"Strange." Wang Tianzhi shook his head and descended the loft.

...

On the Xuanhuang Taiyin Star, unseen and unclear to Wang Tianzhi.

The massive black pyramid suddenly began to move, and at the same time, the tip of the pyramid shot out light.

The light combined with the void, and dense lines emerged from the black pyramid.

Ancient runes appeared irregularly in the void, accompanied by faint chants, and within the light, a giant's foot appeared, but only the sole seemed to exist, as if the upper part did not belong to this space.

"Buzz~"

The black pyramid instantly shattered, the foot formed by the light disappeared, as if it had wandered afar.

Xuanhuang Taiyin and the Sun Star reappeared in the sky.

...

Outside the Luoyi Realm Star, aboard the Mountain Cat Boundary Ship.

"Nine sacred chalices."

Zhao Xing stood by the window, sighing involuntarily.

At the moment he tossed the nine sacred chalices, he almost went mad, nearly unable to hold himself together.

"Can I make a run for it now?" Zhao Xing asked himself.

Having finished excavating the graves of the Luoyi Realm Star, he was now close to five trillion in wealth.

As long as he called Du Yun for help, he could leave. Otherwise, Du Yun had to oversee him since Du Yun had made a promise in front of the Purple Moon Mansion Master and the Yuqing Mansion Master.

"Before I solved the trouble, I couldn't run even if I wanted to. Now, I'm just a few hundred billion Red Star Coins short, and I can leave. Du Yun also won't use the Thousand-mile Yellow Sand Crossing to monitor me."

"But can I really get away?" Zhao Xing turned to look at Qing Yu Zi within the barrier and the Thunder Sword just beyond reach.

"Old Qing, do you really want me to play this game with you?"

The Yuanhai Ancient Country does not exist in the memories of the previous generation; it must have faced a great disaster, possibly needing to be erased from history.

But, were there any survivors from the Yuanhai Ancient Country?

Perhaps yes, perhaps no.

Zhao Xing was unsure.

"Old Qing, how about you just forget about me." Zhao Xing moved to Qing Yu Zi's side. "You play by yourself, I'll cheer you on from afar, okay?"

Zhao Xing really didn't want to get involved in this mess.

"I'm just in the Small Divine Power Realm, my body's too weak."

At this moment, Zhao Xing's Mountain Cat Realm Ship had already left the Luoyi Realm Star and was on its way back.

Zhao Xing eventually handed the Thunder Sword to Qing Yu Zi to see what would happen.

Qing Yu Zi quieted down, but made no further moves.

The Thunder Sword remained the Thunder Sword.

"Since you can come, you can go back on your own, right?" Zhao Xing approached slowly. "I'll just leave you here, you go on your own, and our fate ends here, how about it?"

Qing Yu Zi kept his eyes closed, unmoving.

"If you don't say anything, I'll take it as a yes."

Zhao Xing instructed the robotic cat to park the boundary ship on a meteorite, then moved the barrier and exited the ship.

He carefully moved Qing Yu Zi and the Thunder Sword together onto the meteorite.

Then Zhao Xing burned some Tao Ming Paper Money: "This is the last bit, all for you."

"From now on, our cause and effect are settled."

After burning it all, Zhao Xing turned and headed back to the ship.

The boundary ship roared to life, zooming away.

But before Zhao Xing could breathe a sigh of relief, he froze again.

Qing Yu Zi, holding the sword, appeared once more in front of him.

Completely ignoring the ship's defenses, and the robotic cat hadn't even sounded an alert!

"Brother, what do you really want?" Zhao Xing sighed helplessly.

This was the third time he'd tried to shake off Qing Yu Zi.

And the third time Qing Yu Zi had suddenly appeared before him.

"You can't just keep doing this." Zhao Xing felt exasperated, "I only got a bit of your legacy, and you want me to handle the reviving of the Dong Yan Ancient Clan? Such a huge task?"

"How is this different from asking me to capture Tang Seng?"

"Alarm—"

Just then, the robotic cat suddenly issued an alert.

"Master, an unknown boundary boat is approaching rapidly."

"Hmm?"

Zhao Xing frowned.

"Can you determine where it's from?"

"Unknown, but it's a top-grade Taiyin level boundary ship."

"The environment here is complex; I'm afraid to accelerate."

This area was already considered the core of Yueluo Cemetery, a harsh environment filled with cosmic dust and turbulent void currents everywhere posing dangers... Zhao Xing's boundary ship couldn't speed up recklessly.

"Prepare for battle."

Zhao Xing waved his hand to store away Qing Yu Zi.

Whether Qing Yu Zi truly had great powers, or if the confusion of the Dong Yan Ancient Clan led to these strange behaviors, these were merely guesses, unable to be verified.

In any case, Qing Yu Zi and the sword must not be discovered now.

...

When Zhao Xing's final attempt to 'release' Qing Yu Zi failed, and he returned to the boundary ship.

Half a star sector away, a Dark Night Boundary Ship was parked.

Wei Jiu had been resting here for over thirty years since the last mission at the Shadow Temple ended, and he also felt the urge to explore, buying a ticket from the Heaven Leisure Ancient Country to enter Yueluo Cemetery.

Going around in circles, Wei Jiu also arrived at the core area of Yueluo Cemetery.

"I've been quite lucky over the years, actually collecting five supreme-grade Taiyin Daoist soldiers, and one inferior-grade Sun Daoist soldier."

"No wonder the eighteen countries want to enclose the Illusion God Star System." Wei Jiu thought, "There really are many good things."

"But the ticket is too expensive, the Yin-Yang Dao Domain Realm charges 1 billion Red Star Coins, and the stronger you are, the more expensive it gets? So dark!" Wei Jiu cursed.

"Master, something's up." Just as Wei Jiu was drinking, the Artifact Spirit appeared.

"What's going on?" Wei Jiu asked.

"Master, please see." The Artifact Spirit, appearing as a beautiful woman, waved her hand, and a scene unfolded.