Sage of Humanity

In All Phenomena Ocean, the gates of Star Abyss in two places of the Destroyed Illusion Star Cluster have opened. The other three places haven't shown any signs yet, but since these three places had opened during the last Star Abyss invasion, they will inevitably open again—it's just a matter of time.

With Jiu Yan and Chong Yue in charge, there's no need to worry about All Phenomena Ocean. Lu Ye withdrew his Talent Tree Avatar and delved deep into All Phenomena Ocean for cultivation.

After roughly another half year, Lu Ye finally emerged from underneath All Phenomena Ocean.

This time after more than four years of continuous cultivation, he had reached the pinnacle of his Mana capabilities upon advancing to Sun Blaze Late Stage. Beyond this, there was no further room for improvement.

This undoubtedly means he has reached the standard of Peak Sun Blaze in terms of Mana.

Next, he needed to refine the Soul Suppressing Secret Technique, which required a trip to the Soul Race ancestral land.

Without rushing, Lu Ye summoned Tang Jun, acquired a jade slip from him, and began his investigation.

When retrieving the Talent Tree Avatar, he had instructed Tang Jun to meticulously record all cosmic changes.

The jade slip contained recent occurrences during his cultivation.

Nothing significant; currently, three of the five flaws have opened, aside from All Phenomena Ocean and the Destroyed Illusion Star Cluster, the Star Abyss Gate at Mystic Frost had opened two months ago.

Moreover, Star Abyss Gate at All Phenomena Ocean has begun to appear Star Abyss cultivators, although most wield two to three Dao strength, such figures are still no match before Jiu Yan and Chong Yue.

This expansion from Star Abyss Gate led to the increase in Star Abyss ambience on Jade Sword Island.

Now, all Peak Sun Blaze across the stellar space have reached Jade Sword Island through various channels, each secluded in cultivation, attempting to forge their Dao foundation. Should they succeed, they will be dispatched to various positions.

Everything proceeds smoothly and orderly.

After examining the jade slip, Lu Ye proceeded to set out.

Compared to advancing Mana, refining the Soul Suppressing Secret Technique is expected to take more time, hence his journey to the Soul Race ancestral land might involve a prolonged retreat.

He only hopes that no major cosmic upheaval will occur before he completes his seclusion.

Without bidding farewell, since Jiu Yan and Chong Yue are aware of his upcoming schedule, Lu Ye set off alone from Three Worlds Island, flying towards the Insect Path leading to Nine Provinces.

Through the Insect Path, returning to the Nine Provinces galaxy.

Preparing to connect to the ancestral land's will through the seven-color Divine Lotus in the Divine Sea, a scorching sensation suddenly spread across the back of his hand.

Lu Ye immediately lowered his gaze, only to see the Reincarnation Tree mark on the back of his hand glowing with green light.

After his last return, the Tree Elder had re-bestowed him a mark, as a contingency.

Now this mark suddenly reacted, clearly summoning him by the Tree Elder.

Something happened! Lu Ye's heart sank with instinctive unease; if it weren't serious, the Tree Elder wouldn't have summoned him in such a manner. Already in the phase of reincarnation, the Tree Elder is extremely weak, and this summon would deplete Tree Elder's power.

At the same time, the mark transmitted a message from the Tree Elder, consisting of only two words.

"Come quickly!"

Lu Ye immediately emptied his mind, allowing the green light to envelop him, and soon felt a sense of traversing, though less intense than his previous return from Star Abyss.

Moments later, he vanished, the green light retracting.

When Lu Ye regained his senses, he found himself atop a high mountain, amidst ancient ruins, facing a small withered tree, unmistakably the Reincarnation Tree Avatar.

The tree swayed as mental consciousness surged, conveying information.

Lu Ye briefly probed and quickly understood the situation at hand, his expression tightened, extending his Mental Consciousness.

This is a very low-level domain, with no traces of cultivators within, as the nature's spiritual energy here is exceedingly sparse, insufficient for the emergence of cultivators.

In the stellar space, many such domains exist.

The reason Tree Elder left an Avatar here is this domain was once a major domain, though that was several millennia ago.

Currently, the domain is weakly fortified, merely a low-level domain, unknown to cultivation techniques.

At this moment, the domain is amidst calamity, with grasshopper-sized locusts swarming, leaving barren wastelands in their wake, life fading.

Towns and villages alight in smoke, countless lives fleeing, swiftly engulfed by the swarm.

These locusts each equate to a cultivator, the weakest akin to Spirit Stream Realm, the strongest even reaching True Lake Realm, and through their hunting of life forms in the domain, they were rapidly growing stronger.

Such locusts should not appear in this domain, yet they have arrived with death and slaughter.

"Found it!" Lu Ye suddenly turned his head to look in a direction, and his figure blurred for a moment, disappearing from where he stood.

In that direction, an Insect Race creature with four wings, humanoid form, and a fierce mouthpart covered in white carapace was standing on the highest point of a city ruin, where the entire city had lost any sign of life.

