Above the clouds and below the sunlight, Yang Kai closed his eyes and spread his arms. He was engulfed in the golden sunlight, appearing rather sacred.
Following that, screams could be heard continuously. In just an incense stick's worth of time, hundreds of cultivators from Grand Desolation Star Field were killed.
After Tu Feng and the others returned, they were all agitated when they saw Yang Kai.
Qiu Yi Meng placed a finger on her lips and shushed them.
A moment later, Yang Kai opened his eyes and looked at them with a smile.
“Patriarch!”
“Sect Master!”
All of them saluted him.
Yang Kai swept a glance over all these familiar faces. Blood Warriors like Tu Feng, Tang Yu Xian, and Ying Jiu, who followed him in the Inheritance War of the Yang Family in the past, had grown exponentially over the years. Those disciples from the Eight Great Families had come of age as they all appeared mature. The disciples from different Sects in the Great Han Dynasty were also at the scene. Although he hadn’t met them for several dozen years, he could still remember their names just by looking at their faces.
He had never forgotten about them because they were his closest companions when he was still young and weak. At that instant, memories from the past flashed across his mind.
“Your Elder Sister is back,” Yang Kai stared at Su Mu and uttered.
Su Mu was startled for a moment before he became ecstatic, “She…”
“She came across an opportunity.”
Tears could be seen sliding down Su Mu’s face as he jumped up into the air like an excited monkey. After pulling himself together, he gazed at Yang Kai and asked, “Where is she?”
“At High Heaven Sect.”
“I’m going back now.” Not willing to wait anymore, Su Mu turned around and left.
Su Yan had gone missing for twenty years, and no one knew whether she was dead or alive, so he had been extremely worried all the while. Now that she was said to be safe, he was excited.
However, he realised that he couldn’t step forward, as though he had been bound by someone. Then, he turned to look at Yang Kai and said in embarrassment, “Brother-in-law, I admit that I’ve been cursing you in my heart over the years, but since my Elder Sister is back, just take it as that it’s all nonsense. I’ll apologise to you next time. Please let me go now.”
“You’ve been cursing me?” Yang Kai was stunned.
Su Mu scratched his head and put on a hollow laugh. Certainly, he had cursed Yang Kai many times before, as he felt that Su Yan only went to investigate the Void Corridor because she wanted to look for Yang Kai. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have gone missing. The culprit behind this incident was undoubtedly Yang Kai.
“I’ll tell your Elder Sister to deal with you later.” Yang Kai snorted.
“As long as both of you are safe, you can deal with me however you want,” Su Mu appeared prepared to be taught a lesson. He was no longer as reckless as when he was younger, “Can you let me go now?”
“Better than that, I’ll send you there directly.” Yang Kai waved his hand, upon which, Su Mu disappeared from the place with only some residual Space Principle fluctuations remaining.
Then, he turned to look at Qiu Yi Meng and said, “After all of you settle everything here, you can return to the Sect. There won’t be any invaders anymore.”
“Yes!” All of them replied in agreement.
“Where are you going?” Qiu Yi Meng asked anxiously.
“I have to attend to some matters. I’ll go back soon,” Yang Kai flashed a smile at her and disappeared from the place.
Qiu Yi Meng reached out her hand but couldn’t grab him, causing a crestfallen expression to cross her face.
All of them looked at her with conflicted expressions, because they knew what was on her mind. She was in love with Yang Kai, but unfortunately, he didn’t love her back, so there was nothing they could do about it.
With a grin, Tu Feng added, “Finally, we can take a long rest. Elder Qiu, why don’t we go back?” He was attempting to change the topic because he didn’t have the heart to see her looking so dejected.
Qiu Yi Meng nodded and turned to look in the direction of High Heaven Sect, “We really should go back.”
On the other hand, Yang Kai kept moving down until he reached the centre of the Star. This was the birthplace of Shadowed Star’s Source.
It was the first time he returned to this place since he left several dozen years ago. He came here today because he had realised that there had been some unusual reactions in the Shadowed Star’s Source, especially during the past few times when he communicated with the World Principles here.
After he stepped into the hollow at the centre of the Star, Yang Kai couldn’t help feeling a sense of warmth, like a traveller that had returned to his homeland. This kind of feeling was even more intense than when he returned to High Heaven Sect, as though this place was the origin of all things as well as the beginning and the end of everything.
Shadowed Star’s Source Strength within his body had become more active as it was now surging within him.
He walked up to a stone bed and sat down on it with his legs crossed. Then, he emptied his mind and let the Source Strength within his body resonate with Shadowed Star.
A moment later, he lay down on the stone bed. After some time, he turned and slept on his side as he appeared serene like a baby that was still being nurtured in a mother’s stomach.
Just then, some sounds could be heard. At first, he couldn’t make out what the sounds were, but soon, they became clearly audible.
The sounds were chaotic and continuous as though a piece of indescribable music had been composed and played out in his mind.
[This is…] He was astounded as he listened attentively to it.
Soon, he realised that these sounds were coming from every part of Shadowed Star. He didn’t use any force or even try to communicate with the World Principles here, nor did he use any of the powers that were bestowed on him as the Star Master of this Star. By just lying down on the side, he was able to listen to everything on the Star.
The languages of birds and insects were alien to him in the past, but at this moment, he seemed able to understand them.
Two dung beetles were fighting over a ball in the wilderness. They clashed with each other with their horns as they were having an argument, “This is my dung! Go away!”
“You should go away because this is mine. Otherwise, I’ll beat you up!”
“Try me!”
“Alright, then!”
After they argued for a bit, they started trying to snatch the dung ball, then it turned into a scuffle. Neither of them was willing to back down and the fight went on for a long time.
On the other hand, a moth was struggling on a spider web. An eight-legged spider giggled as it climbed towards the centre and injected its poison into the moth before having its meal, “This is delicious! It’d be nice if I could have such a delectable meal every day.”
A pair of ants were shouting a chant in an orderly manner as the other ants diligently brought the food back to the ant nest kilometres away.
Pleading voices could be heard as well. Yang Kai followed these voices and realised that there had been a drought in a certain area for several years, leading to a famine where many had died of hunger and those who had survived were barely hanging on. The situation had become so desperate that some had even resorted to cannibalism. There were also people who had invited mediums to communicate with the Heavens to beg for rain to alleviate their suffering.