Casually flying out dozens of people with strength no less than his own—to avoid conflict, Jun Changxiao led the fleet in retreat, explaining to himself, “This isn’t cowardice, this is prudence.”
The System said, “If Host understood prudence, there’d be no arrogance in the world.”
“…”
Jun Changxiao couldn’t be bothered with it. After flying far from the plane, he ordered the eleven warships to stop.
Leaving didn’t mean departing, just as Eternal Sect disciples leaving the sect didn’t mean betrayal or departure—it could also be temporarily leaving the team, or temporarily going offline.
“You all wait here.”
Jun Changxiao instructed, “I’ll go over alone to take a look.”
A plane so much larger than the Upper Realm, with martial artists who casually appeared being so strong—he definitely wanted to find a way to sneak in and experience it.
Of course.
Advanced worlds definitely had advanced resources!
“I’ll accompany you.” Hua Meigui said.
Since the start of interstellar travel, she’d remained on the warship the entire time, living monotonously and tediously.
“If you leave, who’ll manage internal affairs?” Jun Changxiao said.
“Sect Master.”
Young Master Yuan said, “I’ll manage them.”
The penny-pinching assistant Sect Master finally made an appearance.
Of course, he hadn’t been forgotten—after developing the pill industry, he’d been handling external matters, so he rarely returned to the sect.
Before Hua Meigui joined the sect, Young Master Yuan had always managed internal affairs with good results. The most typical example: Purple Hall Master, who would strip at the slightest disagreement, had long since corrected that bad habit.
Throughout the entire Spirit Beast Hall, all demon beasts capable of human transformation had learned to wash clothes and sew clothes.
School uniforms were precious, beast cores even more valuable.
Vice Hall Masters like Old Bull were reluctant to change their school uniforms even after washing them until they faded.
This.
Was frugality!
“Alright.”
Jun Changxiao said indifferently, “After going in, don’t cause trouble.”
Hua Meigui responded helplessly, “I’m worried about my husband causing trouble.”
This newly discovered plane was much larger than the Upper Realm just from its volume—its overall martial dao strength must be higher. With Dog Leftovers’ personality, he’d definitely stir up trouble, so following along was meant to supervise.
It must be said.
This woman understood Dog Leftovers more and more.
“Click!”
The Eternal’s lower cabin opened.
Jun Changxiao shook his head. “This plane’s level isn’t low—penetrating the spatial barrier might be very troublesome. You need to be mentally prepared.”
“Mm.”
Hua Meigui nodded.
Jun Changxiao didn’t waste time, directly embracing her. True Spirit power gathered throughout his body as he transformed into a streaming light and flew out.
This wasn’t taking advantage—rather, the upper cosmic starry sky had a certain compressive force. Without half-step Heavenly Mystery Realm cultivation, being enveloped by it would result in instant death.
“Whoosh whoosh!”
“Whoosh whoosh!”
Rushing over, the compressive force rampaged madly. Though unable to break through the solid air wall, friction and collision sounds could still be heard.
Hua Meigui pressed her face against Jun Changxiao’s chest, a blissful smile floating at the corners of her mouth.
Admittedly, the compression sounds were eerie, but she wasn’t afraid at all, because as long as he was by her side, even if… heading to hell, what did it matter?
“Hold tight.”
Jun Changxiao said, “I’m going to speed up.”
At this moment he’d already circled around the area where the warships had traveled, arriving at another end of the plane. With the Concealment Technique utilized to its utmost, unless someone saw the streaming light with their naked eyes, they wouldn’t be detected by spiritual sense.
Hua Meigui extended both hands, tightly hooking around his neck.
“Whoosh—”
The two of them, enveloped in True Spirit power, seemed to transform into an extraterrestrial meteorite, dragging blazing flames like dog food as they fell.
“Buzz!”
From a distant camera angle, one could clearly see that the instant Jun Changxiao contacted the plane’s barrier, visible ripples immediately formed, instantly spreading through the universe.
