A few days later, Tianming returned to the spherical underground palace from another passage.

"Which was the passage where I separated from Feng?"

Tianming wanted to see if Ye Lingfeng had returned. After all, it had been some time since he was back here. He wasn’t holding out hope when he located the passage where Ye Lingfeng’s message was engraved. However, one new thing was the bodies on the ground.

There were eight people and more than a dozen lifebound beasts. They had died very strangely. Despite the blood and stab wounds, these people and beasts had perished with their eyes wide open, as if they were terribly frightened at the moment of death.

"None of them are from the Decimo Dao Palace." Worried about Bai Xiaozhu and the others, Tianming was relieved to discover this.

He didn’t know if they were alive or dead. At this point, he noticed more words on the wall.

"Brother Tianming, I’m back. I’ll be waiting here for you." 

Tianming smiled. "Feng...