of his, Floating Cloud, just as a joke out of boredom. But they never expected that as soon as they stepped into the outside world, they would encounter such a person.
Indeed, the young man’s gaze was fixed entirely on Chen Xiao—filled with a mix of deep affection, possessiveness, and a hint of pleading—almost making Chen Xiao lose control and rush at him.
To be honest, Chen Xiao’s appearance was quite ordinary, just average. But for beings like Eternal Sovereigns or Divine Sovereigns, appearance was merely superficial. It was easy to achieve a handsome look.
Yet the inner self could not be changed.
Just as Chen Xiao viewed Mo Xian, what attracted her wasn’t just her beauty that transcended and complemented the world—her lightness, agility, and pure, water-like inner self were things unseen in other women.
Now, this young man viewed Chen Xiao in the same way.
It was likely that Chen Xiao’s current realm could no longer be classified as an Eternal Sovereign, Divine Sovereign, or Immortal Lord. Within Chen Xiao’s body still resided the laws of water and life and death, but the twelve emotional runes in the sea transcended these rules, representing twelve paths of emotion.
This special young man, who liked men, was instantly drawn to Chen Xiao.
“Ahem… Esteemed sir, I am Huayan Jue Luo Fan Xiao, the young master of the Huayan Jue Luo family in the Boundless Realm. May I ask your name?”
After being stunned for a while, Huayan Jue Luo Fan Xiao immediately bowed to Chen Xiao with a smile. However, the look he gave Mo Xian carried a hint of hostility.
Chen Xiao rubbed his nose and said helplessly, “Ahem, I’m Chen Xiao, just an ordinary person with no background.”
“Chen Xiao? Your name is Chen Xiao?” Fan Xiao suddenly exclaimed, his eyes filled with disbelief.
“Huh?” Chen Xiao blinked, feeling a sudden surge in her heart. Could it be that this young master from another chaotic realm knew her?
But Fan Xiao’s next words drove Chen Xiao and Mo Xian almost crazy.
“Great! You’re Chen Xiao, and I’m Fan Xiao. Both of our names contain the character ‘Xiao’—is this perhaps fate ordained by heaven?”
However, the next moment, he noticed the increasingly strange expressions of the people around them and wisely fell silent. Still, before leaving, he couldn’t help sending Chen Xiao a deeply affectionate look.
“Hmm…”
Uncle Li had already covered his eyes. Among the peers of the Hu Yan Jue Luo family, Fan Xiao was truly outstanding—both in strength and wisdom, far surpassing his contemporaries, and even some of the family’s elders were not as capable as him.
Logically, Fan Xiao should be the new leader of the Hu Yan Jue Luo family.
But no one is perfect. Fan Xiao’s greatest weakness, or rather, the reason the family gave up on him, was his preference for men. If a man who liked men became the leader of the family, the family’s reputation would likely be ruined. Moreover, Fan Xiao’s obsession with men was terrifying. Although he was extremely powerful, having reached the level of a Heavenly Venerable who had grasped the essence of the Dao, his methods to pursue men were not forceful conquests but relentless persistence, trying to win them over with emotions.
It’s easy to imagine what the outcome would be.
This time, the Hu Yan Jue Luo family sent Fan Xiao here. In that Chaos Realm, the so-called Wu Yu Realm, countless men must have breathed a sigh of relief.
Uncle Li could clearly sense that at this moment, Fan Xiao’s sharp mind was becoming chaotic. His eyes now focused only on Chen Xiao; he wouldn’t pay attention to anything else.
“Thankfully, I followed the young master this time… Otherwise…”
Uncle Li shook his head slightly before stepping forward and asking, “You two are also among the top strongmen in this world. I wonder what your connection is to this city below?”
Uncle Li also realized that Mo Xian and Chen Xiao had come to prevent them from seizing the city.
“This city belongs to Mo Xian’s elder. Please show mercy, sir.”
This time, it was Mo Xian who spoke. The moment she saw Uncle Li, she dispersed her musical notes, realizing he was an extremely powerful figure. From his words, she deduced that they probably came from those other Chaos Realms that Chen Xiao had mentioned to her before.
