Pressure from Beyond the Realm! Thanks to [Fish Selling Cabbages.] for the bonus chapter celebration!

Qiong did not answer directly, merely smiling faintly.

Immediately afterward, a barely perceptible pressure came from the depths of the void. It belonged neither to Qiong nor to anyone on the other side.

Though distant, that pressure was enough for every foreign race present to sense it.

"So it really is him."

The thin-winged woman spoke softly, her tone carrying obvious apprehension.

The voice within the mist fell silent for a long while before finally speaking again. Its tone had restrained itself considerably, yet it still carried a trace of unwillingness. "If not for the Heavenly Origin Realm, how would we have fallen to this state?

Hundred Dragons' Procession originally had nothing to do with us, yet it was forcibly drawn here by the Heavenly Origin Realm.

Now that the star core has shattered and the star realm has collapsed, some people..."

The voice in the mist paused. The tentacles swayed ever more frantically, as though it had mentioned something untouchable. "Some have become drifters, unable even to return to their own star realms.

Should this debt simply be written off?"

At those words, Qiong's smile faded somewhat.

Of course, he knew of the old affair of Hundred Dragons' Procession. It had been a calamity that swept through several starfields, forcing countless powerful cultivators into its currents.

Some had fallen, while others had vanished.

Many had paid a grievous price for it.

Yet Qiong ultimately could not cast aside the interests of the Heavenly Origin Realm. He said in a deep voice, "I have said it already. If you wish to enter the Heavenly Origin Domain, you must first ask the Nine Extremes Heavenly King.

If you are confident you can slip past this one's watchful eyes, then by all means, try."

The void fell silent once more.

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