Many of the Water God's disciples were excited when they saw the destruction of the Heavenly Fire Dojo, but they did not know that without the sacrifice of the Heavenly Fire Dojo, how could they have been saved?
Dao Master Lan, Tian Yanzi, Thunder Dao Master, and Cang Dao Master had all sacrificed themselves for others, and they should not be slandered.
"Xiao 'er, let's go. We've seen enough, so it's time to go back," the old woman said.
Si Xiao 'er walked over to the Heavenly Fire Dojo's core and looked down. A sea of flames had once burned the sky. There had once been a fire dragon here that liked to spit out flames and burn clothes. This had once been the place that the Water God's disciples feared the most and had wanted to conquer the most. Now, she was standing right next to the Heavenly Fire Dojo's core.
"Senior Sister, let's go," the cute girl said. She was afraid of the Heavenly Fire Dojo's core, as the temperature was so high that she was about to be roasted dry.
Si Xiao 'er nodded and turned around. Just as she was about to leave, her foot slipped, and her entire body seemed to be dragged down by an invisible force as she fell into the core.
The old woman hurriedly acted, but a wave of heat surged up and forced her back. Her skin was scorched, and if she had not retreated quickly, she would have been reduced to ashes.
The other disciples of Water Goddess Dao Rite were all stunned. "Senior apprentice-sister?"
"Senior Sister?"
"Save Senior Sister!"
Below, Si Xiao 'er watched helplessly as she fell into the Heavenly Fire Dojo's core. She gritted her teeth, and a stream of water surrounded her body as she tried to escape. With her Hunter realm cultivation, the Heavenly Fire Dojo's surface could not do anything to her, but for some reason, her stream of water was useless. An invisible force dragged her into the Heavenly Fire Dojo, and she instantly disappeared.
She could still vaguely hear someone call out to her from above.
Si Xiao 'er thought that she was doomed.
A gentle voice sounded out. "Wake up. You're not dead."
Si Xiao 'er's eyelids twitched, and she slowly opened her eyes. She saw a young man looking at her with interest.
She was shocked and hurriedly retreated.
"If you retreat any further, you'll be burned to ashes." He smiled.
Si Xiao 'er's face had turned red from the high temperature, and she looked around. Her pupils shrank.
"This is the deepest core of the Heavenly Fire Dojo. It's enough to burn an Emissary to ashes," Lu Yin said as he grinned at Si Xiao 'er.
Si Xiao 'er stared at him in a daze. Her lips parted, "Lu, who are you?
Were you the one who captured me? "
"The word 'catch' doesn't sound nice. You fell down here," Lu Yin said.
Si Xiao 'er's fingers trembled. "Who exactly are you?"
Lu Yin was flabbergasted. She didn't recognize him?
Now that he thought about it, it made sense. When he first came to the Starfall Sea, he hadn't made much of a name for himself. Then, he was attacked by the Sixth Mainland. During the Battle for the Star Tower, he wasn't as famous as the people from the Neoverse. After the Battle for the Star Tower, the Starfall Sea was occupied by the Eternals. It was normal that the people here didn't recognize him.
"I'm from the Skyfire Dojo," Lu Yin replied.
Si Xiao 'er obviously didn't believe him. "My Water God's Dojo has been fighting with the Heavenly Flame Dojo for a long time, but I've never heard of someone like you from the Heavenly Flame Dojo."
Lu Yin laughed. "With your rank — no, I should say with your master's rank — you don't even have the qualifications to know of my existence."
Si Xiao 'er's eyes flashed. She couldn't believe it.
Lu Yin raised his hand, and a Heavenfire Stone appeared in it.
Si Xiao 'er was shocked. "Heavenly Flame Stone?"
She looked at him in disbelief. "You … You're really from the Skyfire Dojo?"
"Yes, senior. You should call me senior. I've been in seclusion for too long, and no one recognizes me."
Si Xiao 'er didn't understand. "But your appearance …"
Lu Yin's lips curled up, and he beamed at her.
Si Xiao 'er stuck out her tongue. Appearances could be changed, and with her strength, it was impossible for her to determine this person's skeletal age. She slowly bowed. "Water God's Dojo disciple Si Xiao' er greets the Skyfire Dojo's senior."
Lu Yin nodded. "I've been in seclusion for too long. What happened in the outside world?
When I came out, I discovered that the Skyfire Dojo was in ruins, and there wasn't a single person there. Also … "His expression turned solemn." There were Corpse Kings from the Neohuman Alliance roaming the outside world. The Grayweed Continent has changed. "
Si Xiao 'er's face darkened, and her voice became sorrowful. "Yes, the Grayweed Continent has changed. The entire Starfall Sea has changed, and it's all because of …"
Si Xiao 'er spoke for more than an hour, and Lu Yin finally understood the current situation in the Starfall Sea.
He had originally thought that behind the horizontal black hole, the Starfall Sea would be filled with Corpse Kings from the Everlasting Race, and that the humans would either be slaughtered or transformed, just like the battlefield behind the Astral Tree Domain.
However, the actual situation was much better than he had imagined.
The Everlasting Race had not massacred the humans. Instead, they had built many human cities in the Starfall Sea, the largest of which was the Eternal Kingdom. The Everlasting Race had also built an Eternal Kingdom in the Starfall Sea, and its original location had been the Sea King's Dome.
The Everlasting Race had transformed the Sea King's Dome into the Eternal Kingdom, but it was different from the Fifth Mainland's Neoverse. The Eternal Kingdom here was divided into two cities, one east and one west. The western city was filled with Corpse Kings, and humans could enter and leave freely. The eastern city was filled with humans, and Corpse Kings could not enter or leave.
