As Gerald continued training, time moved on for everyone else… and it wasn’t long before Ryder—who had fully allowed his inner demons to take over him—returned with a vengeance.

After that incident, Ryder had gone far and wide to gather several cultivators—some solitary, some from varying sects, and some even sect leaders—over to the cave’s entrance. His plan was to have them dig around till they found Fyre Cave’s entrance again. Despite how slim the odds were, he didn’t care!

Ryder’s train of thought was cut short when one of the cultivators walked up to him before saying, “…Thunder Swordlord… the place has completely collapsed… With that said, it’ll be impossible to dig the place up, even if we were to completely exhaust our essential qi…!”

Upon hearing that, Ryder instantly glared at the cultivator while growling, “…What did you say?”

“I-I mean…! I didn’t…!” stuttered the frightened cultivator as he rapidly shook his head.

Before the cultivator could even apologize, Ryder’