The Emperor did not speak; he just smiled, waved his hand, and a water curtain emerged.

In a trance, Fox saw the mountain road along the Ense Imperial Palace swallowed by the night.

Only then did he realize that, unbeknownst to him, the sun had already set in reality.

He did not understand why the Emperor wanted him to see this scene.

Suddenly, he saw a bonfire light up in the night.

As the flames blazed, the entire mountain path seemed to awaken, with torches lighting up one by one.

The firelight reflected the figures of those approaching.

Each person holding a torch was, in fact, a priest.

Judging by the insignia on the mountain, they were clearly priests of the Church of Glory and Justice.

In front of them was endless darkness, where only the torchlight could bring a hint of light.

They were pacing forward, and Fox could only hear their heavy steps and breathing.

The Emperor waved his hand again.

The image on the water curtain vanished, revealing a scene that left Fox stunned.

It was a group of priests solemnly clearing the bodies of their companions.

By their looks, they were certainly the same priests as those advancing on the mountain path.

Their losses were hardly any better than Ense's.

Louis shuddered.

The place where these priests were located was the Fallen Shadow Nether Realm.

Which meant that in other corners, unseen by Fox and his group, others beyond Ense were also working hard to seal the Gates of the Abyss.

This feeling was truly indescribable for him.

Perhaps due to the influence of works from his previous life, where in some stories, starting from wuxia novels of the last century, people always liked to insert absurdities in orthodox factions.

By the time of online literature, many righteous factions in novels were depicted as being even darker than the underworld.

As a result, when he saw this group of priests rushing forward, he was filled with indescribable complex emotions.

At this moment, a team was hurrying in the direction of the Emperor and his men.

It was a group of priests.

Among them, Louis saw someone he had met before.

Pope Calio of the Church of Glory and Justice.

His face was filled with an unspeakable grim presence, and his clothes were stained with blood.

When he reached the Emperor, Pope Calio was almost gritting his teeth, his breathing heavy:

"Don't call me again when something goes wrong next time; we're not that acquainted."

"Do you really think you can ignore a cry for help?"

Calio's gaze was as sharp as a knife, as if he wished to stab the Emperor in the chest:

"I am not here to protect you, but to ensure the Gates of the Abyss do not open, dragging the continent into a demon war."

The Emperor remained silent.

Calio gave him a cold glance and said:

"Every major sin is a source of chaos; the abyss never hesitates to use the most brutal means to pull you into its embrace."

"Emperor, do not let me find out that you are bewitched by arrogance, or next time we come, it won't be as friendly as now."

After speaking, he turned and left.

Fox's expression grew heavier.

But what pained him more than the heaviness was a guilty conscience.

The Emperor said, "Almost all the senior priests of the Church of Glory who could come to aid near Tino City are here."

Fox said with complexity:

"Aren't they afraid?"

The Emperor said:

"How could they not be? But fear cannot stop them from coming."

The Emperor waved his hand again.

The water curtain rippled, revealing a world map of the Star Continent in front of Fox.

Fox glanced at the map and found it different from any he had seen before.

The map was filled with dense blue points.

Some blue points appeared particularly large.

He saw a large blue point at the location of Tino City.

He hesitantly asked: "What is this?"

Fox was somewhat unable to comprehend.

The Emperor looked at him strangely: "Is it that you cannot guess, or you dare not?"

Fox said nothing.

The Emperor spoke to himself: "The Star Continent is full of tunnels below, leading to other worlds, and the danger depends on who guards them."

"You might retreat once, but can you always retreat?"

"Is there really such a good thing, if you truly stay back, be ready for the eventuality that you'll die together."

Fox's mouth slightly opened.

Even Louis, who gleaned a trace of truth from this memory, was at a loss.

Are there tunnels beneath the Star Continent?

Almost every country had a variety of "caverns" existing around it.

Unbelievable.

How was this different from a hornet's nest?

Louis looked at Fox's spirit in disbelief:

"Has the Star Continent committed some heinous sin? Or is it some sort of paradise?"

"Otherwise, how could it be like this?"

Louis had seen maps of the Star Continent and, with his excellent memory, he could clearly recall every detail on them.

He was startled to find out that on the map, the largest cavities in each country were almost always around their capitals or major cities.

Fox calmly said:

"Haven't you met the true culprit already?"

Louis was stunned.

How could he not know the real culprit?

Making so many passages to other worlds across the entire Star Continent's land could not be done by ordinary people.

Suddenly, an expression of shock appeared on his face.

With a tingling scalp, he said:

"The Earthly Python?"

Fox said: "You've named it already?"

As he looked again at the multitude of cavities, Louis suddenly understood what a world disaster truly meant.

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