With the order given, the nearly 3,000,000 Martial Artists gathered on the narrow coastline of Seven-Star Island began to board their vessels in an orderly fashion. The so-called ships were a motley assortment of kayaks, canoes, fishing boats, bamboo rafts, small freighters, and motorboats—a vast, chaotic fleet stretching as far as the eye could see.

Ming Yue and Kristina boarded a yacht with several ropes tied to its bow. The other ends of the ropes were fastened to a fishing boat, which was manned by Martial Artists rowing vigorously. They were actually using sheer manpower to pull the yacht through the water.

"Is the Eternal Kingdom this poor?" Ming Yue murmured, almost laughing as she looked out at the sprawling, varied collection of ’ships’ on the sea. She even saw several iron plates over ten meters long, floating on tires and being propelled by people paddling with their hands.

"The Eternal Kingdom used to be a high-tech, intelligent nation. Even motorcycles and private cars had intelligent systems installed, to say nothing of aircraft carriers, cruisers, and cruise liners," Kristina explained, standing on the yacht’s deck and gazing at the boundless ocean and the ’patchwork’ naval force. "But ever since You Ming destroyed the kingdom’s satellites, crippling its national network and power systems, all of the Eternal Kingdom’s high technology was paralyzed. Naturally, the advanced ships became unusable." She mentally cursed the ancestors of Huang Quan and You Ming several times over.

"Damn Huang Quan, damn You Ming!" Ming Yue feigned intense anger, though in her heart, she felt nothing but profound respect for Huang Quan. He had dispatched just one of the Thirteen Protectors, You Ming, and brought the vast Eternal Kingdom to its knees.

No wonder the world’s Official Families spoke of Huang Quan with such fear, as if they were discussing a tiger. He was truly a terrifying existence, capable of shaking any nation in the world with his power alone.

"Little Princess, we have traveled for twenty days. You must be tired and hungry. Shall I prepare some food for you?" Ming Yue asked, adopting the posture of a handmaiden. In truth, she was the one who was tired and hungry.

"Thank you!" Kristina nodded.

Ming Yue immediately entered the yacht’s cabin to prepare some food for Kristina. But upon entering, she saw a young man sitting inside, smiling and leisurely sipping red wine. Ming Yue was shocked. "Who are you?"

The young man smiled slightly and said, "I don’t remember my own name anymore. Everyone calls me ’Ghost Shadow’. The Young Master sent me to ask you a question: what did you gain from following Kristina to the Golden Family?"

Ming Yue’s pupils contracted. "You’re one of Ye Xiu’s men?"

Ghost Shadow nodded. Before Blood Demon appeared, Ghost Shadow was the fastest person under Huang Quan’s command. Of course, now that his strength had improved, he was confident he could surpass Blood Demon in speed.

Ming Yue was horrified. Ye Xiu had actually managed to plant an intelligence agent within Kristina’s massive army. This is unbelievable! She confessed honestly, "I did make some gains."

"Oh? Let’s hear it!" Ghost Shadow said with interest, pouring a glass of red wine for her.

"First, I obtained a Totem. Second, in the Golden Family’s Book Pavilion, I found the complete version of the Evil Technique I cultivate," Ming Yue said.

"Congratulations," Ghost Shadow replied unenthusiastically. "Anything else?"

Ming Yue thought for a moment and said, "There is one other thing, though I’m not sure if it will be useful to Ye Xiu. When Kristina mentioned that Ye Xiu had been killed by Lin Feng, her mother, Stephanie, was extremely shocked..." Ming Yue went on to describe Stephanie’s expression, gaze, mannerisms, and tone of voice from that moment in meticulous detail.

"This is what the Young Master needs." After listening, Ghost Shadow took out his mobile phone. Ming Yue was surprised to see that it was recording; he had recorded everything she had just said.

"Take this. If you discover anything else in the future, you can call me directly." After sending the recording to Mo Luo, Ghost Shadow tossed the phone to Ming Yue.

