Chapter 556: Entering the Solar System!

【You recovered from your initial shock and emotion, then came up with a guess that shocked you.】

【“The Celestial River local galaxy is the Milky Way, and Earth is in the Real Realm! I transmigrated from Earth to the Void Realm, then ascended back from the Void Realm!”】

Back in reality, Chen Yi, who was still in the Void Realm, was also so shaken by the news that he felt as though struck by thunder from all directions.

“Is that for real? Earth is in the Real Realm? Then isn’t the Path to Immortality the way home?”

You weren’t a “transmigrator who had never left home.” You were a “transmigrator who would be going home soon”!

It was just that going back for real wouldn’t be so easy.

The universe was too vast.

This time, you had stumbled upon the area near the Solar System by chance. If you really wanted to seek it out yourself, it would be even harder than finding a needle in the ocean.

Otherwise, people on Earth wouldn’t feel so alone in a universe bustling with countless races, crowded and constantly at war.

“Earthlings aren’t alone. It’s just that Earth... is a third-class star without even a Channel!”

【You used the wall-piercing spell to enter Kuafu-1 and have a look around inside.】

【There were nothing but instruments you didn’t recognize, along with instructions written in several different languages.】

【“Internal inspection abnormal. Error code: E-10-404. Unknown object detected...”】

【Alarms suddenly sounded all around you, and flashing red warning lights appeared nearby.】

【You raised a hand and cast another minor spell, the Invisibility Spell.】

【Wall-piercing and invisibility, things that seemed like superpowers to Earthlings, were just minor spells commonly used by cultivators in the Real Realm.】

【They were called “minor” spells, naturally, because they were of little use in a real battle against cultivators.】

【Invisibility might seem powerful, but it could only make someone invisible to the eyes. Cultivators had keen senses. Even if their eyes couldn’t see an invisible target, they could still hear or sense the commotion caused by the slightest movement.】

【They could even sense the other party’s divine power fluctuations and determine what they were about to do.】

【“Anomaly remains. Locking onto target location and sending error report...”】

【See? Invisibility really wasn’t much use. The ship’s self-check system could still detect your presence.】

【It was probably using infrared, thermal imaging, gravity detection, or something along those lines.】

【You didn’t bother with it. Let the alarm keep sounding, as long as it couldn’t see your face.】

【On one of the ship’s middle decks, you spotted a spherical compartment. Inside were many panels and control consoles displayed as holograms, with no physical form.】

【“This must be the central hub, something like a main control room?”】

【You entered the spherical compartment with its multiple layers of encryption with ease.】

【Your actions directly triggered Kuafu-1’s self-defense system. Several combat robots equipped with weapons were deployed and began converging on the spherical compartment.】

【You didn’t want to damage this machine, which might have come from your homeland, so you swiftly scanned everything inside the spherical compartment.】

【On one of the holographic screens, you saw what you were looking for.】

【A map, along with Kuafu-1’s flight path.】

【Then you quickly left the ship and returned to your Star Ship.】

【Xiao Wu curiously leaned closer and hopped onto your shoulder.】

【“Master, what’s that big white stick?”】

【“A deep-space exploration vessel.”】

【“Huh?”】

【The Ten Thousand Souls Banner also curiously leaned closer. It tried to hop onto your shoulder like Xiao Wu, but you smacked it back down with a slap.】

【“Bro! You went in there and looked around. Did you find anything useful? Why didn’t you take that thing apart and see if there were any treasures inside?”】

【“Everything in there was a treasure, but even if I gave it to you, you wouldn’t know how to use it. I know where we are now, so we don’t have to drift aimlessly anymore. If we have enough Source Stones, we should reach an inhabited planet.”】

【“What planet?”】

【“Earth!”】

【Year 113, age 139.】

【Another ten years passed in the blink of an eye.】

【Based on the star chart of the area around the Solar System that you found aboard Kuafu-1, along with its flight path, you deduced the direction of Earth.】

【For ten years, you had been flying in that direction.】

【Back when the Star Ship traveled along a Channel, the stars seemed to flit around you like fireflies.】

【Now, with the Star Ship moving at its own speed, the surrounding starry sky seemed as though it would never change.】

【Your Source Stones were running low, yet you still hadn’t even seen the Oort Cloud.】

【“Venom feels great for a moment, then brings a lifetime of regret...”】

【You swore that from now on, unless your life was on the line, you would never use Venom recklessly again.】

【Although the Black Monkey King was chiefly to blame for your drifting through the universe this time...】

【Even without the Black Monkey King, Venom would still have had you trying to conquer this and that, and blowing up planets when you failed. You probably would have ended up drifting through the universe all the same.】

【“I can’t keep using Source Stones. I need to think of some special methods...”】

【Year 114, age 140.】

【“Boss! Boss! Spare me! I’m completely loyal to you! Keep me around, keep me around! I’ll still be useful in the future!!”】

【Pingqiucao had an unremarkable name, but it was a spirit herb born with intelligence, and an essential ingredient in the preparation of many immortal pills and elixirs.】

【You grabbed it and walked toward a formation that was already running, spewing black smoke.】

【Pingqiucao struggled desperately in your hand. It stretched out a blade of grass like a little hand, reaching toward the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.】

【“Big Brother Wan! Lord Wan! King Wan!! Save me, save me!!”】

【The Ten Thousand Souls Banner put on a look of profound grief and turned away, speaking in a low voice.】

【“Brother! I’m sorry, I can’t help you... Don’t worry. After you’re gone, I’ll take care of your wife!”】

【Pingqiucao fell silent for three seconds, then started cursing at the top of its lungs.】

【“You bastard!!”】

【You tossed Pingqiucao into the dark formation.】

【After a burst of dazzling, bizarre light, Pingqiucao turned into a stream of pure energy and was fed into the Star Ship.】

【The solemn, tragic atmosphere that had filled the Star Ship a moment ago immediately gave way to cheers. A crowd of artifacts knocked against one another to applaud and celebrate.】

【“All right! We’ve got energy for another month!”】

【“As expected of a First Grade spirit plant, its spiritual energy really is abundant!”】

【“Bro, you smell delicious!”】

【What they were really happy about was that you wouldn’t be grabbing one of them to refine for energy over the coming month.】

【They could spend another month having a great time with the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.】

【That was the special method you had come up with to keep the Star Ship running.】

【“I hope we reach Earth soon. Otherwise, all these treasures Venom seized will end up wasted here.”】

【Year 119, age 145.】

【At last, a glimmer of hope appeared.】

【Though it was only a dim yellow dot outside the window, you knew that it was...】

【“The Sun!”】

【Seeing the Sun meant you were headed in the right direction. Reaching Earth was just a matter of time!】

【Year 122, age 148.】

【You crossed the Oort Cloud and passed through the Kuiper Belt. At last, you entered the Solar System!】