Gu Ding Had Fallen?

When the one-year period arrived, the three Order Keeper Leader appeared simultaneously at the entrance of the Confinement Space within the Gate of Purgatory.

"The one-year deadline has passed. If nothing unexpected happens, Gu Ding should be teleported back today." Bygrave said this with some trepidation in his heart.

"I hope he hasn't perished..." Kachipul, standing nearby, was also very worried.

Although Gabriel did not say a word, his face was full of worry.

Fortunately, the Confinement Space is located in a relatively remote area, and prisoners generally don't want to go near it. Furthermore, it doesn't require Order Keeper, so there's usually very little activity in the vicinity. Otherwise, anyone seeing three people there would certainly be quite surprised. For a prisoner to emerge from the Confinement Space and be greeted by Order Keeper Leader is certainly unusual treatment.

As time went by, the three of them became increasingly restless, and their expressions grew more and more unpleasant.

"Boss, could it be that we got the time wrong?" Gabriel finally couldn't help but ask.

"Do you think that's likely?" Bygrave turned to look at him.

"The time is correct, it was a year ago today, just before 9:20 a. m. Gu Ding stepped in. I even checked the time then," Kachipul added.

"But it's already past three in the afternoon." Gabriel frowned.

"Let's wait a little longer," Bygrave said, his face full of worry. "The teleportation back might take some time."

Time ticked by, each second an agonizing ordeal for the three. Even late into the night, the stone gate remained closed, without the slightest sign of it opening.

Seeing Bygrave's grim expression and his unwavering gaze fixed on the stone door, Kachipul shook his head and sighed. "Boss, we don't need to wait any longer..."

After hearing Kachipul's voice from the side, Bygrave slowly closed his eyes for a long time before opening them again, looking much older. "Gu Ding is dead... We have brought the entire Human Race to the brink of extinction."

"Boss, Gu Ding's demise can't be entirely blamed on us. We were just following the rules. Although the Space-Time Disordered Land is dangerous, a year isn't a long time, and those with enough luck can still survive. His demise there was destined. Even if we hadn't let him into the Space-Time Disordered Land, he might have perished if he had entered the Outer Domain Battlefield on his own," Gabriel comforted him.

"But his father, Gu Zang, wouldn't think that way." Bygrave shook his head with a wry smile. "Gu Zang was able to wipe out the entire Dark Race just because his son was bullied. Just imagine how he would react to his son's death..."

Kachipul and Gabriel fell silent. At first, they thought the situation might not be hopeless, but the thought of the horrors of the Gu Zang filled them with despair.

"Boss, if we confess our crimes, will he let the others off the hook?" After a long silence, Kachipul suddenly asked uncertainly, "Gu Zang is, after all, a member of the human race. If he kills us, perhaps he will calm down and not take his anger out on others."

"Things aren't that simple," Bygrave shook his head. "Our plane is just an insignificant grain of sand among countless planes, and the Human Race here is merely a tiny branch. In Gu Zang's eyes, we are nothing more than a group of uncivilized Monkey living in a small grove, no different from the Dark Race. If it were you, and a group of Monkey killed your own son, would you let those Monkey go?"

"So what should we do now?" Gabriel asked after a moment of silence.

"We can only leave it to fate and wait for the final result. Gu Zang may not get the news of Gu Ding's death so quickly; we may have some buffer time. If either of you breaks through to the Celestial God level during this buffer period, then escape this plane as soon as possible." Bygrave patted the two on the shoulders.

"If the three of us can all break through to the Celestial God level, we might be able to put up a fight." Gabriel's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Let's not even think about that. The fact that Gu Zang could casually give away the Heavenly God Profound Blood of Third Sequence Heavenly God shows that even if he is a Heavenly God, he is definitely one of the strongest among Heavenly Gods. Even if the three of us were to advance to the Heavenly God level, we would not be a match for him." Bygrave shook his head again. "Only by escaping this plane can we have a chance to survive."

"The entire tribe has been wiped out, what's the point of running away?" Kachipul shook his head.

"That's right. Rather than being stray dogs, it's better for the three of us brothers to fight to the death. That way, we can die a worthy death," Gabriel nodded in agreement.

Bygrave glanced at the two men, remained silent for a long time, and then nodded, "Alright, let's fight to the death together!"

Late at night, in the Office Building on the First Level of the Gate of Purgatory, Warden Victoria glanced in the direction of the Confinement Space. "Today seems to be the end of the year that boy Gu Ding spent in the Confinement Space. There's been no movement from there. It's likely that boy has perished. No one has ever come out of the Death Mode Confinement Space alive. With that boy's strength, even though it was only a year, the chances of him surviving were indeed slim. What a pity for such a peerless prodigy..."

Belinda, the Order Keeper, was also gazing into the distance from the Office Building. "The one-year deadline is up. Gu Ding still alive? There seems to be no response from the Confinement Space. Could something have happened?"

In the Sixth Layer the Gate of Purgatory, not many people still remember Gu Ding's name, but many recall a boy who entered the Death Mode Confinement Space a year ago. Now that the year-long confinement period has passed, and that boy did not emerge alive, the fear of the Confinement Space has intensified.

In the Gravel World, Gu Ding was completely unaware that he had not been teleported back, leading many to speculate that he was dead. Even the three Order Keeper Leader prepared to sacrifice themselves because of his identity.

"What did you say? We can't go back?!" Deep in a dense forest, Bartholomew, who resembled Crimson Flame Demon Tree, shook his branches and asked loudly.

"Yes." Gu Ding then recounted the entire story.

"The reason you can't go back is that the spacetime teleportation trajectory is wrong. This situation rarely happens because very few people have the power to influence the trajectory of spacetime teleportation, but unfortunately you encountered it." After listening to Gu Ding's explanation, Bartholomew immediately judged the reason why Gu Ding could not be teleported back, which was exactly the same as the reason that the Sea Emperor had speculated.

"Being unable to leave this Gravel World right now doesn't really affect me much. I can just spend some time fusing with this demon tree clone and then cultivate to the level of a Celestial God to leave. But the biggest problem now is yours. Even if you cultivate to the level of a Celestial God, you can only leave this Gravel World. Finding your original plane is almost impossible. Celestial Gods seem powerful, but they only have the initial ability to travel between planes and can only travel short distances. To cross the Space-Time Disordered Land and reach your original plane, I estimate that you would need at least the strength of Main God Level."

Hearing Bartholomew's words, Gu Ding bit his lip. He hadn't expected things to be more complicated than he'd imagined, and his anxiety grew. "The three-year agreement, less than two years left..." (To be continued~^~)