When Kefu's tribulation lightning appeared, quite a few people in the Empire concluded that some members of Digital Phantom were still present within the Empire.
In most people's eyes, the team could not possibly have left behind only cultivators waiting to undergo tribulation.
So it was only natural for the news to reach the Federation and then be learned by the Asura.
Unfortunately, Kefu failed his tribulation and perished, body and soul erased.
Since Qu Jianlei had formed the team, he was the first cultivator who had failed to withstand the tribulation lightning.
Duo Gan, who had stayed behind at the base to protect him, was deeply depressed.
Everyone knew that undergoing tribulation was dangerous, but before this... it had always gone smoothly.
Kefu had been a capable subordinate of Duo Gan's. Although he was not her first chief steward, he had ultimately grown up under her watch.
He had served Duo Gan for nearly two hundred years. A person like that was simply gone, and there was no way she could feel good about it.
A year had already passed, but she still could not help feeling regret whenever the matter was mentioned.
However, the First One could not be blamed for this. The team urgently needed to find the Cultivation World, and the related operations could not be delayed indefinitely.
Besides, even if Qu Jianlei had been there and could have helped divine the outcome, could that have guaranteed Kefu would survive the tribulation lightning?
In any case, Duo Gan herself had been protecting him, and she did not think there was anything to regret. She merely found it somewhat bittersweet to speak of.
But that bitterness was soon offset by the good news the team had brought back.
Heaven did not disappoint those who worked hard. The