"Your talent is extraordinary, and your temperament is commendable. Throughout the ancient era, individuals such as yourself were exceedingly rare."
"Since fate has brought us together, and you have assisted me in entering the Primordial Star Sea, I cannot allow you to walk away empty-handed — even though, due to certain circumstances, I am unable to share the treasures of the Primordial Star Sea with you."
"Beyond this place lies a ruin from the ancient era. It should prove beneficial to you."
The voice of the Chaotic Scholar echoed through Chu Feng's ears.
At the same time, a map materialized within his mind.
"I hope we may meet again in the future."
Once those words were spoken, the Chaotic Scholar's voice faded into silence for good.
"Chu Feng, did he leave behind a map to a ruin?" the Queen asked.
She had heard everything Chu Feng had heard, but she could not perceive what existed inside his mind.
"He did. There's a map — in my mind," Chu Feng said.
"That Chaotic Scholar has a bit of a conscience after all," the Queen said with a laugh.
Chu Feng then relayed everything about the Chaotic Scholar to Little Fishy.
"So it seems this Chaotic Scholar isn't so bad after all," Little Fishy remarked, unable to help but praise him upon learning the truth.
Just then, the crowd in the distance erupted into commotion.
The Primordial Star Sea was undergoing a change.
It was disappearing — vanishing completely before their very eyes.
Only the stone stele at the entrance of the Primordial Star Sea remained.
But Jie Tian's name had vanished from the stele. Now only Xianhai Yu'er's name remained.
What had previously been blurred and illegible was now clearly visible.
Seeing this, the crowd began discussing among themselves, each one speculating about what could have caused such a scene.
"Big brother, do you think the Primordial Star Sea truly disappeared?" Little Fishy asked curiously. "Or was the entire Primordial Star Sea taken away by that Chaotic Scholar?"
"Hard to say. I can't tell," Chu Feng replied, observing carefully but finding no discernible clues.
Still, Chu Feng felt that both possibilities were equally plausible.
The power within the Primordial Star Sea had been staggering — but the strength the Chaotic Scholar had displayed was equally formidable.
One could even say that the casual techniques the Chaotic Scholar had employed were among the most powerful Chu Feng had ever encountered up to this point.
If there had been any lingering doubt before, there was none now.
The Chaotic Scholar had absolutely been one of the supreme Spirit World Masters of the ancient era.
He was someone who had stood at the very pinnacle of that age.
Possessing such abilities was, in truth, entirely expected.
Suddenly, Little Fishy's expression shifted. She opened her palm, and a seal appeared on her skin. She turned to Chu Feng and said:
"Big brother, I need to leave for a moment."
"Could you wait here for me?"
"I'll wait for you," Chu Feng said.
"Wait for me, okay? I'll be right back." With that, Little Fishy departed.
Chu Feng, for his part, had also been eager to find the members of the Totem Dragon Clan and relay what had happened in the Primordial Star Sea to them.
But since Little Fishy had made this request, he chose to stay and wait for her.
…
Meanwhile, in the sky above the region where the Primordial Star Sea had once existed.
The Chaotic Scholar, the Black Flame Monster, and Jie Tian stood together.
Jie Tian gazed at the Chaotic Scholar beside him with eyes full of astonishment.
As a Spirit World Master, he had witnessed with his own eyes as the Chaotic Scholar first collected the palace, then produced a blank scroll.
And then — using that very scroll — he had absorbed the entire Primordial Star Sea into it.
Such heaven-defying abilities were something he had never witnessed, not even within the Seven Realms Holy Temple.
He knew with certainty that the person before him was likely unmatched by anyone in the vast cultivation world of the present age.
Unless it was…
"Jie Tian," the Chaotic Scholar suddenly turned toward him.
"Senior," Jie Tian responded immediately.
"Would you be willing to become my disciple?" the Chaotic Scholar asked.
"I am willing. Jie Tian would be honored to take Senior as his Master." Jie Tian nodded at once.
For a figure of such magnitude to offer to take him as a disciple — in his eyes, this was an opportunity that came once in a thousand years.
In fact, he believed that even the palace they had just encountered paled in comparison to this fortune.
But becoming the Chaotic Scholar's disciple was truly the opportunity of a lifetime.
At the thought of this, Jie Tian dropped to both knees without hesitation, kneeling directly before the Chaotic Scholar.
"Master, please accept your disciple's bow."
With those words, Jie Tian moved to kowtow on the spot.
"Wait." But the Chaotic Scholar immediately extended his hand, stopping him mid-motion.