As Gu Xiaoyue's words fell, it was no surprise that Xingwu, his wife, cast a curious glance at him.
Whether it was admiration or teasing, she mused, "That's nice. Another girl so devoted to you. You truly are a man burdened by sin."
At the same time, others around them watched him with various expressions, as if asking the same question: How many women have you charmed, anyway?
Feeling their intense gazes, Ye Yun's lips twitched. He didn't know how to respond.
He could take back his earlier words. This wasn't a "Shura field" at all; it was a complete and utter hellish Shura field!
"I mean..."
Ye Yun chuckled awkwardly, avoiding Xingwu's remark.
Instead, he chose to change the subject, looking at Gu Xiaoyue in front of him. He cleared his throat and said, "You've actually arrived a bit late. Our battle here has already concluded."
At this point, he could only pray that this topic shift would work.
Fortunately, the news seemed so shocking that Gu Xiaoyue and the others were stunned.
Afterward, she showed the same confusion as Xu Binglan had before.
"Ah? It's already over? What do you mean?"
At this moment, Yu Xian'er, the Demon Night Empress, couldn't help but ask, "Speaking of which, I didn't see any Heavenly Dao Divine Hall armies when I arrived. What exactly is going on?"
They had prepared themselves for a major confrontation, only to arrive and find nothing had happened. It was, to some extent, rather awkward.
Helplessly, Ye Yun had to recount to them, in detail, what he had previously explained to Xu Binglan.
Essentially, after his powerful return, relying on his peak Emperor-tier strength, he had forcefully defeated the Heavenly Dao Divine Hall allied forces and their Hall Master, Xing Lian.
Upon hearing this, the Demon Night Empress was deeply shocked. Looking at Ye Yun before her, she felt a greater sense of awe and respect.
"Is that so? My apologies. I didn't realize you had become such a formidable expert."
She then bowed again. Previously, she had thought Ye Yun was merely at a normal Emperor tier, which was already terrifying.
But now, it seemed she had underestimated him. It was no wonder her disciple was so devoted to him.
If she were younger, encountering such a prodigy, she would have pursued him passionately, even risking her life.
Even now, seeing Ye Yun, who was handsome and powerful, yet maintained a calm demeanor, stirred a flicker of emotion within her.
This clearly proved one thing: those who fall in love at first sight are most likely drawn by ability or appearance.
"Wow, as expected of Senior Ye! You're this powerful now!"
Gu Xiaoyue's eyes sparkled, and she clutched Ye Yun's arm even tighter.
Normally, it would be fine, but this feeling now made Ye Yun's spine chill.
The piercing gazes from around him were simply too terrifying. Compared to this, he would rather fight Ning Qianqin again!
Helplessly, he quickly pulled himself away, continuing to change the subject. "Let's not talk about that for now. Let's discuss what's important. How did you end up in the Void Abyss before?"
"I remember your cultivation levels were still very far from the Saint realm back then. You shouldn't have ascended, right?"
This was a question Ye Yun had been curious about from the start but could never figure out.
Hearing this, Gu Xiaoyue scratched her head and explained.
"Ascended? Of course not."
She pondered for a moment, recalling the past. "After you left the Profound Heaven Continent, not long after, my two elder sisters and I went to explore a newly discovered ancient ruin. After that, a spatial rift suddenly appeared where we were, and we were sucked in. By the time we regained consciousness, we were already in the Void Abyss."
After this explanation, Ye Yun raised an eyebrow, clearly surprised.
"Such a thing happened?"
Spatial rifts. In weaker spatial realms like the lower realms, intense battles could indeed tear them open.
But the problem was, only peak experts could do that; they couldn't appear for no reason. Furthermore, normal spatial rifts would be fatal to anyone below the Saint realm who entered. Yet, they emerged unharmed and directly arrived in the Heavenly Domain. It was truly unbelievable.
"Actually, Ye Yun, this sort of thing hasn't been particularly rare in the last two years."
At this moment, Feng Qingxian, who had been silent, suddenly spoke.
Her words startled Ye Yun.
"Not rare? What's going on?"
"There are some things in the Void Abyss you might not be fully aware of."
Feng Qingxian sighed and explained. "Over the past two years, the Heavenly Domain has occasionally seen people mysteriously drawn in from the lower realms by spatial rifts. Because of this, the Heavenly Dao Divine Hall has tightened its investigations. Anyone without proper identification is immediately apprehended. Yet, even with this, they still can't catch everyone. New groups appear from time to time."
After listening, Ye Yun's brows furrowed, and he couldn't help but ask, "What's the reason? No reason can be found?"
"As for that..."
Feng Qingxian paused, then sighed. "How to put it? According to Xing Lian's assessment, it seems that in the past two years, the spaces in the Heavenly Domain and its subordinate myriad realms have become increasingly unstable. Not only that, but according to people who were swept into the Heavenly Domain, cultivators from other worlds have appeared in their own worlds. It seems the entire great world to which the Heavenly Domain belongs is tending towards chaos. Xing Lian's judgment at the time was that this might be related to the prophesied event."
Given that there were many juniors present, Feng Qingxian didn't elaborate entirely, but the Emperor tiers present, as well as Ye Yun, understood.
Ye Yun took a deep breath, his expression darkening slightly.
"If it's truly related, then it's going to be quite troublesome."
The main issue was that they didn't even know what the calamity in the Heavenly Domain was, let alone how to prevent it. All they could do was strengthen themselves as much as possible so that when the disaster struck, they would have sufficient ability to cope.
Up until now, Ye Yun increasingly felt fortunate for Ning Qianqin's hellish training. Otherwise, even with the system in hand, he might not have been able to improve so quickly. This also gave him more confidence in facing future troubles.
As this topic was brought up, the atmosphere of the banquet suddenly became much more somber. Although Lin Xueyan and the others didn't know what was being discussed, they could sense from their master and the elder Emperor tiers that some insurmountable trouble was approaching.