Chapter 999

In the Star Ruin sky, the Guardian True Person of Qingxu Star Island was flying at high speed, resonating with the Dao of cosmic laws.

Moreover, he had broken away from the main force and was flying straight toward a specific direction within the Star Surge Chaos.

To be honest, he was uneasy.

Because not long ago, the Second Catastrophe True Person named “Da Sheng,” who controlled his divine soul, had used a prearranged special formula to order him to break from the main force and fly at full speed toward that direction.

To be honest, this made the Guardian True Person extremely pissed off.

Because it severely compromised his status and posed a grave threat to his safety.

He was a Guardian True Person, and with the Star Surge just erupting, being directly ordered to do this put him in an impossible position.

Especially with the Emperor above him.

Although the Emperor wouldn’t directly monitor him, if he discovered the Guardian True Person had abandoned his post, it would be a major problem.

Moreover, what if he encountered a large force of alien races or elite True Persons while flying alone?

One misstep, and he’d be finished.

But he still had to carry out the order.

What could he do? His life was in the hands of “Da Sheng.”

He could only hastily give instructions and then obey.

And he was ordered to fly at full speed at all costs.

And so here he was, flying at full cost for half an hour already.

To be honest, he was deeply annoyed and somewhat regretful.

But it was too late for regret now.

He could only obey first, then focus on survival.

“That direction...”

Suddenly, the Guardian True Person, while flying at high speed, froze in expression—he had spotted a Star Realm fragment ahead in the Star Surge Chaos.

Based on its starlight signature, it was undoubtedly a Star Realm fragment.

This was the conclusion drawn from his century of frontline combat experience.

“Are my lucks this good?” The Guardian True Person was first stunned, then overwhelmed with joy.

Because he had set out at full speed the moment he received the order; although alien space True Persons would surely arrive at this region earlier,

finding a Star Realm fragment only hundreds of li wide within a Star Surge Chaos spanning millions of li was barely better than finding a needle in a haystack.

As long as his luck wasn’t terrible, he would be the first to discover this Star Surge’s Star Realm fragment.

If he captured it and brought it back, it would count as a major achievement.

And a major achievement earned by him, in his capacity as Guardian.

Overcome with ecstasy, the Guardian True Person immediately sent a specially crafted rune-message to the rear main force, pinpointing the direction, then flew at full speed toward the Star Realm fragment ahead.

The instant he flew closer, he was startled.

This direction matched exactly the one Da Sheng had given him!

Coincidence?

Absolutely a coincidence!

That was the Guardian True Person’s judgment.

A few dozen breaths later, the Guardian True Person arrived before the Star Realm fragment, gazing at it with boundless delight—he was certain he had secured the advantage this time!

At the same moment, the Guardian True Person prepared to contact Xu Jin again.

Da Sheng had only given him the direction, not the exact location.

Just as he was about to send the special rune-message, a flash of starlight appeared ahead—and the Second Catastrophe True Person, Da Sheng, stepped directly out from within the Star Realm fragment!

“My lord, this... this is a Star Realm fragment, right? I didn’t misread it?” The Guardian True Person was utterly stunned, even doubting his own eyes.

If this was truly a Star Realm fragment, Da Sheng could not have walked out from inside it.

If this wasn’t a Star Realm fragment?

Then what was it?

Had he made a mistake?

“You didn’t misread it. This is the Star Realm fragment that appeared today in the Star Surge!” Xu Jin affirmed.

“My lord, then how—” The Guardian True Person stared at the Star Realm fragment, then at Xu Jin stepping out from it, utterly shocked. “How did you enter this Star Realm fragment?”

“How else? The Dao of Heaven and Earth is not something I can alter!

Naturally, I suppressed it and captured this Star Realm fragment.” Xu Jin smiled.

“How is that possible?” The Guardian True Person’s face was filled with disbelief. Suddenly, a flash of insight struck him—he remembered the terrifying presence whose aura had briefly enveloped him earlier.

“My lord, did the Emperor himself intervene?”

Xu Jin had already prepared a slightly absurd excuse, but the Guardian True Person had instantly filled in a simpler, more direct explanation himself.

“Who else could it be?” Xu Jin asked in return.

Hearing this, the Guardian True Person nodded vigorously. “Indeed!

As far as I know, although there are many space Emperors today, those who have reached the peak of Grand Prohibition Emperor cultivation are exceedingly rare—certainly none in my Qingyu War Zone.

Under these circumstances, that lord could appear and vanish without a trace, effortlessly suppressing this Star Realm fragment.”

This self-generated explanation made Xu Jin silently give a thumbs-up.

It was perfectly logical.

Since the Guardian True Person had reasoned it out so reasonably, Xu Jin had nothing more to say.

“That lord took only a small portion of what he needed. This Star Realm fragment remains a Star Realm fragment—take it directly. The rest, you may handle as you see fit,” Xu Jin said.

“My lord, is this truly so?” The Guardian True Person was overjoyed.

“This is only the beginning!”