East of the Star Luo Empire, outside Star Luo City.
It was late at night. There was neither moon nor starlight tonight, and the wilderness was so dark one could not see their hand before their face. This was the darkest hour of the night. Before long, the sun would slowly rise in the east, and a new day would arrive.
Suddenly, a translucent void opened high in the sky, and two figures stepped out of it. One of them was holding a small child in his arms.
"Bella, land." The man at the lead looked down at the ground and waved his hand, signaling that they were about to descend.
"Mm." Bella held little Yuhao as the three of them slowly descended, arriving near a forest path.
Huo Yuhao steadied himself before finally opening his eyes. Though this was the second time Lu Xueling and the others had taken him through a spatial portal, he was still deeply shaken. If Bella had not protected him, he would likely have long since been torn apart by the terrifying impact of the spatial rifts.
"This is..." Huo Yuhao activated his Spiritual Eye, intending to confirm their location, but he froze at once.
Five hundred meters ahead to the south of this forest path was...
The Duke's Mansion!!
"Mr. Lu... this is..."
Lu Xueling rubbed little Yuhao's head, telling him to relax. "I'm not going to sell you off, don't worry. It's just that this mission target happens to be quite a coincidence."
"A coincidence?"
Huo Yuhao was somewhat confused, but when his gaze shifted to that manor—especially to the five large words, "Duke's Mansion," above its gates—
His mother Huo Yun'er's face and voice instantly filled every corner of Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness, and tears nearly spilled from his eyes.