Chen Xu's breathing grew rapid. He knew every mountain beneath this sky, every river. He knew the fields that had once been planted with spiritual herbs, the squares where children had played.
But now, everything was gone.
The mountains were bare, the rivers dry. The fields had turned into deserts, devoid of any trace of life.
He flew over ruin after ruin.
"Chen Xu!"
Several sharp whistles sounded behind him as Gu Hong, Shen Ming, Yu Han, and dozens of other Immortal Lords caught up.
Gu Hong shouted from behind, "Calm down! This place is crawling with the Other Race!"
Chen Xu did not listen.
Of course he knew the Other Race was here. He had sensed them the moment he entered the Main Star, but he did not care.
He just wanted to go back.
Back to the place where he had spent more than ten thousand years. Back to the place he had thought would always be there.
The others exchanged glances and could only follow.
Shen Ming said nothing. He simply flew silently at the rear, his weary eyes sweeping over the surrounding ruins, his thoughts unreadable.
Along the way, they encountered several attacks from the Other Race.
Those creatures charged out of the ruins, burrowed out of the earth, and surged in from every direction, roaring and tumbling as they crashed toward them like a tide.
Chen Xu slaughtered wave after wave without so much as a glance and kept flying forward.
Gu Hong scattered a swarm of low-level Other Race creatures with a palm strike and could not help cursing, "Fuck! If we keep fighting like this, sooner or later we'll draw an Immortal Emperor-"
"Enough!"
A woman's voice cut Gu Hong off.
Yu Han.
She followed in the middle of the group, her