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　　TL: Zhao

　　Editing: Krisaia

　　Unaware of the fight which was about to erupt across the continent, Li Yiming remained solely focused on the portal opening up in front of him.

　　"Why are you here?" Li Yiming looked at the golden barrier that Sai Gao erected and asked.

　　"I had some kind of premonition, so I came here with Sai Gao," Fu Bo answered. With all of the unexpected turn of events, he was beginning to somewhat regret coming to the place.

　　"We're here for him," Tian Yan said. It seemed like Fu Bo was the only thing on her mind at the moment.

　　"What about her?" Li Yiming looked at Wu Jia, who was unconscious. He could not help but think about how unfortunate she had been ever since becoming involved with him.

　　"She said that she came here to travel. Apparently she met an a.s.shole… wait… is it you?" Shao Xian came to a shocking realization.

　　"Travel?" Li Yiming did not pay attention to the second half of Shao Xian's answer, too distracted with the black smoke around him.

　　"She's fine. I just made her sleep for a bit since she lost control of her emotions." Sai Gao said. Although he wore earphones during the train ride, he was still able to listen to the entire conversation between Wu Jia and Shao Xian.

　　Not wanting to waste further time with trivial matters, Li Yiming turned his attention toward Ying Mei instead, who was helping Chen Quan swallow down a healing potion.

　　"Sis Ying is here to protect me." Tian Yan hurriedly explained as soon as she noticed Li Yiming's gaze turn toward Ying Mei.

　　"How are you? I owe you for this." Li Yiming asked Chen Quan, who seemed to be slowly recovering from his wounds after downing the remedy.

　　"Don't worry, I'm not dead yet," Chen Quan said. Upon confirming that his entourage all seemed to know Li Yiming personally, he decided to reveal his discovery. "I don't know if it's the entrance to the Realm of Ghosts you're talking about, but I found a giant stone gate underground. It looked terrifying, and it was shrouded in the exact same black smoke."

　　"So you've seen it?" Sai Gao could not believe an ordinary person was able to discover the gate.

　　"Yes. Right underground, probably three thousand meters, I would say. I was attacked by a couple of ghosts as soon as I approached it," Chen Quan said.

　　"The discovery of the gate, the ghosts invading our realm… so all of the tales were true…" Ying Mei said as she remembered what Tian Yan told her on the train: everything around the mountain was destined to die, and guardians were no exception.

　　"So what are we supposed to do now?" Fu Bo asked.

　　"This is only the beginning. I can't even begin to imagine what would happen if the gate was to open completely…" Bai Ze appeared with a flash of light.

　　"Is there a way to destroy the gate before it opens?" Li Yiming asked.

　　"The gate is a bridge connecting our world with the Realm of Ghosts. It serves the same purpose as the rock that he created, only one is sealed away the Heavens and h.e.l.l, and the other is protecting us from the evil spirits. I'm not even sure if Mr. Kong would be able to destroy it. You would need to change the rules at a fundamental level for that to happen," Bai Ze explained.