The giant gray-feathered eagle followed closely behind Vermilion Bird, heading toward the Ruins outside the Radiant Stars Nation.
Throughout the journey, Wan Xiong pondered Yi Tian's identity, his eyes never leaving him.
His curiosity about Yi Tian's identity now outweighed even his interest in Xiao Ziyan.
After all, Yi Tian was human, yet he seemed to hail from neither the Radiant Stars Nation nor the Origin Martial World. And somehow, Xiao Ziyan valued him so highly. It was truly baffling.
Had Xiao Ziyan not been there, he would have gone over and asked Yi Tian himself.
Meanwhile, Yi Tian was rather speechless. Nobody would feel comfortable being stared at so intently for an entire journey.
Yet whenever Yi Tian turned to look, Wan Xiong immediately averted his gaze, either lowering his head to admire his own muscles or looking around as though he were terribly busy...
Looking at the man's bulging muscles, Yi Tian briefly wondered whether steroids had fried his brain.
Soon, Vermilion Bird and the giant eagle left the Radiant Stars Nation and reached a rift suffused with radiant light on the outskirts of the Star Sea.
Beyond the rift lay a completely separate small world.
At its center, a gigantic sphere of gray mist loomed, nearly filling the entire space.
The mist churned and condensed like a living thing, while countless dark chains wound around the sphere's surface, sinking deep into the gray mist.
More unnerving still, extraordinarily intense demon energy constantly radiated from the sphere in every direction!
Even the Abyss Demon Emperor Yi Tian had encountered had not possessed demon energy of this magnitude!
"What a terrifying presence." Yi Tian frowned slightly.
Xiao Ziyan nodded and said gravely, "These are the ruins left by the battle between the Abyss and Kirin Venerable. Countless powerful