Tang Xiao Qi piloted the "Cloud-floating Boat" modified by Second Senior Brother Luo Feng with the latest stabilizing runes. He had been navigating through void for over half a month. According to Tianji Zi's vague clues and the star map Qingxu Temple spent huge resources to purchase from the black market, he finally arrived at the outer region of that place countless cultivatorspraised yet feared'sStar-falling Land.
Before truly entering, the scene before him wasenough to shake one's mind.
Looking far, one saw none of the usual cosmos'sdepth and silence. Instead,chaos,shattered,bizarre'sDeath Star Region. Countless enormous star fragments, liketorn apart by invisible immense force,scattered invoidwithin. They werevarious sizes,shapes extremely strange. Someedges sharp as knife mountains, somesurfaces pitted like honeycombs,stillhavesome still retained stellar core lava-like'sdark redradiance,indeathly silenceburning silently in the void. These fragments were not static. They followedchaotic'strajectories slowly drifting,collisions. Each collisionerupted silent'senergy ripples,shaking the surroundingspacecreating wrinkles.
Even more dangerous wereomnipresent'sspacecracks. Theylike transparent'sscars,spread throughoutvoid. whenand disappeared,whenand suddenly appeared,emitting heart-palpitating'sdevouring power. A slight carelessness, being swept by their edge, even the hardest star fragments wouldsmoothly cut apart. If directly caught, one mightinstantlytransported to unknown'sdesperate situation or torn to pieces byviolent'sspaceturbulence. Xiao Qi had towouldspiritual sensefully released, likemost precise'sprobe,carefully sensingaheadevery inchspace'ssubtle fluctuations,control Cloud-floating Boat between fragments and cracks'sdifficultly shuttling through gaps. Speed wasslow enough to make one anxious.
Beyondvisible to the naked eye'sdanger, Star-falling Landmore filled with various invisible killing intents. distorted'sforce fields like invisible'svortices. whenproducing several times the outside'sgravity,violently pulling toward some fragment; whenand becoming light as nothing,even produced strange phenomena'srepulsive force,let Cloud-floating Boat out of control floating toward unpredictable'sdirections. Xiao Qi had to constantlyadjustedspiritual poweroutput,resisting the unpredictable'sforce fields. Hisspirit highly concentrated,did not darehaveslightest relaxation.
There was alsopermeating the entire star region'schaotic energy radiation. Here existedstars collapsingwhenreleased'sviolent rays,not yet dissipated'sdestructionenergy and various unknown'scosmic dust. These not only interfered withspiritual senseprobed, but continuously eroded Cloud-floating Boat'sprotective spiritual light and Xiao Qi's ownprotective gang qi. Xiao Qi clearly felt that maintaining defensesconsumption'sspiritual power wasoutside world'sseveral times. He had tofrequently taking Rejuvenation Pills,replenishing the rapidly depleting'sspiritual power.
"squeak!" The rabbit spirit squatting on Xiao Qi's shoulder suddenlyperked up its ears. Itsruby-like'seyes flashed with a trace of alert. Itvigorously pulled Xiao Qi's collar.
Xiao Qiheart trembled with alarm,immediatelycontrol Cloud-floating Boat came to an abrupt stop. narrowly avoidedaheadan area that seemedskyempty'sarea. Just as the boat stopped, that area's spacelike water wavesintenserippled. a narrow,edges flickering with unstable ghostly light'sspacecrack silently opened,and slowly closed. Had they crashed into it,consequences would be unthinkable. Xiao Qigently patted rabbit spirit's head, as praise. Thislittle one's sensitivity to energy andspace'skeen intuition was indispensableearly warning device in this environment.
Hetook a deep breath,trying to calmhavesome anxiety'smood. This was merely the outer region. The true Star-falling Land core, where the Heavenly Dao Palace entrance might appear,not knowing whatterrifying. Looking, one could already see someothercultivator'sfigure. Some pilotedmagnificent'sflying tower ships, some rodeferocious'sflying demonic beasts, someeven relying solely on their cultivation invoidwalking through the void. variousaurapowerful,at least Golden Core cultivation. Theymaintained great'scaution and distance between each other. occasionally due to fighting for relatively safe'sroutes or fragments possibly containing rare minerals'sstar fragmentsand had small-scaleconflict. spiritual light flashed,techniqueroars, butsoon to be stopped by even greater'sdangers,each retreating.
here,did nothavesect differences,did nothaverighteous and evil distinctions. onlyhavemost naked'ssurvival of the fittest and competition for survivalpathdirectly'scompetition.
