The Way Home
The expressions of everyone from the devil race changed. This was directly challenging their Devil Hall, and was even challenging their Devil Emperor.
Normally, they'd have long since attacked with their weapons. But in the face of so many rulers, all they could do was endure in silence. Their gazes landed on the female demon ruler.
She was their leader, so it was up to her to decide what to do next.
However, the way they saw it, she'd most likely choose to avoid the brunt of their attacks.
As expected, the horned demon looked at Ye Zichen's group, as if trying to memorize their faces. After a long while, she nodded and retreated.
"The mountains don't move, but the waters do. We have plenty of time."
Even now, the female demon's aura didn't diminish in the slightest.
"Let's go!"
She looked away, then led the demon sovereigns away from the chaotic void. At first, they walked one step at a time, but once they were a hundred meters away, they suddenly sped up and disappeared from Ye Zichen's line of sight.
"And here I thought you were really strong."
As he watched the demons flee, Yang Jian curled his lips in disdain. He spun the Erlang Lance in his hand in a circle and put it away.
The Howling Celestial Dog followed Yang Jian's sneer and barked a few times at the group of devils.
"Let's go."
Once the demons were out of sight, Ye Zichen glanced at Yang Jian and Pu Jingwan.
To him, this was nothing more than a minor interlude. He didn't take it to heart at all. Even if the demons went back and complained to the Demon Emperor, so what? When Yang Jian slaughtered their Demon Gods, the Demon Emperor hadn't dared say a single word.
Now, with Pu Jingwan, Han Nan's trusted bodyguard, and the twenty rulers …
What did he have to fear?
Even if the Demon Emperor hated him for this, it didn't matter. He had returned to the Third Era this time for the sake of making the already chaotic Three Realms even more chaotic!
Yang Jian and the others continued forward, but to their surprise, An Lu suddenly knelt to the ground.
No matter how Pu Jingwan tried to comfort her, she knelt and refused to get up.
"Thank you. Truly, thank you …."
After Ye Zichen and the others chased the demons away, An Lu's emotions underwent a drastic change. She didn't know how to repay these people for saving her life, so she could only express her gratitude in this way.
Ye Zichen, who was walking in front of her, also stopped and grabbed her hand with a smile.
"I told you, it's nothing. It's just a small effort. With your current situation, it should be very difficult for you to return to the Demon Realm. Why don't you follow us back to the Divine Mountain? Don't worry, with us here, even if you're a demon, the people of the Divine Mountain won't dare to do anything to you. "
Ye Zichen patted her on the head, then glanced at Pu Jingwan, then continued onward with Yang Jian and the other rulers.
Pu Jingwan immediately understood. She hugged An Lu, smiled, and comforted her. At this time, An Lu had long since cried her eyes out. Ever since her clan had been wiped out, she had never felt such warmth.
She bit her lips and wiped away her tears, then looked at Ye Zichen's back.
"I'll repay you."
Her tender voice was filled with undisguised sincerity. When Ye Zichen heard this, he didn't stop. He simply smiled at her, then clasped his hands behind his back and flew towards the Third Era's God Realm.
"That's the Third Era."
Yang Jian, who was at the front of the group, stopped and pointed at a dazzling array of colors.
Ye Zichen looked in the direction Yang Jian was pointing. In the distant void of primordial chaos floated an enormous compass, dazzling with light.
Rather than calling it a compass, it was more accurate to call it a galaxy of stars.
Countless celestial bodies revolved in an orderly fashion. The largest of these stars was most likely the God, Yao, and Demon Realms Ye Zichen was currently in.
The compass was clearly divided into three parts, one for each of the Upper Three Realms.
Perhaps because it was recorded so far away, they couldn't really see the Divine Mountain. However, the River Styx, which flowed through all of the Upper Three Realms, was like a dragon before their eyes.
Beneath it were countless planets, corresponding to the myriad realms below the Upper Three Realms.
It was because of these realms that the Gods, Yao, and Demon Realms flourished.
This …. This was the Third Era!
It hadn't yet reached the end of the era. Everything was still thriving, full of life and vitality.
An Lu, who'd been sobbing the entire time, stopped when she saw this.
Her pure, beautiful eyes reflected the light of the Third Era, and they shone brilliantly.
"Was it like this before the First Era?"
An Lu wasn't the only one awed by its brilliance. Pu Jingwan was as well.
She stared at the Third Era's astrolabe in a daze, unable to take her eyes off it. She couldn't help but sigh.
"Probably." Yang Jian nodded.
"Is that so?"
Pu Jingwan was from the First Era, but before the Transcendence, she'd never taken even half a step out of it. By the time she was strong enough to leave, the First Era had been ravaged beyond recognition by the primordial beasts.
What she saw in the First Era was a wretched, dilapidated world.
Planets had been destroyed, abandoned, and scattered throughout the Milky Way.
She'd fantasized about what the First Era would have been like before the Primordial Beasts attacked. When she saw the Third Era, she finally had a better understanding.
It was truly beautiful.
Ye Zichen didn't say anything, and the others weren't in a hurry either.
Their faces were filled with tranquility as they looked at the Galaxy Compass of the third era. They looked at its magnificence and brilliance, using their own eyes to portray all of this, deeply imprinting this most beautiful scene into their hearts.
Meanwhile, Ye Zichen didn't move. It wasn't that he was captivated by its beauty as well.
He had to admit that the Astral Compass was beautiful, so beautiful that it couldn't be compared. However, what he was more concerned about now was that he wanted to find the planet he was looking for in this star chart.
Until ….
His pupils constricted.
He saw it.
He'd spared no effort in searching, and in the midst of all the stars, he'd found a single, azure planet.
It was tiny.
Just a tiny one.
But he'd found it.
He stood quietly in the middle of the crowd and gazed at the tiny planet. It was still brimming with energy, and it continued its orbit. During this time, he felt an urge to skip the Divine Mountains and go straight back to that planet.
That was his home, that was his roots.
He wanted to go back, but after a few internal struggles, he gave up.
The Third Era was coming to an end. He had to stay in the God, Yao, and Demon Realms and seize celestial fate. He had to fight them for it.
But that didn't matter.
Although it wasn't time to go back yet, at least ….
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