“Crack crack!”
“Crack crack crack!”
Friction sounds, compression sounds intensified.
Jun Changxiao inside, though his hairstyle remained perfect, could feel this plane’s barrier was truly too thick. For him to charge in would probably require some effort.
If it were just him alone, he could act without restraint, but with Hua Meigui in his arms, the first thing to do was hold her tightly and allocate part of his strength to protect her from accidents.
“Am I holding you back?”
“Shut up.”
“…”
Hua Meigui fell silent.
“Hah!”
“Hah!”
True Spirit power explosively erupted, seemingly transforming into a drill boring inward with all its might.
“Bang—”
Before long, an explosion rang out.
Jun Changxiao, embracing Hua Meigui and protected by a solid barrier, streaked across the firmament, leaving a trail no different from a falling meteorite!
“Boom!”
In an open area, the ground caved in.
“Whoosh whoosh!”
Billowing smoke rose as surrounding temperatures sharply increased.
“Step.”
Jun Changxiao walked out from the smoke. “Used too much force, couldn’t brake.”
Saying this, he released his hand to let Hua Meigui jump down herself, but this woman still hooked around his neck, hanging on his body with no intention of separating.
“Get down!”
“Oh.”
Only then did Hua Meigui reluctantly jump down. Glancing at the crater behind them, hundreds of zhang deep, she said, “With such a big commotion, they’ve definitely discovered us.”
Jun Changxiao paid no attention, currently closing his eyes to sense the pure heaven and earth attributes.
The System said, “At least twenty times stronger than the Upper Realm.”
“Tsk tsk.”
Jun Changxiao said, “No wonder there are so many half-step Heavenly Mystery Realm cultivators.”
Actually, advancing to Heavenly Mystery Realm relied on fortune and comprehension, but in worlds with strong heaven and earth attributes, martial artists’ overall cultivation was higher, so the probability of birthing such level experts was naturally higher.
For instance, in the Upper Realm, peak Truth-Seeking Realm numbers were probably in the three digits. Among known ones who’d stepped into half-step, there were only Gongsun Ruoli and Demon Ancestor. But what if there were several thousand, tens of thousands at peak level?
“Whoosh!”
“Whoosh!”
Just as Jun Changxiao was sensing heaven and earth attributes, dense, gorgeously colored streaming lights flew through the azure firmament, then… suspended above him in three inner rings and three outer rings.
Cutting through the firmament, their momentum grand.
As long as one wasn’t blind or deaf, who couldn’t see or hear?
“Uh…”
Jun Changxiao opened his eyes, his expression somewhat awkward.
He’d originally planned to sneak in secretly, but impacted the spatial barrier with too much force, creating too much commotion and getting caught red-handed.
“Who are you!”
Still the Daoist-robed elder who’d blocked the way outside in the universe, his eyes glaring furiously. “You dare trespass into the Imperial Heaven Realm!”
Imperial Heaven Realm?
That name was quite arrogant.
“Everyone.”
Jun Changxiao cupped his fists. “I come from the Eastern Great Tang, going to…”
“It’s you again!”
Before he could finish, the elder immediately recognized the voice, fury intensifying on his face. Powerful attributes instantly erupted around his body, nearly bursting his Daoist robes.
“Whoosh whoosh!”
“Whoosh whoosh!”
The martial artists suspended above also released their cultivation one after another. The atmosphere instantly became deadly.
He’d clearly already told him to scram, yet he secretly ran in—what did this represent? Right, deliberately picking a fight!
“Boy!”
The Daoist-robed elder said coldly, “This old man already gave you one chance. Since you insist on breaking in, leave your corpse here and report to the underworld.”
“Very sorry.”
Jun Changxiao walked in front of Hua Meigui to shield her, summoning the Supreme Immortal Sword. “My life—even the King of Hell wouldn’t dare claim it.”
“I’m really puzzled.”
The System interjected inappropriately, “High martial planes also have an underworld?”
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