Chapter 886: Parting Ways (1/2)

They stopped atop a poorly vegetated mountain peak.

They looked back, and saw a frosty mist pervading the outer areas of the Bloody Grave Mountain Range, with numerous snow-capped mountain peaks standing in a sea of frosty mist.

Eyebrows furrowed, Huang Jinnan said, “I’ll wait for the others here. This is the place I told them I’d be. As soon as they come, we’ll head out of the Shatter Battlefield together. I have a feeling that great changes will take place in the Shatter Battlefield, and they will have something to do with the Stone Golems’ return.

“The Bloody Grave Mountain Range is now more dangerous than ever. Once the Stone Golems return to that capital and discover that the sacrificial offering they set up has been taken away, they’ll probably become furious, and look for those who did it.”

Listening to him, Nie Tian sent a wisp of soul awareness into the Spirit Pearl.

The numerous evil spirits he had collected from the square had added details to and perfected the Bloody Grave Mountain Range part of the map, along with some other areas.

Nie Tian took a closer look at the map, and discovered that his current location was very far from the spatial rift through which they had come from the Realm of Maelstrom.

Furthermore, a long time had passed since he had entered the Shatter Battlefield, and the spatial rift that led to the Realm of Maelstrom would vanish at a certain point.

He pondered for a while, then made his decision: he would set out for home as well.

Then, he withdrew his soul awareness from the Spirit Pearl and sent it into his spiritual sea to examine his slowly spinning vortex of wood power.

At the bottom of his vortex of wood power, three tree leaves could be seen floating in the lake of liquidized wood power. They were among the sacrificial offerings he had taken from the ancient altar.

Emerald green, they seemed to be nourishing themselves with the liquidized wood power.

He had examined them more than once during the past few days.

The leaves had become increasingly fresh and glowing as they continued to absorb the liquidized wood power.

However, Nie Tian hadn’t figured out what they could do or how they could help him yet.

“I guess we should head back as well,” Nie Tian said.

Huang Jinnan smiled. “It’s too bad that you haven’t finished your path of stars yet. Otherwise, I’d invite you to my sect, where you’d be able to teleport directly to the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace. But I believe we’ll meet again soon.

“I’ll congratulate you in person the day you make it to the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace.

“I’ll be there to witness your name spread across the myriad domains of this starry river.”

“Thanks,” Nie Tian said. “This is goodbye then.”

Huang Jinnan nodded and said, “Take care! I’ll see you!”

“See you!”

The Star Boat then flew off at full speed.

Nie Tian checked the map within the Spirit Pearl from time to time as he retraced their steps, heading back to the spatial rift that led to the Realm of Maelstrom.

A month passed.

As they approached the lake where they had first met Xie Wanting, Xie Wanting took the initiative to say, “It’s about time we split up. This place is close to the spatial rift through which members of my sect entered the Shatter Battlefield.”

Nie Tian stopped the Star Boat.

Xie Wanting seemed somewhat reluctant to leave as ripples appeared in her watery clear eyes. “It has been my privilege to get to know you all. If you ever come to the Domain of Vast Darkness, let me know, and I’ll definitely receive you with lavish hospitality. Also, the Domain of Vast Darkness isn’t very far from the Domain of Heaven Python. Perhaps I’ll go see you in the Domain of Heaven Python someday.”

Nie Tian smiled back at her. “I’m looking forward to it.”

“Thanks to you, I came to abundant gains in the Shatter Battlefield. I suppose it won’t take me very long to enter the Soul realm.” Just as she was about to turn around and leave, she grew hesitant. She suddenly walked to Nie Tian and gave him a gentle hug, and said in a soft voice, “Thank you for taking care of me.”

With these words, she summoned an air-transportation spiritual tool, jumped on board, and waved goodbye to Nie Tian and the girls.

Curling her lips, Yin Yannan said, “The woman has her eyes on you. Otherwise, why would she hug you, but not the two of us? She clearly has feelings for you.”

Nie Tian grinned. “She has feelings for me? Isn’t that totally understandable?”

“Get out!” Yin Yanan spat.

Nie Tian was well-aware that the reason why Xie Wanting had only hugged him, and not the girls, was because neither of them had been friendly to her.

He also knew that even if she hadn’t gained anything from their trip together, the dangers and tribulations they had gone through in the Bloody Grave Mountain Range alone would help her grow significantly mentally.

Xie Wanting had long since reached the late Profound realm and refined her spiritual power to the limit. The only thing that had been stopping her from making that breakthrough was her state of mind.