A Wounded Wolf Mends Its Den

BOOM!!

Ten short seconds later, the fully charged Heavenly Firefall descended, and a vast, surging crimson swallowed everything.

Thick, rolling flames spread outward.

The ruined village, the countless spiders, even the enormous disaster beast sleeping beneath the ground—all of it was burned to charcoal.

No bones remained in sight, only desolation.

Just like White State. Just like Central Earth.

"Since coming here, the thing I've done most has actually been this kind of thing..."

Tong Shan shook his head. "Let's go."

Ji Jue started the car. After a moment of silence, he suddenly said, "Brother Shan."

"Hmm?"

Tong Shan looked towards him from the back seat, wearing a half-smile. "Don't tell me you're about to say this isn't my fault?"

Ji Jue shrugged. "You already said all the words. My emotional intelligence isn't great, and I don't have many nice things to say. Just pretend I comforted you."

"Thanks. I do feel comforted. You really know how to talk."

Tong Shan sighed softly. "Don't worry. I haven't gotten so full of myself that I think all of this is my responsibility. I just regret it... watching everything that could have been saved get destroyed right before my eyes."

"That's so Celestial Origin."

Ji Jue sighed.

"Yeah. An inexplicable sense of mission, an incurable sense of responsibility, and control freak tendencies carved into the bones—that's Celestial Origin."

Tong Shan shrugged and laughed at himself. "Don't marry someone from Celestial Origin in the future. Even I think we're annoying."

"Exactly, exactly."

An Ning nodded furiously. "White Deer is great, Brother Ji Jue. As long as everyone can have fun together, it doesn't matter what we do."

"Heh heh—"

Ji Jue rolled his eyes. One said not to marry someone from Celestial Origin, yet was a busybody who wanted to worry about every