Old Ghost of Blackmount slowly broke apart into fragments before Evan Yang’s eyes, and the soul that had just appeared vanished instantly, just like when the Black Mountain Imp disappeared. However, several magic treasures remained on the scene—artifacts so tough that even spatial cracks couldn’t destroy them.
Evan Yang didn’t know exactly what those items were, so he simply swept them all into his Spirit Tower.
“You brought this on yourself. Serves you right.” Evan Yang hadn’t expected that a spatial crack would actually save his life.
At this moment, he held a stone in his hand—especially black, its material unknown. No matter what method Evan Yang tried, he couldn’t damage it or melt it. He could only sigh, “Let’s put it away for now. If even a spatial crack can’t destroy it, it must be at least as tough as the Spirit Tower.”
Evan Yang saw with his own eyes that most of Old Ghost of Blackmount’s magic treasures had shattered, but this one was still intact. He figured it must be extraordinary, so he put it away, then controlled the Spirit Tower to search for the far side of the space. His mood was extremely excited, since he was about to leave the Demon‑Beast Realm, though he had no idea what lay on the other side.
Back at Blackmount Cavern, Old Ghost of Blackmount dragged his battered soul back to the cave. The Black Mountain Imp, who was cultivating in hopes of restoring his fleshly body, saw his master’s soul form and exclaimed, “Master, what happened?”
“I got played,” Old Ghost of Blackmount said angrily.
“Played?” The Black Mountain Imp was confused. With his understanding of his master, there weren’t many in the Demon‑Beast Realm capable of reducing Old Ghost of Blackmount to such a state—only a handful of hidden old monsters.
Old Ghost of Blackmount angrily recounted what had happened. When he described entering the forbidden zone, Evan Yang jumping into the spatial crack, and himself being torn apart by the crack, the Black Mountain Imp was left dumbfounded.
“Well, looks like the Thunderstrike Pearl vanished in the spatial crack too. Damn it.” At this point, Old Ghost of Blackmount had truly lost everything.
The Black Mountain Imp was furious as well, feeling their luck was just too rotten. Both had lost their physical bodies; at the very least, for the next few years, they’d have to hide out in the cave until their bodies recovered.
“Let’s just focus on cultivation for now.” Old Ghost of Blackmount felt exhausted—especially after recalling the scene of being torn apart by the spatial crack, the pain still lingered.
Meanwhile, Evan Yang had already controlled the Spirit Tower to reach the edge. With a flash, he darted out and stowed the tower away.
Seeing the familiar sky and sensing Immortal Source qi, Evan Yang knew he had finally returned to the Immortal Realm, though he wasn’t sure exactly where. He released Lora Luo from the tower.
Lora Luo was shocked by the surroundings, then exclaimed excitedly, “We finally escaped that damned place!”
“Check the messages.” Evan Yang knew that after entering the Demon‑Beast Realm, Transmission Stones had lost contact with the Immortal Realm. So as soon as he got out, he couldn’t wait to check, worried about Hannah Nangong’s safety.
Sure enough, every message was from Hannah Nangong—one every hour. Evan Yang started from the earliest, and by the time he reached the latest, his eyes were red. Each message was filled with Hannah’s prayers and hopes for him.
“If I died, would you just keep waiting like this?” Evan Yang muttered, his eyes a little wet.
Noticing something was off, Lora Luo asked curiously, “What’s wrong with you?”
“Nothing, just a friend looking for me. I have to go.” Evan Yang said.
“Where are you going?” Lora Luo asked curiously.
“To the Flowcloud Star System, to find my companions,” Evan Yang replied.
Lora Luo said, “I’ll go with you.”
“Hmm, but you’re probably heading back to your sect, right?” Evan Yang said.
Lora Luo sighed, “I don’t want to go back. Can I follow you?”
Evan Yang already had Hannah Nangong by his side—adding another woman would just make things messy.
“What’s wrong?” Seeing Evan Yang suddenly seem to avoid her after arriving in the Immortal Realm, Lora Luo asked suspiciously.
“It’s nothing, I just have something to do. By the way, what’s your master’s status in the Blue Robe Sect?” Evan Yang asked.
“She’s highly respected—an elder, of course.” Lora Luo replied.
“Oh? Then she probably knows a lot about the teleportation arrays used by ancient sects and clans, right?” Evan Yang asked.
“Why are you asking about that?” Lora Luo asked curiously.
“I want to find a teleportation array for a certain place, but I don’t know exactly where it is,” Evan Yang said.
Hearing this, Lora Luo thought of Evan Yang’s three-attribute heavenly body and decided to try to ‘trick’ him into returning with her. But deep down, she genuinely wanted Evan to come along, so she smiled and said, “Of course she knows a lot. Why don’t you come to our sect with me? I’ll introduce you to my master, and you’ll find out.”
“Really? That’s great! Let’s find my companions first, then go to the Blue Robe Sect.” Evan Yang said happily.
