Where should I go to find you

Qin Hao and the others stood frozen in place, watching the three Immortal Emperor corpses fiercely battling the Foreign Realm corpses. An indescribable emotion surged in their hearts. Du'e, Zhu Hai, Taichu—they had read these names in ancient texts before. Back then, they were just names, just legends, just cold, lifeless words in books.

But at this moment, they stood right in front of them, using their lingering obsessions to block the attacks of the Foreign Realm corpses for their group.

Qin Hao took a deep breath, stepped forward, and straightened his robes. Then, he bowed deeply. It was not a casual cupping of hands, nor a polite bending of the waist, but a genuine, heartfelt ninety-degree bow.

Qin Hao's voice was slightly hoarse, but every word was resolute and clear. The latecomer of the Three Realms and Nine Heavens, the current Emperor Son of the Desolate Ancient Qin Family, Qin Hao, pays his respects to the three seniors.

Shen Suning noticed that the three corpses paused for a moment, but they did not turn around, continuing their fierce battle with the Foreign Realm corpses instead.

Seniors, the Three Realms and Nine Heavens have not forgotten your deeds. Senior Du'e single-handedly suppressed thirty-six Immortal Emperors of the Foreign Realm. Senior Zhu Hai guarded the eastern front alone for thirty thousand years without taking a single step back. Senior Taichu charged into the enemy camp alone to behead their commander. The descendants of the Three Realms and Nine Heavens remember all of this.

You did not sacrifice yourselves in vain. You bought us peace, and we have always remembered.

Qin Hao slowly raised his head, a firm look in his eyes. Seniors, today I, Qin Hao, swear an oath right here!

One day, I will definitely bring the remains of you three seniors, as well as the remains of all the seniors who died in battle at this border, back home. I will bury you in your homeland so you may rest in peace, and so your descendants will have a place to pay their respects!

Unless I die, I will spend my entire life fulfilling this promise. Please wait for me, seniors!

After saying that, Qin Hao turned his head to Shen Suning and the others and said, Let's go!

Qin Hao and his group had not gone far before another batch of Foreign Realm corpses launched an attack on them.

These Foreign Realm corpses are truly haunting us like lingering ghosts! Ah Hu cursed, gripping the weapon in his hand tightly.

Qin Hao smiled faintly. We are not entirely helpless and alone either.

Whenever Foreign Realm corpses tried to attack Qin Hao and the others, those fallen seniors of the Three Realms and Nine Heavens would step forward and block the path in front of them.

Shen Suning's voice choked up slightly. If it weren't for this great war, every single one of these seniors would still be a person standing at the very pinnacle of the Three Realms and Nine Heavens.

Qin Hao did not speak. He simply bowed to these corpses and then led Shen Suning and the others onward. Qin Hao did not say thank you, because he knew that these seniors did not need his thanks.

What they needed was for him to keep moving forward, to keep advancing, and to complete the cause that they had left unfinished.

On the subsequent journey, Qin Hao and the others lost count of how many waves of Foreign Realm corpses they encountered. Yet, every time they fell into danger, light would shine from the darkness, and figures would emerge from that light to stand protectively in front of them.

With these seniors of the Three Realms and Nine Heavens here, we can basically ignore the threat of these corpses. But where are we supposed to find Sister Ruyan?

Shen Suning looked at Qin Hao with a bewildered expression and asked. Qin Hao had said they were coming to find Liu Ruyan, but he was also searching aimlessly. This void was boundless and endless. Without a clear target, trying to find a person here was harder than finding a needle in a haystack.

Qin Hao's footsteps paused, and he subconsciously touched his storage ring. Inside the storage ring was the orb of light that Liu Ruyan had left for him. When she gave him this orb, Liu Ruyan said that it could awaken her.

Qin Hao originally thought that upon arriving here, this orb of light would guide him to Liu Ruyan. However, after entering this void, the orb had just lain quietly in his storage ring without any reaction.

How about we ask these corpses?

Qin Hao's words made Shen Suning freeze for a moment. He turned his head and looked at the corpses of the Three Realms and Nine Heavens' seniors who were fiercely battling the Foreign Realm corpses. Some of them were already incomplete and mangled, while others were so translucent that they looked like they would fade away at any second.

These people were already dead, lacking even consciousness. With only their final trace of obsession remaining, what could they possibly ask them?

But on second thought, Shen Suning felt that Qin Hao's suggestion might actually be viable.

These seniors could distinguish between the latecomers of the Three Realms and Nine Heavens and the enemies of the Foreign Realm, and they could take the initiative to step forward and protect them. This meant that within their obsessions, they retained the most basic judgment to tell friend from foe. Perhaps they could also respond to where Liu Ruyan was.

We can give it a try.

Qin Hao fell silent for a moment. His gaze landed on an Immortal King realm corpse that was fiercely battling a Foreign Realm corpse. This corpse wore cyan armor and wielded a long saber. Its body was already battered and torn; its left arm had been severed at some unknown time, and there was a huge gaping hole in the armor on its chest.

Senior, we are looking for someone, the Extermination Fairy Liu Ruyan. Do you know where she is?

Hearing Qin Hao's words, that corpse's body suddenly stiffened. Not just him, but every corpse that heard Liu Ruyan's name stopped what they were doing and turned their gazes toward Qin Hao.

Hmm? Why are these Foreign Realm corpses looking at me too? Qin Hao took a step back, his eyes full of vigilance.

Liu... Ru... yan... That corpse spoke, its voice as hoarse as wind blowing through dead branches, intermittent and broken. However, he just kept repeating this name over and over, providing no other useful information to Qin Hao.

It's no use? Or is it because he is only an Immortal King, and his consciousness is too severely fragmented? Should we find an Immortal Emperor to ask?

Judging from the reactions of these corpses, they did know Liu Ruyan, and perhaps they really knew where she was. It was just that their consciousness was too fragmented to provide any useful information at all.

Therefore, Qin Hao wanted to find an Immortal Emperor's corpse to ask. An Immortal Emperor might be able to provide them with useful intelligence.

On the journey ahead, Qin Hao and the others no longer searched aimlessly. Instead, every so often, they would find a corpse from the Three Realms and Nine Heavens to ask for directions. Unfortunately, just like the previous corpse, none of these figures could provide Qin Hao and his group with any useful information.

This is difficult. Can we not find her? Even the Immortal Emperors are of no use. After all, they are dead, and even this final trace of obsession is horribly broken. It's simply impossible to get any useful intelligence out of their mouths.

Qin Hao let out a faint sigh, then took out the orb of light that Liu Ruyan had left for him from his storage ring. Ruyan, oh Ruyan, where am I supposed to go to find you? Give me a hint, won't you?

Qin Hao smiled helplessly and half-joked, How about you just show up yourself? If I can't find you soon, I'm going to leave, you know.