Duo Long held the final bill, nodding and bowing as he prepared to take care of it.
"Wait." Qin Chuan stopped him.
"Call Blood Fiend, Abyss, and the representatives of the major powers at the Trading Plaza to the hall."
Duo Long froze for a moment, then thumped his chest in assurance and jogged out the door.
A dozen or so minutes later, in the hall.
Everyone had gathered.
Blood Fiend True God, the Abyss Envoy, and dozens of well-known galactic overlords stood obediently below the steps.
Just now, while dividing the proceeds in the Outer City, they had argued themselves red in the face over a few pieces of high-grade star core. Now that they were in the Inner City, every one of them stood ramrod straight, barely daring to breathe.
All eyes stole toward the man in the seat of honor.
Qin Chuan sat there, tapping his fingers on the table. The crisp knocks echoed through the hall.
"I called you here to tell you one thing." Qin Chuan stopped tapping. "For a while, I'll be entering seclusion."
Seclusion?
The dozens below exchanged glances, their minds racing.
Blood Fiend True God kept his head lowered, thinking fast.
The commotion Myriad Treasure Pavilion had caused when it decrypted that SOS Crystal Core had been far too big.
Though Duo Long had tried his best to contain the news, old hands like them had a few informants inside Myriad Treasure Pavilion.
They had heard the coordinates pointed to the Divine Radiance Forbidden Zone.
The records of the Seventh Star Domain described that place in just two words: Era Ruins.
No matter their rank, anyone who entered never came back.
The Judgment Archon being trapped inside and sending a distress signal was proof enough.
The Lord of Origin Realm's announcement of