"Damn it! Where did you run off to?! Where did you hide him?! Get back here and return Amu Zinen to me!" The Destroyer roared in anger.

The Destroyer was clueless about how Hao Yun summoned the spatial rift and escaped right under his nose. Frustrated beyond words, he could only resort to useless shouting and, transforming both his arms into blades, slashed the Thorny Cage in front of him into pieces to vent his anger.

"Boom!" A dull sound suddenly emanated from Judge Yan Chaoyue's closed-door room, shaking the entire Mu Star Palace that was connected to this room.

Dao Lao and the others, who had been waiting in the adjacent lounge, immediately rushed out upon hearing this, quickly following the direction of the muffled noise to the outside of Judge Yan Chaoyue's closed-door room. There, they found that the explosion within Yan Chaoyue's room was so powerful that it shattered the restraints set up outside. Even the two thick metal doors were blown several meters away by the energy from the explosion.

"Protect the Queen! Protect the Queen! Her Majesty is in danger! Quickly, protect her!" General Iron Sword and Tie Zhu simultaneously called out. At the same time, the father and son drew their weapons and, with several guards, rushed into the smoke-covered room after the explosion to rescue Her Majesty.

Upon entering the room, amidst the flying dust, they immediately spotted a male figure. Knowing that Her Majesty had been alone in the room after she began her closed-door training, everyone quickly realized that this sudden appearance of a male figure was likely the mastermind behind the explosion, aiming to attack Her Majesty. Thus, the guards didn't wait for General Iron Sword's command and rushed towards the male figure with their weapons raised.

Seeing the approaching guards, the male figure in the dust quickly raised his hands and shouted, "Wait! Don't attack! I'm one of you! I'm not an enemy!"

"Stop! Everyone, hold your fire!" Dream Jia hurriedly intervened to stop the guards from rushing forward to fight.

Then, with an incredulous tone, Dream Jia asked, "Hao Yun? Is it really you?!"

"Cough, cough, cough! Who else could it be?! Dream Jia, is that you? Is this the Mu Star? Did I succeed? Cough, cough, cough!" Hao Yun coughed and asked excitedly, unable to contain his excitement.

"Hao Yun! It's really you! You actually managed to escape!" Upon confirming that the male figure was indeed Hao Yun, Dao Lao immediately stepped forward excitedly.

Hao Yun gestured to Dao Lao to help him leave the dusty room and said with relief, "My goodness! I didn't expect us to actually succeed! Thank goodness Chaoyue Sister discovered my signal in time and brought me back. Otherwise, I might not have made it!"

Thinking back to the moment when the Destroyer had almost breached his battle armor's protective shield, Hao Yun couldn't help but shiver with fear. He hadn't expected the Destroyer to increase his strength so rapidly. If Chaoyue Sister hadn't found him in time and remotely assisted him in opening a teleportation gate, the consequences would have been unimaginable!

"Oh? Right! Where's Her Majesty? Your Majesty!" Since they were talking about Yan Chaoyue, Hillve immediately realized that they hadn't seen Her Majesty's figure. So, Hillve pushed through the crowd and shouted as he entered the room.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Are you alright?!" Upon entering the room and amidst the chaos, Hillve quickly found Yan Chaoyue lying unconscious in the corner. Judging from the chaotic scene, Yan Chaoyue must have been blown here by the tremendous force of the explosion.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!" At this point, everyone rushed to Yan Chaoyue's side, anxiously calling out.

"Everyone calm down! Your Majesty is fine! Tie Zhu, come help me carry her out and let her breathe some fresh air!" Dream Jia instructed everyone and then commanded Tie Zhu.

Tie Zhu immediately stepped forward to carry Yan Chaoyue and quickly returned to the adjacent lounge.

"Phew! Chaoyue Sister is indeed the Queen of Yongmu Star. It seems our speculations were correct." Watching respectfully over Yan Chaoyue, who was still unconscious, Hao Yun couldn't help but sigh.

