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After signing the Kunlan Blood Script, Matthew temporarily allowed the Infernal Black Merchant, Charles, to move freely within the Lost Paradise. However, knowing how devils are adept at manipulating contracts, Matthew still felt uneasy. To address this, he secretly instructed Senel to monitor Charles's movements and report any anomalies immediately. Senel's life now depended entirely on Matthew, so even though he disliked being ordered around, he silently accepted the task.

Afterward, Matthew had a brief conversation with the God of Travelers, Mosong. Upon learning about the recent work of the tree-planting duo, Mosong reported an important piece of news: Thalas had recently returned to the Lost Paradise. He informed Mosong that he had made a new discovery at the Kunwu Ruins and urged Mosong to relay this information to Matthew as soon as possible.

Matthew checked the data records of the Lost Paradise and found that during his frantic journey through Purgatory, Thalas had indeed quietly returned once. Besides a large amount of creator energy, Thalas had also brought back over sixty demon corpses in one go! The demons in the Kunwu Ruins were not easy to deal with, most being elite and above tier five, each more formidable than the last. To have taken down so many elite demons, it seemed that old Thalas's strength was recovering much faster than expected.