Chapter 990: Seeing Time Again (Requesting Moon Tickets)

Because he was new to the Thousand Stars War Zone, Xu Jin moved through space slowly, like a beast patrolling its territory.

As he teleported along, he continuously extended his Ming Qian Chu to sense all directions.

After transforming his Nascent Soul, the sensing range of Ming Qian Chu did not increase further.

But its clarity improved by an entire major tier.

Aside from sound, Ming Qian Chu could sense every other detail: aura, appearance, movements, and any star force fluctuations.

What amazed Xu Jin even more was the Chaotic Sword Heart.

The Chaotic Sword Heart could extend along Ming Qian Chu and sense things beyond it.

Under the Chaotic Sword Heart, every island belonging to the Thousand Stars War Zone, big or small, became completely exposed.

With just a slight sense, Xu Jin could perceive the inner essence of these islands.

For instance, how many Dao principles they contained, and at what level they had matured.

Along the way, eighty percent of the star islands Xu Jin sensed had already generated their own primordial source—meaning they had reached the level of a small world.

They simply had not yet returned to the Star River’s manifest realm, nor had they spawned their own world consciousness.

Compared to the Tongxuan War Zone, the total number of star islands in the Thousand Stars War Zone was significantly greater.

Xu Jin had already discovered thirty-three.

According to his Master’s earlier words, within the Thousand Stars Alliance, every Emperor, no matter where, must control at least one Star Ruin island.

Even if an Emperor was stationed elsewhere and not present in the Thousand Stars War Zone, he would send disciples to manage it.

The safety of the island would be guarded by other Emperors.

For example, the Tian Luo Star Island currently guarded by Feng Hua Emperor was originally the island of Tian Luo Emperor.

Though the Thousand Stars Alliance was loosely organized, its military laws concerning interests were far stricter.

If Feng Hua Emperor’s own Feng Hua Star Island suffered problems, that was his own affair.

But if the Tian Luo Star Island he was additionally guarding suffered major losses and remained unrecovered for long, he would pay a heavy price.

His Mistress, Du Yue Emperor, was currently in exactly this situation.

Fortunately, with Xu Jin’s intervention, You Shi Star Island had reversed its decline.

As a result, the Emperors across the entire Thousand Stars War Zone had, to some extent, become more diligent.

In the Tongxuan War Zone, Emperor postings were like communal meals; in the Thousand Stars War Zone, each Emperor was held personally accountable.

As Xu Jin teleported through space, passing many star islands, he was immediately enveloped by the divine senses of Emperors.

But Xu Jin had been warned beforehand: simply display the Thousand Stars Jade Token and he would pass without issue.

After wandering for half a day, Xu Jin finally arrived at the Thousand Stars War Zone’s main island.

The seat of the Thousand Stars Command.

The supreme commander of the Thousand Stars War Zone was the Alliance’s leader, Bao Xuan.

This leader was also the strongest among the Thirteen Alliance Leaders in both cultivation base and combat power, having reached the peak of Grand Prohibition for many years.

Xu Jin naturally could not meet him.

As a peak Yu Xing Jun, even with early battlefield achievements, Xu Jin would not draw much attention.

After arriving at the Thousand Stars War Zone island, Xu Jin wandered briefly, learned a little about local customs, then went directly to the Thousand Stars Ling Qiong Hall.

Yet in his mind, he was calculating another matter: Could he get some free benefits this time?

Last time, he had failed to get any benefit from the Wordless Heavenly Stele.

This time, bringing Ning Yuchan and Zhu Linxiao with him, he hoped to secure some.

If he could, it would mean triple the gains.

In the waiting hall, he presented his Thousand Stars Jade Token and waited several hours; only after the aura of a Ninth-Catastrophe True Person departed did he step forward.

A few breaths later, Xu Jin smoothly entered the Thousand Stars Ling Qiong.

The moment he stepped in, countless beams of starlight shot toward him.

The instant he spread his divine sense, he understood: each beam of starlight represented one Dao principle within the Thousand Stars Ling Qiong.

It was somewhat similar to his Can Dou Star River.

Of course, only similar—far inferior to Can Dou Star River.

The starlight projected here contained only a faint trace of the corresponding Dao principle’s aura.

It offered no enhancement or blessing.

Of course, whether the owner of the Thousand Stars Ling Qiong had this limitation was unknown.

Suddenly, Xu Jin became curious about the Alliance’s overall leader.

What kind of being was he?

“First, let’s see if I can get some free benefits.”

Xu Jin sank his mind into the Abyssal Domain, intending to activate it and bring the two women out.

But as he urged his divine sense, he could not open the passage to the Chaotic Abyssal Domain.

Xu Jin was not surprised.

After carefully sensing with Ming Qian Chu and the Chaotic Sword Heart for a while, a look of astonishment appeared on his lips.

“Strange sealing method—it doesn’t seal spatial power; spatial power still works here, there are many spatial Dao principles—but space itself cannot be opened.

Even a Nectar Space won’t work.

It feels more like a restriction at a higher level.”

With this thought, Xu Jin felt a new thread of wariness toward the Thousand Stars Alliance’s overall leader.

Because it meant this leader could easily block his Chaotic Abyssal Domain—at least in its current state.

Simultaneously, this restriction implied another fact: there may be other unknown spiritual spaces in this world capable of housing living beings, not just the Abyssal Domain.

Otherwise, such a restriction would not exist here.

“You can’t come out—I’ll envelop you with Time Acceleration. Train well.”

After sending this message to the two women, Xu Jin prepared to begin contemplating the Dao principles here.

According to his Master and Mistress’s earlier instructions, to contemplate a specific Dao system, he should vibrate the Dao principles he had already mastered, and the corresponding ones would appear—all left behind by Thousand Stars Alliance Emperors.

He could then select the unmastered Dao principles to contemplate.

Based on past experience, those with average talent could master six or seven Dao principles; those with good talent, eight or nine; and prodigies had even mastered eleven or twelve.

Before coming, his Eighth Senior Brother, Gong Liang Chun, had also taught Xu Jin a small trick to save time.

After summoning a relevant Dao principle, he could fully activate the Dao principles he had already mastered and sustained them for a while; the mastered ones would resonate, while the unresonating ones were unmastered.

But there was a trick to resonance: only divine soul power could trigger it, and star force must be used minimally and precisely.

Most cultivators spent one-third of their time in the Thousand Stars Ling Qiong simply searching for unmastered Dao principles.

The Dao principles left by Emperors were too numerous.

With this trick, his Eighth Senior Brother had mastered a full twelve Dao principles during his last use of the Thousand Stars Ling Qiong.