"Chu Yuan and the others made it back? When?" Lu Yin asked.

Xi Yue softly replied, "I don't know. I haven’t gotten any news from the outside world after I arrived here at the Astral River."

Lu Yin looked out at outer space. It seemed that Chu Yuan and the others had returned to this era before him. After falling in the river of time, it could easily take several years or even tens of years for anyone to escape. They had confirmed his death because they had seen the sword plunge into his chest.

"Please tell me what’s going on right now," Lu Yin requested.

Xi Yue pursed her lips. She then proceeded to slowly recount what she knew of the events that had played out in the Fifth Mainland over the past twenty years.

Lu Yin listened in silence. These twenty years had been twenty years of drastic changes for the Fifth Mainland. They had brought about terrible crises, but also many opportunities.

The silver light from the sky was slowly replaced by dazzling sunlight, announcing the beginning of a new day.

Inside the shack, Xi Yue swallowed the pill that Lu Yin had given her, and her wounds started to heal at a visible rate. Even her battle force stabilized a great deal. All that remained untouched were the scars on her face.

"Why didn't you change your appearance back to normal?" Lu Yin wondered.

Xi Yue answered softly, though her voice no longer had a hoarseness to it. "I'll take that back the day I avenge my people!"

"You want to avenge your clansmen? Why didn’t you go to the Lu Heavenly Gate?" Lu Yin asked. From what he...