At this moment, within the city of the Virtual World Communication Platform.
What had once been a bustling gathering place for cultivators and demons from every corner of the world was now utterly silent.
There was no one anywhere. Only rows of neat shops and dazzling displays of goods remained... as though, at some point in time, everyone in the city had vanished at once.
Outside the city, the star-studded kingdom of night was gone as well, replaced by a scene of chaos, as if the city had fallen into void turbulence.
At the center of the city, Sun Boy and the other Split Spirits had already gathered.
After an unknown amount of time, ripples spread through the space before them like those across water. Then, an illusory shadow appeared in the city, and Lin Chen stepped out from it.
The moment he emerged, he saw that the Split Spirits had been waiting for quite some time.
Lin Chen glanced at them and said flatly, "What, has that little fellow been dealt with?"
"We had Mirror Female Cultivator comfort him. After all, none of us have experience coaxing children." Great Sun Fire Master shrugged. "But speaking of which, you were really ruthless. You injured him so severely, and even damaged his foundation without a sound. If we were not skilled in the Blood Demon Secret Technique and Primordial Spirit healing arts, that little fellow would probably have passed away before long."
At this point, Great Sun Fire Master curled his lip.
"And, main body, your heart is truly big. You beat that little fellow into a severely injured state and did not even make him sign a contract. Aren't you afraid that he will find a chance to escape someday, or even return to take revenge after growing stronger?"
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