Stepping out of the cold and deathly silent dark Secret Realm, Xu Guang returned to the slightly worn yet still grand corridor of the Taiyi Hall. Although the outside light remained dim, the relatively normal flow of Source Qi made Xu Guang squint his eyes slightly. He did not linger, his figure flickered like a ghost, disappearing into the complex shadows of the hall, as if he had never appeared.
Almost immediately after his departure, spatial ripples appeared elsewhere, and the silhouette of Yan Ruge emerged. Her face remained cold, but the subtle fatigue on her brow and the deeper aura within her body revealed her gains and expenditures within the Secret Realm. She cautiously scanned her surroundings and, confirming there was no ambush, quickly departed in a completely different direction from Xu Guang.
