There was no sunlight in the Sea King’s Dome, and the place would forever be shrouded in dusk. 

Hai Qiqi sat in a corner and hugged herself as she looked in the direction of the strung-up corpses, clearly thinking of something. 

Lu Yin moved over and sat beside her. “What’s on your mind?”

Hai Qiqi mumbled, “Father had four elders under him, who were Elders Shan, Tong, Ren, and He. That was Elder Ren, and he always treated me the best. When I was little, whenever I talked back to Father, it was always Elder Ren who would secretly feed me whenever Father punished me. And whenever he took me out to play, he would always show me something fun and secretly tell me stories.” Tears formed on Hai Qiqi’s face and fell as she spoke. 

“From when I was young up to now, every time Father went into seclusion to cultivate, I’d get Elder Ren to keep me company. No matter what I asked, he would always go along with it. No matter how rude I was, he never cared…” 

Lu Yin’s eyes turned dim, and he understood Hai Qiqi’s agony.

When Hai Qiqi had left the Starfall Sea, this Elder Ren’s eyes had been filled with benevolence and hope, for both Hai Qiqi and Lu Yin. 

“Back during the contest on Planet Pyrolyte, it was also Elder Ren who showed up to intimidate the Daynight clan and the Sword Sect. When Wendy revealed her secret technique, it was Elder Ren who sealed off that region of space so that the two of you wouldn’t be captured by those people from the Innerverse...