The power dispersed afterward and the monarch could stand up again.

“Where are you?!” The monarch was startled since the roost was empty. He looked around and saw no sign of Li Qiye.

Moreover, the roost appeared the same as before. Even the firewood in the middle of the hole had the same glazed layer around them now. This was the case with the ashen ground as well.

Thus, everything he had witnessed just now could have been an illusion. The inferno, the...