"Chu Yuan and the others are back? When?" Lu Yin asked.
Xi Yue lowered her voice. "I don't know. Ever since I came to the edge of this galaxy, I haven't known much about what's happening outside."
Lu Yin gazed at the starry sky. It seemed Chu Yuan and the others had returned before him. In the River of Time, a single missed encounter could mean years or even more than a decade. They must have concluded that he was dead because that sword had pierced his chest.
"Sorry for the trouble, but could you tell me what's going on now?" Lu Yin asked.
Xi Yue pressed her lips together, then slowly told him what she knew about the events in the Fifth Continent over the past twenty years.
Lu Yin listened quietly. These twenty years had brought upheaval to the Fifth Continent, along with both crisis and opportunity.
The silver glow gradually gave way to dazzling sunlight. A new day began.
Inside the wooden hut, Xi Yue swallowed some medicine. Her injuries visibly healed, and even her battle force steadied considerably. Only the scars on her face remained unchanged.
"Why don't you restore your appearance?" Lu Yin asked curiously.
Xi Yue's voice was low, no longer hoarse. "I'll restore it once I've avenged my people."
"If you want revenge for your people, why not ask the Lu Heavenly Gate?" Lu Yin asked. Based on what Xi Yue had said, the Eastern Frontier Alliance was now the Lu Heavenly Gate. The Spirit Dream Tribe had once joined the Eastern Frontier Alliance, so the Lu Heavenly Gate should naturally be the one to avenge them.
Xi Yue's voice remained low. "This isn't an era when you can simply take revenge whenever you want. The Semi-Progenitors have divided the Heavenly Gates to