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The Winged People could choose to leave, but the Avel people had no way to cross that terrible desert.

After all, Snake People did not have the Winged People’s wings to easily traverse that immense distance.

The Avel people could not even retreat back across the sea to Ruhe Beast Island anymore.

Even for the Winged People, whether they could ultimately cross that terrible desert and find the world they spoke of beyond remained unknown.

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Yafuan and King Sidi of Avel discussed for a long time about the future of the Avel people and how to face the threat from the Abyss, but in the end, neither could devise a solution.

The Abyss Queen Melde’s power needed no explanation. She was already a Fourth-Rank Ability User, not to mention she controlled the terrible Abyss.

The Abyss was, in some ways, a divine realm that had fallen into the mortal world.

Besides possessing mythical‐level power, Yafuan and Sidi did not know how to defeat Abyss Queen Melde.

Even if they defeated Melde, would the Abyss cease to exist?

Those terrible monsters would still endlessly crawl out from the Abyss, continuously corrupting and eroding everything outside.

At first, there were only First-Rank Eagle Demons and Snake Demons. Later, terrible Second-Rank Evil Eye Eagle Demons and Four-Armed Snake Demons appeared.

Recently in the great battle to the west, there were reports of Third-Rank Evil Eye Eagle Demons.

These Eagle Demons now possessed some intelligence and could use language. However, they were still corrupted by filthy desires and chaotic power, with their spirituality and consciousness filled with violence and uncontrollable bloodthirst.

Who knew what would appear next?

Even if they defeated or killed Melde, as long as the Abyss existed, another Melde would surely emerge in the future.

King Sidi looked up at Yafuan, his voice heavy. “Yafuan, can we seek the power of the gods?”

Yafuan said to Sidi, “The deity still slumbers. The Door of Truth would not grant our request.”

He shook his head, extinguishing Sidi’s fantasy.

“We are believers of the deity.”

“And we are merely believers of the deity.”

Sidi pressed further: “When will the deity awaken?”

“As believers, is there anything we can do?”

Yafuan shook his head: “That is beyond our knowledge.”

Yafuan left some words unsaid.

He knew some things about the deity Asai, including the reason for Asai’s slumber.

He even thought in his heart, “Deity, do you truly wish to awaken?”

Sidi sighed: “Is survival in this world always so difficult for mortals?”

“Why does the path of civilization have to be so rugged and challenging?”

Yafuan could only comfort him: “Your Majesty, things will get better.”

Sidi nodded, saying nothing more.

At this point, that was all that could be said for now.

Things will get better.

Yafuan felt troubled. He walked out of this hidden city at the mountain’s foot, surrounded by layers of forests and mountains.

He walked on, passing numerous hidden sentries.

He gradually moved farther until he reached a place without people.

It was quiet here. No one could disturb him, and he finally felt his heart begin to calm.

He stood at a high point, overlooking this land.

He saw clear skies and white clouds, along with green forests and lakes.

“What a beautiful world.”

He recalled his emotions upon first seeing the New Continent and couldn’t help but exclaim.

“Why does filth always hide beneath beauty?”

Yafuan looked to the sky, thinking of the Creator whose existence he knew of but whose name he did not know.

“Supreme Creator, when you created the world, did you blend both beauty and filth into this world?”

“Just as shadows were born with the rising sun, evil has always existed alongside the light in our mortal realm.”

No one answered his questions, but speaking them aloud made Yafuan feel much better.

He looked around and suddenly noticed something strange at the foot of the mountain.

There was a patch of colorful light.

Yafuan walked toward it, only realizing what the light was when he got close.

It was a flowering tree, its blooms in all colors, looking like a rainbow in the sky when he gazed up at it.

“What a beautiful tree!”

Yafuan exclaimed in amazement that, whether on Ruhe Beast Island or the Avel Peninsula, he had never seen such a magnificent flowering tree.

This rainbow-like great tree was tall and massive, requiring several people to encircle its trunk.

The trunk had a regular hollow. Yafuan poked his head inside to look, and before he knew it, his entire body crawled in.