Numerous figures flew out of the surrounding stone pavilions and landed by the teleportation portal one after another.

Many shook their head and sighed with sorry faces.

“Nie Tian!”

“Why did you come?”

“You must know what you’ll face by coming to Desolate City. Why did you still come?”

Nie Tian, however, stepped out of the teleportation portal and glanced around, noticing that almost everyone he knew was here.

Dong Wangling, Li Muyang, Qin Yan, Dong Baijie, Zhen Huilan, Pei Qiqi, Li Ye...

Each and every one of them gazed at him, their eyes filled with sadness and pity.

Nie Tian forced a smile and said, “I had to.”

Days had dragged by since he had learned that his grandfather, aunt, and Dong Li had been kidnapped by the Lei Clan. Every day he waited felt like torture.

By the time he had learned that Zhao Shanling’s efforts to help him had failed, he had realized that he was out of options.

Even if he could break through into the Worldly realm within a short time and secure the legacies the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace had left in the forbidden region in...