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The Star Palace experts exhausted all means to search the Star Sea, but could not find any trace of Moen, and could only conclude that he had perished. However, all the True God Realm and above experts in the Star Palace would leave behind a unique Dao Intent Soul Lamp in the Soul Lamp Hall, which would be completely extinguished when they died and their Dao dissipated.

Moen's soul lamp has remained dim for ten thousand years, yet it has never been extinguished. From this, the higher-ups of the Star Palace deduced that Moen's physical body had perished, but relying on the racial talent of the Three-Eyed Clan, he had left behind a wisp of his Dao Soul Will, lying dormant in the world, waiting for an opportunity to possess another body and be reborn.

Even Moen himself was unaware that in the past ten thousand years, the Star Palace had completed a major secret treasure—the Positioning Star Chart.

The star chart is placed in the Soul Lamp Hall. Whenever a powerful Star Palace expert falls outside, the star chart will light up with a corresponding point of light the moment the Soul Lamp goes out, locking in the approximate coordinates of the fallen person.

In recent years, the war between the Star Sea Ghost Clan has intensified, and the number of powerful figures under the Star Palace's command has increased dramatically. In order to find out the cause of death of the clan members and recover the relics and corpses of the powerful figures, the Star Palace spared no expense in using a huge amount of divine materials to refine this positioning star plate.

Just over ten days ago, Moen's Dao Intent Soul Lamp, which had remained burning for ten thousand years, was completely extinguished.

The Star Palace uses the star chart to pinpoint the location of Moen's complete demise, which is the Tianyuan Star in the remote Langya Galaxy.

The Ghost Clan is under immense pressure, with all of the Star Palace's main forces deployed to the front lines, leaving them with no capacity to send a large number of troops to the Wild Stars. Furthermore, Moen is not a core member of the sect's leadership, making it unworthy of a Celestial God or God-King level expert personally crossing realms to make the trip.

Ultimately, the sect ordered that Tula'er, a member of the same clan, be sent alone to investigate the matter and retrieve the relics.

Upon learning that their destination was her grandfather's homeland, Song Qingmei volunteered to accompany him, and so they embarked on this journey together. The two first passed through Wulong Star, using various teleportation arrays along the way, before finally arriving at Tianyuan Star. They then went to the Black Stone Islands in the East Sea to confirm the location of Moen's burial, and subsequently entered the Great Qian Imperial City to rest.

Just as the two finished preparing their meal, they entered the palace to investigate, and happened to stumble upon Su Mu refining his divine form in public.

"Judging from the stability of this heavenly tribulation, he is more than capable of successfully transforming into a divine being," Song Qingmei said calmly, gazing at the sky.

A hint of hidden killing intent flashed in Tula'er's eyes as he spoke calmly, "If nothing unexpected happens, it should succeed."

"Are you planning to intervene and interrupt his transformation?" Song Qingmei instantly saw through his thoughts and immediately asked.

"There's no need." Tular shook his head, suppressing his killing intent, his face showing disdain. "Even if he successfully achieves divine form, his overall combat strength will only increase very little. This person's strength lies in his physical body; divine form is not his core combat power."

"That's right." Song Qingmei echoed, then solemnly reminded, "Remember to distinguish between friend and foe. The Ghost Clan is our Star Palace's eternal mortal enemy. This person has no grudge against us. Senior Moen did not die from his direct attack; he only failed to possess someone. There is no need to make enemies."

"I know what I'm doing and won't act rashly," Tular replied calmly.

Time passed slowly, from noon until dusk.

The dark clouds above the sky gradually dissipated, the thunderous roar subsided completely, and the boundless, raging power of heaven and earth slowly returned to the void.

The purple-gold martial image above Su Mu has completely transformed into an even more majestic and vast imperial divine image. Four completely different divine runes flow around the divine image, the runes intertwining and complementing each other, its aura increasing several times over compared to before, and its pressure enveloping the entire imperial city.

With a thought, Su Mu directly retracted the new Imperial Divine Image into his body.

"Congratulations to the Emperor Emeritus on achieving divine status!"

"Congratulations, Godfather, on taking another step forward in your martial arts!"

