"You don't have to say anything more. I won't change my mind,"
Caroline stated, completely unmoved.
"Caroline, you..."
Although Thad used all the tricks up his sleeve, not a single one worked at all. Unbearable anger filled
him and he couldn't do anything but grit his teeth.
"Ancestor, Austin's a good man.
As a matter of fact, our clan have received a lot of favor and support from him in the past."
Even Caroline's mother, Lady Nathalie, plucked up the courage to softly offer her own assurance.
Moreover, she knew it was impossible to separate Caroline and Austin. Since she didn't want her
daughter to suffer unnecessary pain, she gathered the courage to speak.
"Enough! Stop it!
Caroline, I'll give you some time to think about it.
I hope you'll understand me!"
Thad shouted.
With a wave of his hand, a terrible law power enveloped Caroline and quickly whisked her away from
sight.
"Caroline... Where is she going?"
Lady Nathalie murmured.
"Don't worry. She's fine.
I infused a cultivation method into her Soul Sea and sent her away to meditate and cultivate it.
She's the apple of my eye. I must train her well,"
Thad calmly explained to ease her worries.
A wisp of Basil's spiritual soul energy was inside Caroline's body. Additionally, her talent was nothing to
sneeze at. There was no way that Thad would ever hurt her. He would cultivate her with all his strength
instead.
"Nathalie, don't worry. Ancestor is very kind to Caroline. He won't harm a hair on her head,"
the Evil Shadow King secretly whispered to Lady Nathalie.
"I know! I'm just too worried about Caroline. I don't need you to remind me."
Lady Nathalie snapped at her husband.
Meanwhile, a storm was brewing in the headquarters of the gods of light.
Not a single word left Austin ever since he came back.
Fury filled him at the thought that he couldn't protect his beloved woman.
"Austin, don't worry about it. Caroline is Thad's descendant.
As far as I'm concerned, Thad would never hurt Caroline. He'd even protect her,"
Oswald soothed.
Relief filled Austin when he heard Oswald's assurance.
"To be honest, Thad is a strong and decent man, and we used to be friends.
But sadly he ended up throwing himself into Hackett and Elliot's team to become one of the top
masters of the dark side."
Oswald let out a sigh as he recalled the past.
"What?! No... No matter what, I can't rest assured until Caroline is by my side.
I have to find a way to bring her back!"
Austin clenched his fists and gnashed his teeth as his anger returned tenfold.
"It'll be very difficult for you to take Caroline back from Thad.
He's much more powerful than any ordinary premium-grade divine god,"
Frost sighed tiredly.
It was at that moment that the very air seemed to shift.
"What?"
All the faces of the three premium-grade divine gods, Frost, Brain and Oswald, changed at the same
time.
"It seems that another top god of darkness has returned."
A grim expression crossed Frost's face.
"The Premium-grade divine gods of the isolated alien spaces are finally here,"
Brain murmured.
"Their group's rather powerful."
Even Oswald's face became grave.
Considering that the three premium-grade divine gods paid so much attention to them, there was no
denying that the top masters of the gods of darkness and the isolated alien spaces who just arrived
must be very powerful.
The others, including Peterson the Taoist Ancestor, Morphy and Otis, were all stunned as they didn't
notice anything unusual.
However, it didn't take them long to figure it out.
It hit them that more gods of darkness and masters from the isolated alien spaces must have returned.
Based on the reactions of their comrades, they must be all premium-grade divine gods.
Medium-grade divine gods couldn't sense traces of their presence at all.
"Let's go out and have a look,"
Frost decided.
"Got it."
Brain and Oswald nodded as one.
Without missing a beat, the three premium-grade divine gods disappeared in a flash.
"I'm going back to the Fallen Immortal Cosmos."
A frustrated Austin bowed to the others and quickly left the gods of light's base.
Although Peterson the Taoist Ancestor and Otis wanted to persuade Austin, they didn't know what to
say.
Austin activated the Reincarnation Token and went back to the Fallen Immortal Cosmos.
"Austin! Have you found Caroline and the Evil Shadow King?"
Kevin rushed towards Austin as soon as he discovered that he came back.
After he refined the original energy essence of the Fallen Immortal Cosmos, he could now use it to
reach any location within the Fallen Immortal Cosmos in the blink of an eye.
"Austin, where's Caroline? Didn't you find her?"
Before Austin could answer, Ivy, Sue, Violet, the gnome, the divine silkworm, and all the others also
arrived.
All of them were at the Divine Realm, so their senses were very sensitive.
"The evil shadow race found their ancestor."
Gloom covered Austin like a dark cloud. Under the weight of the crowd's questioning eyes, his tongue
felt like lead and he lost all desire to speak.
"Is the ancestor of the evil shadow race really back? That's amazing!
The Evil Shadow King really managed to lead his clansmen and find their ancestor!"
Both excitement and shock filled Kevin.
"That's right.
Now the members of the evil shadow race are with their ancestor, so is Caroline.
The ancestor of the evil shadow race was actually a god of darkness.
So now, all the members of the evil shadow race, including Caroline, are in the base camp of the gods
of darkness,"
Austin explained tiredly.
After saying his piece, Austin took a step forward and disappeared in an instant.
"What? How can that be?!"
It was like a bomb dropped in front of them. Everyone was shocked because of Austin's words.
"The ancestor of the evil shadow race is a god of darkness.
Caroline's in the base camp of the gods of darkness right now. What... What's going on?"
Violet's mouth gaped in surprise, and her mind was in a daze.
While the rest were trying to digest what he said, Austin had already arrived at the depths of the starry
sky in the Fallen Immortal Cosmos. He immediately sat down cross legged.
"Caroline, don't worry. Just wait for me.
I'll definitely bring you back!
Just you wait and see, Thad. You'll regret this!"
Austin murmured, with a terrifyingly blank expression settling over his face.
"I'm still too weak.
I can barely put up a fight against an ordinary medium-grade divine god.
In the face of a premium-grade divine god, I'll be even weaker than an ant!
All I need to do is to make myself stronger!"
Austin firmly declared.
"In terms of realms, I'm a preliminary-grade divine god now. If I want to break through to be at least a
medium-grade divine god, I still need to spend lots of time to cultivate. I have no idea how long it'll take
for me to break through."
Austin began to study himself to make a plan.
The higher a cultivator's realm became, the more difficult it would be for him to break through.
"If I want to quickly improve my fighting power, I have to start with secret martial arts skills.
Actually... I'm already good at a secret technique that no one else knows, the Earth Exploring
Technique!"
Austin assured himself.
Once he took stock of his current abilities, he waved his hand to make hundreds of books fly out of his
Space Ring and settle in front of him.
These hundreds of books were bought from different bookstore in the Brilliant Kingdom after Austin
returned to Earth.
Each ancient book contained information about geography and geomancy passed down from the
ancient Brilliant Kingdom.
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