True Martial Continent, in the Starry Sky.
"Big Brother, how could you do this to me?!"
Yun Chang looked torn and aggrieved. "You're going off to live it up while leaving me behind on the True Martial Continent."
Qin Hao didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Mu Ziqing shook her head helplessly.
Qin Yue wanted to laugh but didn't dare.
"This journey to the Outer Lands will be fraught with danger. Even my True Self can't be completely certain of surviving it. Yun Chang, stay on the True Martial Continent and focus on your cultivation for now."
"Besides..."
Qin Hao paused, then said gravely, "If you leave, I won't be at ease."
Yun Chang froze, then nodded reluctantly.
He understood what Qin Hao meant.
There was no need to spell it out.
Qin Hao had made too many enemies. If other Sovereigns secretly attacked while Qin Hao's True Self was away, or if the Devil Race invaded again...
The True Martial Continent could once more be plunged into deep water and scorching fire.
Yun Chang was a Five-Tribulation Sovereign, after all. Going all out, he could even trade a few blows with a Six-Tribulation Sovereign. As long as no Great Dao Dominator came, nothing too serious would happen if he remained on the True Martial Continent.
And Great Dao Dominators...
They would not enter the True Martial Continent lightly.
"Be careful, Qin Hao," Mu Ziqing said softly. She said no more; everything else went unspoken.
"Don't worry. I know what I'm doing." Qin Hao nodded.
His Time Doppelganger would hold the Sword Martial Palace.
As for the Lingxiao Divine Sword, Qin Hao had brought it along. Though it no longer suited his True Self's current strength particularly well, it was the only sword he had that was even passably