Chapter 605 - 369: Ancient Starry Sky Road (2)
Chapter 605: Chapter 369: Ancient Starry Sky Road (2)
In a break from her Cultivation, Luo Feifei rested her chin on her hand, gazing at the blooming peach blossoms outside the window. She dearly missed her mother, Li Xiang, Earth, and all her fans.
Although she was a powerful ruler here with more than ten Mortal Realms under her command, she was not from this Star Realm. She was all alone, lacking any sense of belonging.
"Alliance Leader, a new group of Holy Sons and Holy Daughters from the Central Star Realm has arrived. They wish to use our Silver Frost Valley’s Teleportation Array to travel to the Demon Realm for training. May I have your permission to activate the array?" a beautiful Female Cultivator asked. After knocking and receiving Luo Feifei’s permission, she pushed the door open, entered, and bowed respectfully.
The Demon Realm was the local name for the Black Mist Star Realm.
This Teleportation Array was originally guarded by the Ice Soul Sect. Only the Sect Leader, or someone designated by them, could hold the runic key to activate it.
But with Luo Feifei’s current status, she couldn’t possibly handle such a task personally anymore. Thus, she had bestowed the runic key upon this capable subordinate. Still, for a matter of such importance, she had to seek the Alliance Leader’s approval.
"You may. Also, notify the Ten Great Hall Masters to gather in the council hall. I have an important announcement to make," Luo Feifei said nonchalantly with a wave of her hand.
As for those Holy Sons and Holy Daughters, she wouldn’t meet them personally. She would leave their reception to her subordinates.
She had the confidence to do so now. Over the past year, her strength had advanced by leaps and bounds. She had long since stepped into the Divine Tier and was now at the Tier Thirty Realm.
The last time, her Cultivation was low, and she had only just taken control of the Ice Soul Sect. With her authority not yet fully consolidated, she had been forced to attend to them personally, which had led to a certain Saint Heir coveting her beauty.
One of them had even said he would invite her for a drink upon his return. After her power breakthrough, Luo Feifei had been waiting for him to come back so she could teach him a profound lesson. But in the end, that group, just like her cheap master, never returned. They were likely dead, which robbed her of the chance to vent her anger.
Those Holy Sons and Holy Daughters were merely at the Saint Tier (Holy Spirit Revelation Realm). She was a full Great Realm above them. Even a Peak of Saint Tier at Tier Twenty-Eight, she could crush with ease. This was because she was a genius, not just an ordinary Divine Tier expert.
A Saint Tier genius trying to challenge her across realms was nothing but a fool’s dream.
Originally, she had planned to stay at the Ice Soul Sect and wait for her cheap master, Su Xuanji, to return so she could take her revenge. But she waited and waited, and Su Xuanji never came back. So, she simply took over her cheap master’s foundation. Not only did she take it, but she also merged it with other Sects to form the new Frost Ash Alliance. Even if her cheap master returned now, she would have lost this asset.
The Frost Ash Alliance had several Saint Tier masters, some of whom already held grudges against Su Xuanji. Even if Su Xuanji returned, she would never be able to reclaim her assets unless her strength had broken through to the Divine Tier.
’This counts as getting a small part of my revenge, I suppose,’ Luo Feifei thought.
After the Ten Great Hall Masters had gathered, Luo Feifei entered and made an announcement: she too would be entering the Demon Realm to seek opportunities, and she was leaving the affairs of the Ice Soul Sect in the joint care of the Ten Great Hall Masters.
"Huh? The Alliance Leader is leaving already?" everyone exclaimed in surprise. ’To give up such power and not enjoy it, and instead enter the Black Mist Star Realm to train... Has she lost her mind?’
Some were reluctant to see her go; others were secretly pleased.
However, seeing that Luo Feifei’s mind was made up, no one tried to dissuade her.
Besides, Luo Feifei didn’t give them time to.
"If I do not return in three years, you may choose a new leader." She waved her hand gently, and the Electric Light Illusion Armor covered her entire body. In a flash, she vanished from the council hall.
She left the Ten Great Hall Masters behind, each with different expressions and thoughts.
「In Silver Frost Valley, the Teleportation Array activated.」
A temporary Space-Time Passage appeared. With a flash, Luo Feifei darted ahead and entered the Black Mist Star Realm. She had just performed a Divination; the other side was relatively safe.
Behind her, the group of Holy Sons and Holy Daughters was stunned.
"Who was that just now? Such incredible speed, and what a powerful aura," a Saint Heir at the Peak of Saint Tier exclaimed in awe.
A disciple of the Frost Ash Alliance, responsible for guarding the Teleportation Array, said proudly, "That is our Alliance Leader!"
The Holy Sons and Holy Daughters all gasped. "The Ice Soul Empress, the Jinghong Sword Master... Her reputation is well-deserved."
"I never thought I’d be able to witness the Divine Maiden’s beauty with my own eyes today."
"Quick, quick, let’s follow her in! Maybe we can trail the Empress and seek her protection."
The crowd of Holy Sons and Holy Daughters scrambled into the Space-Time Passage and arrived in the Black Mist Star Realm, but where was any trace of Luo Feifei?
Luo Feifei was already long gone, thousands of miles away. She had no intention of sticking around with this bunch of newbies.
