"Drop me at the castle before you go and see Gaia. I am not in the mood of flying all the way to the land of water and since most people would see me if I go that way." Laofen said as Kai nodded and raised his right hand in her direction.

"You can just teleport us directly." Laofen said while raising an eyebrow as she grabbed Kai's hand and the two of them vanished.

He dropped her near the entrance of the elven capital before he vanished and left Laofen alone.

"Guess I am on my own now." she muttered to herself as she stared at the city in front of her and slowly walked into it.

Kai on the other hand directly appeared where he had sensed Gaia's aura which was the palace on the land of earth's side of the combined continent.

"Since many years have passed since then, I wonder if the two lands now live in harmony or are wars still ongoing?" Kai muttered to himself before he went to the entrance of the palace.

But just as he was staring at it from above, he saw two men who were in their early twenties getting kicked out of the palace.

They were thrown out of the entrance as they flew back and landed on the ground with a thud.

"You maggots never learn, do you? I have already said no to so many of you but you keep coming back. Do you think that will change anything?!" A familiar voice bellowed from the inside of the palace as Gaia stepped out of the entrance.

Her hair had grown down to her waist and were tied in a ponytail while she was wearing an open sleeve lightweight battle armor.

Her face had an annoyed expression on it as she stared at the two boys with disgust. She raised her right leg and struck it on the ground as the ground suddenly started to tremble."AHHH! Forgive us! I promise that we won't come back here again!" One of the men exclaimed as he bowed his head down to Gaia but she looked even more disgusted.

"You have been saying that for the past three times. I have had enough of your nonsense. I am killing you this time so that you don't come back again." Gaia said as she raised her hand and the ground beneath the two men started to tremble even more fiercely.

'She hasn't changed one bit from her past self.' Kai thought with a small smile as Gaia suddenly looked alert.

She dropped her hand back to her side as she lifted her head and started looking around with narrowed eyes.

'She can still tell whether someone is talking or thinking about her or not. Wish I had this ability. Would have been useful in knowing whether my enemies are coming for me or not.' Kai thought with a sigh as Gaia turned towards the two men.

"You better get out of here within five seconds or I am going to brutally kill you." Gaia said as the two men gulped and stood up.

They then turned in the other direction and ran as though hell was chasing them which could probably be considered true considering how Gaia was similar to hell when she was in a bad mood.

"Whoever you are, you better come out right now or I am gonna locate you myself and kill you immediately. You have until I count three." Gaia said out loud as Kai chuckled lightly.

"Is that how you greet someone who you are meeting after a very long time?" Kai asked in an amused tone as he removed the formation he had put on himself.

Gaia's eyes suddenly widened when she saw Kai. But unlike Laofen, she didn't check whether she was dreaming or not.

"What the hell are you doing here?" I thought you left this place for good." Gaia asked as Kai shook his head."Of course I would come back here. Anyways, that's not important." He said as he glanced at the castle behind her back.

"Would you like to talk here or should we go inside your castle?" He asked as Gaia raised her eyebrows.

"My castle? How do you know that it's my castle?" She asked as Kai smiled.

"Both of your parents are in secluded cultivation as they are trying to extend their life a little. Of course, you are the ruler now." He replied as she shook her head and gestured for him to come inside.

Kai landed on the ground as the two of them walked inside the castle.magic

"So how have things been going on for you?" Kai decided to ask as Gaia rolled her eyes.

"Things are extremely annoying. People apparently think that as a ruler, I need to marry and produce a hair but I am not even interested in males, much less marrying and making babies." She replied as Kai chuckled at her reply.

"That's exactly what I expected you to answer with." He said back as Gaia looked annoyed.

"I should have just been born as a farmer's daughter..." She muttered as Kai laughed at her words.

"You would have still faced many problems while being a farmer's daughter. Nothing is as easy it seems." he replied as Gaia rolled her eyes again.

"I already know that. But the main question is, why are you here?" Gaia asked as she suddenly stopped moving.

Kai also stopped moving as he looked around to see that they were standing in a deserted hallway.

"I am here because I need your help but I am not the only one who requires your help, there are millions or perhaps billions of spirits who require your help." Kai replied as Gaia raised her eyebrows.

"What do you mean?" She asked as Kai felt something change behind her eyes.

"I want you to come with me and open the gate to your special realm and rescue the spirits there."