"Thank..." Ming Yue happily took the phone and was about to express her gratitude, but she suddenly realized Ghost Shadow had vanished from in front of her. She inhaled sharply. The cabin is only so big, and the yacht is out on the open sea... where could he have gone?

「Biluo Island, the Abandoned City!」

"What did you all gather from that?" Qin Qing asked Leng Yue, Mo Luo, and Dizang after listening to Ming Yue’s recording.

Leng Yue said, "First, Stephanie not only knows our Young Master, but she knows him well. Second, Stephanie does not want the Young Master to die. Third, she doesn’t believe Lin Feng could kill the Young Master. And fourth, matters concerning the Young Master are a top-level secret within the three Judicator Families, so secret that even Tu La and Kristina don’t know about them."

After listening, Qin Qing looked at Mo Luo and Dizang and asked, "Do you have anything to add?"

Mo Luo said coolly, "Ever since the Young Mistress killed the black-clad, masked person with the Purple Pupil who infiltrated the Abandoned City at night, the one who hypnotized Long Tianba hasn’t sent anyone else. That in itself is unreasonable. Now it seems that after the masked person died, the one controlling Long Tianba did send more people; we just didn’t know about them."

Dizang put his hands together. "Amitabha. Damn it, Leng Yue and Mo Luo already said everything I wanted to say." Leng Yue and Mo Luo shot Dizang a look.

Leng Yue then asked, "Young Mistress, what did you gather?"

"I gathered that the person who hypnotized Long Tianba is not the true mastermind. He is acting under orders from the high-ranking members of the three Judicator Families," Qin Qing said, her face expressionless.

The eyes of Leng Yue, Mo Luo, and Dizang lit up.

Leng Yue said, "So, we can confirm the Young Master’s real enemy is, in fact, the three Judicator Families."

"Yes," Qin Qing nodded and said, "Send Ming Yue’s recording and our analysis to Ye Xiu. Let him review it; our judgment may not be entirely accurate."

"Okay!" Leng Yue immediately took out the Stone Mirror and began composing a message...

「The Wu Family Estate, in a study converted into a laboratory.」

"So that’s how it is!" Ye Xiu smiled as he watched the black gas in the culture dish slowly turn nearly transparent.

Beside him, Ghost Doctor clicked his tongue in amazement. "The people who developed this method to turn Spiritual Energy into Poisonous Spiritual Energy are incredible. They kept Master busy for nearly fifty days before he finally cracked it."

Ye Xiu deeply agreed. If he hadn’t managed to dissect the detoxifying components from the Golden Blood and use them to formulate a counteragent with medicinal ingredients, he estimated it would have taken him a year or two, or even longer, to completely neutralize this Poisonous Spiritual Energy. He truly admired the person who had devised such a thing. "According to the members of the Restorer Alliance," he said, "the Spiritual Energy was sealed by the Temple. The Temple has a Divine Doctor capable of turning Spiritual Energy poisonous, so they are not to be underestimated. I just hope the Temple truly perished along with the Sword Holder."

With that, he handed the Detoxification Recipe to Ghost Doctor. "Go. Produce enough Antidote in the shortest time possible. You know what to do after that. I don’t need to teach you, do I?"

Ghost Doctor nodded. "Rest assured, Master. When Qiao Beiming orders the seal to be broken and releases the Poisonous Spiritual Energy, he will be shocked to find that the Spiritual Energy is no longer toxic." Taking the recipe, he hurried away.

Ye Xiu stretched lazily. This period had completely exhausted him, and he was just about to wash up and get a good night’s sleep. Just then, he sensed something and flipped his hand over, producing the Stone Mirror.

After reading the message from Leng Yue, Ye Xiu’s pupils constricted sharply. It seems the Purple Pupil Superpower User who hypnotized Long Tianba was only acting on orders from the high-ranking members of the three Judicator Families. He wasn’t the mastermind behind it all.