"He... he'll definitely come back!"
The searing agony of her soul being burned nearly tore apart Gu Huaibei's sea of consciousness. She clenched her lower lip hard enough for blood to seep from the corner of her mouth, yet her eyes remained unwavering as she refuted him.
The mocking words of the disheveled-haired old man stabbed like needles.
Yet her faith in that name had never wavered in the slightest.
"Come back, my ass!"
The disheveled-haired old man sneered, his tone dripping with disdain. "Gu Huaibei, you lovesick fool, you're truly beyond saving! Lord Star River personally said long ago that he had slain that fellow, yet you're still deceiving yourself!"
Star River was the name of the Illusion Star Palace's Second Palace Master; the First Palace Master was named "Star Yuan."
"He won't die!"
Gu Huaibei enunciated every word. Though her voice was weak, it carried the resilience of metal and stone.
"Hahahaha!"
Laughter immediately erupted throughout the cells. The imprisoned criminals all began mocking her, their eyes brimming with ridicule and contempt.
To them, Gu Huaibei's persistence was nothing more than foolish self-deception.
Faced with the jeers filling the prison, Gu Huaibei remained unmoved. Chen Bai can't be dead. Back then, he must have left through that Ancient Teleportation Array...
She firmly believed that one day, Chen Bai would return to the Illusion Star Sea and rescue her.
Chen Bai was one of Chen Changming's aliases in the Illusion Star Sea. Back then, he had entered Gu Huaibei's world under that name.
At that moment.
Above the Star Sea Heavenly Prison.
A cold silver light suddenly appeared, transforming into a massive silver bird.
Chen Changming stood atop the bird's head, with Guo Lingyun and Xiao Jiumei at his side. Looking down at the heavenly prison below, he said