Almost Too Late

"Lord of Nightmare Time! What happened? Who were you fighting?"

Not long after Chu Yuan left, the figure of the Starry Sky Sovereign descended.

"It was Chu Yuan..." Lord of Nightmare Time looked furious. "I don't know how I offended him, but he attacked me the moment he arrived!"

"Chu Yuan? Where is he?"

"He left..."

"Lord of Nightmare Time, did you offend Chu Yuan before?"

"We have never had any dealings..."

"Then that is strange. If you had no dealings... why would he target you?"

Lord of Nightmare Time snapped, "How would I know? Shouldn't you be asking him?"

"That wasn't what I meant..."

"This Chu Yuan is favored by the Lord of Time Dreams..."

"So what if the Lord of Time Dreams favors him? Since he attacked Nightmare Time, he must give a reasonable explanation!"

Among the Sovereigns, a tall one with flaming red hair flickered his gaze and spoke. "Enough. I will personally question him about this matter. You need not concern yourselves with it."

"Yes, Lord of Burning Stars..."

The Lord of Burning Stars was in charge of this war zone. Since he had spoken, the other Sovereigns stopped pressing the matter.

"Disperse."

As Feichen traveled onward, he faintly sensed countless malicious gazes lurking in the darkness.

Yet the owners of those gazes seemed to have been intimidated by something and did not dare reveal themselves.

He lowered his head and silently looked at the token hanging from his waist.

This was his teacher's token.

At some point, an illusory eye had appeared on the token. Its gaze was cold and grim as it stared back at him.

"..."

Bitterness filled Feichen's heart. He yanked off the token and tried to crush it.

But a rebounding force surged forth, instantly annihilating his arm instead!

So