“Alright.” Lora Luo nodded, and so she followed the hooked Evan Yang to Flowcloud Star.
On the way, Lora Luo was excited but also felt a bit guilty, muttering to herself, “If he finds out I tricked him, will he be mad? Will he stop being nice to me?”
Watching Evan Yang’s back, Lora Luo wanted to confess, but if she did, he wouldn’t go. So she gave up.
So the two of them consulted the local teleportation array to Flowcloud Star and left the planet.
When they arrived at the inn where Hannah Nangong was staying, Evan Yang said, “Wait downstairs for me. I’ll go up and find someone.”
“Okay, go ahead.” Lora Luo replied, then found a seat while Evan Yang went upstairs.
Evan Yang entered Hannah Nangong’s room. She was standing by the window, lost in thought.
When Evan Yang suddenly appeared behind her, she turned around slowly, ready to scold whoever barged in—only to freeze when she saw Evan’s familiar face. “You…”
“What’s wrong? Can’t handle seeing me?” Evan Yang joked, especially noticing the tear stains at the corners of Hannah Nangong’s eyes—marks from days of worry. She really had been anxious about him, afraid he’d died.
“Are you really Evan Yang?” Hannah Nangong couldn’t believe it. She’d pictured him in her mind countless times, always disappointed, sending him a message every hour.
(Irrelevant system message—skip translation.)
Evan Yang smiled. “Would I lie about that?”
“It really is you!” Hearing his familiar voice, Hannah Nangong couldn’t hold back anymore and hugged him tightly. It was the first time Evan and Hannah had embraced so intimately; Evan knew how much she cared, but hadn’t expected it to be like this.
Just as Evan Yang was about to say something, Hannah Nangong burst into tears. “I thought something happened to you. I waited so many days, not a single message.”
“It’s all my fault. Don’t cry.” Evan Yang knew Hannah Nangong was tough on the outside but gentle within. Right now, her bottled-up feelings finally broke loose, turning into tears.
“Where did you go?” Hannah Nangong asked, still hugging him and crying.
Evan Yang slowly explained everything that had happened. By the time Hannah Nangong’s tears stopped, she was fully absorbed in the story. Finally, she let go, wiped her eyes, and said, "I can’t believe you actually went into the Demon-Beast Realm."
"Yeah, I ended up there without realizing it. By the time I needed to use the Transmission Stone, it was already too late," Evan sighed.
Hannah Nangong relaxed after understanding, then asked, "What about that Lora Luo?"
"She’s downstairs right now," Evan replied.
"I’m going to give her a piece of my mind!" Hannah realized it was all because of Lora Luo—if not for her, Evan wouldn’t have entered that dangerous Demon-Beast Realm.
"Alright, it’s not really her fault. She accidentally unsealed her sword, and got caught up in things. Besides, she’s my friend now, so I hope you won’t make things difficult for her," Evan said, grateful for Hannah’s concern.
Hannah Nangong was stunned for a moment, then said a bit aggrieved, "Looks like you’ve spent so much time with her, you’re starting to speak up for her!"
"Uh, Miss Nangong, that’s not what I meant. You’re overthinking it," Evan said helplessly.
"Don’t play dumb. Fine, I won’t bully her," Hannah said.
Evan nodded, "Alright, let’s go. She’s still waiting downstairs."
"Where to?" Hannah asked curiously.
"To the Blue Robe Sect," Evan replied.
"Blue Robe Sect? Why?" Hannah was confused.
So Evan explained what he’d learned from Lora Luo. When Hannah heard that Lora’s master might know something about teleportation arrays, she nodded, "Alright."
On the way downstairs, Evan asked, "Are those people still chasing me?"
"Of course they are—especially the Li Family. I heard the Chu Family even clashed with them, but the Lis didn’t gain any advantage. And that Shadow Soul Sect actually showed up as guests of the Li Family, backing them up. Luckily, it’s just the same few from before—no extra reinforcements, so the Chu Family hasn’t suffered much," Hannah explained.
"I see. As long as everyone’s safe, I trust the Chu Family patriarch can handle it," Evan sighed.
"But besides that, there’s something odd," Hannah said.
"Oh? What is it?" Evan asked.
"Besides me, there’s also a Blue Robe Sect disciple looking for you and Lora Luo," Hannah said. "Blue Robe Sect? Who?" Evan asked suspiciously. "Should be Lora’s senior brother," Hannah replied.
"Him? Didn’t he go back to the Blue Robe Sect?" Evan frowned.
"He did, but came back out and started searching everywhere for you two. I bumped into him a few times while I was looking for you," Hannah explained.
"Did he ever give you any trouble?" Evan asked curiously.
"No, he’s not as strong as me. But every so often he comes to bother me, thinking I know where you are and won’t tell him," Hannah said.
"I see," Evan muttered.
At that moment, Sean Shen was excitedly talking to Lora Luo, just as Evan and Hannah had earlier—only about something different. Lora Luo, however, showed no interest and said coldly, "I already told you to go back. Stop bothering me."