A little over a week later, Ryu found himself deep within the forest depths that separated the Outer and Inner Ring. Sensing for a bit, his body suddenly disappeared. When his vision finally, cleared, he was within the depths of the Death Worm Immortal Cave.
Having exploited the Loom Clan into buying much of the precious resources he needed to repair the Immortal Cave back into working condition, Ryu suddenly felt a slight wave of guilt. This wasn't actually because of his exploitation of them, but rather because he had found even better resources while clearing the Mortal Qi Small Realm out.
Obviously, as the Immortal Cave of a Path Extinction Realm expert, the resources one could find in a mere Inner Ring weren't enough to bring it back to perfect working condition. What Ryu had actually wanted to do was to hold it together for long enough for its self-repair functions to kick in, similar to giving the Immortal Cave a jumpstart.
But now…
