As soon as Azure Pine Master said this, everyone's expressions varied.
Some were relieved that they could still go to the Four Continents world, and that their immortal fate had not been severed.
Others were anxious about becoming fish on the chopping board.
Azure Pine Master leisurely said, "You don't need to look at me like that. In your Turbid World, I'm sure this is already commonplace. In the cultivation world, there are only eight words: the weak are prey to the strong, and the fittest survive. Nothing else matters. I captured you not to kill you and eat you. In truth, eight hundred years have passed, and I don't even know whether you'll still be of any use to me. But you'd better pray that you are."
"Enough. Let's get back to the story."
"This Star Shuttle is a top-tier treasure, even in Tianyi Dao, where I come from. It belongs to my master, True Man Qiu Shan, a Calamity Tribulation immortal. You juniors, who have barely reached Spirit Nurturing Great Perfection at most, naturally can't understand what kind of existence he is."
"That day, I was assigned to look after the Star Shuttle. Somehow, I lost my senses and thought of using it to seek a chance at fortune. If luck was on my side, I could seize a Turbid World. No matter how scarce its resources were, taking everything I could find would be enough to cultivate to the Calamity Tribulation Stage."
"Then I could lie low for a hundred or two years and reach the peak of the Calamity Tribulation Stage. By then, even True Man Qiu Shan would be powerless against me. I know you juniors will curse me in your hearts for betraying my master. But you don't understand. You don't understand the despair