The Secret of the Queen of the Stars

His consciousness sank into darkness.

The familiar mental space unfolded once more.

An endless starry sky revolved around him, every star gleaming with mysterious light. But this time, Xia Lin noticed something new among the stars.

A sphere of light wrapped in countless chains floated in one corner of the space.

Dark red energy churned continuously within the sphere, and faint screams and curses occasionally seeped out.

That was the remnant soul of the demon lord Dicasle.

Beside the sphere, Sera Talia lounged lazily in a chair condensed from starlight, prodding the sphere with a transparent "finger."

"Let me go! You—"

"Shut up."

With a light flick of her finger, Sera Talia instantly muted the screams inside the sphere.

When she saw Xia Lin enter, she did not even turn around. Still flicking the sphere with her finger, she muttered to herself, "—Starlight beneath the cloak—Hmm, your suspicion was understandable."

"You didn't know?" Xia Lin got straight to the point.

"Know what?" Sera Talia tilted her head. "Harlon? That helmsman or whatever?"

"Yes."

"Oh, please." Sera Talia rolled her eyes. "You can't suspect us just because someone has stars on them. There are plenty of things in the universe with 'star' in their names. The Astral Plane, Star Elves, Star Children, Starlight Beasts—are you going to investigate them one by one?"

Xia Lin frowned.

"But—"

"Alright, enough joking."

Sera Talia suddenly turned serious.

With a wave of her hand, Seratalia tossed the still-screaming demon lord's soul into a special container resembling a nebula. She turned around, and the face formed from light "looked" directly at Xia Lin.

It was rare for Xia Lin to see her being serious.

There was no teasing, no mockery, none of that lazy indolence.

Complex emotions flickered in her eyes.

"I truly know nothing about