Ninety-nine thick branches, along with ninety-nine billion leaves, all emitted light, and mysterious patterns suppressed the void, quickly forming a barrier.

The barrier absorbed the power of the Taiyin Star fragments while protecting itself.

Behind him was a small realm ship, and a figure on it looked at him with lingering fear.

Illusion Tree: "..."

Again, just as I knew it would be!

The Illusion Tree thought reluctantly in its heart.

No matter if he agrees to cooperate or not, once danger is encountered, he, controlled by the Water Element Life Contract, must come out to fight.

If he doesn't use divine skills at this moment, the Taiyin Star fragments will harm his body.

"Thanks, Illusion," Zhao Xing waved towards the Illusion Tree.

"Emperor Qingyu, where are we now?" the Illusion Tree asked.

It was now Shixin 1331, and in fifteen years, Zhao Xing had summoned it three times.

Each time was to deal with a sudden crisis.

The first time was encountering a 'Void Bone Fish' beast demon of the Five Elements Dao Domain Realm.

This time it was not very troublesome; as soon as the Illusion Tree appeared, the beast demon was scared away from afar.

The second time, the realm ship suddenly encountered a void chaotic flow burst speed.

The Illusion Tree immediately suppressed it, and with great effort, pulled the realm ship out of the void river.

The third time, it actually began encountering Taiyin Star fragments!

The intensity of each crisis was greater than the last!

The Illusion Tree now completely believes Zhao Xing's words about being Emperor Qingyu.

If not for a Reincarnation Realm reincarnation, who in the Origin Realm would dare come to such a place to adventure?

"A good place," Zhao Xing replied blandly, "where I can obtain an Original Divine Weapon."

"I see."

"Thank you for guarding the path, take a rest," Zhao Xing waved his hand.

"Yes." The Illusion Tree's attitude had changed, no longer finding any issue with Zhao Xing referring to himself as 'I,' instead finding him quite approachable.

"Gather!" Zhao Xing collected the Illusion Tree, smiling slightly: "The old tree spirit is quite easy to fool."

The first time, the Illusion Tree was still calling him Qingyu Zi.

The second time it had become 'Friend Qingyu.'

The third time, it directly called him 'Emperor Qingyu!'

"Words and actions aligned; first using words to deceive, then my actions being far from the norms of the Origin Realm, the old tree spirit had no choice but to believe."

Zhao Xing patted his belly and continued to navigate the realm ship forward.

.....

In Shixin 1382, Zhao Xing flew past one Boundary Star after another, one piece of Star Land after another, finally reaching his destination.

"Here it is, Loi Realm Star." Zhao Xing glanced at the coordinates: "Matches with my memory."

In front, there was no planet, but instead a dust cloud of spiritual energy, occasionally launching disorganized meteorite fragments.

Zhao Xing checked the detector on the realm ship and found that the Spiritual Energy Index was as low as around 5, while the chaos coefficient was as high as 200.

"The Spiritual Energy Index is not even comparable to the early revival period of the Xuanhuang Realm, but the chaos coefficient is enough to crush the Origin Realm."

"Calling it the bitter cold land of the Illusion God Star System is fitting."

"At least in the cosmic space there's still spiritual energy; unlike the universe in the Chenluo Wasteland, where no spiritual energy can be absorbed... Mountain Cat."

"Meow." In the cockpit of the realm ship, a mechanical cat suddenly jumped out.

"Charge in," Zhao Xing said.

"Yes!"

"Boom~"

The front half of the realm ship, shaped like a cat's head, opened its big mouth and began to pull the void in front, rapidly advancing forward.

The name of the realm ship was changed to Mountain Cat after Zhao Xing switched rides, and the Artifact Spirit of the realm ship was also named Mountain Cat. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Wandering the universe is a lonely affair; since Zhao Xing couldn't easily have a mountain cat act with him, he customized the realm ship and its Artifact Spirit in the shape of a mountain cat.

The Miaomiao charged into the cosmic dust, like a mountain cat diving into cotton candy.

However, the dust was not soft.

"Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom~"

Countless meteorites furiously collided with the realm ship.

"Boom-crack!"

Storms and thunder appeared in the mist-like void, quickly rising to the strength of the Five Elements Dao Domain Realm.

Zhao Xing watched closely, ready to summon the Illusion Tree to battle in case of any accident.

"The Miaomiao is already at the level of a top-grade Taiyin Daoist Soldier, it should manage." Zhao Xing thought to himself.

Having money, he wouldn't shortchange himself; a small realm ship is convenient for maneuver, but a top-grade Taiyin level realm ship is not cheap, costing Zhao Xing a full 8 billion Red Star Coins.

One gets what they pay for, and the Mountain Cat can withstand such natural disasters without issue.

...

After flying through cosmic dust for 25 years.

"Stop!"

Zhao Xing immediately called to stop.

As he got a coordinate prompt on his panel.

[You have entered the map 'Loi Realm Star' outskirts. (Coordinates)]

"Illusion."

Zhao Xing summoned the Illusion Tree again.

"Emperor Qingyu, what are your orders?"

"Help me find a Boundary Star nearby," Zhao Xing said.

He still couldn't see where the Loi Realm Star was, even though he had entered the outskirts.

But the surrounding cosmic dust still blocked detection.

"Yes, Emperor." The Illusion Tree felt helpless, he had to do it even for such a matter, this Emperor Qingyu really used him like a beast.

...

Just as Zhao Xing was exploring in Yueluo Cemetery.

In the Yuanhai Ancient Country, beneath an unnoticed mining planet, a golden pyramid quietly floated.

The pyramid's interior was filled with arrays of runes, covered with all kinds of offerings.

However, there was no one inside.

Above the altar, there was no spirit tablet or plaque, but an ancient book and a crystal pen.

The dark-covered ancient book seemed to have survived countless ages, as if it had existed there since ancient times.

The crystal pen seemed to contain a river, with stars flowing up and down within.