Yan Yao could not make sense of Lu Ye's relationship with this Insect Mother, but he did not care much. He knew Lu Ye could not possibly have any overly intimate ties with the Insect and Blood Races.
But when it came to cultivation... Yan Yao brightened. "I've already found the path to advancing to Dao Union."
"Then congratulations are in order."
After exchanging a few more casual words with Yan Yao, Lu Ye finally departed.
From beginning to end, the Insect Mother merely stood quietly to one side, listening in silence.
Yet judging from the shifts in its expression, its heart was far from as calm as it appeared.
"Do you understand now?" Lu Ye turned to look at it.
The Insect Mother knew what he meant. It silently nodded, finally understanding where that sense of unreality came from. It felt unreal because it could never truly possess the joy Yan Yao had displayed just now.
It even somewhat regretted following Lu Ye out on this journey. Had it not come out, it could forever have remained skeptical of Lu Ye's earlier claims, rather than be as utterly disheartened as it was now.
"Can I go in there and take a look?" The Insect Mother looked toward the open Star Abyss Gate.
"There's no need." Lu Ye refused it.
It was merely a starry sky invaded by the Star Abyss. What was there to see? That was his starry sky and had nothing whatsoever to do with the Insect Mother.
"We're going back," Lu Ye said.
The Insect Mother sighed. In the end, it flashed into Lu Ye's Divine Sea once more. It did not want to return. Even if it had to abandon its fleshly body and remain in the Star Abyss forever in this state, it would