He quietly observed the surrounding mess, emitting a chuckling laugh from his mouth, seemingly satisfied with his work.

Suddenly, he felt a warning and turned his head, only to see a figure rushing towards him like a stream of light.

"Oh? There's actually a cultivator?" This Insect Race creature appeared extremely surprised because he had already investigated upon arriving here and found no presence of cultivators in the entire domain. The sudden appearance of one meant they were likely from outside.

Perhaps they were passing by nearby and sensed the situation here, coming to investigate.

He didn't take the newcomer seriously at all, and from his fierce maw came a rapid syllable. In the next moment, locusts from the entire city took flight, enveloping the newcomer. In an instant, they surrounded him densely, and more locusts surged up, quickly forming a massive black sphere in the sky.

"Overestimating oneself!" The Insect Race's eyes flashed with contempt. He'd heard that the cultivators in stellar space were a group of unworthy beings who didn't understand what power was, yet they dared to obstruct the invasion of Star Abyss.

Suddenly, fire blossomed, and the Insect Race was momentarily stunned. The massive black sphere composed of countless locusts was consumed by the flames, and the previously seen figure emerged unscathed.

The Insect Race erupted in rage: "How dare you!"

With a flick of his wings thin as cicada wings, he transformed into a stream of light, rushing forward with determination to torment this guy. He couldn't allow him to die easily; he wanted to make his body a nest, forcing him to watch his flesh give birth to more offspring!

Two figures quickly approached each other.

The moment they collided, extreme motion turned into extreme stillness!

Lu Ye reached out with a large hand, clamping it onto the other's face, concealing his ugly and fierce visage.

The Insect Race only felt as if he'd crashed into a copper wall or iron fortress, almost shattering his nose, and his body was violently thrown forward due to the immense impact.

The momentary clash made this Insect Race realize something was wrong. The arriving figure was exuding a richly concentrated Dao force, which he'd only ever felt on those 8th or 9th Dao powerful experts before.

How could there be such a powerful expert in stellar space!

His heart was filled with terror, knowing he'd hit a wall this time.

There was no time to think. In a flash, he opened his fearsome mouthpart to bite hard, while trying to retreat. However, his entire head was firmly gripped by that large hand, unable to break free. The sharp mouthpart failed even to pierce the protective magic of the person he bit at.

"Die!" Lu Ye's gaze was icy cold. With a forceful squeeze of his large hand, the Insect Race's head was crushed open. Reaching out, he extracted a segment of Dao Bone from the Insect Race's body, then soared into the sky, trekking towards the depths of stellar space.

Meanwhile, throughout the domain, the nine Treasure Blood Avatars were attacking nine different directions, cleansing the ravaging locust swarms.

Even the corpses of the dead living beings were being thoroughly dealt with because information from the Tree Elder indicated that these corpses contained insect eggs, serving as hotbeds for hatching locusts. The massive swarm of insects in the entire domain was born this way.

After one incense stick's time, all locusts and corpses were cleanly dealt with.

The nine avatars also diverged into different directions, scouring stellar space.

The invasion of the Star Abyss Dao Realm into stellar space undoubtedly indicated the nearby presence of a Star Abyss Gate, which had been opened for some time. Otherwise, Dao Realms would not have appeared.

The Tree Elder had mentioned this to him before. Although it was possible to predict that five Star Abyss Gates would open in this region of space, no one could guarantee that more wouldn't appear.

No one could predict such events before they happened; only once they occurred could they be known.

It now seemed that this concern had become a reality.

What Lu Ye needed to do now was quickly find this temporarily unknown Star Abyss Gate, then personally stand guard!

After a short half-day, one of the Treasure Blood Avatars made a discovery. Lu Ye immediately constructed Void Spirit Runes to teleport beside this avatar.

Looking up, he indeed saw a red vortex in the stellar space ahead, undoubtedly the Star Abyss Gate of this place.

Near the Star Abyss Gate, a large number of figures were gathered.

Upon focusing his gaze, Lu Ye discovered that all those figures were Insect Race, without a single Foreign Clan member.

These Star Abyss Insect Race creatures gathered here were remarkably peaceful, with no conflicts occurring.

This rare scene was unlike other Star Abyss Gates, where conflicts and slaughters among Star Abyss living creatures were common.

If they were Insect Race, though, it could be explained.

In Qing Palace, Uncle Duan had told Lu Ye that the Insect Race was a dominating force in Star Abyss.

Compared to other races' chaotic and unorganized state, the Insect Race, living off insect hives, was notably more united.

The insect hives in Star Abyss were not like those in stellar space. Each insect hive in Star Abyss had an Insect Matriarch, at least at the Dao Fusion level. All Insect Races were descendants of the Insect Matriarch. With the Insect Matriarch's constraint and coordination, every Insect Race from a hive was equivalent to a well-disciplined army.

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