Xiao Qididn't want trouble,tried to avoid crowds,chose a more remote but potentially more dangerous'spathroute. Heactivated the Golden Core within,pure'sspiritual powercontinuously injected Cloud-floating Boat. togetherwhenmerged a trace of purification power into the protective light. found it effective against chaotic energy radiationhavemiraculous effect,consumption suddenlywhendecreased somewhat. thislethis spirit slightly lifted.
just ashe was fully focused on avoiding a mountain-sized's,slowly rotating'sstar fragmentswhen,mutationsuddenly arose!
from that fragment'sshadow,dozens of gray shadows shot out without warning! they moved so fastastonishing,forms blurred,as ifcomposed of pure'sshadows and negative energy. Theyemittedone that directly affected the soul's,filled with resentment and hunger'ssharp screaming sounds.
"Star Remnant Vengeful Spirits!" Xiao Qipupils contracted. Heimmediately recognized this creature only recorded in ancient texts's,born from starsdestructionwhenremaining'sdespairwilland chaotic energy'sterrible creatures. They had nophysical, physical attacksalmost ineffective. Theyspecifically devoured living beings' souls. They were one of several dangersprospectors in Starfall Land'scultivatorleast wanted to encounter's.
Thevengeful spirit swarm like smelling blood'sshark,overwhelmingrushed toward Cloud-floating Boat pounced. that sharp'ssoul scream like countless needles piercing the mind,let Xiao Qiinstantlyfelt a wave of dizziness.
Xiao Qicold snort,didn't panic. Hemoved his mind,didn't summon the Crimson Flame Sword. Insteadhands forming seals,jade pendant at his chest warmed slightly. a soft and pure'swhite light spread with him at the center:it was the power of purification!
White light passed. that annoying'ssoul scream was like being thrown into a quiet lake'sstone,ripples rose,but quickly calmed. rushing at the front'sseveral gray shadows hit the white light,like ice and snow meeting the sun,emitted"sizzling"'ssounds. Theirforms rapidly became faint,emittedeven more mournful but clearly weaker'sscreams,finally dissipated into nothing.
behind'svengeful spirits seemed intimidated by this pure counteracting'sintimidated by the power,attack hesitated. Theycircled around Cloud-floating Boat circling and screaming,but dared not approach easily.
Xiao Qiseized the opportunity to activate Cloud-floating Boat,accelerated away from that area. Hedidn't kill them all. these vengeful spirits were born from this environment,as long as Starfall Land exists,they could almost never be completely eliminated. continuing to entangle was meaningless,would only waste power.
escaped the vengeful spirits'sentanglement,Xiao Qididn't dare to stop,continued toward the star map marked'score area deepening. surrounding'sstar fragmentsincreasingly dense,spacecracks appearing'sfrequency also getting higher. distorted'sforce fields even started affectingtime'sperception. whenand felt time flying,whenand yetas ifstagnant.
He saw morebattles'straces. shattered'sartifact remnants,frozen'sblood,evenhavecultivatorincomplete'scorpses floating between fragments. silently telling of this place's'scruelty. He also sawhavesomeone luckily discovered a fragment containing rarehavestar gold'sand was ecstatic,in the blink of an eye was besieged by more people,in the end lost both life and wealthsky.
here,opportunity accompanied by death,every step needed to be like walking on thin ice.
Xiao Qiguarding the mind tightly,did not darehaveslightest carelessness. He knew thiswas just the beginning. crossing this danger-filled'souter danger zone,reaching the relatively stable'score area,find Heavenly Dao Palace entrance,stillhaveeven longer'spathto walk,more'schallenges waiting. Heclenched his fists,eyes becoming even more determined. Hecontrolwith Cloud-floating Boat,like a small boat,resolutely sailing toward that even deeper,and even more dangerous'sdepths of the Star Graveyard.