Zi You was clearly overwhelmed with emotion upon seeing her father, Secluded Bamboo Supreme, again.
It was not only Zi You whose emotions surged. Even Secluded Bamboo Supreme, on the other side of the transmission light screen, showed a flicker of emotion on his face, which had long been shrouded in a faint, secluded chill.
Almost as soon as their emotions eased slightly, a fine yet steady spatial ripple slowly swept across the transmission light screen. Faint runic streams of light flowed and flickered along its edges. Immediately after, a figure wreathed in a pale violet spatial halo slowly appeared beside Secluded Bamboo Supreme.
The newcomer was none other than Smoke Mist Demon Ancestor!
Whether it was the Little Demon Emperor, the Evil Tide high-ranking member who had first made contact with Saine's Mechanical Civilization exploration force, or Secluded Bamboo Supreme and Smoke Mist Demon Ancestor, who had suddenly appeared now, the arrival of such a lineup silently signified one thing.
This Evil Tide Civilization race, which had braved countless hardships across dimensions in pursuit of a higher Resource Dimension, had not undergone any great reshuffling or change in its overall civilizational structure after leaving its original Material Star Realm and arriving in an entirely new Dimensional Time-Space with harsher rules and a higher level. In particular, the ruling class standing at the pinnacle of civilization and controlling the race's course remained largely unchanged. The core figures in power were still those same top experts who had once stirred up storms in the Material Star Realm.
In truth, this was a foreseeable norm for many civilizations that migrated across realms, and it was also a testament to the Evil Tide Civilization's own foundations and cohesion.
Back in the Material Star Realm, the cultivation and strength of Secluded Bamboo Supreme and