The night was dark, the mountain path gloomy.
Lin Hong moved extremely fast, almost as if flying, as he hurried back toward the town.
The flow of time in the Evil God’s Space was clearly different from the outside world.
He had entered that space and fought three or four battles back-to-back.
It had taken quite a while.
Originally, he thought that outside it would at least be dawn by now.
But now, the night was still heavy, most of the moonlight blocked out, with only a few dim stars.
Approaching the town, he looked out and saw the entire town submerged in the deepest darkness—the most quiet and dark time of the day.
Lin Hong was anxious to return, because he was eager to go to sleep.
This was the top priority!
Lin Hong moved stealthily all the way, silently sneaking back to Robert’s old mansion.
Everything was quiet.
He knew the place well—flipped over the wall into the courtyard, landed soundlessly.
His movements were smooth and fluid, as easy as returning to his own home.
Entering the room, Lin Hong completely relaxed.
He brushed his hand over his face, dispelling the disguise effect.
Then he took a hot bath and went straight to sleep.
Although he had just gone through a battle and transformation, with blood and fire, he was always thick-skinned and wasn’t affected by these things.
They couldn’t put any pressure on him.
He slept soundly.
Because after experiencing a drastic transformation, now that his whole body was relaxed, his qi and blood were smooth, and the new power within him began to circulate on its own without his conscious guidance.
Sleep was also part of cultivation.
He slept straight until the sun was high in the sky.
In fact, Lin Hong felt he could have slept a little longer, but the sound of conversation came from downstairs, most of it unfamiliar voices.
Now, after the transformation, his five senses were keener.
Even though the voices downstairs weren’t loud, to him they were very noisy, as if the original quiet of the old mansion had been torn open.
Lin Hong yawned and opened his eyes.
At that moment, bright sunlight spilled across the floor, illuminating even the dust in the room clearly.
Obviously, it was already broad daylight.
Lin Hong performed a carp leap and stood up directly, full of energy, feeling that his condition was excellent.
The transformation from last night was completely stabilized after this sleep.
Now, his qi and blood were vigorous, his organs strong, his whole body seemed to have endless strength.
His senses were exceptionally sharp, as if the entire world was vivid.
This was the result of a true elevation in life level—it was truly addictive.
Lin Hong stretched comfortably, his joints cracking softly.
He felt refreshed, as if he had been washed clean from the inside out.
Then, he pushed open the door and went downstairs.
The scene in the hall below came into view.
He looked with slight surprise.
The old mansion was even livelier than he had expected—quite a few people, nearly twenty.
Among them, the most conspicuous were the nine royal knights who had only escaped from the Evil God’s Space last night.
At the moment, they had all simply treated their injuries.
They hadn’t changed their armor, which was slightly damaged.
Their killing intent hadn’t completely dissipated, but each sat upright with steady auras.
And besides them, there was another figure in the hall that surprised Lin Hong a little.
Silver-white long hair, light gold eyes, beautiful dress, a cold and sacred temperament.
It was the princess who had parted ways with them for some time—Celestia.
‘?’
Lin Hong paused mid-step and immediately felt disgusted.
‘Why is she here of all people?’
In his eyes, she was like a big light bulb sitting there, radiating brilliance.
But then he thought about it and quickly understood.
Nine 5th-rank royal knights—that was a terrifying force, not weak even on this continent.
Yet they all disappeared at once, just like that.
It was enough to alarm everyone who needed to be alarmed.
Presumably, Lovilla and Celestia had some means of contacting each other, so she sent for help immediately.
He had been wondering why Lovilla wasn’t very flustered last night—so this was her confidence?
Celestia had three followers with her, their auras terrifying, even stronger than the royal knights.
It seemed the princess’s party had most likely traveled through the night, heading straight here, and had arrived not long ago.
Soon, someone in the hall noticed him.
“Young Master Evan is awake.”
Someone said quietly.
A flurry of gazes all turned toward him simultaneously.
“…”
Lin Hong was speechless.
‘What are they all looking at me for?’
He looked like he had just woken up—lazy, slowly walking down the last few steps, his expression languid.
Lovilla looked up at him, with some helplessness in her eyes, and also a hint of indescribable strangeness.
“Evan, take a seat first,” she said, her tone calm.
“Something happened last night. Her Highness traveled through the night to support us and just arrived not long ago.”
“Oh, okay.”
Lin Hong nodded slowly, picked a seat, and sat down, beginning to listen openly.
Then he found it amusing.
Because at the center of the hall, the knight who had led them last night was reporting in a low voice about everything that happened in the Evil God’s Space.
He spoke with restraint and precision, pausing occasionally to choose his words.
But even so, as he narrated events one by one, the atmosphere in the hall stirred repeatedly.
“That gentleman was terrifying. He single-handedly held off four quasi-priest-level cultists and one priest-level cultist, and also casually killed a large number of low-level cultists.”
“Perhaps that’s not entirely accurate, but that gentleman was truly like a war god, tearing open a path for us to counterattack.”
In the hall, Celestia listened very seriously, light shifting in her light gold eyes.
Lovilla was equally quiet, but occasionally, her gaze would subtly fall on Lin Hong.
At that moment, Lin Hong propped his face on one hand, and as he listened, he began to feel a little embarrassed himself.
‘No need to praise me in such detail.’
But everyone else in the hall was very unsettled, each lost in thought.
A young man, seemingly just over twenty, had somehow taken the initiative to break into the Evil God’s Space and turned it upside down with his killing.
That was the Evil God’s Space!
Apart from divine chosen like Celestia, who carried divine power and were less affected inside, any ordinary superhuman who entered would suffer—very few came out alive.
Even Celestia, always cold and rarely showing other expressions, was slightly moved, taking it very seriously.
“What happened next?” she asked softly.
The lead knight took a deep breath and continued, “Reporting to Your Highness, later, the entire Evil God’s Space underwent a mutation, expelling all of us and that gentleman together.”
“I suspect that the collapse of the space might also be related to that cloaked gentleman.”
‘…’
‘Trouble. Are they pinning this on me too? Though in a sense, it’s not entirely wrong.’
At this moment, the air in the hall quieted down a few degrees.
Because these words carried heavy weight.
Shaking the Evil God’s Space.
Some even suspected, could this be a god descending in person?
Otherwise, who could do it?
Such a thing had never been heard of!
Celestia was silent for a moment, then slowly spoke: “Did you get a clear look at that person’s appearance?”
The nine royal knights exchanged glances and all shook their heads.
“No.”
“That gentleman was always covered in a black robe, his face unclear.”
“Moreover, his fighting style was bizarre, unlike anything I’ve seen in my life—not like the Imperial military system, nor like a mage.”
When the last sentence was spoken, even the knights themselves felt uncertain.
Because it was truly hard to guess.
The continent was vast, with countless extraordinary people.
Who could claim to have seen all cultivation systems?
Lin Hong yawned silently, feeling a bit strange inside, with a peculiar sensation.
On the other side, Lovilla glanced at him again.
This was not the first time.
Her gaze was subtle, as if she was pondering something.
Her eyes would land on Lin Hong’s face for a moment, then subtly glance over the royal knights.
Lin Hong noticed, but he had thick skin and felt no guilt.
Because he had an intuition that the day of revelation was not far off.