Eternal night receded.
Day broke.
The enormous Wooden Board of unknown origin had begun to splinter, with scraps of flesh scattered across it and embedded in its surface. Xiangyang had returned.
Meatworm Wraiths could fly by nature. Not because they wanted to, but because the wind carried them.
Before leaving,
Huang had poured everything he had painstakingly accumulated over the years into Xiangyang's body, then flung him far, far away. Only after daybreak had Xiangyang returned.
But what greeted him was
a battlefield where everything was already over. Nothing but devastation remained, and Huang was gone.
Xiangyang stood blankly on the Wooden Board, looking around at the emptiness. Suddenly, an overwhelming loneliness enveloped him, as though he were the only one left in the world.
He had only just met Huang.
He did not know why Huang had done this.
Nor did he know what he should do next.
He had lost contact with Jiu Wu and the Mortal Domain.
Faintly,
he heard voices drifting on the sea breeze from dozens of kilometers away.
"We really lucked out. The corpses of a Wraith Venerable and five Ghost Emperors, all for free. I have to say, this Wraith Venerable was pretty weak. He couldn't even beat five Ghost Emperors and ended up taking them down with him."
"And this Wraith Venerable was a Thorns Strange Entity. This is the first one I've ever seen reach Wraith Venerable cultivation."
"Don't damage it. His Majesty specifically ordered us to preserve this Wraith Venerable Thorns Strange Entity's body as a specimen. Once we reach Beyond Heaven and establish the Nightbringer Kingdom, these will all be proof of our past achievements."
"True. We're almost at the Eternal Night Continent, too."
"The Eternal Night Continent will be easy enough to deal with, but His Majesty said