After emerging from the Dark Demon Abyss, Lu Qing did not linger.
Standing in the Starry Sky, he looked back at the enormous rift that stretched across the void.
The rift remained black as ink, emanating a heart-palpitating aura, no different from when he had arrived.
But Lu Qing knew that things inside had changed.
Great Expert Xuanhua's remnant soul had been awakened. Though the upheaval of the Darkness Power had temporarily been suppressed, the seal had already loosened.
A hundred years—at most, a hundred years.
Lu Qing withdrew his gaze and did not look any longer.
He took a single step, and his figure vanished once more.
After several ultra-long-distance Space Teleportations, he had returned to the Guixu Secret Realm.
His figure passed through the Star River Array, through layer upon layer of space, and finally descended into the Immortal Palace.
When Lu Qing appeared within the Immortal Palace, Old Cang Long and the others were startled at first, then immediately revealed delighted expressions.
They had been watching the movements outside all along. They knew that Lu Qing's great battle with the Black and White Monastery Master had ended, but they did not know the outcome.
Now that they saw Lu Qing return safely, the huge stone weighing on their hearts finally dropped halfway.
"Ah Qing!"
Old Cang Long hurried forward, his dragon eyes full of urgency.
The Black Barbarian Bull and Ming Feng followed behind him, likewise staring nervously at Lu Qing.
"How did it go? Has the Black and White Monastery Master truly fallen?"
Though they had seen the outcome of the battle, they still wanted to hear Lu Qing confirm it himself.
Lu Qing nodded. "The two Otherworld Monsters that had infiltrated our world have both been completely annihilated."
At those words, Old Cang Long and