The massive release of ghostly energy within the Sunken Ghost Realm had nearly alerted the entire Zero Realm.
All the undead within Void Death City, along with Azathoth, felt their hearts tremble. Great Emperor Dongji, who had been deep within a meditative state alongside Jia Xin, opened his eyes at that moment. He turned and fled from Mysterious Pavilion, leaping several times until he reached the northern city wall. With a grave expression, he faced the Far North Land.
"Ghosts blot out the sky, their echoes lingering... an ominous sign."
Great Emperor Dongji also turned to look at the ongoing construction of the Void Domain in the core region. Azathoth, who had never once disconnected from Zero Realm consciousness during the daytime, severed that connection at this moment. In the blink of an eye, he tore open a Chaos Passage and headed for the Far North Land. Clearly, something extremely important had happened in the distance.
Beneath his sleeve, his fingers moved as he calculated.
"It seems something ominous truly was left behind in the Zero Realm back then."
At that moment, the brown-haired woman condensed her true form atop the city wall beside Great Emperor Dongji.
"Dongji Qinghua, do you know something? North of the region in the Far North Land where we once fought, there is a stretch of land that I cannot sense at all. Yet the surrounding land fills me with a bone-deep fear. Is it something left behind from that war?"
"I'm not sure. Only Azathoth knows about this. I'll ask him myself when he returns. If it is that thing we saw at this end of the world back then... then Azathoth may have been hiding many things from us. Each of us should walk our own path. Be careful."
Great Emperor Dongji turned