A spacecraft raced through the Void Turbulence.
Using the fairies' spatial artifact, Gu Qingshan had been teleported straight to the vicinity of the Eternal Abyss.
He was on his way back now, bound for the Thorn Kingdom.
"...Hiss... Gu Qingshan, can you hear me?" Lola's voice came through the spacecraft's communicator.
"I can," Gu Qingshan replied.
"Did everything go smoothly?" Lola asked.
"Smoothly. As soon as I'm back, we'll announce that we're joining the war."
"All right. I'll get things ready."
The call ended.
Gu Qingshan sat in the wide-backed pilot's seat and popped a spiritual pill into his mouth.
He was alone aboard the spacecraft.
—Su Xue'er had stayed behind in the Secret Corridor.
Together with the Goddess of Justice's Hyperspace Weapon, she was preparing to enter the Steel Fortress and retrieve the Star Radiance Empire's surviving records and weapons.
Lan Xiu, Gu Yan, and Sha Qiang had taken their subordinates to visit the Fairy Kingdom.
Before they parted, the fairies had invited Gu Qingshan and Su Xue'er to visit the Fairy Kingdom as well. Gu Qingshan naturally declined, saying only that he had to hurry back to the Thorn Kingdom.
The long-bearded old man once again asked Gu Qingshan to marry a fairy princess.
Su Xue'er immediately grew wary.
—Why were the fairies so enthusiastic about this?
She couldn't let Qingshan stay here any longer!
Pushing Gu Qingshan along, she urged, "Go on, hurry up and take care of your business. I'll come find you later."
So Gu Qingshan really did leave.
—He used the spatial artifact the fairies had just finished making and departed on the spot.
"Why does he look like he's fleeing in a panic?" the Fairy King asked, perplexed.
Su Xue'er glared at the fairies, her voice icy. "He won't marry a fairy. Let