"Golden Crow." Du Yu suddenly snapped back to reality, calling out in his mind, "Burning Sun, Little Fen Yang?"

"Hmm." The voice of Little Fen Yang came from his mind, "Du Yu!"

Du Yu’s heart slightly relaxed, and he hurriedly asked, "Where are you? Have you also been transported to the Otherworld Continent?"

"Du Yu, I’m sorry, Du Yu." Little Fen Yang’s voice was full of frustration, tinged with a bit of sobbing, "The Void Axe’s mind broke down, he... he..."

"Don’t cry, don’t cry." Du Yu quickly comforted in his mind.

Interestingly enough, even though he had just walked the path of Ghost Gate, barely managing himself, he still forced himself to calm down to comfort others.

Du Yu: "Where are you, Little Fen Yang?"

"I’m... I’m on the surface, on the mountain peak, far from the big tree."

"Direction!" Du Yu tried hard to stabilize his spirit, "Look at the sky and identify your position."

Little Fen Yang’s voice was very small and light: "No, Du Yu, the sun can’t be seen here, I... boo hoo~"

Can’t see the sun?

Du Yu couldn’t care about much, and urged, "Hide yourself first, don’t let other beings find you.

Are there any distinct geographic features around?"

Little Fen Yang: "Mountain peak, on the highest mountain peak."

"I’m coming over, you hide well and wait for me!" Du Yu said in his mind, looking up at Qingci, "Are you ready?"

Celestial Cyan Porcelain silently nodded.

She really wanted to persuade Du Yu to stay inside the bell for a few more days.

As long as the time was long enough, the Youhan Tree would eventually relax, and then they could seize the chance to escape.

But at this moment, Little Fen Yang was stranded outside, moreover in Demon Soul form, constantly in danger.

To Du Yu, staying in the Sea Realm was impossible.

"Phew~"

Du Yu flipped his palm, and the Bell Shadow flickered once again.

With Mountain Earth Concealment revealing itself, Du Yu was still within the earth, not in the collapsed empty space.

It seems that ever since he flashed into the Mountain and Sea Bell, the branches of the Youhan Tree hadn’t swept over again?

"Quickly, quickly, diagonal upwards!" Inside the Zhiyang Acupoint, Demon Soul Du Yu cuddled the big head of the Desolate Silver Lynx, continuously giving instructions.

It was the first time Baojun had seen Du Yu in such a hurry.

She vigorously activated Mountain Earth Concealment, and gently rubbed her furry face against Du Yu’s body.

Unfortunately, the Demon Soul was elusive, and she couldn’t really touch him.

Du Yu swam within the mountain earth, also shrouded in darkness.

The Youhan Tree branches that could lash out at any moment were like a sword hanging above, leaving Du Yu on edge.

"Thump! Thump! Thump!"

In the pitch-black world, Du Yu seemed to hear his own heavy heartbeat.

Celestial Cyan Porcelain: "It didn’t chase."

"Didn’t chase?" Du Yu frowned, his mind not relaxing, still always ready with the Mountain and Sea Bell.

Why didn’t the Youhan Tree chase?

Does it know I have the Mountain and Sea Bell, and gave up? No, it shouldn’t be so easy...

Or, it scornfully decided not to hunt me?

Bearing heavy doubts, Du Yu moved quickly through the earth, suddenly feeling a flicker of light before him.

But this light was very dim.

Du Yu gaped dumbly, only feeling he had arrived in an Ashen World.

The overcast sky was shrouded by dense gray fog, the giant oppressive feeling making it hard to breathe.

Wisps of gray fog drifted down from the sky, at an extremely slow speed.

In an unusual turn, the gray fog in the air wasn’t overly dense, only the Cold Qi in the high altitudes was so thick it seemed it could never disperse.

Because of this, Du Yu could observe the entire landscape of this world.

The mountain was still that mountain, but this world had already been engulfed by catastrophe.

Hundreds of meters away, stood a tree, the Twin Trees.

"No way." Du Yu’s eyes revealed a trace of sorrow.

The so-called "Twin Trees" were there, but the withered Divine Tree was already gone without a trace.

The gray Youhan Tree had taken over, replacing where the Divine Tree once stood.

Originally, the Divine Tree and the Demon Breath Tree were intertwined, coexisting harmoniously.

But now, the trunk of the Demon Breath Tree was almost entirely entwined by the Cold Tree.