The black mist surged, and the Star Realm was like an abyss.
Luo Feifei held her White Tiger Sword in a reverse grip. Clad in the Electric Light Illusion Armor, she carved a sapphire-blue trail through the darkness. The Star Realm before her was completely different from the Cyan Spirit Star Realm: a Meteorite Belt floated by, wrapped in a putrid green glow, and in the distance, a Fixed Star was being devoured by the black mist, leaving only its ghastly white core, like the dying eye of a monster.
To Luo Feifei, however, it was like coming home. She had once wandered this godforsaken place for several years.
Over the years, she had collected many Star Maps, not only of the Cyan Spirit Star Realm but also the Black Mist Star Realm. However, both Star Realms were so vast that her maps remained incomplete.
Luo Feifei transformed into an icy rainbow, streaking past the belt of decaying stars, her toes tapping on a meteorite riddled with honeycomb-like holes. Her Space-Time Anchor Superpower erupted from between her brows, and an ice-blue ripple swept out for a hundred miles. Hundreds of chaotic spatio-temporal folds instantly appeared in the black mist.
To the southeast, one of the folds was shaped like an Ouroboros. It was the "Trail Marker of the Ancient Road" described in an ancient text from the Frost Ash Alliance’s collection. It was also one of the objectives of her trip. She had finally found it.
She secretly used her Divination Technique. ’It’s viable!’
Thus, she transformed into a streak of lightning and passed through the "Trail Marker of the Ancient Road."
She landed on the surface of a crimson planet where lava flowed like blood vessels through cracks in the earth.
The moment she arrived on the planet, a Molten Core Giant Lizard Group crawled out of a lava pool. The scales of every single one of them blazed with the fiery aura of the Saint Tier.
Luo Feifei lightly tapped the air. An Ice Crystal Great Wall erupted from the ground, freezing the lava flow into a wall of Obsidian-like ice. Her White Tiger Sword transformed into a cold gleam that shredded the core of the beast pack.
After a Fierce Battle, the tip of her sword flicked out a Red Crystal from within a molten core. It was the key to activating the next Array.
That ancient text described an "Ancient Starry Sky Road" with seventeen stages. Each stage had a Teleportation Array. The distance between stages was an unknown number of light-years, making it impossible to reach by Flying alone; one could only travel between them using these Teleportation Arrays.
However, every Teleportation Array was fraught with danger, and it was unknown where the road ultimately led because the ancient text was only a fragment.
It wasn’t that the Ancient Road only had seventeen stages, but rather that the fragment only recorded seventeen of them.
Luo Feifei chose this path for three reasons: first, to chart more of the Star Map; second, to find opportunities for advancement and Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures; and third, to see where the Ancient Road’s end might lead.
She had a premonition, which she had confirmed with her Divination Technique, that if she could clear all the stages, she might be able to return to Earth.
Unfortunately, the Ancient Road was so old and had been abandoned for ages that the total number of stages was unknown. She didn’t have absolute confidence, but many things in life didn’t require absolute certainty. As long as there was even a sliver of hope, she was willing to risk it all!
She just wanted to go home so badly! She missed her mom and Li Xiang so much! She missed the Earth where she had grown up!
Blasting her way through the stages, Luo Feifei reached the fifth one seven days later.
The Teleportation Array of the fifth stage was unique. It wasn’t located on a planet but was suspended alone in the pitch-black void of space.
The meteorite beneath her feet was only a hundred meters wide, surrounded by the floating skeletal remains of Exotic Beasts unique to the Black Mist Star Realm.
Before she could even steady herself, the meteorite’s gravity suddenly reversed, and countless sharp bone spurs shot at her from all directions.
Luo Feifei tapped her toes lightly, activating her "Space-Time Anchor" and Electric Light Illusion Armor. Her figure moved like a Phantom, weaving through the rain of bones to precisely locate the Array Hub—a Mysterious Blue Crystal Core embedded in the meteorite’s core.
She poured her Divine Tier Ice Spiritual Power into the Crystal Core. The Gravity Field instantly collapsed, and the light of the Teleportation Array flared up once more.
She was thrown into a decaying, colossal city, its buildings corroded and riddled with holes by a dark green toxic mist.
A Tier Thirty Abyssal Poison Flood Dragon circled in the sky. Wherever its venom dripped, even rock turned to pus. Luo Feifei summoned her Abyssal Sea Royal Seal, conjuring a massive Water Dragon Vortex to sweep the toxic mist into the sky. After a bitter fight, her White Tiger Sword triggered its "Critical Strike" Superpower, severing the flood dragon’s vital point.
The dragon’s corpse fell to the ground, and a jadeite-like Antitoxic Pearl rolled out, fitting perfectly into a hidden compartment in the city wall. The Teleportation Array appeared with a RUMBLE.
The next stage, however, was an Illusion Corridor.
This stage’s Teleportation Array was hidden within a labyrinthine cluster of purple crystals. It looked close, but danger lurked everywhere. Every step triggered various memory-distorting illusions: the sinister grin on her cheap master’s face, the desperate struggles in the Black Mist Star Realm, Li Xiang holding Jiang Cai’Er in a blissful embrace...