"Yeah! Who would have thought things would turn out so coincidentally?" Dao Lao replied casually. Obviously, his attention was now fully on Yan Chaoyue, who was still unconscious.

After a thorough examination of Yan Chaoyue, Dream Jia stood up and patted Dao Lao, saying reassuringly, "Don't worry, she's just temporarily in shock from using extremely powerful force. I gave her a bottle of HaHaLe purified water just now. She should wake up soon."

Dao Lao sighed in relief and then turned to Hao Yun, saying, "Phew! That's good! That's good! Alright, Hao Yun, now let's talk about your situation. How did you manage to escape from Yongmu Star?"

During the time he returned to Mu Star, Dao Lao and Dream Jia had been contemplating ways to quickly return to Yongmu Star to rescue Hao Yun. However, due to the sudden situation with Yan Chaoyue, they hadn't formed a specific plan to return to Yongmu Star, leaving everyone somewhat at wit's end. So, under these circumstances, seeing Hao Yun manage to return to Mu Star on his own naturally relieved a huge weight from their hearts, while also piquing their curiosity about how he successfully escaped from Yongmu Star.

After the excitement of successfully returning to Mu Star faded, Hao Yun's tense mood finally relaxed, which made him look quite weak at this moment. However, Hao Yun's body was not seriously injured. With a little rest, he would recover. Therefore, after drinking a bottle of HaHaLe purified water and adjusting himself slightly, Hao Yun began to recount his experiences alone on Yongmu Star.

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due to the complexity of Eer King's situation, Haoyun was determined to emphasize the current events first, before organizing his thoughts to explain what had happened with Eer King. Similarly, considering the relationship between Tie Ta, General Tie Dao, and Tie Zhu, Haoyun also decided, after careful consideration, to temporarily set aside the idea of informing them of Tie Ta's tragic death.

Thus, Haoyun began recounting in detail how he discovered and activated the functions hidden within his own battle armor, and how he managed to resonate the reactivated Phoenix Feather No. 6 with Yan Chaoyue, who was far away in the Mu Star Palace. With the remote assistance of Yan Chaoyue, he successfully opened the teleportation array. However, due to the extremely unstable nature of the teleportation array created by Haoyun under Yan Chaoyue's remote assistance, it caused spatial disturbances during Haoyun's forced return from the Eternal Star Palace to the Mu Star Palace, ultimately leading to the recent explosion.

Furthermore, Haoyun also told Dao Lao and Dream Jia that it was thanks to Phoenix Feather No. 6 activating the informant function hidden within the Dark Yin Spirit Realm battle armor that he was able to contact Judge Yan and others again. At this point, Haoyun took out Phoenix Feather No. 6, intending to vividly explain to everyone the working mechanism between this dagger and his battle armor. However, as Haoyun brought out Phoenix Feather No. 6 once again, he noticed that aside from the crack area filled with blade-like patterns expanding another circle, it was no different from an ordinary blank weapon.

Seeing this, Haoyun hurriedly tried to awaken the dagger through the system, only to receive a reply: "Warning! Warning! Phoenix Feather No. 6 has remaining energy of 10%. Energy is too low and has entered self-hibernation state. Warning! Warning! Dog Hole function restricted! Cannot be used! Warning! Warning! Dark Yin Spirit Realm battle armor energy reserve is only 2%! Please find a rechargeable energy source as soon as possible!"

Looking at the feedback from the system, Haoyun breathed a sigh of relief. Although he didn't understand how his system could be connected to Yan Chaoyue's dagger, he was glad that he didn't damage the dagger. However, Haoyun was still very surprised at the severe energy consumption of both the Dark Yin Spirit Realm battle armor and Phoenix Feather No. 6 due to the recent teleportation. At the same time, Haoyun was also very grateful that he did not impulsively use the informant to send and receive too much information. Otherwise, even if Yan Chaoyue could find and manipulate the dagger, whether he could successfully rescue himself from the Eternal Star Body would still be a problem.

"I never imagined that such powerful functions were hidden in your battle armor! This is so unfair! It seems that Countess has more affection for you!" After hearing Haoyun's introduction to the hidden functions inside the battle armor, Dream Jia couldn't help but complain.

