It had started as an offhand remark, but the more Gu Xiaoer thought about it, the more it seemed right. He grew excited, feeling he had opened up a new line of thought. If the Hero Ranking Platform was stolen, all he had to do was forge a replacement. Would those hypocrites from Glory Hall really expose him? No way. They cared about saving face, too. If they kept quiet, everyone could save face. And if the truth eventually came out, they could claim they hadn't known. There was no chance they'd expose him of their own accord.
With that in mind, Gu Xiaoer left. He wasn't going to fight anymore. The war was over, anyway, and he had something to forge.
What had happened to Gu Xiaoer and the others made everyone else wary of approaching the Hero Ranking Platform. Not everyone could imitate Lu Yin's example. Without Seal King-level strength, even reaching the platform was unlikely. The battlefield for the Domain Progeny and the Ten Arbiters wasn't confined to the platform; it extended to the area around it as well.
A day passed, and the situation still hadn't changed. By then, the miniature continent had passed the Falling Star Sea Entrance and was heading toward the Milo River. That direction led not only to the Milo River, but also to the junction between the Inner Universe's stellar river and the Technology Starfield. It was, in effect, where three regions converged.
The people of the Fifth Continent grew anxious, and many had already decided to leave. More and more cultivators from the Sixth Continent had gathered around them, including many who were withdrawing from the Fifth Continent.
On the Hero Ranking Platform, Bu Kong was tangling with True Martial Night King and the others, but he couldn't shake the