The Darkness Demon Ancestor's attachment to his homeland was not a passing whim.
Looking back on the glorious years of the Material Star Realm, the Darkness Demon Ancestor had always been the most unconventional presence within the Evil Tide Civilization—unruly, uninhibited, and flamboyant, a "runaway force" that gave all the Evil Tide supremes headaches.
Back then, with his astonishing talent, he caught a glimpse of the threshold to the Level-9 Realm and forcibly tore apart the void in an overbearing manner that broke the Astral Realm Balance Rules.
At the time, the main body of the Evil Tide Civilization was preparing for Dimensional Hegemony and a collective migration. Countless people urged him to go with them, but he resolutely turned away and rushed toward the battlefield of the Flowing Light Retrospective World.
There, he burned himself away, making the greatest contribution to the Evil Tide Civilization and forcing the Astral Realm Will to completely expel him from the Material Star Realm.
From that moment onward, the Darkness Demon Ancestor embarked on a solitary road of becoming stronger.
The road ahead was long and fraught with danger, yet from beginning to end, only the Brilliant Blue Demon Ancestor had abandoned every opportunity to follow steadfastly behind him, becoming the sole light on his dark journey.
Yet even the proudest lone wolf had times when it missed its pack.
After wandering and fighting abroad for hundreds of years, that deeply buried sense of belonging grew ever stronger, twining around his soul like creeping vines.
The Brilliant Blue Demon Ancestor was exceedingly perceptive. From the absent-minded way the Darkness Demon Ancestor stroked the Burial Sky Blade, and the barely detectable melancholy in his voice, he had long caught this homesickness. He gently patted the Darkness Demon Ancestor's shoulder and consoled him warmly, "Although