Across the globe, undercurrents surged as nations reacted to the terrifying strength Chu Zhou had displayed.
Plans to recruit, guard against, study, infiltrate, and even assassinate him were being drawn up and carried out at a frantic pace.
Meanwhile, Chu Zhou had already used Sword Flight to reach the outskirts of the shattered Secret Realm where the Nethersea Azure Dragon had appeared. A sweep of his soul force revealed nothing but ruins. Everything inside had been destroyed by the Nethersea Azure Dragon.
"Makes sense. If there had been anything good, the Nethersea Azure Dragon wouldn't have left it behind."
"Hm?"
Just as Chu Zhou was about to leave, he suddenly sensed a soul's presence appearing within the shattered Secret Realm's Microcosm.
A young man suddenly appeared on a patch of barren ground. Looking at the devastation around him, he twisted his face in rage. "It's all because those two idiots from Korea and Little Japan insisted on fighting me for it! They just had to fight me! I was this close to becoming the master of a Fifth-Tier Spirit Beast."
"And then Chu Zhou killed that Fifth-Tier Spirit Beast and used it to build his reputation."
"Luckily, my watch is high-grade enough to let me force my way into the Dou Qi Continent from inside a Secret Realm by spending a life. Otherwise, I would've been done for."
The young man was none other than Zhao Tianci. After learning through the world channel on the Dou Qi Continent that Chu Zhou had dealt with the Nethersea Azure Dragon, he immediately returned to Blue Star. He intended to see whether there were any leftover resources to scavenge in the Secret Realm before returning to the Zhao Family.
Shhk!
Zhao Tianci was about to move when he suddenly felt a pain in