"Oh, right, Your Majesty."
Amid the wave of cheers, the Old Strange Entity standing beside Jiu Wu's feet suddenly thought of something and asked hesitantly, "The Mortal Domain shouldn't be able to find us here, right?"
Jiu Wu, who had been enjoying himself, instinctively shuddered at those words. A trace of fear flashed through his eyes.
The Mortal Domain...
Just hearing those words now triggered something of a conditioned reflex in him.
After spending that year with them, he had thought he understood the Mortal Domain reasonably well. But when he learned that the Royal Clan's King had died at their hands, he realized he still knew far too little about them.
Soon, however, he took a deep breath and broke into a grin. "Relax. We're very, very far from the Mortal Domain. So far we don't even know how far. There's no chance we'll ever meet them again."
In fact...
They really were very far away.
They had reached this other stretch of sea through a Fissure in the Primordial Continent. It was an unknown distance from the Eternal Night Continent. In theory, they would never encounter each other again in this lifetime.
And he would never return to the Primordial Continent.
He had already been struck from the Strange Entity Clan's rolls. Whether the Primordial Continent shattered had absolutely nothing to do with him anymore.
The Strange Entity Clan? Never heard of them.
He was the King of the Retirement Clan.
Retirement Life was wonderful, just like that year he had spent in retirement. It was just that he always felt as though something was missing.
Standing dozens of meters tall, Jiu Wu smacked his lips, looked around, and smiled in satisfaction.
Meanwhile, far out at sea...
A massive Illusory Black Tortoise that had re-formed in the Yellow