Chapter 412 - 385: Void Dao, The Legend of [Wu], Coming in Pursuit of the New Ancestor

And so, Celestial Star made up his mind. He would invest in Blue Star and bring prosperity to Jiang Qiu’s homeland. If necessary, he could even offer the planet a bit of protection in the name of the Three-Life Race.

After all, he hadn’t become the Three-Life Race’s man in charge at Celestial Star Oasis City by being some brainless brute or a do-nothing slacker.

Reaching his current level of cultivation was a testament to his own abilities. The many investments he had made in the past had all paid off, bringing him a wealth of resources and support. That was how he had arrived at his current position, with a vast domain to manage.

Knowing how to invest was the key.

"Yes, my lord. I have already helped the Blue Star Human Union build the space-time base station. I also shared a great deal of knowledge about the Primordial world’s structural system to help them explore the Void..."

Listening to the intermittent report from the communicator, Celestial Star took a deep breath, his heart aching a little. ’Building a space-time base station really is a resource drain.’ There were only a handful of them in the entire Desolate Realm. Only the most preeminent cities, like Celestial Star Oasis City, had one. Other factions simply couldn’t afford to build them.

It was just like in the Yin Yang Great Realm, where the Netherworld Dynasty had only built a large-scale Space-Time Array Base Station in its Capital City, and only by expending massive resources.

The only saving grace, however, was that Blue Star was so small the base station didn’t need to be very large. Apparently, a place called the Northern Wilderness was the most suitable location for it, and the area was tiny.

They had flattened a mountain and built it right around the clearing.

After the other party finished their report, Celestial Star gave a few more instructions and ended the call. He was just about to rest when the other party contacted him again. "I just hung up. Why are you calling back already? Don’t you know how resource-intensive cross-time communication is?!"

Communicating across space-time wasn’t something that could be achieved through ordinary means. It could be said that for anyone who hadn’t reached his status, the very idea of cross-time communication would seem like a fantasy.

After all, every world was separated by the Void, and the Void did not permit the Laws to function. Information, naturally, was difficult to transmit. Only the Three-Life Race, with their great power and a network that spread like a spiderweb, possessed communication capabilities that topped the universe, allowing them to achieve such a feat.

Of course, the trade-off was a massive consumption of resources. While it was nowhere near the cost of a single instance of Space-Time Travel, it wasn’t something to be used carelessly either. Even for him, a Unity Realm cultivator, this kind of spending was painful. In a way, the cost-effectiveness was just too low.

’But then again,’ he thought, ’the person on the other end should know how costly this cross-time communication is. Why would he be so rash as to call back immediately?’

’Did something happen?’

"My lord! Good news! Incredible news! The Human Union wants to send a prodigy to the Desolate Realm to compete in the challenge matches in your Celestial Star Oasis City..."

His tone was so agitated that his speech kept breaking up from the poor connection, but Celestial Star just furrowed his brow slightly. "How is that good news?"

He had just learned that Blue Star was a barren place. Among the minor worlds, it didn’t even rank. It was like a grain of sand tossed into the ocean—it wouldn’t make a single ripple. There was nothing particularly outstanding about it.

Oh, that wasn’t entirely true. Jiang Qiu had come from Blue Star, and he was a legend of his generation in the Celestial Star Arena.

But Jiang Qiu had already left to pursue Zuo Xuan’s Eight-direction Reversing Ship. He wasn’t on Blue Star anymore.

As for whether Blue Star, having produced Jiang Qiu, could give rise to another unexpected prodigy, he highly doubted it.

A planet with such a tiny population... According to the reports, their strongest expert was Zhu Weiyi, who had just been sent back. Most of them couldn’t even reach the Spirit Body Realm. The very fact that they *could* cultivate was considered a great blessing. That alone told him how inferior the race’s talent for cultivation was.

They were no different from the native Human Race of the Desolate Realm. They were just the native Human Race of Blue Star. To produce a supreme prodigy like Jiang Qiu must have consumed an immeasurable amount of the native humans’ fortune. It was an exceptionally rare occurrence.

