At this moment, within Zhou Hong's sub-world, Zhou Hong stood in the sky.
Zhou Hong was overcome with fury.
He hadn't expected to encounter disciples from the Qingfeng family in the Sunset Mountain Range.
While they hadn't intended to kill him, they certainly couldn't humiliate him.
Now that Zhou Hong had killed one of their disciples, enmity was surely forged.
The Qingfeng family was a relatively powerful family on the Zi Xiao Continent, with their strongest cultivator having reached the early Nascent Soul stage.
In contrast, the clan leader of Zhou Hong's family had not yet reached Nascent Soul, remaining in the late Spirit Severing stage.
Therefore, if they angered the Qingfeng family, Zhou Hong's own family would be in grave danger.
However, Zhou Hong couldn't afford to worry about that any longer. Although the Qingfeng family was slightly more powerful than his own, they were all subjects of the Zi Xiao Empire, and they might not dare to do anything drastic to Zhou Hong's family.
"Zhou Hong, you're finally here. How is the situation?" As Zhou Hong returned to his home in the sub-world, Chang Sun Qinghe and the others, upon seeing him appear, quickly surrounded him.
"I've returned to my home on the Zi Xiao Continent now," Zhou Hong said, glancing at everyone.
"Zhou Hong, I suddenly feel like you're a bit of a stranger," Qiao Xiaoyu said, scrutinizing Zhou Hong. Although his face was still ninety percent similar to before, he was now clearly much, much more handsome than his body on Earth, possessing an alluring charm.
Most importantly, Zhou Hong's attire, hairstyle, and everything else were completely different from before.
"Heh, this body is my body on the Zi Xiao Continent. This is my true body," Zhou Hong chuckled, not realizing how much he had changed.
"Zhou Hong, I think you're so handsome now," Qin Mengxue said, her face flushing.
"Of course. I'm quite a figure on the Zi Xiao Continent. All the pretty young ladies on the continent secretly admire me. Because of this, I'm also resented by many young men on the Zi Xiao Continent; many young men are displeased with me."
"How conceited," everyone couldn't help but burst into laughter.
"What's conceited about that? I'm just stating facts. The reason I suddenly entered the sub-world now is also related to this. I was originally planning to go to the Sunset Mountain Range to pay respects at the place where my parents died. I didn't expect to encounter over a dozen young people on a training mission. They surrounded me and wanted to beat me up. Since I couldn't fight them, I ran in here."
Seeing that Zhou Hong wasn't joking, everyone finally believed him.
"Zhou Hong, are you going to be okay?"
"Don't worry. I'm very safe hiding in the sub-world. They won't be able to find me at all."
"You can't die! If you die, all four billion of us living in your sub-world will be finished."
Zhou Hong chuckled, "These few insignificant nobodies don't have the ability to kill me. However, I did kill their weakest disciple just now, which is a bit troublesome. I hope it doesn't implicate my family."
"So, what are your plans now? When can you go out? Will you be discovered once you leave?"
Zhou Hong shook his head, "I'm not sure. I'll stay in the sub-world for a couple of days first. After two days, they will have definitely left, and it will be safe then."
"When you go out, will you return to the place where you entered?" Qiao Xiaoyu asked.
"Yes, where I entered is where I'll exit."
"Can you draw the enemies into your sub-world?"
Zhou Hong shook his head, "No. If someone more powerful than me enters my sub-world, my sub-world might collapse, or I might be possessed. Then someone else will benefit."
Zhou Hong also felt regretful about this. Of course, the dark Golden Crow in the sky was a special case; it was sealed by Zhou Hong's previous life's grandfather. Otherwise, it would have been able to destroy Zhou Hong's sub-world in an instant.
"So, that means your sub-world can only be used to save your life?"
"Temporarily, that's its only function," Zhou Hong nodded helplessly. Unless the dark Golden Crow was willing to help Zhou Hong, then he would be invincible.
For the next two days, Zhou Hong stayed in the sub-world.
Since Zhou Hong had replicated all the buildings and other structures from Earth into the sub-world, it felt like being on Earth, except for the lack of internet and phone services.
However, Zhou Hong believed that Earthlings were so clever, with four billion people here, they would surely get these things up and running soon, making it a second Earth entirely.
Meanwhile, outside in that forest, the dozen or so youths from the Qingfeng family were searching everywhere, but no matter how they searched, they couldn't find any trace of Zhou Hong.
"Big brother, there's not a single trace. How did he just disappear?" one of the youths said.
"Damn it, what method did this brat use to vanish instantly right under our noses?"
"Big brother, he must have some artifact that allows for instantaneous movement."
"That's impossible. An artifact capable of instantaneous movement would be at least Earth-grade, or even Heaven-grade."
"Now one of our family disciples has been killed by him. How do we explain this back home? We shouldn't have tried to humiliate him."
The dozen or so disciples from the Qingfeng family seemed to have some regrets. Although they disliked Zhou Hong, they had no deep-seated hatred. It was merely jealousy because so many beautiful women liked Zhou Hong.
"It's too late for regrets now. We can only return to the family and tell the truth. Also, we should report the possibility of Zhou Hong possessing an Earth-grade or even Heaven-grade artifact to the family. Hopefully, this news can appease the family's anger towards us," the leading youth sighed and said.
Thus, those dozen or so disciples from the Qingfeng family left the forest.
Zhou Hong stayed in the sub-world for two days and had some intimate moments with a few of the women.
On the third day, Zhou Hong prepared to leave.
"Zhou Hong, why don't you hide for a few more days?"
"Heh, I have to go out eventually. I can't hide in the sub-world forever," Zhou Hong said with a helpless smile. If he didn't go out, Zhou Hong wouldn't be able to cultivate. As for the people living in his sub-world, Zhou Hong had no intention of letting them out for the time being. Moreover, Zhou Hong's sub-world was a secret that could not be disclosed to everyone on the Zi Xiao Continent.
Soon, Zhou Hong left his sub-world and returned to the previous forest.
The forest was incredibly quiet, clearly devoid of any people.
"Damn it, those bastards are finally gone," Zhou Hong grumbled angrily.
Zhou Hong didn't linger any longer and left quickly, lest those bastards were still lurking in the shadows, which would be troublesome.
Several hours later, Zhou Hong had traveled far from the scene and arrived at another location.
The Sunset Mountain Range was a dangerous place, frequently visited by human cultivators for training or collecting spiritual herbs.