Chen Xiao had already learned a bit about the Chaos Realms while merging with the Dao and chasing that eerie young man. He had also compared this universe’s Chaos Realm with others, clearly seeing the differences.
“Oh?”
Uncle Li frowned, but before he could speak, Fan Xiao interjected, “Since that city belongs to your elders, we’ll back off. We apologize for any offense earlier. Please forgive us, sir.”
“Ah, the elders in the family are truly wise. If he really took control of the Hu Yan Jue Luo family or entered the higher decision-making circles, how many important matters would be delayed?”
Uncle Li stopped speaking when he heard Fan Xiao talking. He had realized that in front of a “handsome man,” Fan Xiao would definitely side with that person and abandon all his own interests.
“Then, thank you, Brother Fan Xiao.”
Chen Xiao twisted his lips into a smile even uglier than crying. Then, he took Mo Xian’s small hand and said, “Well, since Brother Fan Xiao and this senior have come to the Heavenly Realm, there must be important matters to attend to. I won’t disturb you any longer. I’ll take my leave now.”
In fact, even before Chen Xiao finished speaking, his and Mo Xian’s bodies disappeared, so much so that Uncle Li couldn’t even detect where they had gone. At the same time, the Fallen Heavenly Capital below also vanished without a trace.
Fan Xiao looked at the place where Chen Xiao had disappeared and sighed sadly.
“Uncle Li, I’ve found my place.”
Suddenly, Fan Xiao raised his head, his eyes clear and bright once again, with a glimmer of wisdom shining in them.
Uncle Li: “…”
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“Lord City Master, you’ve arrived.”
Inside the Fallen Heavenly Capital, the Fallen Spirit saw Chen Xiao and Mo Xian without any surprise on his face. A determined look appeared in his eyes.
“Senior, we meet again.”
Chen Xiao laughed as he looked at the Fallen Spirit. Now, he finally understood what kind of existence the Fallen Heavenly Capital was. When he first arrived in the Heavenly Realm, he only knew of the existence of the Divine Lord, never imagining that above the Divine Lord, there was also a Heavenly Lord.
Now, Chen Xiao also understood that the Fallen Heavenly Capital had shown mercy back then; otherwise, even if he had been a hundred times stronger, he would have been completely destroyed.
“You brat, don’t get too proud. Back then, I sent you to Lord City Master just to use you.”
The Fallen Heavenly Capital snorted coldly. Clearly, even now, he still looked down on Chen Xiao. It wasn’t out of disapproval, but because… Chen Xiao’s current strength was still at the level of a Primordial God, with the power of laws constantly flowing within him.
In the Fallen Spirit’s eyes, this was quite normal. After all, only four years had passed. He didn’t believe Chen Xiao could achieve much in just four years in the Heavenly Realm.
Four years ago, when the Fallen Spirit awakened, he hid the entire city in the void and focused all his efforts on nurturing Xi Xi, remaining completely unaware of what was happening outside. His decision to reappear this time was forced by Fan Xiao’s actions.
As for what had just happened, the Fallen Spirit attributed it all to Mo Xian.
Now, inside the empty city, there was only the Fallen Spirit left, with Xi Xi nowhere to be seen.
Four years ago, relying on the faint connection with Mo Xian, the Fallen Spirit sent Chen Xiao straight to Mo Xian’s side. His original plan was to instantly erase Chen Xiao’s vitality, sever his thoughts, and leave only his simple laws of life and soul flame.
At Mo Xian’s place, he would be drawn by Mo Xian’s laws of life, namely the so-called Key of Life, and enter Mo Xian’s body to replenish the laws of power within her body.
However, the Fallen Heavenly Capital underestimated Chen Xiao’s tenacity. The power he displayed did not kill Chen Xiao.
