# 1563
Chapter 1563: Heavenly Court Incident
As An Qingyu finished speaking, she turned to look at Jiang Er beside her, her expression somewhat complicated.
"What's wrong?" Jiang Er asked.
"After I'm sealed, there might be a long time where I can't talk to you like this." An Qingyu gazed into Jiang Er's eyes. "It wouldn't be fair to leave you alone and conscious, waiting for me... Maybe I can ask the Jade Emperor to seal you too."
"The Celestial Venerable said the seal requires the combined effort of the Gods of Great Xia. It's not something that can be done on a whim... Besides, even if you can't accompany me, I can accompany you, right? I can see you every day in the Abyss of Spirits, chat with you. It won't actually be that unbearable." Jiang Er spoke without a care.
An Qingyu opened her mouth, as if wanting to persuade him further, but Jiang Er stood up and said seriously:
"Alright, don't overthink it. I can take care of myself! We still have so much time ahead. If you really feel bad about it, just make it up to me after you wake up..."
"What kind of compensation do you want?"
"This... this depends on you!" Jiang Er turned his head away, a blush creeping across his cheeks.
An Qingyu stared at Jiang Er for a long moment, then smiled. "I understand."
"What do you understand?"
"You'll find out when the time comes."
Jiang Er shot An Qingyu a pretend-annoyed glare, which the latter pretended not to see, leaning back leisurely in the wheelchair, gazing up at the countless stars above.
"Do you think Qiqi and the others know about this?" Jiang Er asked, as if suddenly remembering something.
"Right now, they probably do, right?" An Qingyu said with some uncertainty. "But from what Jiang Taigong said before, he doesn't want Qiqi and the others involved in this matter. After all, my current identity is that of half a Key to the Gate..."
"Too bad the Heavenly Court is now shrouded in mist. Even if they wanted to find us, they might not be able to."
"That might not necessarily be the case." An Qingyu smiled faintly. "Don't forget, our team leader is Lin Qiye... I think he might already be on his way here."
"Then maybe we can see them one more time before the sealing? That wouldn't be bad either..."
An Qingyu and Jiang Er chatted for a while. The gentle evening breeze brushed against his cheeks, and a hint of drowsiness seemed to settle in.
An Qingyu shifted his body into a comfortable position, gazing at the countless stars in the sky, and slowly closed his eyes...
"Why don't you go back inside to sleep?"
"The room is too stuffy... I want to feel this world a bit more before being sealed."
Jiang Er gazed at An Qingyu's sleeping face. After a long while, he gently nestled beside him and closed his eyes as well.
"Qingyu..."
"Mm?"
"When you come out, let's go see Erhai Lake together, okay?"
"Is that part of the compensation?"
"Of course not... I grew up by Erhai Lake. I want to take you home to see it... But if something romantic happens by Erhai Lake, maybe that could count as part of the compensation~"
Hearing Jiang Er's mischievous voice, An Qingyu laughed. "I understand. You're dropping hints."
"What hints? I don't know what you're talking about..."
Jiang Er stuck out his tongue. In the gentle evening breeze, tinged with dense spiritual energy, they slowly drifted into sleep amid the Migo's faint roars...
...
"The sheer quantity of these things is becoming more terrifying by the moment."
Outside the Gate of Southern Heaven, Guangchengzi gripped the Heaven-Subverting Seal, gazing down at the tide-like surge of Migo surging forward below. His eyes narrowed slightly.
"No matter how much trash there is, it's still just trash. We just need to clear them all away." Sun Wukong stood beside him, his eyes ablaze with scorching golden light.
He touched his ear, and a pillar that seemed to reach the heavens rapidly extended, crashing down into the midst of the Migo. Instantly, the ten or so at the front were crushed into a bloody mist. The Migo behind continued their fearless charge, only to be crushed beneath the Heaven-Subverting Seal that had transformed into a mountain.
Seeing that this wave of descended Migo were all dead, Guangchengzi beckoned with his palm, retrieving the Heaven-Subverting Seal.
"By the way, the preparations for the sealing should be almost complete, right?"
"Almost." Taiyi Zhenren nodded. "The main materials are all prepared. We should be able to perform the sealing tomorrow afternoon."
"Have the other gates stay vigilant. With the three Celestial Venerables absent, the Heavenly Court has no Supreme Guardian. Let's not have any mishaps at this time."
"Yes."
Taiyi Zhenren's figure vanished into the night sky like a streak of light. Sun Wukong tucked the Ruyi Jingu Bang back into his ear, leaned against the stone pillar of the Gate of Southern Heaven, squinting his eyes to keep watch on all directions.
But at this moment, no one in the entire Heavenly Court was aware that a silently surging black fog had directly crossed the many gates, quietly drifting out from within a certain palace in the Heavenly Court.
Countless shadowy figures flickered within the black fog. It seemed to have no physical form, drifting lightly through a wall, arriving at a courtyard filled with immortal herbs.
Faint murmuring sounds emerged from within the black fog. Its main body twisted rapidly, evolving into a sinister face, staring intently at the sleeping An Qingyu within the ancient pavilion.
A spatial vortex the size of a fist rose from beside An Qingyu's feet, swallowing several immortal herbs. After a moment, it vanished without a trace.
"Key to the Gate... How interesting." The corner of that face's mouth curved upward slightly, and in its hollow eyes, a hint of manic madness surfaced. "But it's not enough... This level of power is far from enough to please me... Let me make things even more interesting.
You owe me a favor, Yogsothoth."
The black fog's murmuring gradually faded. Beside An Qingyu's wrist, another faint temporal disturbance appeared.
At this moment, a wisp of Chaos black fog climbed along the temporal-spatial gap, like a pair of giant hands, forcibly tearing it wider. Within moments, it expanded into a temporal-spatial rift that engulfed the entire ancient pavilion!
That temporal-spatial rift was like a giant mouth, instantly swallowing the pavilion, the stone table, and An Qingyu and Jiang Er within!
As the temporal-spatial rift vanished, the black fog hovering by the wall let out an eerie, quiet laugh, then gradually faded into the air...
DONG——!!!
The moment An Qingyu vanished, a deafening bell resounded throughout every corner of the Heavenly Court.
"No good!" Guangchengzi, standing guard outside the Gate of Southern Heaven, face suddenly changed. He猛地 turned to look in the direction of An Qingyu's palace, his figure turning into a streaming light as he rushed over. "Monkey, hold this position! Don't let anything escape the Heavenly Court!"
Sun Wukong furrowed his brow, watching the streams of divine power shooting skyward across the night sky. His expression grew grave.
In the void above the palace, a tall figure draped in imperial robes stepped out of the air. The Jade Emperor gazed down at the ancient pavilion that had already turned to ruins below. His eyes narrowed slightly...
"A temporal-spatial rift? Could the Gate of Truth have gone out of control?"