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

Lei Qingyue did not answer, but simply looked down at the teacup in her hand.

A fine layer of lightning condensed on the rim of the cup.

At noon, the crowd at the ferry crossing suddenly fell silent for a moment.

A jet-black warship sailed in from the star field beyond the ferry crossing—

The ship had no markings, only a kind of unsettling, pervasive energy that made people instinctively uncomfortable.

It felt like a cold stone pressing down on everyone's chest.

A young man stood on the edge of the ship's gunwale, wearing a long black robe, the hem of which remained motionless in the starlight and wind.

His face was pale, and his pupils were pure silver-white, like moonlight that had been washed countless times.

His aura was calm, yet like the deep sea, its depths unfathomable.

But the cultivators at the ferry who traveled through the star field year-round all subconsciously took a half step back the moment they saw him.

He didn't look at anyone, but simply stepped off the warship.

I walked through the crowd toward the ferry terminal management office.

His steps were extremely light, but each step was on a perfectly straight line.

Luo Qingyuan stood in front of the ferry management office and his expression darkened slightly when he saw that figure.

He spoke up: "Have you come to the ferry with some business, people of the Star Hunter Clan?"

The young man stopped in his tracks, his silvery-white pupils fixed on Luo Qingyuan:

"My name is Samuel Nightfall."

His voice was calm and clear, as if stating a fact that needed no explanation.

"I have something to tell you: From today onwards, the passages through the Azure Star Region are closed."

Luo Qingyuan's expression remained unchanged: "The right of passage at the ferry was not determined by the Star Hunter Clan."

"It wasn't like that before. But no one dared to lay a hand on our people at the ferry crossing before either."

His gaze swept across the crowd at the ferry crossing, as if he were counting the number of items.

Three days ago, someone blocked the path of law flow for one of our members at the ferry crossing.

According to the rules of the Star Hunter Clan, harming our people is tantamount to harming our territory.

To touch our territory is tantamount to declaring war.

But we're not here to declare war today—

He paused.

"I'm here to inform you: the passage is closed."

"Until the person who sealed off our members went to the Azure Star Region in person and explained the matter clearly."

A long silence fell over the ferry crossing. In the distance, monks could be heard conversing in hushed tones.

"Samuel Nightfall...one of the three strongest young members of the Starhunter Clan."

Three years ago, he single-handedly blocked the access routes to an entire star system for two months.

No one could go in, and no one could come out. Later, that star field belonged to the Star Hunters.

Someone nearby chimed in:

"I heard that he cultivates the 'Law of Nirvana,' something that exists between existence and non-existence."

Those he targets will slowly disappear, even leaving no trace.

I stood in front of the ferry terminal for about half a cup of tea's time until night fell.

During this time, no one left the ferry crossing.

No one came within ten steps of him—

The oppressive silence made the air around him seem thick and sticky.

Luo Qingyuan neither yielded nor made a move.

He knew that once they started fighting, it wouldn't just be a matter between the two of them.

Just as the silence was about to be broken, a voice came from the direction of the airport on the north side of the ferry terminal.

Not loud, but so clear it seemed to ring in everyone's ears:

"Whether or not passage through the Azure Star Domain is restricted is not up to you."

Chen Xing stood on the deck of the Liming, facing Ye Lin across the entire ferry terminal.

He didn't deliberately release any pressure, but he stood there like a boundary marker that had already taken root.

As night fell, he turned around, his gaze piercing through the crowd and landing on that figure.

His voice remained calm: "You're that person?"

Chen Xing did not answer.

He simply raised his hand.

An aura blending the laws of wind and vacuum condensed into a bluish-white mark above the ferry crossing—

The mark remained suspended stably in the sky for a full ten breaths, like a stamp branded into the void.

Ye Lin stared at the mark and remained silent for a moment.

Then he spoke:

"I have never seen before the method you used to seal the flow of laws for my clan members."

But since you dared to step forward, it means you've made the necessary preparations.

He turned and walked towards the black warship.

"The ferry crossing will not be closed for the time being. But I'll remember you."

"Azure Starfield, I await your arrival."

The sound drifted from ahead as he stepped onto the gangway.

"If you don't come—when I come again, it won't just be a 'notification'."

The black warship slowly started moving, like a shadow merging into the starry sky.

They disappeared into the star field beyond the ferry crossing.

The crowd at the ferry crossing only began to move again after the warship disappeared.

Luo Qingyuan walked to the edge of the Liming ship's dock and looked up at Chen Xing:

"What you just did—left a mark in front of everyone."

It's like telling him that you acknowledge the matter.

Chen Xing stood on the deck, looking in the direction where the black warship had disappeared:

"He came here specifically to see me. He won't leave unless I stand up for him."

Luo Qingyuan paused for a moment:

"Nightfall holds a high position among the younger generation of the Star Hunter Clan."

It's not just you who's being targeted by him anymore.

He could see the entire ferry crossing at once.

Chen Xing withdrew his gaze:

"Then let him watch."

I won't stop doing what I'm supposed to do just because he's watching.

He turned and walked back into the depths of the bridge.

Su Tao stood there, watching Chen Xing's figure disappear behind the cabin door.

She whispered, "He's still the same as before—he won't stop doing what he's supposed to do."

That night, on the deck of the Liming.

Su Tao sat by the railing, looking at the starry sky outside the ferry crossing.

Footsteps came from behind—it was Lei Qingyue.

She stopped next to Su Tao and looked up at the starry sky as well:

"You tell him during the day that he's the same as before. But actually, he's different."

Su Tao turned her head to look at her. Lei Qingyue's gaze remained fixed on the starry sky:

"He used to stop only because he was tired."

He stopped now because he was calculating his next move.

Su Tao was silent for a moment: "You are more observant than I am."

Lei Qingyue did not answer. After a long while, she spoke:

"The ban imposed by the Star Hunter Clan is not just aimed at him alone."

If Ye Lin really blocks the passage, the entire operation of the ferry terminal will be affected.

By then, he won't be the only one facing the Starhunters.

Su Tao glanced at her: "Are you worried about him?"

Lei Qingyue's voice was soft in the night breeze: "I'm worried that he's carrying too much on his own."

A night breeze blew from the direction of the ferry, ruffling their hair and the hems of their clothes.

They sat side by side under the starry sky, watching the same light at the ferry crossing.

The black and gold warship lay silently anchored beneath the starry sky.

Like a giant beast at rest, the light deep within its bridge is still on.

Meanwhile, the Star Hunters in the distance await their prey as they step into that cursed starfield—

Meanwhile, the gaze of the Qitian Palace had already fallen upon the distant, untouched starry sky.

P.S.: Wishing everyone happiness every day!