Chapter 1000: The Bones from the Stars! Noah Empire!

"Won! Xu Jingming actually won!"

"A ninth-rank at twenty? That's insane!"

"When he returns, the entire Firewood World and Blue Star will tremble for him!"

"......"

In the Firewood World, outside the Break虚空 Tower.

A wave of stunned exclamations rose from the crowd.

They never imagined Xu Jingming could break through to ninth rank, let alone defeat Allen so easily!

"Jingming... he's already ninth rank?"

Among the crowd, Zhou Ying, Song Qiuyun's aunt, widened her eyes, and after a long moment, let out a long breath:

"I originally planned to have Director Su handle Hu Jinyu—now, Xu Jingming alone can take care of it."

After confirming Xu Jingming was unharmed and his strength had greatly increased, Zhou Ying visibly relaxed.

All she needed to do now was wait for Xu Jingming to emerge and deliver the news.

Xu Jingming's astonishing performance had little impact on the psychics of the Firewood World.

It was merely the emergence of a prodigy even more talented than Allen.

But for Flame Divine Sovereign Lei Ding, who had personally trained Allen, it was entirely different.

In midair, Flame Divine Sovereign Lei Ding stared at the image projected by Elms' Fate Vision, his face dark and terrifying.

Failing to obtain the civilization's legacy was bad enough.

What he could not accept was Allen's crushing defeat!

Both possessed SSS-rank psychic abilities, yet Allen couldn't even hold out for ten seconds against Xu Jingming.

This made him question whether his years of training Allen had somehow gone wrong.

In contrast, Grand Priestess Elms gazed at Xu Jingming on the screen, her beautiful eyes shimmering faintly with unusual light.

She had guessed Xu Jingming would claim the slot, but never imagined he would secure it in such a devastating manner...

Swish—

Inside the Break虚空 Tower, Lord Hei Yu swept his wings, and beside the palace appeared a massive black teleportation portal.

"The Trial Tower will shut down once the heir receives the legacy. Everyone, hurry to claim your rewards—no extensions."

No sooner had Lord Hei Yu finished speaking than he vanished into a shadow and reappeared beside Xu Jingming, who had just exited the elemental state.

"Follow me."

The shadow enveloped Xu Jingming, and with a swift whoosh, they vanished from sight.

"How envious! He's already received the civilization's legacy!"

"What's the point of being envious? The slot was never ours to begin with."

"True. Let's hurry and claim our rewards."

"......"

Countless voices of envy arose—they knew Xu Jingming had entered the palace to receive the legacy.

Meanwhile, Leo, a ninth-rank peak, silently sighed as he watched Allen, whose eyes were vacant, as if his Dao heart had been shattered.

Allen's confidence had been badly damaged; he'd likely need a specialized ninth-rank psychic healer upon returning to recover.

Otherwise, a permanent shadow would remain in his heart.

Whoosh—

Xu Jingming's consciousness blurred, and when he came to, he was inside the palace.

The palace was vast and opulent, its ceiling resembling a dreamlike starry sky.

Beneath the ceiling stood twenty massive stone pillars.

Each pillar bore unique relief carvings, depicting different scenes.

Most showed humans battling other creatures, though only some of those creatures resembled ferocious beasts Xu Jingming recognized.

The rest were bizarre, alien forms he had never seen before.

Most startling of all was the skeleton at the palace's center.

The skeleton stood over twenty meters tall and more than thirty meters long, its shape vaguely resembling a wild wolf from Blue Star.

Yet its bones glowed entirely in deep blue, radiating a luster like sapphires under the ceiling's light.

Simultaneously, an indescribable pressure emanated from the corpse, making Xu Jingming feel faintly uneasy.

"This Moon Howl Demon Wolf came from the stars—your inability to use psychic abilities is due to its aura." The red-eyed raven chuckled wickedly.

Hearing this, Xu Jingming's heart jolted.

Merely the aura from a single skeleton had rendered him—and both ninth-rank peaks—unable to use their psychic abilities.

How powerful must this creature have been in life?

And what did "from the stars" mean?

As if sensing Xu Jingming's confusion, the black raven continued: "Don't worry—I'll explain everything clearly."

Boom!!

Lord Hei Yu exploded into a burst of black feathers, which scattered and gradually coalesced into a girl.

The girl had a delicate, pale face; her body, clad in a tight black combat suit, was curvaceous and alluring, her eyes as deep and vast as the stars.

Yet her ears were not human—they were slightly pointed, resembling elves from Western mythology.

"Let me reintroduce myself: I am Hei Yu, the sentient AI of the Noah Empire, tasked with overseeing this Trial Tower No. 1.

Of course, what stands before you is merely a negligible fragment of me."

Hei Yu smiled, extending a jade-like hand, her voice clear and melodious.

A crow that cawed strangely transformed into a beautiful girl with a sweet voice, and the contrast left Xu Jingming stunned.

Yet he quickly recovered and bowed respectfully: "My lord Hei Yu."

"You're quite polite—far better than most native-world prodigies I've met."

Hei Yu gave a slight nod.

She pulled out an apple from nowhere and took a bite.

Then, with a flick of her jade-like hand, a vast starry projection appeared before Xu Jingming.

"You must have guessed that the Noah Civilization did not originate from Blue Star."

"Congratulations—you're right. Our civilization comes from beyond the stars."

"More precisely, from the Noah Empire, 4.47 million light-years away."

Hei Yu's slender, ivory-white finger traced a slight line.

The entire star projection shifted rapidly, revealing a completely alien region.

This region was surrounded by countless star systems, each planet densely packed like grains of sand, too numerous to count.

Xu Jingming was now utterly awestruck.

He had suspected the Noah Civilization was extraterrestrial—but he never imagined it was this far from Blue Star!!

"What? Scared?"

Hei Yu smiled, watching him with keen interest: "Four point four seven million light-years—by cosmic standards, that's not far at all."

"That's not far?"

Xu Jingming swallowed hard.

A light-year is a unit of distance; one light-year means even at the speed of light, it takes a full year to reach.

He didn't know the top experts' flight speed, but the maximum flight speed of a ninth-rank peak adept was only slightly over ten times the speed of sound.

If we assume top experts fly ten times faster than ninth-rank peak adepts, that's still only a hundred times the speed of sound.

A hundred times the speed of sound: 34,000 meters per second.

Compared to light's speed of 300 million meters per second, this is negligible.

Four point four seven million light-years—just thinking about it was terrifying...

PS: Chapter 1000! After so much buildup, the starry expanse finally reveals a corner.

The Blue Star arc will conclude; once we enter the stars, the world will expand vastly—likely exceeding four million words.

Of course, such a long epic is also a challenge for me.

I have a detailed outline ready—readers, please look forward to it~~~