In fact, when Chen Xiao arrived at Mo Xian’s side, he only had a faint breath left; in the eyes of others, he was no different from a dead person. Even Tian Long You was forced to intervene under such circumstances. Under normal circumstances, if it were someone else, they would likely have struck again to kill Chen Xiao completely and seize his laws of life and death. But Mo Xian was just Mo Xian. What Chen Xiao could see clearly was the boundless clarity and purity in Mo Xian’s eyes. Mo Xian then brought him back to life, using his immense power of life to drive away the forces left by the fallen Tian Du and restore Chen Xiao’s vitality. Chen Xiao instinctively wanted to trust Mo Xian completely—not without reason. Although he didn’t know these things, there was an unspoken connection between them. “Grandpa…” Mo Xian looked at the spirit of the fallen with a sense of helplessness. She knew very well the nature of this spirit—just as Chen Xiao had described, like some stubborn old people on Earth: foul and unyielding. “City Lord, though I don’t know how you managed to unleash the Way of Sound, the laws of life and death are the most powerful among chaos, the foundation upon which all other laws exist. Since you possess a pure heart of the Way of Life, then in chaos, there must exist a pure heart of the Way of Death… The two of you… are destined for only one to survive.” The fallen Tian Du seemed extremely familiar with the universe, chaos, and laws, and what he said was all true. “Destined for only one to survive…” Suddenly, Mo Xian remembered Chen Xiao’s words: “If one of us must die, I will never hesitate.” It was at this moment that she truly understood the meaning of those words. In fact, Chen Xiao had never told Mo Xian about the causal relationship between that eerie youth and her, fearing it would add psychological pressure and prevent her from concentrating on her cultivation. Such a being could defeat a Celestial Lord with just a thought across countless realms of chaos—his strength was unimaginable, and surely no one could face him calmly. “Xiao, is that the village of the Way of Death? Is it him?” Mo Xian’s gaze was complex as she stared at Chen Xiao. “You are my wife,” Chen Xiao said, raising his head with a calm expression. Yet within his mind sea, the twelve emotion runes all glowed brightly, with the rune of love shining especially intensely—such profound love that even the spirit of the fallen could sense it. “If one of us must die, it will definitely be him. There will be no exceptions.” The emotion runes around Chen Xiao grew brighter and brighter, but his demeanor remained increasingly calm, his emotional fluctuations unhidden. All his joys, sorrows, anger, and happiness were fully displayed. But in the eyes of the fallen Tian Du, this was nothing but a regression in mindset, a transformation from a deity back to a mortal. Earlier, Chen Xiao still carried a trace of the supreme deity’s aura that surpassed all others, but now it had completely vanished. Chen Xiao’s state was the same—ordinary human emotions, arising freely without restraint or need for concealment, following nature and his true heart—this was the state of following the way of nature.
Even Fallen Heaven doesn’t understand, Mo Xian doesn’t understand, not even anyone else does.
The heart of humans, the hearts of all beings—that is the heart of the Dao. The path of reincarnation is heartless; it creates all things naturally. The path of humans, the path of all beings, is full of emotion; it shapes the world through emotion.
Yet both the path of reincarnation and the path of all beings follow nature without defiance—this is the principle of “following nature as it is.”
Whether it’s the path of emotion or the path of indifference, it is still the Dao, the only Dao. The Dao originally has no concept of emotion or indifference; it has existed since ancient times, without beginning or end, with endless reincarnation.
Chen Xiao accepts reincarnation and inherits the legacy of the Dao by using human emotions to understand and explain it—this is the path of emotion. Yet the only Dao, understood and explained through emotion, remains that very Dao, the only Dao.
Even Fallen Heaven doesn’t understand any of this. In his view, what Chen Xiao says is just talk; perhaps when that day really comes, Chen Xiao, whose mindset has fallen to that of a Supreme God, will simply run away.
What angered the Spirit of Fall even more was that Chen Xiao, a young man with only the strength of a Supreme God, dared to call himself Mo Xian’s wife—this was an unforgivable crime.
“City Lord, I don’t know how you were deceived by this boy, but please heed this old servant’s advice: leave him, or you will end up being dragged down. He possesses the divine artifact of the Self-Reliant Heavenly Venerable, and his identity is extremely complex. Perhaps I should kill him now.”
Over these four years, the Spirit of Fall had also heard Xi Xi tell some things about Chen Xiao.
In the next moment, the Spirit of Fall raised his hand, and a strong aura of fall formed a black light.
“Grandpa!”
