After agreeing on a time to gather with the Demonic King, Qinchuan and Cang Tian left the Great Demonic Star Cluster and returned to the Celestial Cluster. They did not return to Stansos. Instead, they went to the Tigerfang Planet to wait for the teleportation channel to open.
When Qinchuan and Cang Tian arrived at the Tigerfang Planet, all the members of the Void Race gathered together and did their best to contribute to the opening of the teleportation channel.
Qinchuan looked at the blurry silhouette of the teleportation channel in the sky and said to Cang Tian, "It's a pity that only the people of the Void Race can open the channel. Otherwise, I would be able to help."
With Qinchuan's attainments in the way of formations, he would be able to open the channel in a few days if he was willing to help. It was a pity that the method of opening the channel was rather special. Only the people of the Void Race could participate in it. Qinchuan could not do anything.
"Be patient. Everyone, just wait patiently."
Cang Tian chuckled. It was not a good thing for the channel to open too quickly. If they waited patiently, they would have more time to come up with a concrete plan.
When Cang Tian and Qinchuan arrived at the Tigerfang Planet, Gulaska on the Millstone Continent just happened to complete the final step of tempering himself. He triggered the immortal tribulation and passed it safely.
After passing the tribulation, Gulaska wasn't overjoyed. He was even a little sad and disappointed.
He thought that if he could have taken this step earlier, he would have been able to help out in the battle between Xu Ling and Kasisna. Perhaps Xu Ling would not have died.
However, no matter how much he blamed himself, he could not change what had happened.
Athius slowly came to Gulaska's side. He looked at the dejected Gulaska and said plainly, "Alright, now is not the time to be sad. The sooner you return to the Tigerfang Planet and open the channel, the sooner we can kill our way into the Void Empire and avenge those who died."
Gulaska nodded when he heard Athius's words, "Thank you, senior. Let's go back now."
When Athius and Gulaska returned to the Tigerfang Planet, Lü Zi, Zhou Lin, and Bai Yuu arrived at the same time. Everyone gathered together.
Qin Chuan looked at the crowd standing in front of him and smiled. "If we were to walk on the streets, I'm afraid we would scare a lot of people to death."
Lü Zi chuckled when she heard Qinchuan's joke, "That's not necessarily. They might not even recognize us. If we have to intimidate them with our presences, it won't be as simple as scaring a bunch of people to."
Everyone laughed heartily upon hearing this. The atmosphere was extremely good. If the Demon Emperor and Saint Emperor were here, they would probably be more reserved.
"Alright, now that everyone's done laughing, it's time to get down to business."
Qinchuan cleared his throat and said to everyone, "The channel will open soon. We know nothing about the Void Empire, so I want to ask everyone if you know anything about the Void Empire in the past."
Qinchuan's question was mainly directed at Cangtian and Athius. The others were more familiar with him, so they wouldn't know anything he didn't know either.
Cangtian glanced at Athius and said to Qinchuan, "You should ask that question to Athius directly. I've only been Cangtian for a few thousand years. I've only interacted with the Void Empire recently, so I really don't know much about the Void Empire."
Qinchuan turned to Athius and asked, "Senior Athius, do you have anything to say?"
Athius pondered for a moment and then said to Qinchuan, "As far as I know, the Void Empire is a dark place without sunlight. That's why the Void Empire is called the Dark Universe. In the Dark Universe, all creatures and plants are related to the Void. It's very difficult for creatures that don't contain the power of the Void to live in the Void Empire for a long time. If we want to enter the Void Empire, even if we're powerful existences, we can only stay in the Void Empire for about a month. Once we exceed this time, we'll either have to leave the Void Empire or be forced to integrate the power of the Void into our bodies."
Athius paused for a moment and said, "The power of the Void I'm talking about isn't the power of the Laws of the Void. It's a kind of energy that accumulates in the Dark Universe all year round. You can think of it as the sunlight of our Bright Universe, or light energy."
Qinchuan asked curiously after hearing Athius's words, "Even if we're supreme existences, we can't avoid the corrosion of the Void Empire's power of the Void?"
Athius shook his head and said, "It's not a kind of corrosion. To be precise, it's assimilation.
I suspect that the reason why Yu's temperament changed so drastically is related to him staying in the Void Empire for a long time. "
"In other words, we only have a month's time."
Lü Zi frowned slightly. A month's time wasn't too long, but it wasn't short either. It was barely enough.
Athius nodded and said, "A month's time. We need to search for Yu, fight with him, and then retreat.
If we calculate it, it's more or less enough. "
"What else?" Qinchuan asked, "Apart from that, what else do we need to pay attention to?"
Athius replied, "Apart from the problem of time, we also need to pay attention to not act alone. The situation in the Void Empire is rather complicated. Even I don't know much about it. If someone gets lost, it'll take too much time for us to find them."
Qinchuan turned to look at the others and said, "Everyone heard senior Athius's words. I hope that no matter what happens, no one will act alone."
Everyone nodded solemnly after hearing Qinchuan's words. Although they were curious about a place like the Void Empire, they didn't have the mood to mess around with their teammates when they had an important mission to do.
"One last thing. Our planned battlefield should be the Void Empire's Imperial Palace. I suggest that if possible, we try not to fight Yu there."
Athius said to the others, "That place is Yu's home ground after all. No one knows if he'll set up an ambush there. For the sake of caution, it's better to change the battlefield. As for how to change the battlefield, it's up to you."
Athius looked at Qinchuan as he spoke. Probably only Qinchuan had the "face" to make Yu leave the Void Empire's Imperial Palace.