An Unexpected Return

The white jade stone that the Sea Emperor mentioned came from the golden gate opened after Gu Ding ascended to the Peak-rank God; it was the jade stone used to save his life.

Gu Ding took out the jade stone from his Storage Space. Just as the Old Shaman had described, there was a faint trace of blood inside. It was completely undetectable without careful examination.

"This jade stone is clearly meant to save my life, so how can it send me back to my original world?" Gu Ding held the jade stone and examined it carefully, but he had absolutely no clue.

"This is the jade that the Old Shaman mentioned, there shouldn't be any mistake." The Sea Emperor said with certainty, "As for how to activate it, it should be the same as when you encounter danger, just crush it."

"Then let's give it a try." Gu Ding pinched the jade with two fingers, and with a little force, a crack appeared in the jade.

A streak of crimson light escaped from the crack, rapidly condensing into a crimson eyeball in the void. The moment the eyeball took shape, the entire Gravel World began to tremble violently.

Those eyes, like those of a monarch, looked down upon everything around them, while the pupils were fixed on Gu Ding not far away.

Suddenly, a Red Radiance light shot out from the pupil, striking Gu Ding directly. Gu Ding's body involuntarily rose into the air, rapidly approaching the blood-red pupil as the light traveled, until finally, he disappeared into the pupil.

Gu Ding felt his surroundings suddenly change, and he found himself in a strange red space. He was surrounded by red mist and could not see anything else.

"What a peculiar space! It has completely isolated me from exploring the outside world." The Sea Emperor's voice soon followed. Like Gu Ding, he couldn't see anything after entering this space either.

Just as Gu Ding was still exploring the crimson space, a crimson eyeball about ten meters in diameter suddenly rose into the air from the Gravel World, shooting straight into the sky.

The isolation layer of the Gravel World offered absolutely no resistance, piercing through it like glass, and the blood-red eyeball instantly detached from the Gravel World, disappearing into the teleportation channel of the Space-Time Disordered Land.

Those blood-red eyeballs, as tiny as soap bubbles within the teleportation tunnel, were moving at an incredible speed, more than a hundred times faster than when Gu Ding had arrived.

In less than half an hour, the blood-red eyeball reversed its direction and entered the Space-Time Fruit that Gu Ding had been teleported out of.

That fruit was none other than the space-time from which the Gate of Purgatory had previously been located.

The gate to the Confinement Space, which had been sealed for two years and three months, suddenly opened, and a streak of crimson blood shot out from within. The crimson blood quickly faded, finally revealing a human figure.

The figure was none other than Gu Ding, who had been in the Gravel World just half an hour earlier.

Gu Ding had just noticed that the crimson space had dissipated on its own, and that his surroundings had changed. Somewhat bewildered, he stood there, looking around, and asked uncertainly, "Sea Emperor, are we back?"

"Yes, this is the Gate of Purgatory." Before answering the question, the Sea Emperor scanned the space where Gu Ding was located hundreds of times before giving this definitive answer.

"I've actually been teleported back!" Gu Ding was overjoyed.

Just as Gu Ding was being teleported back to the Gate of Purgatory, the opening of the gate to the Confinement Space also attracted the attention of the three Order Keeper Leader and Warden Victoria.

When the four of them saw a figure appear on the surveillance footage of the area near the Confinement Space, they were all taken aback, but then they stared intently at the figure.

The moment the crimson space dissipated, the four finally saw Gu Ding's appearance clearly.

"Who is this?!" All four looked warily into the surveillance camera. On the screen was a giant nearly four meters tall, with a fierce expression, clearly intending to cause trouble. Almost simultaneously, the four vanished from their original positions, rushing towards the area of Confinement Space.

"Gu Ding, change back to your original form. In your current state, the administrators of the Gate of Purgatory will probably think you are an intruder," the Sea Emperor warned.

Gu Ding looked down at his body and said with a wry smile, "If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have almost forgotten. I've maintained this appearance for the past two years, and I'm starting to get used to it."

As Gu Ding spoke, he slowly shrank his body, returning to his original form and appearance.

He had barely finished doing that when Warden Victoria and three Order Keeper Leader appeared almost simultaneously not far above Gu Ding's head.

The four men who had come with such force were visibly taken aback when they saw Gu Ding standing at the entrance of the Confinement Space.

"Gu Ding?!" Order Keeper Leader Bygrave was the first to react, shouting somewhat uncertainly.

Gu Ding then looked up at the four people and said, "Greetings, Three Commanders and warden."

"Are you really Gu Ding? What about that burly man who appeared earlier?" Victoria asked with some suspicion.

"Is this what you're talking about?" Gu Ding reverted to his original Scarface form, his nearly four-meter height leaving the four of them somewhat stunned.

"Why change your body to this form?" Victoria asked, somewhat puzzled.

"There was a slight mishap during the time-space teleportation, and I was transported to another Gravel World where giants of this size live. To blend in, I had no choice but to adapt and become like this," Gu Ding said, shrinking back to his original size.

"I'm glad you're alright." After confirming Gu Ding's identity, Bygrave couldn't help but feel a little happy.

Victoria, standing to the side, felt somewhat bewildered. She also noticed that the three Order Keeper Leader Gu Ding in a rather unusual way. She Order Keeper Leader for many years and had rarely seen them give her a kind look, but now she could hear a hint of concern in Bygrave's tone.

Bygrave quickly remembered that Victoria was still beside him, and immediately composed himself. "You actually survived more than two years of the Death Mode punishment in the Confinement Space, and even came back alive. That's truly remarkable. Now that your sentence has expired, you need to complete the tasks you accepted in the Gate of Purgatory as soon as possible. I can give you an extension of three days. During these three days, you can take some time to rest and recuperate. After three days, if the relevant tasks are not completed on time, you will have the corresponding points deducted."

"Okay, thank you, Commander!" Gu Ding said, speeding towards the public residential area.

Only four people remained, looking at each other in bewilderment, still somewhat puzzled by Gu Ding's appearance. (To be continued~^~)