Within the imperial city, countless powerful figures rose into the air, bowing respectfully towards the direction of the library across the distant void, their voices of congratulations ringing out endlessly.

Just as everyone was paying homage from afar, two streaks of light suddenly burst out of the restaurant's private room, ignoring the palace's restrictions, and landed directly in the library's courtyard, standing steadily in front of Su Mu.

Tulaer and Song Qingmei clasped their hands in greeting, their tone calm: "Congratulations, fellow Daoist, on your transformation from Martial Aspect to Divine Aspect! You have made another great step forward in your martial arts journey."

Su Mu calmly returned the greeting with a cupped hand, his gaze sweeping over the two men: "Thank you for your congratulations, fellow Daoists. May I ask what brings you from afar to the palace?"

"I wouldn't presume to offer my guidance." Song Qingmei stepped aside to make way for her companion and calmly introduced herself, "My name is Song Qingmei, and his name is Tulaer. We both come from the Star Palace. We've come here on orders to investigate the truth behind the fall of our fellow Star Palace member, Moen."

"Star Palace..."

Su Mu frowned almost imperceptibly, thinking to himself.

He had long anticipated that after Moen's complete demise, the Star Palace would send someone sooner or later, but he hadn't expected them to be so fast.

Seeing Su Mu's expression shift slightly, Tula'er remained calm and spoke in a deep voice: "Fellow Daoist, there's no need to feign doubt. Since we dared to step into this place, we have already investigated all the causes and consequences. Not long ago, you entered Senior Moen's eternal slumber secret realm, and all the powerful figures who accompanied you died at your hands."

"I'm not pretending to be confused." Su Mu shook his head slightly and looked directly at the two of them. "I'm just surprised that the Star Palace is located on the other side of the vast starry sea, and you were able to accurately find Tianyuan Star and me in just over ten days."

Moen was unaware of the secrets surrounding the newly added natal chart in the Star Palace, and Su Mu, having reviewed Moen's memories, naturally had no way of knowing about it either.

Song Qingmei remained calm and casually replied, "Top-tier forces in the universe naturally possess remote tracing methods that are incomprehensible to ordinary people, so it's not convenient to elaborate."

"That's true." Su Mu didn't press further, speaking frankly, "I did indeed enter Moen's slumbering place, and within the secret realm, I encountered a sneak attack by his remaining Dao Soul will."

"Possessed?" Tular's gaze sharpened, filled with incomprehension. "Senior Moen was a late-stage True God Realm expert with an incomparably powerful Dao Soul Will. You hadn't yet achieved Divine Form, and your Divine Soul Foundation was far inferior to that of a True God. How did you manage to escape a fatal possession?"

Su Mu remained calm and composed as he fabricated an explanation: "I have always been cautious in my actions. When I opened the black coffin, I never went forward myself, but instead sent my clones and puppets to scout ahead. Moen's Dao Soul was the first to try to possess my talisman clone. Since the clone had no real physical body or soul, the possession failed immediately, and his Dao Soul was also damaged as a result. I took this opportunity to completely dismantle his remaining will."

Tular was slightly taken aback upon hearing this, not expecting Su Mu to be so meticulous.

"Fellow Daoist is meticulous and guarded at every step; no wonder you were able to escape unscathed," Song Qingmei praised.

"When venturing into dangerous secret realms, it's always better to be safe than sorry," Su Mu said casually, appearing nonchalant.

The next second, Turael changed the subject and got straight to the point: "According to the ironclad rules of the Star Palace, all the belongings of a disciple who dies outside the sect should be returned to the Star Palace. I request that you hand over the treasures left behind by Senior Moen."

Su Mu's eyes turned cold, and a faint dark golden flame flickered around him: "Moen left behind in the secret realm only a wisp of his natal black Dao fire, and no other relics. And this wisp of Dao fire has been completely fused into my own divine fire, blended together perfectly, and can no longer be separated."

"Besides the Dao Fire, is there really nothing else?" Tular clearly didn't believe it at all and pressed on relentlessly.

"Absolutely not." Su Mu's attitude was firm, without the slightest hint of backing down.