After escaping from the Eight-direction Reversing Ship, Jiang Qiu, along with Snow and Liu Zili, quickly departed the temporary city built near the vessel. They returned with the utmost speed to a major city under the control of the Three-Life Race.
There, he confirmed that Zuo Xuan hadn't sent anyone after them. He could also sense that Zuo Xuan seemed to be preparing to activate the Eight-direction Reversing Ship and depart—to leave the Thunder Great Realm. But for some reason, he hadn't.
'How strange. How did Zuo Xuan get back so quickly, and why isn't he coming after us?' Jiang Qiu frowned, sensing the distant fluctuations from the direction of the Eight-direction Reversing Ship. 'Logically, this shouldn't be happening.'
