Stanley Batton shook his head slightly, feeling equally confused.“If you have any questions, you might as well ask me. What’s the point of murmuring between you?" the voice said. “Xyla, my original plan was to torture you and Stanley adequately before killing you both.“I wanted you to feel the pain of losing everyone important to you right before losing your life. I just never expected Sophie to appear out of the blue to take my life, leaving me in my spirit form to wander this world.”Fear began to spread through Xyla Quest. Her palms dampened with sweat instantly upon realizing the grave danger they were in.They were only ordinary human beings whereas the nine-tailed demon fox proved to be a deadly adversary despite being in his spirit form.“Where is this place? Are you going to kill us?” she asked boldly.At this point, Xyla knew being fearful wouldn’t solve anything. She had to face her fears head-on no matter what. So, she forced herself to remain calm.“This is the pat

Xyla Quest was in anguish at that moment, feeling like her body and her soul had been completely torn apart.It hurt so badly that she couldn’t breathe.She wished this was all in her imagination. She hoped it was just a vivid nightmare that would go away and return to normal once she woke up.As soon as Stanley Batton finished speaking, he suddenly floated up into the air, and then his body began to burn.The pain was excruciating, but he somehow kept a neutral expression on his face.The sight of her husband's burning body was now etched in the depths of Xyla’s heart.She hated herself right then for not being able to fight against the nine-tailed demon fox.They were only ordinary human beings, after all. Despite being more powerful, wealthy, and influential than many others in their real world, they remained powerless in this mystical realm.They were worthless in the face of magic.She began to cry as she clenched her fists, charging toward the nine-tailed demon fox. He w

Xyla Quest truly felt like the most powerless person ever.She couldn’t do a single thing when the love of her life was suffering right before her very eyes.As she chased the nine-tailed demon fox around, the latter began mocking her again—“Haha, give up, Xyla. You’re still just as stubborn as you were in your past life. You won't beat me no matter how hard you try. You’re just an ordinary person with no magical powers.“Any random spirit in the netherworld would be stronger than you. Give up the fight. It’s pointless. Hahaha,” he taunted with a maniacal laugh.She found it extremely annoying as everything he said infuriated her.With all the rage amassing within her, she felt like her heart would soon explode.She was about to go mad.Then, all of a sudden, a pink light surrounded her body right before some mysterious force lifted her from the ground.She ascended ten meters into the air, the sudden loss of gravity making her heart pound.It was quite an unbelievable thing

It wasn't long before Xyla Quest and Stanley Batton moved against their will to fly in circles in the air.Their backs were against each other while attacking the injured nine-tailed demon fox.It looked exactly like a scene from one of the fantasy television dramas they had seen before.Despite the strange sight, Xyla still felt some satisfaction that they could physically hurt the demon fox for a change.Indeed, she owed a debt for what she had done to him in her past life, but she did nothing wrong in this lifetime.She was innocent this time, so she didn’t owe him anything.He had her stepmother and sister brainwashed to torture her, and she even nearly died on several occasions.Then, he instructed Betty Starmount to poison her father and kill him.He even abducted her newborn babies and nearly killed them, too.Xyla could no longer tolerate his existence.She couldn’t accept that her sins in a past life could justify all the harm he inflicted upon her in this lifetime.

Approximately an hour later, Xyla Quest and Stanley Batton finally made it to the top of the stairs, where they connected to a white, palace-like structure.When they ventured further up, they saw an ancient city gateway with the words ‘Southern Sky Entrance’ written on it.Dense mist surrounded the city walls, making the place look like paradise.Through the mist, they could see soldiers in armors patrolling everywhere.The entire setting reminded them of heavenly palaces they had seen in television dramas.However, they couldn’t see anything else when they peeked further down.There was nothing but white mist beneath them.There were two guards by the city gateway who hastily approached them when they came into sight.“Who are you?” they asked simultaneously.“Where is this place?” Xyla asked in return.“This is the heavenly palace, of course,” one guard replied haughtily.She couldn’t believe what she was hearing. She and Stanley were at the heavenly palace?It turned ou