Haoyun tried hard to suppress the feeling of nausea and quickly changed the subject, asking, "Didn't you find any hidden functions in your battle armor?"

Dao Lao and Dream Jia both shook their heads.

"Huh? Where did your battle armor go?" At this moment, Haoyun noticed that neither Dao Lao nor Dream Jia were wearing the Dark Yin Spirit Realm battle armor, and asked in confusion.

Dao Lao and Dream Jia sighed in unison, indicating that it was a long story.

Seeing Dao Lao and Dream Jia's unnatural expressions when mentioning the battle armor, General Tie Zhu quickly asked to continue, "Lord Haoyun, have you seen Eer King again? His Majesty the King, what's his current——"

"Oh, well——, how about we discuss this outside?" Haoyun interrupted Tie Zhu quietly, while glancing at Yan Chaoyue still in a coma, suggesting not to mention Eer King's situation in front of her to avoid affecting her recovery.

Seeing Haoyun's reaction, everyone's expression immediately turned serious. Because everyone understood that Haoyun's reaction undoubtedly meant that Eer King's situation was not optimistic. Therefore, under Haoyun's hinting gestures, everyone together left the lounge. Then, after gathering on a terrace outside the lounge, Haoyun finally recounted to everyone the situation he encountered with Eer King, except for the details about the secret room.

After listening to Haoyun's explanation, everyone fell silent. Eer King ultimately could not avoid being completely eroded by the Mould Spirit energy, which was not entirely unacceptable. After all, everyone understood that once subjected to the invasion of Mould Spirit energy, it was only a matter of time before their minds were completely eroded. However, for General Tie Dao, Dream Jia, and Captain Tie Zhu, the king of a nation to whom they swore absolute loyalty was thus taken away from them and transformed into one of their enemies, was a very difficult thing to accept. Therefore, even though the three were mentally prepared for this outcome, hearing the actual result still filled their hearts with sadness and pain.

Although Dao Lao and Dream Jia's expressions were equally solemn, they had shared the details about Eer King's situation that Haoyun had disclosed when the Mould Spirit energy tracking system was inappropriate for sharing. This also meant that while they regretted Eer King's fate, they also expressed difficulty in finding peace with the agreement reached between Eer King and the Destroyer.

Indeed, Eer King's advice to the Destroyer was very beneficial to the Mastanians, while it also posed a great danger to the future of those who remained stranded on Eternal Star Body, including all the inhabitants of Eternal Star Body. However, from another perspective, Eer King's move was a strategic delay in unavoidable circumstances. Because at the very least, Eer King's advice could prevent the people stranded on the Eternal Star Body from suffering massive slaughter by the Mastanians.

However, the actions of Eer King and Yan Chaoyue, such as unauthorized collection of corpses to obtain negative energy like Mould Spirit energy, have seriously violated the regulations of the Spirit World. In addition, Dao Lao and Dream Jia finally understood why Yan Chaoyue could create such a powerful celestial canopy shield beyond her actual scope, and also understood why Yan Chaoyue's physical condition was deteriorating to the point where she exhibited signs of Mould Luck level. This was all due to the long-term use of various negative energies, including those derived from Mould Spirit energy, which accumulated over time and caused harm to her.

Dao Lao and Dream Jia understood clearly that based on the actions of Eer King and Yan Chaoyue, they should have been arrested and severely punished according to the regulations of the Spirit World. However, if Eer King and Yan Chaoyue had not acted in this way, could the people of Eternal Star Body still have withstood the attacks from the Mastanians? The reason why this couple dared to violate the laws of the Celestial Code was also out of desperation. As loyal followers by the side of the two monarchs of Eternal Star Body, they collaborated in the illegal collection of negative energy to protect Eternal Star Body from further invasion by the Mastanians.

Considering this, Dao Lao cut to the chase and asked straightforwardly, "General Tie Dao, I believe you three should all know about the matter of collecting corpses, right?"