Back in Reality...
Silence dropped in the underground chamber when the wisp of soul that the King of Devil had used to take over Devil Tanlan's life vanished, and the tension between the couple was exceptionally high.
After the tragedy, which he failed to prevent more than 10 years ago, Xia Jieye was now made aware of his wife's suffering for the first time. He ought to have averted Bai Wuan's death if he had known that it would end up this way, even if Yun Xiajie's vessel shattered. He wouldn't have let his defenses down and allowed his wife to use his hand to kill himself.
