“I heard Heoju was back,” Richardus said.

Cackling, the Eunuch Star nodded and replied, “Hohohoho, you’ll laugh really hard if you see the look on his face.”

Heoju was actually a fifth wheel in the <Purple Star Astrology> society, as he had failed to become one of the Thirty-Six Heavenly Spirits or the Seventy-Two Earthly Fiends. Thus, he was supposed to be treated as a low-ranking Celestial, but he had recently begun rising through the ranks.

After quickly filling in for Xue Yong, Heoju had participated in a ranked battle in <Purple Star Astrology> and defeated Zhu Wu the Leader Star[1], the strongest Earthly Fiend monster Celestial. Still, Heoju was not content, so he had begun trying to become a Heavenly Spirit.

Things were already chaotic in <Purple Star Astrology> because they were trying to get revenge for what had happened in the ‘Owl’s Nest’, but Heoju was making things worse. Naturally, not many people recognized Heoju within <Purple Star Astrology> due to his humble background, despite how much his fighting techniques reminded them of someone else..

Heoju was a loner, but the Eunuch Star had recruited him. After the children of the former ‘Tian Shi Yuan’ had left <Purple Star Astrology>, the <Society> was in need of manpower, so the Eunuch Star had tried to resolve the matter by embracing Heoju.

Afterward, low-ranking Celestials had started considering Richardus’ faction a good place to break out of the existing system and achieve their ambitions. Meanwhile, Heoju had gone away under Richardus’ orders, and only now returned; he had shown up at the <Star...