Ilis's voice suddenly came through in broken fragments.
The certainty Su Yi had felt moments ago gave way to a flash of anxiety.
"Master, what's wrong?" Aurecia asked.
"Go and rest," Su Yi said. "I need to take care of something."
Aurecia nodded respectfully and left.
Su Yi immediately called Joseph Ember.
"Joseph, has something happened to Ilis Barrett?"
"She just sent me a message, but her voice kept cutting out. Is she in trouble?"
Joseph knew how important Ilis was to Su Yi. "Don't panic."
"I did use my connections to have Miss Barrett transferred over."
"But she's aboard a company vessel. Nothing could happen to it."
Joseph immediately checked on her situation.
About two minutes later, Su Yi heard back from him.
"First, the good news: Miss Barrett is fine."
"She's still aboard the ship bound for Red Sun Star."
Su Yi breathed a sigh of relief. "And the bad news, my dear Joseph?"
Joseph asked, "Have you heard of the Golden King?"
"The Golden King!"
Su Yi's heart jolted.
The public launch had only been a few months ago. News of the Golden King should not have appeared yet.
Wait... the turbulence in the Dark Universe is dissipating faster...
And many people believed the Golden King's ascension was what calmed it in my previous life!
Su Yi shook his head. "Never heard of him."
Joseph was unsurprised. "That's normal. He's a strange one."
"What we can confirm so far is that his Divine Authority governs souls."
After a pause, Joseph continued, "The Sacrificial Department just detected something enormous."
"What?" Su Yi asked.
"The Black Abyss Overlord's Soul Abyss has split, and the Void Emperor's fluctuations have dropped by three orders of magnitude."
Su Yi frowned. "What... does that mean?"
"For reasons we don't know," Joseph said,
"the