"Senior!"
Ye Qingci and the others cried out and rushed forward.
But White Fox had vanished completely.
Fang Chen clenched his fists, feeling the Star-mark Coordinates and the traces of the Heaven-Reaching Ancient Road etched with perfect clarity into his soul. Towering fury and grief surged in his eyes.
He spun toward the depths of the stars to the northeast. There was no trace of uncertainty left in his eyes, only cold resolve and urgency.
"We've found the way. Senior White Fox passed the coordinates to me!"
Fang Chen's voice rang with unshakable force. "Everyone, into the tower! We're going home as fast as we can! We cannot let Senior White Fox's sacrifice go to waste!"
"Yes!"
Everyone nodded and hurried into the Swallowing Heaven Tower.
Fang Chen steered the Swallowing Heaven Tower forward at top speed, following the Star-mark Coordinates White Fox had passed to him.
With the lessons of their first encounter fresh in his mind, he was even more cautious. He kept his divine sense extended as far as it could reach, avoiding every suspicious energy fluctuation and spatial anomaly.
It consumed a great deal of Soul Power, but with the Floating Immortal Sword's help, Fang Chen would not run dry.
Yet the dangers of the Chaotic Starry Sky far exceeded anything he had imagined.
Ten days later, the Swallowing Heaven Tower shuddered as it sped through the void!
It had not struck anything solid. Rather, it was as though it had plunged into an invisible bog!
The surrounding void grew a thousand times more viscous in an instant. The tower's speed plummeted, and its body gave a faint creak, as though an unseen force were squeezing it!
"What's happening?"
Everyone inside the tower was startled.
Fang Chen's eyes flew open, and he thrust his divine sense