Long Pojun eventually decided to return.

To the Flowing Gold Fort.

With him here, the Flowing Gold Fort would definitely not send out troops for no reason. In fact, it would be quite good if they didn’t start stirring up trouble in the first place.

No matter how much ability Lin Mengze had, the pressure mounting on him from three different fronts was definitely enough to disrupt his plans for a short period of time.

Now that he didn’t need to worry about his back lines, Su Chen returned his focus to the Abyss.

His research of the Deep Sea Sorrow was still ongoing. Every so often, the fleet would go into the Abyss and gather some resources for Su Chen to study.

Su Chen began to peel back the layers of secrets surrounding the Deep Sea Sorrow.

Just as Patelocke had said, this peculiar Origin Substance was the invention of the Arcanists. Their goal was to evolve their own strength, both to improve the power of Arcana Techniques and also to address the weakness of their own physical bodies.

However, this product was a failure. Even though it accelerated and enhanced the growth process, anyone it was used on would experience a regression in intelligence.

Many different Arcana Masters spent their whole lives vainly attempting to resolve this issue. Corniga, on the other hand,...