Chapter 480: Return to Two Realms City

In the dim underground passage, everyone tended to their injuries.

Xia Qianqian, a second-rate healer, proved incredibly useful. In such an environment, having any healer at all was a blessing, regardless of whether they were first-rate or second-rate.

It took a full three days for the group to mostly recover.

It was time to leave.

As before, Lu Ye led the way, following the passage upwards to the collapsed dry well they had used previously. After some effort, they cleared away the fallen debris, creating a path.

Moments later, Lu Ye was the first to emerge, bright sunlight flooding his vision. It gave him a fleeting illusion of being reborn into the world.

The others followed, each with a joyful expression.

They weren't overly cautious because, while recovering, they had already gathered information through various channels, learning that the issue in the Myriad Beast Domain had been resolved. The beasts throughout the domain were no longer in a frenzy, so there was no need for vigilance.

"Young Master, Grand Elder!" A familiar voice reached his ears. Lu Ye turned to see the old woman from the Myriad Beast Sect, accompanied by a few others.

Three days earlier, when the group decided to venture into the insect nest, the old woman had led these Myriad Beast Sect cultivators to divert the beasts on the surface. They had then vanished and remained out of contact.

It appeared they had been waiting outside the entire time.

Honestly, Lu Ye still didn't know the old woman's exact status within the Myriad Beast Sect, though he surmised her position was significant given her Cloud River Ninth-Level cultivation.

When they drew near, they converged.

The Grand Elder said, "Young Master, now that the beast situation has been resolved, we implore you to return to the sect and rebuild the Myriad Beast Sect."

The old woman and the others echoed, "We implore the Young Master to return to the sect and rebuild the Myriad Beast Sect!"

Had they not brought it up, Lu Ye would have almost forgotten his identity as the Young Master of the Myriad Beast Sect. But as a cultivator from Kyushu, how could he possibly undertake such a task for the Myriad Beast Sect?

He turned to look at Pang Dahai, who averted his gaze with an expression that said he couldn't help.

Pang Dahai had never encountered such a situation. Even though he had entered and exited various secret realms and been granted different identities by the Heavenly Mystery, his status had never been high. He had never received an identity like a sect's Young Master, and now Lu Ye's Young Master status involved revitalizing the sect...

With several pairs of eyes fixed on him, Lu Ye could only say, "Please return to the sect first. My friends and I have some matters to attend to, and we'll return once they're handled."

The Grand Elder immediately volunteered, "This old man will accompany the Young Master."

Lu Ye quickly raised a hand. "There's no need. Grand Elder, you should also return first."

The Grand Elder was about to speak further, but the old woman gave him a look. Only then did the Grand Elder say, "Very well, Young Master, please be careful." After that, he turned to Xia Qianqian and Shen Xiaomao, his face stern. "You two, make sure to protect the Young Master. If he loses even a single strand of hair, I'll hold you accountable!"

The two women, though clearly unwilling, replied, "Yes!"

The Grand Elder then meticulously advised Lu Ye for a while before soaring into the sky with the old woman and the others, soon vanishing from sight.

Looking in the direction they had departed, Lu Ye was somewhat puzzled. "If I don't return to the Myriad Beast Sect, will they just wait indefinitely?"

Pang Dahai chuckled. "The Heavenly Mystery has its own arrangements!"

Lu Ye suddenly felt a tug on his scalp. He turned to see Xia Qianqian holding a strand of hair in her hand, clearly pulled from his head.

"What are you doing?"

Xia Qianqian huffed, "Young Master, you're missing a strand of hair! It needs to grow back quickly, or the Grand Elder will surely punish us when we return."

She was clearly still upset about the Grand Elder's earlier reprimand and was taking it out on Lu Ye's hair.

Lu Ye couldn't be bothered with her childish behavior.

"Let's go," Zhou Hai said, summoning his flying sword. He leaped onto it, transforming into a streak of sword light, and shot towards Two Worlds City.

The others followed closely.

The journey was uneventful, with dilapidated scenery stretching beneath them. For the Myriad Beast Domain, having endured such a catastrophe, this moment was undoubtedly the beginning of a new lease on life.

Lu Ye wasn't sure if this world had truly been destroyed before, nor if what they had experienced was indeed what the world had gone through in the past, as Xia Qianqian had suggested.

The only certainty was that everything he witnessed at that moment felt intensely real.

The beast tide had receded, the monsters had returned to normal, Two Worlds City had been preserved, and humanity in the Myriad Beast Domain had not been wiped out. And somewhere, within the Myriad Beast Sect, people were even waiting for him to return and revitalize their sect.

"If someone didn't want to leave, couldn't they just stay here indefinitely?" Lu Ye suddenly asked mid-journey. After all, departing the secret realm required actively using a Heavenly Mystery Pillar for teleportation; if one didn't seek out a pillar, they could undoubtedly remain.

"They could, yes, but have you ever seen anyone stay in the Spirit Creek Battlefield indefinitely?" Xia Qianqian, who was beside him, countered.

On the path of cultivation, everyone strives to advance, moving ever forward. The many sights and experiences along the way are merely embellishments on the journey of growth. Who would ever linger indefinitely in such a secret realm?

Take Lu Ye, for example. He could indeed go to the Myriad Beast Sect and lead the Grand Elder and the others in revitalizing it, but then what? He would likely face pursuit and bounties from Two Worlds City...

With the world undergoing such profound changes, sects specializing in beast taming had largely been annihilated. Two Worlds City, having become humanity's last stronghold, had withstood the beast onslaught.

Now, Two Worlds City was the cornerstone of the Myriad Beast Domain. How could its Lord possibly allow beast-taming sects to develop and grow powerful again, rising above him?