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Millions of miles away through the starry sky.

The way home is full of unknowns!

Ye Fan did not set off immediately, but instead focused on meditative insight on this ancient star.

Although it has long been deserted, this ancient star is still a node of the Earth Starry Sky Ancient Road and retains the charm of the Great Tao.

The continuous architecture is magnificent, yet the prosperity has long passed, the flowing water is hard to retain, leaving only a remnant city, evoking sighs.

Sitting cross-legged at the center of the ancient city, Ye Fan integrated with heaven and earth, his entire body radiating infinite light, drawing upon the charm of the Great Tao, focusing on meditative insight.

For three whole days, he was like a fossil, completely immersed in the charm of the Great Tao.

Extinction!

Rebirth!

A lifetime and a cycle!

Life and death, yin and yang, coexist and depend on each other, mutually as their roots.

When the sun reaches its zenith, it begins to decline; when the moon is full, it begins to wane.

After prosperity fades, stripping away embellishments, returning to nature.

The extreme of life leads to death, and the extreme of death leads to life.

One life, one death, one withering, one flourishing, all are fixed, difficult to escape the cycle of reincarnation.

After a series of great battles, things finally calmed down, and in the balance between movement and stillness, Ye Fan finally comprehended the rules of the Heaven and Earth Great Tao.

This was not achieved overnight, but was the accumulation of experience, naturally coming to fruition.

"Buzz!"

The Reincarnation Law Divine Chain appeared like a Divine Dragon, manifested in Ye Fan’s Dantian, merging with the Life and Death Tai Chi, reaching great perfection.

At this moment, he truly felt the true meaning of reincarnation, as if breaking a shackle, suddenly enlightened.

Yet, he clearly knew that he had not become a Saint; this barrier seemed extremely difficult to break, not as Yue Haoyu and the others said, where comprehending a law of the Heaven and Earth Great Tao could lead to a breakthrough.

"Accumulating strength, treating this as tempering!"

Ye Fan helplessly comforted himself this way.

Finally, they climbed the altar, embedded numerous spirit stones and demon crystals, activated the altar, and traversed the void.

This was a journey that could not leave one calm, even though Ye Fan was already very powerful, he still felt a bit uneasy.

Close to home and anxious, truly stepping on the path home, Ye Fan’s mood remained unsettled.

"Ye, what exactly is your hometown like? Is it bigger than Xuan Realm? Are there any Quasi-Emperors? Will we encounter dangers?"

"Little Yezi, do your people really regard our Long Clan as totems?"

All the way, the Golden Divine Dragon and Bai Yan wolf incessantly asked like curious babies.

Their mood was both tense and excited, some questions had been repeated many times, and now they brought them up again.

This Xing Kong Gu Road has been deserted for thousands of years and was once intervened by the Great Emperor, full of unknown variables.

The time on the ancient road was very chaotic, sometimes unbearably long, almost turning them into fossils, time seemed to freeze. Other times it was incredibly fast, as if eternity had passed in a moment.

If not for their frequent use of divine consciousness to communicate, they would have already collapsed, no one can withstand long durations without exchanging any communication.

Who knows how long it took, ahead the starlight was dazzling, reaching the end of the ancient road, adding some substance to the darkness and void with a touch of color.

Violent tremors, space distortion, the ancient road was mottled, various colors flashed, they arrived at the next station, falling from the void.

"Buzz!"

Bai Yan wolf immediately sacrificed the Purple Gold Bell, quickly enlarging it, enveloping them below, while alertly scanning the surroundings.

"Swipe!"

A soft sound came, the starry sky ancient road behind them disappeared, and they appeared on a desolate star, looking out it was dead and silent, the air thin, devoid of vitality.

"What is this place?" They looked up, met with a splendid but unfamiliar starry sky.

No sun, no moon, no moon, only the Xing River dazzling, casting vast swathes of white light, this star seemed very close to all major stars, seeming as if with a leap, they could reach another planet.

They couldn’t distinguish star positions, because the starry sky seen from different planets is not the same, even within the same star system it can be vastly different.

"Roar!"

A heaven-shaking roar came, and a massive stone figure thousands of feet tall emerged from the distant mountains, its eyes sparkling like golden lanterns.

"Ga?"

Bai Yan wolf’s jaw almost hit the ground, its eyes widened, startled it said: "What is this thing? Could it be a stone that’s become sentient?"

"You might be right!" Golden Divine Dragon said cautiously, preparing for battle.

"Doesn’t matter if it’s a sentient stone, we’ll break it just the same." Peacock disregarded, coldly stepped forward to measure the stone figure’s weight.

"I’ll do this!"

Ye Fan blocked Peacock, stepping forward, with each step his shadow grew taller, when the two were a hundred feet apart, Ye Fan’s height had already surpassed the stone figure entirely.

"Boom!"

A fierce battle broke out, Ye Fan invincible with iron fists, smashing all obstructions, brute force exploded this stone figure.

From the remnants of this stone figure’s divine consciousness, Ye Fan learned some information about the road ahead, knowing there was still a long way to reach Earth.

The stone man’s life evolved naturally, born with nine orifices eight holes, absorbing starlight and the essence of heaven and earth, finally awakening spiritual wisdom. On this ancient star with even thin air, it was definitely considered an anomaly.

