(FOUR DAYS AFTER ZHIMIE's DEATH)
''Is…she still refusing to come out?'' A-Ryue asked worriedly as she tried to peak over the Black Dragon's broad shoulders towards the still closed doors of the tribulation guardian.
A-Ryue stared at the ground in disappointment as it had been four days since Xueyao had stepped outside of the room ever since she fainted the moment Zhimie was gone. She didn't step out to greet them when all the prime ministers and surviving pillars of the government of the Third Heaven gathered at their house to thank the Black Dragon and his heroic tribulation guardian for saving them and their home from destruction.
A–Ryue became worried when her spies told her the immortal had been the same ever since they left. She had locked herself up completely, even preventing the Black Dragon from bringing food or water to her.
