While the Wizard Guild headquarters was discussing the matter, Abel had already returned to the Golden Castle. He did not know how long the theft of the "World Stone Heart" by the God of Thieves Milton could remain concealed, but he would not return a treasure of this level even if its theft was discovered.
As soon as he arrived in the cultivation room, he opened all the arrays. He then used a "Town Portal Scroll" to open a Teleportation Gate and entered the Dark World.
After appearing in Rogue Encampment, he immediately saw the "Divine Power Crystals" altar placed in the center of the encampment's plaza, with the "World Stone Heart" positioned at its center.
However, the condition of the "World Stone Heart" in his perception was extremely poor. Its original rhythm of one beat per minute had become even slower.
He had a feeling that if this continued, the "World Stone Heart" might stop beating before long. At that point, it might even "die"!
He looked around at his surroundings as the "World Stone Fragment" opened in his mind, constantly analyzing the various possibilities.
The altar formed from the "Divine Power Crystals" was no different from the one in the basement of the Wizard Guild headquarters. Since the God of Thieves Milton had wrapped it in spiritual power, stored it in a spatial item, and then directly released it in Rogue Encampment, it had not spent much time inside the spatial item.
Thus, the spatial item could be ruled out as the cause. That left only one possibility.
He looked at the "World Stone Heart," then at the sky. Perhaps it was because this was not the world where the "World Stone Heart" belonged.
This was an incompletely grown "World Stone Heart." The first time he saw it