Ultimately, they found an altar on this ancient star, and traversed the void once again.

Time speeds like a shuttle!

Along the way, they’d encountered several ancient stars, some extremely barren, while others still retained some Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi, but also thinned to an appalling degree.

"No wonder Earth no longer has powerful cultivators. In such an environment, survival itself is a problem, let alone cultivation."

Passing through one desolate ancient star after another, Bai Yan wolf and the others couldn’t help but lament.

If it weren’t for Ye Fan’s Dragon Seeking Skill, able to find dragon veins and spirit stone mines deep within the earth, they probably wouldn’t have been able to persist.

However, Bai Yan wolf and the others weren’t worried at all, because in the Eighteen Cities, after Ye Fan slew the Ten Great Saint Masters, they seized the opportunity to plunder all the spirit stones and treasure medicines that the Saint Masters carried.

With Bai Yan wolf’s greedy nature like a bird picking up loose feathers, how could it pass up these riches? It was more eager than anyone.

Every time they visited an ancient star, they would stay for a while to gain inspiration from the Heaven and Earth Great Tao.

During this process, Ye Fan gained inspiration from the Heaven and Earth Great Tao. Finally, perseverance paid off, and he comprehended the Law of Space, but his strength didn’t increase, just his understanding of space marks deepened.

Space marks are greatly effective for artifact refining and establishing small worlds.

In combat, they can also be used to banish opponents to unknown spaces, which is quite useful.

A month later, they descended once more on a vast ancient star.

"This ancient road is really long!"

Bai Yan wolf exclaimed in amazement, then scratched and marked on the ground, comparing it with the surrounding starry sky, deducing where they had reached.

In no time, Bai Yan wolf excitedly stood up and said, "Ye, we’re almost there. We’ve arrived at the Milky Way Galaxy you mentioned, and soon we’ll be at the Solar System."

"Is it finally here?"

Ye Fan’s heart surged, as many past memories on Earth flashed in his mind.

He hadn’t yet become a Saint; even if he approached Earth, it might be challenging to descend.

The more he learned, the more he felt Earth’s mysteriousness. Non-Saint beings couldn’t descend - such a Forbidden doesn’t exist on other Ancient Stars of Life, only Earth has this Forbidden. Is it protecting something?

"Master, come quickly, see what I’ve discovered!"

Just as Ye Fan sank into deep thought, Peacock’s voice interrupted him from afar.

A stone stele!

Half buried underground, only ten meters exposed, not as tall compared to other steles stretching thousands of meters.

However, Ye Fan was extremely excited because he found carvings on this stele, ancient Huaxia bronze inscriptions, with only one character, like iron strokes silver hooks, the whole character resembling a Gray Dragon trying to break out.

"Gold!"

This was the only character on the stele. Clearly, other characters were buried underground.

"Could it be Gold Star?"

Ye Fan felt his whole body trembling, finally at the moment, soon he would return home.

Without a word, Peacock directly cleared the entire stele.

A stele nearly fifty meters tall presented itself before Ye Fan, with indeed more characters above.

After careful discernment, Ye Fan deciphered the meaning of the text on the stele, guessing along the way.

"Jin Niu Ancestral Court!"

This ancient star was Jin Niu Star, only ten thousand light-years from the Solar System, remarkably close in the vastness of the universe.

"Ye, I’ve made a discovery over here too!"

Before long, Bai Yan wolf’s howling voice came, as it kicked against a giant horn, then furiously dug it out, finally revealing a massive bull horn.

This bull horn was a hundred meters long, illustrating how enormous the bull was.

"Jin Niu Star, could there really exist a herd of Jin Niu?"

Staring at the huge horn before him, Ye Fan fell into contemplation.

In the end, the Golden Divine Dragon and Peacock, Bai Yan wolf, these three restless fellows commenced the treasure-seeking enterprise, digging all over the ancient star.

And indeed, they uncovered quite a few "good things," all were huge bull bones and bull horns, bull teeth, etc.

What caused the downfall of Jin Niu Star?

Ye Fan stood firm on this ancient star, constantly pondering, gaining insight.

No matter the cause, every effect has a cause, every cause leads to an effect, the cycle of cause and effect, inevitable retribution.

Gradually, Ye Fan’s spirit aligned with the dao, felt the resonance of the great dao on the ancient star, comprehending the rules of cause and effect.

Days later, Ye Fan awoke from sudden enlightenment, leading the three dejected fellows back on their journey.

Nevertheless, Bai Yan wolf collected many crystalline cow horns.

According to it, these might be left by a Holy-level bull, at least its bloodline wasn’t inferior to its own. With good sacrificial refinement, it might refine into a remarkable Magical Treasure.

In the space channel, time became chaotic again, fluctuating fast and slow.

Ahead, lay the Solar System, Ye Fan even saw a few familiar stars.

Ten years!

Time passes unkindly, in an instant he’s been away from Earth for ten years!

In this decade, he faced numerous life and death struggles, repeatedly danced on the edge of death, gradually growing stronger.

Time flows irretrievably!

Eternity passes in a blink!

Time...

Unkindest of all...

At this moment, Ye Fan felt inspired.

In an instant, he grasped the true essence of time!