Dawn had broken.
It was as if someone had flipped on a light switch. The darkness, thick as ink just a second ago, vanished without a trace the next.
Sunlight spread across the sky and spilled onto the stone slabs at the dock, illuminating everything clearly.
On the main street.
The extra buildings, the eerie wooden towers, and the window where the female ghost had stood were all gone without a trace.
Everything that had happened before seemed like nothing more than a nightmare.
"Scattered... It scattered?"
Someone asked in a trembling voice, their emotions a mix of excitement and unease. The experiences of the past few hours had completely shattered their confidence and arrogance.
So when the Ghost Domain dispersed, it felt unreal.
Jiang Zhen said nothing.
He strode over the threshold and walked around the courtyard.
Blue bricks, a great tree, the courtyard walls... Everything was no longer shrouded in Ghost Qi.
He walked to the ancient well and leaned over to look inside.
The bottom was visible less than three zhang down. The dry well held nothing but a few rotten leaves.
He raised his head and looked into the distance.
Toward Xin Zhou City.
The city that had been shrouded in eerie dark clouds was clear again. Apart from still being empty, there was nothing strange about it.
It was so normal that it was hard to believe.
"This..."
Jiang Zhen opened and closed his mouth.
"The Ghost Domain dispersed." Jiang Qiao walked out of the house and said calmly, "It dispersed, so let it disperse. Why are you standing there?"
Jiang Zhen turned around and looked at him with a complicated expression.
This man...
What was his background?
He had effortlessly killed three Masters, yet he was also the one who had successfully kept everyone