Within close to half a year, Tianming had finished his preparations. He made sure to study up well on the Oldgod Domain, his prospective opponents, and the event rules. He was filled with anticipation the day before the event. It would last a few months, at the shortest, and as much as three to five years at the longest, and there was a chance he would never return, so he made sure to bask in his family's warmth before that. But that very day, Lin Xiao came to them, teary-eyed, and told them of Ku's passing.

"Why’d it happen so quickly?" Tianming hadn't even met him before. He had thought he would do so when he returned from the minor reges mundi ranking after proving himself to give him...