An Kai looked up in confusion.
A second ago, the sky had been perfectly clear.
Now dark clouds blanketed it, and thunder rumbled intermittently.
It was as though thunder dragons were trying to break out of their cages.
An Kai wondered whether he was imagining things.
He distinctly felt that, this time, his return seemed...
Unwelcome to the power of heaven and earth?
An Kai did not quite understand why.
Logically, that should not have been the case. He had been on excellent terms with the power of heaven and earth before. Even when he was breaking through beyond Tier Nine, the Divine Realm had enthusiastically invited him back to advance.
Could it be?
"Is it because I became the Grand Lord of the [Wealth Abyss]?"
An Kai had guessed correctly. It was indeed because he had become the Grand Lord of the [Wealth Abyss].
An ordinary Grand Lord would not have mattered.
But An Kai was different. He was more than just a Grand Lord.
He was also the face of the "Abyss."
His every word and deed represented the Abyss's will in the outside world.
Under these circumstances, An Kai was effectively bound to the Abyss.
How could he possibly receive the power of heaven and earth's approval again upon returning to the "Divine Realm"?
Previously, An Kai and the power of heaven and earth had been good friends, always looking out for each other.
After some time apart, the friend who had once been close enough to share everything with it had suddenly become the spokesman for its mortal enemy.
How could the Divine Realm's power of heaven and earth not be furious?
The aura of the Abyss on An Kai mingled with the lingering traces left by the power of heaven and earth when it had