Past Sorrows

As a Dungeon God, Elder Bai Ran possessed a pride that was uniquely his own.

But gods had risen from the path of mortals as well. Back then, they had passed the gods' trials, yet the humanity in their hearts had slowly appeared with the passage of time.

The courage to fear no death merely to preserve one's dignity had been discarded long ago.

Otherwise, he would not have been frightened into such a pathetic state by nothing more than Lin Yi pressing on his shoulder.

"Th-then, sir, wh-what do you want to ask? I, I..."

For an old face like Elder Bai Ran's, a calm and unreadable expression was more fitting. Yet now that he wore a terrified look, he somehow seemed slightly sleazy.

"Stop agonizing over it. The big shots won't care what you say about a planet as low-ranking as Blue Star. But if you refuse to tell me what I want to know, then you'll have a serious problem."

As Lin Yi spoke, he raised the Divine Power flowing from his palm by another level, filling the space with an even more dangerous atmosphere.

Lin Yi's words made perfect sense. At least, Elder Bai Ran thought so.

How long had it been since he came to Blue Star to serve as its Dungeon God? So long that even Elder Bai Ran himself no longer remembered.

What Lin Yi said was true.

After he was sent to a star system in the lowest plane of the Three Realms to serve as its Plane God, the higher-ups seemed to have completely forgotten Elder Bai Ran existed. Over the years, they had never asked whether suitable candidates had appeared in the Lower Plane.

Now that his life hung by a thread, those people above showed no sign of sensing