"Garrett, do you know where Debbie Di left from?" Joe Di immediately asked Garrett about Debbie Di's whereabouts.
Garrett shook his head. "I don't know. Although I came here with Sister Di, we weren't transported at the same time. During the Ascension Array's teleportation, I didn't notice anything wrong. I suspect that Sister Di sensed something amiss midway and forcibly left the teleportation space, entering another void. After I arrived from the Ascension Array, I entered this Immortal Domain directly."
Garrett sounded frustrated. He felt he hadn't taken good care of Debbie Di. Although Debbie Di's strength and abilities far surpassed his, he still felt he had let Brother Joe down.
Joe Di vaguely understood. It seemed the problem was still related to the Genesis Annihilation Array in Savage Beast Gorge. Back then, even after he and several Domain Stage powerhouses joined forces to slay the entity within the array, there were lingering consequences.
If Andrew King wasn't connected to the entity in the Genesis Annihilation Array, then it must have been someone related to Andrew King's past.
But now that even Andrew King has been slain, and this place will soon merge with the Quadrant Immortal Continent, even if the Genesis Annihilation Array still has issues, it won't affect the Ascension Array anymore.
"After you entered here, how did you get out?" Joe Di was puzzled. Logically, Andrew King wouldn't be foolish enough to let Garrett go and risk exposing his deeds.
Garrett sighed and lowered his head.
Joe Di grew even more confused. Garrett never hid anything from him. Based on his understanding, even if Garrett's life was at stake, he wouldn't hesitate.
Miles Phantom, standing nearby, sighed and said, "Garrett met a female cultivator here. Her name is Nina Chu. Nina Chu fell in love with Garrett at first sight and came to me asking about him. The more she learned, the more she believed Garrett's talent far surpassed Andrew King's, and it would be a great loss for him to perish in this realm."
She had been imprisoned by Andrew King for a long time and vaguely understood what he was up to, so she was determined not to let Garrett perish here."
"Garrett escaped with Nina Chu's help?" Joe Di asked.
Garrett sighed. "Yes, Nina Chu had been here longer than I had. She knew Andrew King's seclusion schedule and also knew that Stormhaven Island was the perfect place for my escape..."
"There's a Stormhaven Island here too?" Joe Di asked, then immediately understood. The Stormhaven Island here should be the same one he entered before, only separated by void restriction arrays, making it seem like two different realms. Once he removed the barrier from this Immortal Domain, it would fully merge with the Quadrant Immortal Continent.
"Brother Joe, are there other places with Stormhaven Island?" Garrett didn't know and asked casually.
Joe Di nodded. "We're probably talking about the same Stormhaven Island. Go on."
Garrett nodded. "Nina Chu knew I had a lightning affinity and wasn't afraid of thunder arc attacks, plus I'm a body-refining cultivator. So when Andrew King was in seclusion, she secretly asked Senior Miles Phantom to tell me to escape quickly to Stormhaven Island, saying it was the only way out."
Joe Di nodded. That was correct. The only place Andrew King hadn't refined was Stormhaven Island. Once it was refined, this Immortal Domain would become the sole exit.
"Fortunately, I have the Mindshift technique. After breaking through the Guardian Array, I immediately rushed to Stormhaven Island and entered..."
Garrett rubbed his hair and sighed before continuing, "Only after I left did I realize how naive Nina Chu and I were. Andrew King had placed a Soulseal Restriction in my body. I had to go to a specific place to trigger the restriction and then return here; otherwise, my soul would be destroyed..."
Joe Di was struck by a thought. Triggering the restriction in one's body to teleport back to a specific place—could Andrew King really have set up such a technique?
"I didn't rush back. Instead, I searched everywhere for Brother Joe's whereabouts. Eventually, I found him in Great Cauldron City, and also met Quentin Pooler." Garrett's guilt deepened. "It was only then I realized that once I left, Nina Chu would surely die. So I told Blackfire about my situation and immediately brought Quentin Pooler back here with me."
Joe Di glanced at Quentin Pooler. He was certain Garrett had explained everything, yet Quentin Pooler still chose to come along, showing his filial devotion.
"Were you worried I might not be a match for Andrew King, so you only told me you'd gone somewhere, without revealing the location?" Joe Di asked.
Garrett nodded. "Yes. Andrew King's strength had long surpassed my imagination. Besides, I truly didn't know where this place was. All I could do was leave behind a Memory Orb, hoping that when Big Brother's cultivation was strong enough, he could find this place and avenge me."
Joe Di understood that Garrett's main reason for returning was likely Nina Chu. "How is Nina Chu now?"
A trace of sorrow flickered in Garrett's eyes as he shook his head. "She knew she wouldn't survive after sending me away. I was too late..."
For Garrett, it wasn't just that he came back too late—it was that he realized it too late. Had he known Nina Chu was willing to give her life for him, he never would have left alone.
Miles Phantom also sighed. "Nina Chu truly had no regrets for Garrett. She knew sending him away was a death sentence, yet she did it without hesitation. The moment Garrett left, Andrew King found out. He abruptly ended his seclusion and burned Nina Chu with flames for forty-nine days..."
Garrett's eyes brimmed with tears. He had fallen into Andrew King's hands as soon as he arrived, not even knowing that Nina Chu had died after being burned for forty-nine days because of him.
If he had known, he never would have escaped alone. He hated himself for reacting so slowly.
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Joe Di snorted angrily. "Letting that bastard die by a single blade was too merciful for him."
Joe Di patted Garrett on the shoulder. This was something Garrett had to bear himself; there was little Joe Di could do. Garrett was too straightforward—only after escaping did he realize what had happened to Nina Chu and hurried back.
If it were him, he would have known the moment Nina Chu suggested the plan what her fate would be if he followed through.
"Daoist Pooler, do you know if Guildmaster Quentin Qu of the Cauldron Alchemist Association has ever been here?" Joe Di asked the Immortal Sovereign standing beside Quentin Pooler, certain this was Quentin Pooler's father, Shane Pooler.
Shane Pooler quickly returned the gesture, first thanking Joe Di for saving him and his son. "Back then, several Immortal Emperors came here with me, but Guildmaster Quentin Qu was not among them."
This left Joe Di disappointed, but he had no time to search for Quentin Qu further.
......
The Quadrant Immortal Domain was only a part of the Quadrant Immortal Continent. Although Andrew King had managed it for years and was close to separating it, he ultimately failed.