Within Chaos, all was deathly still.
Five figures hovered silently in an area enveloped by the Five Elements Seal Heaven Great Array. The auras around them merged perfectly with the surrounding Chaos, as if they were five stone statues that had endured since time immemorial.
Time had lost all meaning here. No one knew how long had passed—perhaps a hundred years, perhaps a thousand.
The first to break that deathly silence was Luohu.
A trace of impatience appeared on his unruly, defiant face.
"What's going on?"
"Why haven't they come yet?"
"According to my calculations, even if they took a detour through Chaos, they should have arrived long ago."
Standing beside Hongjun, Destiny still wore the same gentle smile on his face.
"Fellow Daoist Luohu, please be patient."
"Perhaps..." He paused, those eyes that contained countless possible futures turning toward the direction of the Primordial Wilderness.
"They already know what happened in the Primordial Wilderness, and no longer dare to return."
The moment these words were spoken, the atmosphere in the field subtly froze.
The impatience on Luohu's face gradually receded.
Indeed.
If it were him, upon learning that his old nest had already been overturned and that a Heavenly Net was waiting ahead, he would not be stupid enough to rush back either.
At that moment, Karma opened his eyes and coldly spat out a sentence.
"What if they hide in Chaos and wait until Zhou Ming breaks through to Hunyuan Grand Ultimate Golden Immortal before returning?"
The current Zhou Ming was already at the peak of Hunyuan Grand Unity Golden Immortal, only one final accumulation away from taking that last step.
If they allowed him to hide steadily in Chaos for several Kalpas and truly take that step, then when the time came, would the five of them