"It's fine. I know what I'm doing."
Xie Tianxiao saw Queen Medusa's concern that awakening the Ancient Devouring Insect might bring him trouble. He chuckled softly, signaling for her to put her mind at ease.
Then, Xie Tianxiao came before Insect One, who was waiting in the distance for his orders, and asked, "Insect One, is the king that rules this space still alive?"
To have reopened such an enormous nest space at the edge of the desert, even though it was no longer stable now—
At the very least, it proved that there was an insect queen here with the strength of a Saint.
"Master, Mother is not dead. Our tribe only slumbered here to escape the extermination by human experts back then."
"If you wish to find Mother, you may have to venture deeper ahead."
Insect One turned its head toward the end of the pitch-black passage and replied respectfully.
Hearing this, Xie Tianxiao was delighted and immediately sent a message to Queen Medusa in the distance.
Queen Medusa nodded lightly, found a suitable spot, and began cultivating.
Xie Tianxiao, meanwhile, stepped into the dark passage.
As Xie Tianxiao continued onward—
He gradually sensed that the natural energy around him was actually a level higher than outside.
The darkness vanished, and what came into Xie Tianxiao's view was an enormous crystal platform carved with profound patterns.
The platform was covered in a layer of silver-glowing frost, while a snow-white insect cocoon floated quietly in midair.
It gave off a strange radiance, illuminating the entire space with crystalline brilliance.
"No wonder I couldn't sense this place. A restriction had been set up to isolate its aura."
Xie Tianxiao narrowed his eyes. Feeling the faint energy fluctuations filling the area around the crystal platform, he understood the reason.
He gathered