After Wei Jin's explanation, Chu Tian finally understood Miao Zuo's intentions.
It turned out that after he and hk3106 departed on the Shattered Star.
Dao Tian had sent everyone who participated in the trial and survived back to where they came from.
The day before this, Chi Xue had directly asked Xiao Hei if he would go with her.
To everyone's surprise, Xiao Hei actually refused.
Then... that night.
Something incredible happened.
Xiao Hei... was actually ambushed and knocked unconscious by Chi Xue.
The next day, Chi Xue left, and Xiao Hei returned.
After this guy came back, he became silent, and no one knew what had happened.
The usually active fellow suddenly turned into a mute.
Until... Miao Zuo broke free from his meditative state.
The first thing this guy did was reveal a world-shattering secret.
Xiao Hei... had been forced by Chi Xue!
It turned out that when Miao Zuo entered meditation and his soul wandered in the void, he witnessed what happened that night.
Chi Xue... was actually trying to continue the Chi Yan Qilin clan's lineage.
She chose to be with Mo Qilin Xiao Hei to borrow his seed...
As a result, Xiao Hei felt wronged and his entire demeanor changed.
Miao Zuo feared that Xiao Hei would become depressed, so he provoked him daily.
He guided Xiao Hei into fierce battles with him. On one hand, Miao Zuo was honing his talisman arts, and on the other hand, it was an opportunity for Xiao Hei to vent his frustrations.
During this period, Xiao Hei had already improved a lot.
He gradually returned to his usual quirky personality.
No longer a sullen lump.
After hearing this, Chu Tian was both amused and speechless.
He truly didn't expect that girl Chi Xue would do something like this.
He also wondered if Chi Xue actually had feelings for Xiao Hei.
Or if it was purely for the purpose of borrowing his seed.
If she truly had no feelings and was just doing it for the sake of it.
Xiao Hei was really quite pitiful...
It was evident that Xiao Hei truly liked Chi Xue.
"Xiao Hei is a bit foolish! It's so good to leave this Sea of Death..." Chu Tian sighed.
"Xiao Hei isn't foolish, he's loyal!" Wei Jin glanced below at Xiao Hei, who was charging out of a sand pit.
Then he stared at Chu Tian and said.
Chu Tian was stunned, feeling inexplicably stared at by Wei Jin.
"What the hell... why are there only eight suns left?" Xiao Hei, who was rushing upwards, suddenly stopped.
He looked up at the sky and shouted in shock.
Chu Tian and the others also quickly looked up.
On the Xuan Tian Star, there were originally nine suns, but now only eight remained.
"Holy crap, eight suns... so many?" Miao Zuo, who was here for the first time, appeared exceptionally surprised by the eight suns crossing the sky.
Chu Tian's heart stirred, and he thought...
Could the star he had created before have been taken from here?
Now it had been converted into energy for the Shattered Star...
And hk3106 had consequently...
Thinking of this, Chu Tian's heart sank.
He still found it difficult to accept hk3106's death.
"Chu Tian, have you noticed? This Sea of Death seems a bit different!"
Wei Jin looked around, but he couldn't pinpoint their current location.
Logically speaking... they should have appeared above Hurricane City.
At present, all they saw was a sea of sand beneath their feet, with no mountain peaks.
There was no sign of the giant vortex, the trademark of Hurricane City, anywhere around.
Chu Tian also noticed this and quickly opened his system map to check.
They were located in the heart of the convergence of three parallel ravines, collectively known as the Ruminant Valley.
"This is... the Central Domain, no mistake. And what's beneath us should be Hurricane City!"
Chu Tian was utterly shocked after reviewing the map.
Wei Jin and Xiao Hei were also rendered speechless upon hearing this.
Where was Hurricane City?
Where was the Wind Soul Sect?
Why was everything gone?
What had happened here in the more than a year they were gone?
"Let's head back to Myriad Beast City first..." Chu Tian recovered his senses and suggested.
The others nodded in agreement.
Wei Jin, in particular, was somewhat impatient.
The disappearance of Hurricane City gave him a bad premonition.
[Beep...]
Chu Tian tapped the watch on his left wrist.
*Whoosh...*
The colossal body of the Shattered Star appeared before everyone.
"This is... the Shattered Star?"
Wei Jin and the others were greatly astonished to see the mech that had appeared.
Chu Tian smiled with satisfaction, "How is it? Isn't its appearance domineering?"
At present, the Shattered Star's appearance was highly technological.
Its entire body was a dark purple, with pale gold trim in many places.
Its design was as cool and striking as a bumblebee at first glance.
"Let's go..." Chu Tian waved his hand, directly leading everyone into the mech's interior.
"Shattered Star... activate stealth mode!" Upon entering the mech, the first thing to do was to make it invisible.
After all... this thing did not originally exist in this universe.
The fewer people who knew about it, the better.
Ten minutes later...
In the Southwest Domain... above Myriad Beast City.
Chu Tian and the others looked down.
"How could this happen?" Worry was evident in Wei Jin's eyes.
Myriad Beast City, which had stood for an unknown period, now had broken city walls, and many areas had completely collapsed.
Looking down from here, they could see many people busy repairing the city walls.
There was also a crack that stretched for a thousand miles, passing directly through the middle of Myriad Beast City.
It was as if it had been split open by a sharp blade.
In the center of the city, a suspension bridge had been built, reconnecting the divided Myriad Beast City.
Seeing this, Chu Tian's brow furrowed deeply.
He suspected that the changes in the Sea of Death might be related to the missing sun in the sky.
Perhaps natural disasters caused by tidal effects.
Such a situation might be prevalent throughout the entire Xuan Tian Star.
No wonder... the will of that small world had said it had caused boundless killing karma.
At first, he thought the small world was just being alarmist!
If that was the case, he might have truly done something terribly wrong.
The Xuan Tian Star was immensely vast.
If this disaster involved the entire planet.
How many Holy Spirits would die?
Even some species might be wiped out because of it.
With a heavy heart, Chu Tian retracted the mech, and everyone was exposed directly above Myriad Beast City.
*Wuwuwu...*
Instantly, the sound of horns echoed from below.
This was the alarm of Myriad Beast City!
"It seems... my father should have returned!"
Wei Jin noticed that the moment the alarm sounded, countless purple figures shot up into the sky.
These were the members of the Illusionary True Qilin clan.
Each of them carried a human on their back.
These were members of the Central Guard.
The Central Guard, it was said, was loyal only to the City Lord.
In reality... Wei Jin knew very well.
This army was personally built by his father, Wei Du.
Later, it was passed down to him to lead.
Therefore, this army was truly loyal to... their Wei family.
If, one day, Wei Du was no longer the City Lord, and Wei Jin did not become the next City Lord of Myriad Beast City.
This Central Guard might naturally disband.
These people would then return to the wilderness...
Of course, there were no forests in the Sea of Death, it was just a metaphor.