Mo Xian’s expression turned urgent as she rushed to stand between the two. In her eyes, Fallen Heaven, Xi Xi, and Chen Xiao were all her closest people. Although Fallen Heaven called himself an old servant in name, both Mo Xian and Xi Xi regarded him as their own grandfather.
As for Chen Xiao’s place in Mo Xian’s heart, it went without saying—partly out of kinship, partly out of love. She didn’t want to see them argue, as it would hurt Mo Xian the most.
Fallen Heaven was a city, and the Spirit of Fall was its spirit. Though he had fully cultivated himself into a true soul and understood the path of fall, he still couldn’t comprehend human emotions.
Chen Xiao, however, didn’t care. “Xianxian, actually, it’s quite normal for someone like Senior Fallen to act this way.”
“Hm?”
Hearing Chen Xiao’s words, Mo Xian was stunned. The Spirit of Fall simply stared at him coldly, saying nothing and not acting immediately.
“In ancient times on Earth, when men and women got married, it had to be a match of equal status. Although in my era, marriage and love are valued freely, to marry a woman, one still needs to have enough assets—otherwise, even if the daughter agrees, her parents won’t be favorable to the suitor,” Chen Xiao said with a laugh.
“On Earth, these assets are mostly money, status, or sufficient talent to ensure happiness for the girl. In the heavens, then, that asset is strength.”
Chen Xiao raised his right hand, rubbing his index finger and middle finger together.
“The Fallen Elder stopped me from being with Xianxian simply because my strength isn’t great—more precisely, I’m pitifully weak, right?”
“Exactly,” the Fallen Heavenly Capital said coldly. “Previously, your cultivation level was that of a Supreme God, but now your mental state has declined, and the laws of the Supreme God you understood will also dissipate. Within a single cycle, you’ll vanish completely—just an ant incapable even of achieving immortality. Do you deserve to be the city lord? Since you understand this, why refuse to give up?”
“…”
Hearing their conversation, Mo Xian chose to remain silent.
“Xiao, when you say ‘playing the fool to catch the tiger,’ aren’t you playing it a bit too well?”
But moments later, Mo Xian spoke again. She wasn’t sure about Chen Xiao’s strength, but someone who could trap three Heavenly Lords and ten Divine Lords with just a formation—was that an ant? Moreover, after a thousand years of cultivation in the Cycle Formation, even Chen Xiao himself couldn’t be sure of his strength.
“Xianxian, this is just my true state of mind. I’m not pretending at all; everything about me is genuine. The person you see is my real self.”
“Hm?”
Now, Mo Xian was confused. She had always thought Chen Xiao was merely hiding his strength and cultivation level.
“Sigh… The Dao that can be spoken is not the true Dao. What is the Dao? And where does it come from?”
Chen Xiao sighed slightly, a hint of confusion in his eyes.
Hearing Chen Xiao’s words, the Spirit of Fall was stunned.
“The Dao?”
“If everything has a cause and effect according to the Dao, then the existence of the Dao itself must also have a source…”
The question that had long troubled Chen Xiao arose again involuntarily, and he sighed once more.
“Everything has its reason. Perhaps only by truly understanding that level can one achieve true immortality.”
Putting that question aside, Chen Xiao spread his right hand, and a lotus slowly took shape in it. It then grew, blossomed, withered, and finally turned into nothingness.
Only a faint, elegant fragrance of lotus remained in the air.
“This…”
The Fallen Heavenly Capital was stunned. He couldn’t understand how Chen Xiao had created this lotus. Not even any fluctuations in the laws or rules surrounding him occurred—it seemed as if he simply thought about it, and the lotus appeared.
That’s right—just by thinking, he conjured a real lotus out of thin air.
Using rules to create real things was something the Fallen Heavenly Capital could do too, but conjuring something out of nothing like Chen Xiao did was a realm he couldn’t comprehend.
“Is this what you call the Dao?” The Fallen Heavenly Capital widened his eyes.
Meanwhile, Mo Xian, witnessing the lotus from its birth to its demise, seemed to have understood something. Her entire being entered a state of tranquility.
In fact, over the past thousand years, Chen Xiao had preached the teachings of the Dao to her every day. Now, with the tangible lotus demonstrating the existence of the Dao, Mo Xian immediately grasped it.
