Gan Wu had actually brought back two Half a Step Great Luo Chaos God-Demons.
Sword light flashed with icy menace, sending one of them to the Primordial World. Xu Ling, seeing such a scene for the first time, stood dumbfounded. That Chaos monster's aura had been overwhelmingly powerful, yet Senior Brother Gan Wu had slain it. It rapidly melted away and scattered, while the next few supposedly weaker Chaos God-Demons were in fact tremendously strong as well.
When it was over, Gan Wu sheathed his sword.
"There were no traces of dragonkind inside or outside that rift. They were probably gone."
It was within expectations. The reports from failed search routes had basically all reached the same conclusion.
"It is of no consequence. It is all fate."
Most future explorations would likely yield nothing.
Gan Wu asked curiously.
"How were your gains earlier, Junior Sister?"
Bai Yujun smiled.
"My luck was very good. I found a secret-realm Small World where over twenty dragons survived. On my return, I encountered a Half a Step Hun Yuan Chaos God-Demon. I severely wounded it, captured it, and brought it back. Fearing unforeseen complications, I dealt with it quickly."
Gan Wu felt no jealousy, only deep envy. It further strengthened his plans to venture through Chaos. Sword cultivators needed tempering to improve, and he hoped that he, too, would encounter a Chaos God-Demon with Half a Step Hun Yuan strength.
Bai Yujun teleported everyone back to the White Dragon World, and Gan Wu disposed of the final batch.
Everyone could sense the world's obvious changes.
The Empire's engineers had grown wiser. Having summarized their experience through several world expansions, they had designed the transportation routes in a modular, connectable pattern. They had also set up measuring equipment high in the sky to update the