Their Final Moments Were Approaching

"Things have been settled, so I’ll be leaving first."

Just as a touching scene of father-daughter reunion was about to unfold in the assembly hall, a rather ill-timed voice cut in.

Hearing this, Adele was the first to pull herself from her emotions. She looked at Lu Su and asked respectfully, "Aren’t you staying a few more days?"

Lu Su waved his hand slightly and answered casually, "Those Demons from the Submission Faction can no longer amount to anything. There’s nothing here that requires me to step in anymore."

"Once you’ve fully unified this Secret Realm, we can properly discuss cooperation."

Because the Secret Realm’s World Consciousness had already perished, the situations of the Submission Faction and Resistance Faction had now completely reversed.

Lu Su believed that even without Great Ming’s involvement, the Resistance Faction would be able to handle the affairs within this Secret Realm.

Since that was the case, he might as well give these newly born kin of his some face and let them handle matters themselves.

As for cooperation…

It had actually already been established.

Lu Su could make decisions for Great Ming, while Adele had clearly been the leader of the Resistance Faction when she was alive, not to mention that she had now ascended into a World Consciousness.

Thus, once they settled a few details later on, Great Ming would gain a powerful ally.

Adele naturally understood the key points as well. She nodded and replied, "As you say."

"Then I won’t disturb you any longer."

After reaching an agreement, Lu Su did not linger. With a flash, he vanished from the spot.

After he left, the assembly hall fell silent.

After a while, Argyle finally turned to his daughter and asked, "Adele…"

"Tell me what you’ve been through all these years."

At those words, Adele’s smile faded slightly. After remaining silent for quite some time, she finally told the four Master Grade experts present about her experiences over the years.

However, the gray-haired woman omitted much of what had happened in between. After all, she had spent most of that time asleep, so she focused on everything that had happened recently.

Adele did not hide the fact that she had become a strange existence akin to a World Consciousness. Of course, neither did she reveal Lu Su’s true identity.

After hearing her account, the four Master Grade powerhouses of the Resistance Faction opened their mouths, unsure what to say for a moment.

None of them had expected that outsider to be so formidable, actually killing the World Consciousness behind the Submission Faction by force.

Remembering the Soul King who had stood beside Lu Su, they could not help but feel a trace of relief.

Once again, they felt fortunate that they had chosen to fight to the end.

After a moment of silence, Argyle forcibly suppressed the shock in his heart and said to the comrades who had fought alongside him for many years, "Let’s end things here for today. Everyone, go back and get some rest first."

"As for those cowards, we’ll deal with them tomorrow."

Hearing this, the other three Master Grade experts of the Resistance Faction all nodded. They understood that their old friend wanted to have a proper talk with his daughter.

Before long, the assembly hall fell into silence. Only the statue of the gray-haired woman in the center quietly watched over everything.

Meanwhile, after leaving the assembly hall, Lu Su headed toward the Secret Realm Entrance.

However, his expression was no longer as calm as before.

Or rather, ever since learning the true circumstances of the Secret Realm he was in, the youth had felt a faint unease in his heart.

Because he had thought of something: why had the World Devourer Calamity Star sent such a Secret Realm, one that clearly carried unstable factors, into Blue Star?

There could only be two possibilities.

Either It had failed to notice, or It was desperate. Clearly, the first possibility was far too unrealistic.

"Tsk."

"Is the situation getting worse and worse?"

A shadow unconsciously fell over Lu Su’s heart. He planned to find an opportunity to speak with the Blue Star World Consciousness again.

As he pondered, he arrived at the Secret Realm Entrance.

The moment he stepped inside, Lu Su returned to the familiar Blue Star.

Immediately afterward, a massive force of Great Ming Card Masters came into view. Fang Wenlong, who had withdrawn earlier, was among them.

When he saw that Lu Su was completely unharmed, the refined middle-aged man could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.

He stepped forward and said with concern, "Xiao Luo, it’s good that you’re all right."

"How are things inside now?"

Lu Su shook his head slightly. "The problem has basically been resolved."

As he spoke, he briefly explained what had happened, without avoiding the matter of Adele’s identity.

After all, if Great Ming was to deal with this Secret Realm world in the future, they absolutely could not avoid her.

For a special existence like this, the proper respect had to be shown.

After carefully listening to the full account, Fang Wenlong’s heart tightened.

The situation in this Secret Realm was far more complicated than he had imagined.

Of course, the most astonishing part was that even under such circumstances, Xiao Luo had still managed to resolve the problem.

Even if he said that the World Consciousness’s death had only been possible thanks to Adele’s cooperation.

Still, that was just something to hear and leave at that. Fang Wenlong knew that as a fellow Master Grade Card Master, he certainly could not have accomplished such a thing.