The Youhan Tree, like a giant python, relentlessly and overpoweringly strangled the Demon Breath Tree.

The sporadically exposed parts of the Demon Breath Tree indicated it was still alive.

It also signifies its pain and helplessness.

A tremendous sense of desolation swept over, making Du Yu feel helpless, even suffocated.

Therefore...

The Twin Trees were defeated, utterly vanquished.

The Divine Tree was completely devoured, and the Demon Breath Tree became a prisoner.

The once blue sky and white clouds turned into a perpetual gray cold mist.

All living things in this world gradually lost their nature, being engulfed by the cold mist, transforming completely into Cold Beasts...

This bleak scene is likely to be a future depiction of Du Yu’s homeland, the Great Xia Continent.

Du Yu slowly raised his hand, letting a wisp of gray mist drift down.

However, the cold mist did not follow the trajectory towards Du Yu’s palm.

It clearly sensed the presence of Spiritual Qi and immediately bounced aside.

Only when avoiding it, did the slowly drifting strands of gray mist suddenly speed up.

"Du Yu." The voice of Little Fen Yang echoed once again in his mind.

"I." Du Yu took a deep breath, calming his mind, "I’m... I’m here."

Celestial Cyan Porcelain: "Strictly speaking, you are still within the attack range of the Youhan Tree."

Du Yu’s silhouette slowly emerged from the ground: "Hmm."

A pair of slender beautiful eyes appeared before Du Yu.

Celestial Cyan Porcelain looked at the Youhan Tree from afar: "But it no longer attacks you, possibly misunderstanding your Space Technique.

It mistook the Mountain and Sea Bell, which can only be initiated on the spot, for that axe that can traverse anywhere, thinking it can’t catch up with you."

Du Yu: "Or perhaps your Mirror Flower Moon has a miraculous effect.

Or maybe, it’s just fearless, trying to kill by breaking spirits."

Celestial Cyan Porcelain pressed her lips together and ultimately said nothing.

Du Yu reached out to the side with one hand, saying softly, "No matter what, it will regret it."

"Nai~" Bai Yujing was summoned, instinctively wanting to rub Du Yu’s cheek but froze in place.

Bai Yujing, with deep perception of the world, naturally sensed a great deal.

In those fawn-like eyes, an indescribable sadness gradually surfaced.

"Let’s go." Du Yu mounted the deer, "Fly to the sky, look for the highest peak."

Such a scene was particularly eerie.

Since the invasion of the world by the Youhan Tree and the occupation of Kunlun Peak, no living being was allowed nearby.

Even beings from the Youhan Realm, after coming through the Bottomless Gate, were not permitted to ascend the mountain peak and disturb the Cold Tree.

Yet Du Yu, a real Human Race, the enemy of the Youhan Realm.

He, however, received some kind of permission to ride the deer and soar on the mountain peak.

At this moment, Du Yu and the Cold Tree shared a tacit understanding.

This indeed was a kind of permission, but not goodwill.

In essence, this was a means of torment and psychological devastation.

It’s all as Du Yu said before: the Cold Tree is fearless, trying to kill by breaking spirits.

Celestial Cyan Porcelain: "The Youhan Tree of the Otherworld is probably not the same tree as the Youhan Tree in our world."

Du Yu: "What do you mean?"

Celestial Cyan Porcelain: "You inflicted severe damage on that Cold Tree at Great Xia Kunlun Mountain, it deeply hates you."

"That’s true." Du Yu nodded, recalling the Youhan Tree’s shrill scream in his mind:

I will kill you!

I will surely kill you!!!

Therefore, if that Youhan Tree ever had a chance, it would definitely flay and dismember Du Yu and kill him quickly!

It could never be like this Youhan Tree, high and mighty, in a disdainful posture, letting time and reality torture Du Yu.

In fact, persistently keeping Du Yu anxiously struggling for survival, desperately fleeing, and never finding hope, until his ultimate death...

This conduct is indeed more cruel than directly killing Du Yu.

Unfortunately, Du Yu is not of this world.

There’s still a fire in his heart and light in his eyes.

His world is still under a blue sky and white clouds.

Under the blue sky, he still has a warm home, with golden leaves piled up waiting for him forever.

"Master." Bai Yujing’s ethereal voice imprinted in Du Yu’s mind, "There’s an axe there."

Upon hearing this, Du Yu suddenly turned his gaze to look.