"My apologies." Gu Yunliu nodded apologetically.
"It's nothing." Chen Wulei waved a hand. "The dead are gone. The only thing the living can do is avenge them, which is why we followed Fellow Daoist Lu here!"
"There will definitely be a chance!" Gu Yunliu clasped his fists. "When the time comes, I'll need Brother Chen's support."
Although Chen Wulei and the others had failed to resist Star Abyss's invasion, they ultimately had far more experience than them. Having such seasoned veterans come to lend their aid would be of immense help to this starry sky.
"Of course."
Lu Ye turned to the child. "Old Tree, Star Abyss's invasion is now unavoidable, but there are some things I've never been able to understand."
"What is it?"
"To the starry sky, what kind of existence is Star Abyss? And to Star Abyss, what is the starry sky? How exactly does Star Abyss invade the starry sky?" Lu Ye fired off a whole string of questions at once.
"Star Abyss..." Old Tree revealed a nostalgic expression. "Come to think of it, I can't answer your questions either, because I've never been to Star Abyss. But many tens of thousands of years ago, someone once described certain things to me. Perhaps they can clear up your doubts."
As he spoke, his fair, tender little hand swept out. Ripples immediately spread through the empty space before them, like an illusory sea.
"This is Star Abyss." Old Tree said. "You can imagine it as boundlessly vast, and still expanding without end."
As he spoke, he raised a hand and pointed. One blue illusory sphere after another immediately appeared within that phantom sea.
"And these are starry skies, one after another. You could say that every starry sky is enveloped by Star Abyss. If a starry sky