As long as there’s something we can help with, we will never refuse."

The few Black Robed figures also rose one after another and bowed to Lu Qing in farewell.

Lu Qing nodded slightly and did not say anything more.

He turned around and took a step forward.

The next moment, space ripples surged, and his figure vanished from where he stood.

Qiu Ruofeng and the others watched this scene, once again shocked in their hearts.

One must know, although this was only the outer edge of the Dark Abyss, the Space Law here was still incomparably chaotic.

Ordinary cultivators at the Unity Realm Stage simply did not dare to use Space Shifting here, for fear of accidentally being swept into spatial turbulence and never returning.

Yet Lu Qing moved with such composure, with such ease. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

As if this chaotic space, to him, was nothing more than an ordinary place.

"Truly... a cultivation anomaly who achieved Harmonization through the Space Avenue."

One Black Robed Man muttered, his eyes full of shock.

Another Black Robed Man also sighed, "And this is only his Divine Thought Avatar. If his true body were to come, how terrifying would his strength be?"

When the others heard this, they all fell silent.

They could not imagine it.

Qiu Ruofeng gazed toward the direction where Lu Qing had vanished and remained wordless for a long time.

After a long while, a Black Robed Man could not help but ask, "Supreme Elder, this person... is he really the one from the prophecy?"

Qiu Ruofeng was silent for a moment, then slowly shook his head.

"I am not certain either."

He let out a sigh and continued, "The prophecy left by the Patriarch was vague. It only said that amidst the great calamity, there would be a single thread of Vitality.

But what that thread of Vitality is, who it is, even he himself did not know.

He only said that this person would be different from all others, walking a path that no one before had ever trod."

He looked at them, his gaze deep.

"But aside from this person, I cannot think of any other figure who could possibly deal with that calamity.

To achieve Harmonization through nine Great Dao, unprecedented.

Is this path not precisely one that no one before has ever walked?"

Upon hearing this, everyone nodded one after another.

They all knew Qiu Ruofeng was speaking the truth.

Once that prophesied calamity descended, it would surely sweep across the entire starry sky.

Even Unity Realm cultivators, before that calamity, would likely find it hard to protect themselves, as insignificant as ants.

And Lu Qing, this cultivation anomaly who achieved Harmonization through nine Great Dao, was the most hopeful candidate they had ever seen.

Although he was now only at the Initial Stage of Harmony, his potential and his strength had already far surpassed their imagination.

The scene of countless monsters being annihilated with a wave of his hand was still deeply branded into their minds.

Perhaps, he truly was that single thread of Vitality.

Yet Qiu Ruofeng had not said these words in front of Lu Qing.

He kept a secret in his heart. In the prophecy left by the Patriarch, there was still one line he had not told Lu Qing.

That line was: in the midst of the calamity, that single thread of Vitality would also face a trial of nine deaths and one life.

Whether he lived or died would depend entirely on his own fortune.

He did not know whether Lu Qing could pass that trial.

He did not dare to say.

If he said it, it might affect Lu Qing’s Dao Heart and plant fear within him.

If he did not, it might leave Lu Qing caught off guard at the critical moment.

Qiu Ruofeng stood in the great hall, staring in the direction where Lu Qing had disappeared, motionless for a long time.

At this moment, Lu Qing had already left the Dark Abyss.

He employed the Space Shifting Technique, traveling swiftly through the starry sky.

The surrounding stars rapidly retreated, turning into streaks of flowing light, thrown far behind him.

But the direction he was heading was not his home world.

It was another place.

The Returning Ruins Secret Realm.

He was going to see the Old Cyan Dragon.

Qiu Ruofeng’s words had resolved some of his doubts, but had brought even more mysteries.

Where had the ancient Great Powers of the Human Race gone?

Did the Transformation Immortals of ancient times disappear solely because of the Dark Abyss?

Who was that mysterious expert who sealed the裂缝?

Why had Gui Xu Taoist and Potian Taoist gone missing?

What was the origin of that Patriarch of the Black and White Temple? That Power of Darkness—did it truly only erode him, or did it have some other purpose?

These riddles were each deeper and more complex than the last. He needed more information to string them together and see the truth behind them.

And the Old Cyan Dragon, as an existence who had lived for an unknown number of tens of thousands of years in the Returning Ruins Secret Realm and had personally witnessed the changes of countless eras, might know some secrets that even the Netherworld Palace did not.

Lu Qing took one step forward and once again crossed the endless starry sky.

The coordinates of the Returning Ruins Secret Realm lay just ahead.