Slaughter to Prove Your Dao: Unlock the Great Sage Equal to Heaven at the Start!

Mu Xiyan walked to the star map and tapped the edge of the Azure Star Region a few times with her fingertips:

"The Nine Heavens Divine Court has a hidden network within the Azure Star Region."

If you are willing to enter as a "Guest Elder of the Nine Heavens Divine Court", the Star Hunter Clan will not be alerted immediately.

"But I need to confirm one thing—" She looked at Chen Xing, "Are you willing to temporarily borrow the banner of the Nine Heavens Divine Court?"

Chen Xing looked at Mu Xiyan and remained silent for a moment:

"If using the banner of the Nine Heavens Divine Court can help me obtain the Star Core faster, I don't mind."

But once inside, how you get out—that's up to me.

Mu Xiyan nodded: "That's fine then. I'll contact my cousin."

As she turned to leave, the star pattern on her skirt shimmered slightly in the moonlight.

The next morning, the sacred trees in Qitian Palace Square gleamed with a verdant luster in the morning light.

Qingya sat on the stone steps at the edge of the square, her legs dangling in the air and swaying gently.

Holding a steaming bowl of spirit rice porridge in his hands.

Su Tao came out of the hall and sat down beside her: "Aren't you going to teach Lu Xing to practice staff skills today?"

Qingya took a sip of porridge and answered indistinctly:

"He's going to learn real combat from Potian today! He says he wants to learn how to fight without closing his eyes!"

Su Tao smiled: "That would be suitable for the Breaking Heaven Sect."

Lei Qingyue walked over from the other side, holding a cup of steaming spiritual tea in her hand, and sat down on the other side of Qingya.

She didn't speak, but quietly drank her tea, her gaze fixed on the distance of the square.

Qingya tilted her head and glanced at her:

"Sister Lei, you locked yourself in your room as soon as you got up this morning. Are you practicing some new moves?"

Lei Qingyue glanced down at the teacup in her hand: "Hmm. Let's try integrating the wind elemental laws into the lightning magic."

Qingya's eyes lit up: "Can it succeed?"

Lei Qingyue paused for a moment: "Still testing."

Su Tao turned her head to the side: "If you want to try, I can help you stabilize the cycle of laws."

Lei Qingyue glanced at Su Tao, remained silent for a moment, and then said, "Okay."

This is the scene that Chen Xing saw when he walked out of the main hall—

The three sat side by side on the stone steps, the morning light shining obliquely from the east.

Three quiet shadows were cast upon them.

Qingya was dividing the spirit rice porridge in the bowl into portions for Xiaoyinlin.

A wisp of golden light flickered gently at Su Tao's fingertips.

Fine crackles of lightning clung to the rim of the teacup in Lei Qingyue's hand.

He didn't go over to disturb them, but stood by the palace gate for a moment, then turned and walked towards the training ground.

But Su Tao's voice came from behind: "Chen Xing, have you had breakfast?"

Chen Xing paused, turned his head, and said, "...No."

Qingya held up the bowl in her hand: "I'll share half with you!"

Lei Qingyue put down her teacup: "There's still some hot tea in the kitchen."

Su Tao stood up and patted the grass clippings off her skirt: "Let's go, let's go together."

Chen Xing stood still, watching the three figures walking towards him.

He paused for a moment, then turned and walked towards the kitchen. His voice came from ahead: "I've already eaten."

Qingya called out from behind him, "You just said you didn't eat!"

Chen Xing didn't turn around, but his pace slowed down a beat.

Qingya chased after him, bowl in hand, saying, "Then I'll share half with you!"

Late at night, most of the lights in the Qitian Palace had been turned off.

Only a single lamp remained lit in the star chart room on the top floor of the main hall.

Chen Xing stood in front of the star map, his gaze fixed on the direction of the Azure Nether Star Region.

A silver-gray light silently fell into his palm from outside the hall—

It was a message from Mu Xiyan, containing only one sentence:

"My cousin has confirmed that the undercover agent is available. Meet me on the north side of the ferry crossing in seven days."

Chen Xing crushed the message in his hand and was about to turn around when...

A figure walked in from the side of the palace gate—it was Feng Nian.

She stood by the door, not approaching: "I saw you looking at the Azure Star Region."

Chen Xing didn't turn his head: "Mm."

Feng Nian's voice echoed softly in the empty hall:

"That star core is actually not only the key to the Star Hunters' control of the star field."

It originally belonged to an ancient wind god.

Before the laws of vacuum eroded the Myriad Ruins Starfield, the ancient gods placed it in the Azure Nether Starfield.

As the core of a sealing array.

She paused.

"If you can get it, you will not only weaken the Starhunters,

It can also be used to strengthen the law structure of the Myriad Ruins Starfield.

She stood in the shadows by the door:

"So, this trip isn't just for the Star Hunters. It's also for what he left behind."

Chen Xing stood before the star map, silent for a moment: "That star core, is it very important to you?"

Feng Nian's voice gently fell in the empty hall:

"When the Wanxu Starfield was reorganized, I felt it resonate with the laws within my body."

It is the last trace left by the ancient gods in this star field.

If it falls into the hands of the Star Hunters, it will be forever buried under the cursed laws.

She slightly raised her eyes. "So I hope—you're the one who gets it."

Chen Xing looked at the dark area on the star map: "We'll depart in seven days."

Feng Nian paused for a moment by the door: "I'll wait for you."

Her footsteps gradually faded at the end of the corridor.

Chen Xing was the only one left in the star chart room; the lone lamp flickered slightly in the night breeze.

His shadow was stretched into a long, slender silhouette.

……

There are still three days until departure.

The Liming once again docked at the edge of the airport on the north side of Xinghe Ferry.

The light at the ferry crossing took on a soft, silvery-gray hue in the morning light.

Like a lake surface shrouded in morning mist.

Su Tao stood at the edge of the deck, holding a cup of warm spiritual tea in her hands.

Looking at the law-based ships slowly rising and falling in the distance:

"Don't you think this ferry crossing is much busier than the last time I came?"

Lei Qingyue walked up behind her and stopped beside her.

His gaze also swept over the figures moving back and forth at the ferry crossing:

"Because the passageway is now stable. People who couldn't get through before can now."

Su Tao turned her head and glanced at her: "What are you looking at?"

Lei Qingyue's gaze lingered for a moment on a crowded area at the edge of the ferry crossing: "Look at their posture."

Su Tao followed her gaze and looked over—

There was a small group of cultivators at the edge of the ferry crossing; they were few in number.

But everyone stood ramrod straight, their eyes not wandering.

Instead, it maintains a uniform angle of alert.

Their positions seemed random.

In reality, it forms a loose yet complete defensive perimeter: "Someone is protecting something."

Su Tao's peach petals shone slightly: "It's not about protecting anything. It's about waiting for something."

Lei Qingyue withdrew her gaze: "Does Chen Xing know?"

Su Tao lowered her head and took a sip of tea:

"He knew last night. He stood on the deck and watched for a long time."

But he didn't say anything. He's been talking less and less lately.

Lei Qingyue remained silent for a moment:

"Because there are more things to calculate now. Before, we only had to calculate the fighting."

The things to consider now include how to navigate the roads, how to guard the gates, and how to lead the people. Naturally, there will be less talking.

Su Tao glanced at her sideways and said, "You seem to understand him better and better."