Unaware of Fang Wenlong’s thoughts, Lu Su simply stated his opinion calmly. "Once things stabilize, the Resistance Faction will probably send someone to contact us."

"So we should prepare a plan as soon as possible."

Fang Wenlong came back to his senses and nodded. "Naturally. Once we return to Great Ming, I’ll also urge my subordinates to complete this matter quickly."

After resolving this suddenly appearing Secret Realm, the matters concerning Demons within the small country had basically reached their conclusion. Only some scattered Demons and Secret Realms remained to be dealt with.

But though the Demons had been dealt with, Great Ming’s true challenge was only just beginning: how to correct the views of the people on this land.

However, these matters had little to do with Lu Su, so he returned to Great Ming first.

After recounting the entire matter in detail to his Teacher, Lu Su received several days of leave.

Though given his current status, whether he had leave or not was not particularly important.

"I really can’t stop for even a moment."

In the study, Lu Su silently sighed, then closed his eyes and prepared to enter his Card Making Space.

Thanks to the "friendly assistance" from the Secret Realm’s World Consciousness, he could now directly create the Lion King.

Just as Lu Su was about to enter the Card Making Space, a message suddenly entered his mind.

The Blue Star World Consciousness wanted to meet him.

Unlike the last time, when he had been forcibly summoned, Lu Su could refuse this meeting.

But he had no intention of refusing. He happened to have something to tell the other party as well.

With that thought, Lu Su opened his eyes and found himself once again in the pure white space from before. The World Consciousness still appeared in the form of Truth.

Before the Blue Star World Consciousness could speak, Lu Su told It everything that had happened in the Secret Realm not long ago.

Including Adele’s existence.

The pure white figure silently listened to everything, then finally said, "…It has not been easy for you."

"I will make contact with her later."

Seeing that It had Its own arrangements, Lu Su did not say anything further. Instead, he asked about something else. "Has the World Devourer Calamity Star’s offensive been getting more and more frenzied lately?"

Hearing this, the Blue Star World Consciousness stood up and turned Its back to Lu Su.

With Its movement, the pure white space instantly collapsed and transformed into a field of stars.

"I called you here today because of this matter."

"The war should be ending soon."

Hearing this, Lu Su froze. He had not expected the situation to have deteriorated to such a degree.

Fortunately, the Blue Star World Consciousness’s next words somewhat cleared away the gloom hanging over Lu Su’s heart.

"The World Devourer Calamity Star is in slightly better condition than I am, but I should still be able to hold on for several years."

For a world, several years truly could be considered a very short time.

Seen this way, the Blue Star World Consciousness was not wrong in saying that the war would end soon.

Unfortunately, most living beings on Blue Star probably had no idea that the struggle that had lasted for centuries was finally about to reach its final conclusion.

Lu Su composed himself and asked, "The other side shouldn’t have many trump cards left, right?"

"Is there still a chance?"

This was obvious. After all, if the World Devourer Calamity Star were still at ease, there would have been no need to throw an incompletely controlled Secret Realm into Blue Star’s battlefield. Having gone so far could only mean It had truly been driven to desperation.

Facing Lu Su’s question, the Blue Star World Consciousness turned around. Its faceless white visage stared straight at him. "Of course there is. As long as someone can break through beyond Hall of Fame Grade during this period, there will still be a turning point."

Several years were neither long nor short.

If it were merely Hall of Fame Grade, Lu Su was still quite confident.

But beyond Hall of Fame Grade…

Until now, he had only seen one such existence: the Blue Star World Consciousness.

Ignoring Lu Su’s silence, the white figure did not dwell further on the topic and merely continued, "But if it truly reaches the point of no return…"

"I will do everything I can to hold back the World Devourer Calamity Star. When that time comes, take everyone and flee. The farther, the better."

Hearing this, Lu Su could not help but twitch the corner of his mouth.

He had not expected things to suddenly develop to the point of The Wandering Earth.

In a sense, it truly was The Wandering Earth.

"…I’ll do my best."

However, Lu Su did not think fleeing was a good choice. Setting aside whether he could cross the starry expanse at all, after dealing with Blue Star, the World Devourer Calamity Star would most likely not let him go.

Therefore, the best outcome was still for either him or someone on Blue Star to break through beyond Hall of Fame Grade.

"Is there anything else? If not, I’ll be leaving first."

Seeing that the Blue Star World Consciousness was no longer speaking, Lu Su scratched his cheek.

"Mm."

It had called Lu Su here today precisely to tell him this. It simply had not expected the youth to directly infer from the newly appeared Secret Realm that the current situation was far from ideal, saving It the need to explain further.

Seeing this, Lu Su returned to his Card Making Space.

There were still several years before the war ended. Before then, he still needed to increase his strength as quickly as possible.

Beyond Hall of Fame Grade was still rather distant. He would start by creating the Lion King.