Chen Xiao did not reply to the Spirit of Decline. With a wave of his hand, runes that glowed with spiritual light emerged from the void and intertwined around Mo Xian’s body, forming a Cycle Array. Only after completing this did he turn to look at the Spirit of Decline.
“The appearance of the lotus is not the Dao; rather, it is the process of the lotus’s growth and decline that reveals the Dao,” Chen Xiao said meaningfully.
Hearing Chen Xiao’s words, the Spirit of Decline fell into deep thought. After a while, it raised its head again, seemingly having realized something.
“Elder, may I now take care of Xianxian?” Chen Xiao asked.
“Are you confident enough to deal with Xiou Wen and protect the city lord in his presence?” the Spirit of Decline sighed and asked in return.
“Xiou Wen? Is that his name? The one who, after going through four cycles, obtained the Way of Death?”
Chen Xiao thought for a moment before asking.
“Then you, Elder of Decline, must also have gone through several cycles, right? That Xiou Wen, by relying on the pure Way of Death, managed to avoid the end of the cycles and then acquired other supreme powers… I wonder what your reliance is?” Chen Xiao asked, looking into the Spirit of Decline’s eyes.
“It seems your state of mind has not declined but has reached an incomprehensible realm…” The Spirit of Decline sighed and said, “The Key of Life and the Key of Death are the two keys to opening the Gate of Life and Death. By obtaining both keys, practicing to the extreme, understanding the Way of Life and Death, and refining the runes of life and death, one can open that gate. Inside the Gate of Life and Death lies a supreme being who left behind a divine artifact. By obtaining that artifact, one can eradicate the end of the cycles.”
The Spirit of Decline shook its head.
“Eradicate the end of the cycles?”
Chen Xiao raised his head and looked again at the celestial pathways above chaos. Around those pathways, the life imprints were becoming fewer, while the power of that lifeform grew stronger, indicating that the next end of the cycles was approaching.
“Mm,” the Spirit of Decline nodded and said, “The Key of Life and the Key of Death were originally one. But in this way, those who obtain them might only understand the rules of life and death, which could lead to their death. So, the elder who left behind the keys divided them into two, waiting for the day when someone could obtain both keys, refine the runes of life and death using them, then merge them to form the Way of Life and Death and open the Gate of Life and Death.”
The Spirit of Decline spoke slowly.
“Whether it’s the Key of Life or the Key of Death, possessing either can allow one to avoid the end of the cycles and survive deep within chaos.”
“Elder, please tell the truth,” Chen Xiao’s expression gradually darkened.
The Spirit of Decline was stunned.
“Within chaos, there are quite a few powerful beings who have avoided the end of the cycles and survived for countless calamities. Do they also possess the Keys of Life and Death? What I’m asking is how you managed to survive the end of the cycles. Don’t tell me you were the previous holder of the Key of Life.”
Chen Xiao’s Cycle Eye opened, and the truth of the rise and fall of all things flowed from him.