Not only that, but the lives of the humans living in the various cities of the Starfall Sea were no different from before. They could still cultivate, explore, and roam freely without any restrictions.
For example, the disciples from the Water God's Dojo could travel from the Eternal Kingdom to the Grayweed Continent to cultivate and explore their former dojos. It would not be a problem even if they were discovered by Corpse Kings.
Lu Yin began to doubt himself. Since when had the Everlasting Race been so friendly to the humans?
The more he listened, the more he felt that something was amiss. There was a sense of unease in his heart, and he knew that something was definitely wrong. The humans were living as they had always been, coexisting with Corpse Kings, and this should not be the case.
The situation within the Neoverse's Eternal Kingdom was normal. To the humans, that place was hell, and that was the reason why the Eternal Kingdom had to be destroyed.
"Who's the one who controls all the Corpse Kings in the Starfall Sea?" Lu Yin asked.
Si Xiao 'er solemnly answered, "Hei Wushen."
Lu Yin's eyes narrowed. Hei Wushen was someone he was familiar with. Hei Wushen had been the first to find him, but he had been destroyed by Mister Mu. Lu Yin had never thought that Hei Wushen would be the ruler of this place.
"Have you seen Hei Wushen?" Lu Yin continued to ask.
Si Xiao 'er shook her head. "No. Hei Wushen controls all the Corpse Kings of the Neohuman Alliance in the Starfall Sea. Even my master can't see him. Only City Lord Yang can."
City Lord Yang was the city lord of the eastern city of the Eternal Kingdom. Si Xiao 'er's master, Dao Lord Si, was second only to City Lord Yang, and she was also an Envoy.
Just the eastern city alone had two Envoys. As for City Lord Yang's cultivation, Si Xiao 'er had no way of knowing.
"Do you know about the Burial Gate?" Lu Yin asked the key question.
He had captured Si Xiao 'er to understand the situation in the Starfall Sea. He had not expected that these people would be able to enter the Skyfire Dojo so easily without showing any signs of panic. This piqued his curiosity, and he also wanted to ask about the Burial Gate. Only by entering the gate could one leave the Starfall Sea.
Si Xiao 'er was confused. "What's the Burial Gate?"
Lu Yin drew an image of the gate in the void.
Si Xiao 'er was surprised. "Isn't this the Death Gate that the Neohuman Alliance failed in their experiment?
Why does Senior call it the Burial Gate? "
"Death Gate?"
Lu Yin's brows rose, but he was not surprised. The Neohuman Alliance could not possibly announce that this was the Burial Gate. Otherwise, once the gate was discovered, the people of the Starfall Sea would immediately flee, and the Corpse Kings would not be able to chase after them. To them, the Burial Gate was a forbidden area, and entering it meant certain death. "What did the Neohuman Alliance tell you?"
Si Xiao 'er replied, "The Death Gate was triggered by an experiment. Once someone enters, they'll immediately be transformed into a mindless Corpse King, and they won't even have the ability to move. If they're allowed to continue existing, they'll gradually expand and turn everything around them into nothingness. That's why we contacted the Neohuman Alliance the moment we discovered the Death Gate."
She then looked at Lu Yin in confusion. "Senior, what do you mean by the Burial Gate?"
Lu Yin calmly replied, "This is not the Death Gate. The Neohuman Alliance is lying to you. This gate leads to a mysterious place, and there's a passage to the Innerverse there."
Si Xiao 'er was shocked, but then she was overjoyed. "The Innerverse?
Is that true? "
"Are you willing to be ruled by the Corpse Kings?" Lu Yin suddenly asked as he stared at Si Xiao 'er.
Si Xiao 'er's body trembled, and an extreme unwillingness appeared in the depths of her eyes. Finally, it turned into a deep sense of helplessness. "It's not up to us to decide. We know that the entrance to the Innerverse from the Starfall Sea has been blocked by a Progenitor. Even a Progenitor couldn't enter the Starfall Sea to rescue us, and instead, he threw us to the Neohuman Alliance. What can we do?"
Lu Yin frowned. This was what the people of the Starfall Sea who had been ruled by the Corpse Kings were truly thinking. They had been abandoned, and if they didn't want to be ruled, did they have to seek death?
Besides, their current lives were no different from before. Even her master, the Envoy-level powerhouse Dao Master Si, was not willing to be ruled, let alone Si Xiao 'er.
No one could blame them, and no one wanted to be ruled by another species. However, they had no choice.
"If there's a day when we can return to the Innerverse, we'll fight for it, even if there's only a sliver of a chance," Si Xiao 'er said softly, but her voice was resolute.
"The Burial Gate was your chance. Unfortunately, most of it was destroyed by the Neohuman Alliance," Lu Yin said helplessly.
Si Xiao 'er was puzzled. "Senior, weren't you in seclusion?
This Burial Gate only appeared recently, and how did you know that it leads to the Innerverse? "
She wasn't stupid, and she knew that she had to get to the bottom of this. This matter concerned their lives, and if the Neohuman Alliance hadn't lied to them, then entering the Burial Gate would be equivalent to death. No one would be willing to be a guinea pig.
Lu Yin said, "When I was young, I also appeared in a Burial Gate. I just happened to see it when I woke up, but unfortunately, it was destroyed by a Corpse King."
Si Xiao 'er was helpless. "That's right. The Neohuman Alliance destroyed many of these Burial Gates. Unless they're hidden very well, there shouldn't be any in the seventy-two training halls."
Lu Yin was speechless, and he finally understood why he had been discovered. The Corpse King hadn't been looking for him, but rather for the Burial Gate. He had just happened to be at the Heavy Mountain Training Hall.