"Disciple Zhuyou pays his respects to Teacher!"
At the sight of the burly man, Lord Zhuyou's eyes stirred with emotion. His expression turned deeply respectful, and he dropped to his knees without hesitation.
"Mm."
The burly man slowly opened his eyes.
They were eyes like the void, with no pupils at all. One glance into their depths made it seem as though they could devour a person's soul.
Lord Zhuyou's heart trembled. Though he knew the Void Overlord fairly well, he felt fear every time he faced him.
The Void Overlord was a supreme expert who stood at the very pinnacle of the Star Sea!
"How did it go?" the Void Overlord asked. His voice was deep as thunder, resonant and powerful as it echoed through the Palace.
"Teacher."
Lord Zhuyou spoke respectfully without rising. "As Teacher instructed, I went to the Calamity Demon Land, intending to seize the Primordial Feathered Wings amid the chaos. But in the end, the one who obtained them was Qin Hao."
"Qin Hao?" The Void Overlord fixed his void-like eyes on Lord Zhuyou, his expression as still as an ancient well.
Startled, Lord Zhuyou hurriedly nodded. "He is an Azure Flame Sect disciple and one of those the Dao Alliance recruited for the Sovereign Seed Plan. As it happens, he was in the Chaotic Star Sea to carry out a Dao Alliance Assessment mission."
"So when I set out from the Dao Alliance, I happened to encounter True Lord Lianyun heading to the Calamity Demon Land to retrieve Qin Hao. Once I learned what was happening, I used the retrieval as my reason to accompany him. I simply hadn't expected..."
After a pause, Lord Zhuyou continued, "True Lord Lianyun had also contacted the Azure Flame Sect's Flamefire Realm Master and True Lord Tianyan. True