“As for that so-called Gate of Life and Death, in my view, it’s nothing but a joke. The laws of life and death are the means by which the Cycle governs the rise and fall of all things, and those so-called divine artifacts… simply do not exist.” Chen Xiao expressed his doubts and thoughts without hesitation. “You…” The Fallen Spirit’s expression instantly froze. “Elder, it’s because of Xianxian, and out of gratitude for letting me meet her, that I address you as an elder. I just want to know the truth; I don’t want to put Xianxian in a difficult position.” At this moment, Chen Xiao still hadn’t reached true enlightenment. Although the Eye of the Cycle could see through everything, it couldn’t perceive the past or future—not because it couldn’t, but because Chen Xiao’s realm wasn’t advanced enough yet. “Sigh…” The Fallen Spirit sighed. “I don’t know what you mean by ‘Cycle,’ but the Gate of Life and Death does exist, at least I’ve seen it with my own eyes. The Key of Life and Death can indeed open that gate, but what lies beyond it, I have no idea.” At that moment, every street and building in the Fallen Heaven exuded an ancient aura. By ‘ancient,’ it wasn’t referring to the antiquity of an era or world, but rather… the antiquity of chaos. “I am a divine artifact. Three thousand Chaos Calamities ago, my first master created me, hoping to use me to survive those calamities. Unfortunately, I still exist, but my master has perished.” “As for now, in this Chaos Realm, in that so-called City of Chaos, and also within chaos, there are Immortal Lords kept captive by that heaven-defying entity, including Xiūwěn. It was I who, through my will, transformed into the so-called Heavenly Book to explain to them about the end of the Cycle and the Chaos Calamities.” “But I’m not the only one in the City of Chaos. There are many other divine artifacts like me, capable of surviving countless Chaos Calamities. However, although we can endure those calamities, we still have a lifespan. I’m afraid this time, during the Chaos Calamity, will be the time of my destruction.” The Fallen Spirit’s tone was filled with boundless desolation. After hearing his words, Chen Xiao let out a deep sigh. “Were those Immortal Lords deliberately kept captive by that entity?” Chen Xiao pondered for a moment before asking. “That’s right. Those Immortal Lords who have survived several Chaos Eras were deliberately left behind by that entity. As for why, I don’t know. But none of those who survived were able to live through nine calamities; by the ninth calamity, they would surely die.” Having existed through three thousand Chaos Calamities, the Fallen Spirit had witnessed too much in chaos. “Behind the Gate of Life and Death is your master, right? Opening that gate doesn’t grant immortality—it leads to being devoured. The Key of Life and Death belongs to someone else; I can’t be deceived by that.” As soon as Chen Xiao finished speaking, fear appeared on the Fallen Spirit’s face. The secret he had kept all along had been revealed by Chen Xiao in just a few words.
“Yes, and no. The one who created me… is myself. Back then, to escape the end of the cycle of rebirth, I separated my consciousness from my soul and merged it with this Fallen Heavenly Capital…”
The Fallen Spirit smiled bitterly; for a moment, his entire body seemed to hunch over.
Chen Xiao glanced at Mo Xian, who was still in a state of transcendence, and lowered his head in silence.
“City Lord… Xianxian and Xixi grew up under my care. In this chaotic realm, it’s them who have accompanied me. I would never harm them.”
At this moment, kindness appeared on the Fallen Spirit’s face, just like that of an elderly person on his deathbed, looking at his most beloved grandchild—with a sense of relief and no worries left.
Having wandered through three thousand epochs of chaos, only he knew the loneliness involved. Although there were countless chaotic realms in this chaos, they were insignificant compared to the boundless chaos itself.
It was already a great fortune for the Fallen Heavenly Capital to somehow enter one of these chaotic realms. Only here, after three thousand epochs of loneliness, did it feel warm. One can imagine how much the Fallen Heavenly Capital valued Mo Xian and Xixi.
Even Mo Xian obtaining the Key of Life was part of his plan. The Key of Life and Death was created by him; as long as his consciousness endured, the key would remain his, and he could still control it within a chaotic realm.
Four years ago, the Fallen Spirit sent Chen Xiao to Mo Xian’s side by sensing the Key of Life on Mo Xian’s body.
Chen Xiao shook his head. At that moment, he thought of his grandfather, Chen Jianzhou. The Fallen Spirit and his grandfather—both elderly men who had lost their children—were strikingly similar.
Chen Xiao, being highly sensitive to emotions and feelings, could clearly sense the Fallen Spirit’s current emotions.
“Why hide it just now?” Chen Xiao sighed and asked.
“In my eyes, you are still an outsider,” the Fallen Spirit sighed. “The Key of Life and Death, along with the body of this Fallen Heavenly Capital, are relics I intend to leave for Xianxian and Xixi… Just now, your eyes were filled only with concern for Xianxian, no trace of greed. Otherwise, you would already be dead.”
After all, the Fallen Heavenly Capital was an ancient existence that had endured three thousand epochs of chaos. If it wanted, it could completely destroy a chaotic realm.
“Mm,” Chen Xiao nodded. It was only natural for the Fallen Spirit to be cautious. If it were Chen Xiao, he would do the same.
“However, an accident happened not long ago,” the Fallen Spirit said, his expression growing serious.
“An accident?” Chen Xiao was surprised.
“Inside the Gate of Life and Death, my body was revived.”