Go to Hell, You Bastard

Enraged, Bai Qiuran didn't care whether Kige recognized her true identity or not. She transformed into a streak of white light and overtook Kige at lightning speed, arriving beside him.

"Ule! It's you, isn't it?!"

Kige roared, "Why did you betray us? Why did you kill Zeluge, kill Toynbee and Shule's parents, kill Fein?!"

However, Bai Qiuran already in a state of rage and didn't bother to perceive the fluctuations of Consciousness it was emitting.

He drew his sword and sliced the insect wings behind Kige in two with a single strike.

"You son of a bitch, you heartless bastard! And yet, Fein once took you under her wing and gave you so much of the finest world!"

Having lost his Wings, Kige lost his balance and plummeted from the Void, crashing through countless Void Storm before landing on the surface of the Void River.

Having relied on its wings for Mobile for so long, it lacked the powerful swimming ability of its kind, constantly bobbing up and down in the river waves. Yet, it still opened its mouth and angrily cursed, "Toynbee shouldn't have brought you back to the Holy Land in the first place; it should have just eaten you!"

Kige was angry, Bai Qiuran even more furious. All the hard work he had put in over the years had been destroyed in an instant. What was worse was that, because of Bai Qiuran's Fortune Body Forging Technique, he would never suffer the same injuries he had in the past again. Therefore, neither the River of Time of Heavenly Dao nor the Void River in the Void could help him temper the True Essence in his Purple Mansion.

"Damn it, it's all because of you Shepherds!"

Bai Qiuran unleashed several more sword strikes.

"Go to hell!"

Countless Sword Qi tore Kige's body to pieces. In his last moments before death, the Mantis Person Shepherds roared at him, "The Tribal King will not let you go!"

Countless Sword Qi crisscrossed and sculpted its body into countless pieces. These corpses fell into the Void River, their fragile interiors assimilated by the energy, and they quickly and slowly disappeared into the waves of the Void River.

Bai Qiuran stood on the Void River, clenched her fists, and took a few breaths to calm her agitated emotions.

He hadn't been this angry in a long time; the last time was when he saw Eastern Emperor Taiyi slaughtering Human Race.

After catching his breath, he checked his surroundings and, after confirming that no Shepherds were lurking, released Tang Ruowei and Wisdom Immortal from his Universe in the Sleeve.

As soon as the girl in the pale yellow dress landed, she picked up Wisdom Immortal's head and carefully approached him, looking at him with worried eyes.

"Are you alright? Are you sure you can handle this, Master?"

"It's alright, of course."

Bai Qiuran raised her hand and pulled Kige's Souls up from the Void River.

"You still want to take its Souls for Reincarnation?"

Miss Tang didn't understand.

"Didn't it offend you? You're enemies, so it's normal to want to eliminate one of them."

"When I killed Salon, I promised that I would not harm their souls unless absolutely necessary."

Bai Qiuran instructed, "Although this oath has no binding force on me, I will still abide by it and do what I say; this is my way."

Tang Ruowei clapped her hands enthusiastically, Wisdom Immortal also made a similar "clap clap clap" sound. After a while, Tang Ruowei asked, "Now there are only six Shepherds left... Where do we go now, Master?"

"Now, let's return to the Immortal Realm. We should both take some time to improve our cultivation."

Bai Qiuran looked around, seemingly lost in thought.

"But before we go back, we need to make some arrangements."

"Why hasn't Kige come back yet?"

As he walked, the Tribal King, who was walking on the Void River, suddenly stopped, his emotions contained within his Consciousness wavering with displeasure.

"What are you doing, touching me like that?"

"Is it possible that it has some kind of romantic entanglement with Fein and Zeluge?"

Walking beside the Tribal King, the Shepherds, who resembled a tall Copper Man, chuckled, "Everyone knows they both like Fein, but they're just burying their heads in the sand. However, it's just Shepherds's instinct, nothing to worry about, as long as they keep it within limits."

The Tribal King nodded.

"Unfortunately, because of my greedy brother, almost one in a hundred of my people survived. Fein is now the only remaining Female-Like Individual. Otherwise, it wouldn't be impossible to have one of them form an ancient mateship ritual with Fein."

They walked a little further.

Something's not right, something's not right.

The Tribal King stopped, his Consciousness filled with doubt.

"Zeluge and Kige are another matter, but Fein is the most sensible member. Seeing that time is of the essence, it will definitely stop those two from arguing. And judging by Kige's speed, they should have arrived long ago, unless..."

It turned and went back.

"Follow me, everyone, we're going back to check!"

The group of Shepherds looked at each other, then followed in their Tribal King's footsteps. But just then, a white streak of light flashed past them and disappeared into the upper reaches of the Void River.

The Tribal King was preoccupied, and the Shepherds paid no attention to their surroundings. The light, as thin as a hair to them, was not worth their attention, so they brushed past each other.

Leading his people, the Tribal King returned along the Void River to the ruins of that once -Super-Civilization. As soon as they reached the area where the world's remains floated, the sharp-eyed Copper Man Shepherds immediately spotted something floating in the waves of the Void River.

"Tribal King, there's something in the river!"

It raised its Consciousness and said, "It seems... it seems to be Kige?!"

The Tribal King walked to the river, bent down, reached in, and pulled half a broken head out of the water. On that head was a huge red insect eye, which belonged to their kin, Kige.

"Retrieve the body."

The Tribal King's face was ashen, and he gave the order in a low, guttural Consciousness.

The Shepherds quickly got to work, retrieving Kige's body parts from the Void River and piecing them together.

The Tribal King instructed his people to take it with them, and then continued on their way back.

"A battle took place here; there were very strong Energy Wave."

The Copper Man Shepherds walked beside the Tribal King, lowering the frequency of his Consciousness fluctuations.

"The remnants of this world were ignited and annihilated by some kind of energy."

"Not only that, didn't you notice the lingering aura around you?"

Hidden within the Tribal King's fluctuations of Consciousness was a deep sorrow and rage.

"I sense it, this aura is..."

The Copper Man fell silent for a long time before continuing, "... It seems to be the aura of Ule."

"... It's also the aura of my greedy older brother. I will never forget that aura."

A torrent of Hatred surged within the Tribal King's Consciousness.

"You wiped out my clan once, and you still won't let us go this time?"

While the Shepherds were retrieving Kige's remains from the Void River, Bai Qiuran had already brought Tang Ruowei and Wisdom Immortal to the vicinity of the Void Source.

Gazing at the enormous, slowly rotating Vortex in the distance, Bai Qiuran said softly, "It was this vortex that destroyed the proud Shepherds... Let's choose this place."

He made a hand Magic Incantation, and suddenly waves surged on one side of the Void River. Then, the huge Bronze-colored Giant God Automaton "Founder" Ule emerged from the end of the Void River and strode toward the Void Source.