Shaking her head, she attempts to shirk off the negative feeling and turned away. Once outside of the gate though, Bai Yan suddenly found herself in the midst of darkness again. The white glow was gone, nowhere to be found in this underground world.

  Can it be… its related to those model sculptures?

  “Mother!” A childish voice abruptly cuts in from the front, causing the woman to turn over to see the boy and girl quickly running over with hand in hand.

  This scared the daylights out of Bai Yan because there’s still a giant chasm between herself and the kids. Just as she wanted to shout to make them stop, the ground began to rumble and stopped her mid cry. Next thing they all knew were the rocks and boulders floating up into the air, making the picture similar to that of an apocalypse.

  Dragony didn’t expect this and nearly fell over from the tremble. Fortunately the little steambun was beside her and helped support that body in time. Now the rocks are acting like a barrier, forcing the woman and her kids apart with the ravine acting as a line.

  “Xiachen, Dragony, don’t come here!”


  Bai Yan finally managed to throw out the sentence with sweat covering her forehead. Anxious in the voice: “This ravine cannot be passed so stay on your side of the cliff!”


  The boy just stared at the poor woman who’s very much flustered on the face. Whatever happiness he felt earlier has been crushed knowing he couldn’t reach his important woman.

  “What should we do then Mother?”


  “Don’t rush, I will find a way.”


  Furrowing up her brow, Bai Yan understands full well the difficulty of getting through the ravine. What am I supposed to do now? I can’t use the same method to get back over at this rate.

  Boom!

  The ground shook again, this time more violent than the last. Unlike the previous tremor, the earth under her feet has started to sink in as well. Catching a branch of a tree that hasn’t fallen yet, she hurriedly cried out to the kids.

  “Xiachen, Dragony, no matter what happens later you two mustn’t separate, understand?!”


  Bai Xiachen nodded with tears in his eyes: “Don’t worry Mother, I will protect Dragony from any harm.”


  Turning to the old goat and snake now, Bai Yan gives out her next order: “You two, protect my kids no matter what. If you do until I return then I will grant freedom to the both of you!”


  Freedom, something absolutely precious to these two ancient demons at this moment. If she is speaking the truth then we will be able to roam this world again!

  With the cliff as the boundary point, the two land masses split further and further apart. From what was originally only the length of a giant sword, it has grown distant until Bai Yan could barely make out the contour of her children.

  “Mother!” The little steambun screamed out in pain, wanting to grasp onto the outreached hand. “You let me go, I’m going to find my mother!” He struggles to break free from the hands pulling him back.