Nameless and Su Jingyao were helping Lin Renmei choose suitable candidates by the river when they both sensed something. They exchanged a glance.
Nameless rose with a smile. "All right, the little one's awake. Jingyao, go look after her. I'd better hurry and gather some gold, or she'll rebel for sure."
"All right!" Su Jingyao nodded and returned to Dream Castle in an instant.
Nameless looked at Lin Renmei and reassured her. "No rush. Take your time. Choosing a World Lord isn't something you can settle in a day or two. I'll be off."
"Mm, go ahead. I'll keep looking." Lin Renmei nodded.
Nameless left her undisturbed and appeared farther along the river. Water Mirrors slowly rose from its surface, each reflecting a different world.
"Xiaoxi, see which world has more unclaimed gold," Nameless said.
A moment later, Xiaoxi had selected a world. Nameless took a look and nodded. "This one, then!"
He passed through the Water Mirror and instantly appeared on a mountain. Below lay an ancient village. Smoke drifted from the roofs of many houses, and a few early risers were feeding their cattle and chickens.
"What a lovely world. I'll bring it back first!"
Nameless drew a deep breath of air and said it to himself with a smile.
Come to think of it, Nameless had not always talked to himself. He had developed the habit while trapped in a Spatial Fragment, and afterward he could never shake it.
At that moment, no living thing on the planet realized that an illusory hand had seized the entire world. In the next instant, it pulled the planet into the Dream River.
Once he had taken the planet, Nameless strolled through the sky. Gold hidden beneath the ground gathered in his hand, growing from a small lump to the