Yuezheng Xiangling wiped the tears from her face, sniffled, and walked over to Qin Yiqing.
"Zero is right. He's never done anything he wasn't confident about. Since he said he would come back, we have to protect everything he left behind, focus on cultivating, and wait for his return."
Qin Yiqing nodded, raised her eyes to sweep over all the longtime subordinates present who had followed Yun Che this far, and spoke in a grave voice.
"From today onward, the Domain will be sealed. Everyone will enter secluded cultivation. No one is to take a single step outside or breathe a word of this to anyone outside. Yun Che and the elders are gone, but we are still here, and the Azure Luan God Kingdom still stands. One day, we will reach the Immortal Realm and collect this blood debt."
With that, Qin Yiqing did not hesitate. Following Yun Che's instructions, she crushed the only key that allowed passage into and out of the Domain Space, putting a complete end to any hope the Heavenly Dao Council had of finding this space.
After dismissing the core members present, Ye Qingshuang approached Yuezheng Xiangling and asked quietly.
"Xiangxiang, will Yun Che really come back?"
Yuezheng Xiangling shook her head slightly. "I don't know. His Divine Soul really did disperse. In a situation like this..."
She paused there, her fingertips clutching the hem of her clothes. Her voice was soft, yet carried utter conviction.
"But I believe in him. Even when the Heavenly Dao was hunting him and most of his Divine Soul had dispersed, he fought for a sliver of survival. He even dared to destroy his own body to gamble on a loophole in the rules. How could he abandon us so easily? Even if his Divine Soul imprint really