In the Void, Curse and Calamity traveled side by side.
Calamity pointed ahead and said to Curse, "Lord Curse, the Vast Realm lies ahead."
Back then, he had stumbled badly in the Vast Realm, and his strength had plummeted.
Though he was a Great Emperor Realm expert among the Predators, he looked like an ordinary Emperor Realm cultivator.
"Oh!" Curse replied, saying nothing more.
Calamity took the initiative to explain, "Only Xi is spreading the fire in the Vast Realm, but their heaven and earth have nine Guardians, along with roughly twenty other Emperor Realm cultivators. Back when we were fighting the Vast Realm, Xi suddenly arrived and ruined our operation.
We all suffered heavy losses and had no choice but to retreat.
Xi ended up reaping the benefits instead."
It was as though he were explaining that they had simply been unlucky back then, not that they lacked strength.
Just like this time: they had been attacking an unknown heaven and earth and were about to succeed when Xi appeared again and sabotaged their operation.
Curse said nothing in response to Calamity's explanation.
All of a sudden, Curse stopped walking.
Calamity, following close behind, froze in confusion, unable to understand why Curse had stopped.
Though they were not far from the Vast Realm, there was still some distance to go. Why had she suddenly stopped?
While Calamity was still puzzled, Curse waved a hand toward him. Threads of Karmic Cause and Effect, invisible to ordinary people, appeared around Calamity.
Some of those countless threads stretched toward incomparably distant places, while others extended toward the Vast Realm ahead.
Curse plucked the portion of the Karmic Cause and Effect threads belonging to the Vast Realm.
Gradually, thread after thread dimmed, until they became nearly invisible.
Even so, they had not been