’As long as this person isn’t on that same prodigious level,’ Celestial Star thought, ’it’s just child’s play. It doesn’t require my evaluation—they aren’t qualified.’

’Not everyone is Jiang Qiu.’

But his subordinate added, "My lord, this person is at the Fusion Realm. And... it’s possible he has fused with the Void Dao..."

"HISS—" Celestial Star shot up, slamming his hand on the table, his eyes staring blankly. "How could someone fuse with the Void Dao?!"

The Void Dao was a Dao renowned throughout the entire Primordial world-cluster! Among the myriad Daos, it easily ranked in the top ten, second only to Daos like the Space-Time Dao.

The Space-Time Dao was actually incredibly powerful. Although Fusion Realm cultivators could come into contact with it, it was only a superficial contact and understanding. It couldn’t be considered a true Fusion.

For those who truly fused with the Space-Time Dao as their primary Dao, their potential was immeasurable. It wasn’t as simple as just traversing or tearing space-time. Legend had it that long, long ago, a Transcender who cultivated the Space-Time Dao had casually reset an entire era.

The fact that the Void Dao could be compared to it spoke volumes!

Some even argued that the Void Dao far surpassed the Space-Time Dao. It was only ranked alongside it because there had only ever been one individual to reference, providing too little data. No one truly understood what the Void Dao was.

It was like the legendary "My Dao" from before the previous era. It didn’t exist in the current era at all, so no one knew what level it should be. It was considered a special Dao series and left unranked.

But even though only one person had ever displayed the Void Dao, it had become famous throughout the entire Primordial world-cluster. That was because the cultivator’s name was Wu.

Back when Wu tore through the Celestial Star Arena, killing a Unity Realm expert who entered the ring while he was only at the Peak of Fusion Realm and securing a ninety-nine-win streak, he, Celestial Star, was just an ordinary manager in the Three-Life Race. At that time, Wu had said one thing: "Nine is the extreme number, so I shall win ninety-nine consecutive matches."

His domineering and invincible presence influenced the entire Desolate Realm. Countless cultivators flocked there because of his name. In those days, the Celestial Star Arena was truly at its peak, the undisputed leader among all arenas in the Desolate Realm.

But no one knew Wu’s background. He seemed to have emerged from the Void itself. After traveling through the Primordial world-cluster and reaching the Peak of the Unity Realm, he walked back into the Void and vanished.

Some said he entered an Era Restricted Area and perished. Others said he went into seclusion in some minor world, seeking an opportunity for Transcendence.

But regardless, his invincible image, dominating a generation with the Void Dao, was etched into history. Many of the top Great Realms still bore traces of his passage.

Hearing about the Void Dao again now, how could Celestial Star not be excited?!

"I... I don’t know why either! That Fusion Realm expert from the Human Union isn’t faking it. I’ve tested him. He can really travel directly into the Void, choose his direction freely, and even select a world to enter without needing coordinates."

The subordinate was so excited he was practically choking, as if he were narrating an epic. "He said he just wanted to follow in the footsteps of the new Ancestor, Jiang Qiu. But because the Void was too difficult to cross, he dedicated himself to fusing with the Void, and... now he has achieved Fusion and is preparing to follow Jiang Qiu’s path."

"But he heard from the Human Union’s Zhu Weiyi that coming here—to our place—would help him gain fame and make it easier to learn of Jiang Qiu’s whereabouts. So, Zhu Weiyi brought him to me..."

"Fusing with the Void is that easy?" Celestial Star was dumbfounded. He tried to communicate with the Void, but his surging consciousness was like a needle plunging into the ocean, vanishing without a trace. "Is this for real?!"

If he hadn’t just tried it himself and found the Void to be as aloof as ever, he might have thought the Void had grown old and gone senile!

It was simply unheard of. But then again, there really was nothing to compare it to. Back then, even Wu hadn’t revealed how he had fused with the Void Dao.

"It’s absolutely true, my lord! He... he’s already tearing open the Void..."

The subordinate’s signal suddenly began to jump around erratically. For some reason, a chill ran down Celestial Star’s spine. Abruptly, the space-time before him split apart, and a young man appeared in front of him.

"...My lord, he crossed the Void to find you..."