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The cosmic starry sky is vast and boundless. Not to mention a single person, even a star is nothing but a speck of dust in this vast starry sky.

Under the expansive and boundless starry sky, amidst a splendid Xing River, a silhouette stands silently there, emitting a faint golden light all over.

Beside him stands a giant silver wolf, whose entire body seems to be forged from pure silver essence, exuding an astonishing vitality and blood.

They are Ye Fan and the Bai Yan wolf, who have escaped from the Heavenly Prison.

Ye Fan is shrouded in a golden holy light, walking through the starry sky like a divine being.

The Bai Yan wolf is enveloped in a silver glow, with the bloodline of the Silver Moon Wolf Clan fully activated. Its sharp, veteran wolf eyes glimmer with a silent, chilling light.

Since breaking through the Heavenly Prison and escaping, they have been wandering in the vast Xing River for three months.

During these three months, they encountered numerous dangers, constantly facing crises and battles, as he fought his way through.

The difficulties they encountered and the terror of facing strong people are unknown to outsiders. Even someone as powerful as him had several unexpected incidents, nearly perishing.

Many seemingly lifeless Ancient Stars are inhabited by powerful native creatures, some even reaching the peak of the Early-Stage Venerable, just a step away from becoming mid-stage Venerables.

Amidst continuous bloody battles, standing on the brink of life and death, both he and the Bai Yan wolf grew rapidly, naturally exuding an evil aura not inferior to that of Venerables.

Three months of wandering, three months of bloodshed, constantly hovering on the edge between life and death, caused the Bai Yan wolf’s character to solidify quickly, becoming reticent, unlike its previous sharp tongue.

They don’t know where they have arrived, whether they are still on the Human Clan’s Ancient Star Path, where the way back is, or what future lies ahead.

Everything is unknown; they are lost in the vast starry sky, unable to turn back, the future uncertain.

Fortunately, having had one experience of wandering in the starry sky, they are not despairing to the point of complete abandonment.

Many Ancient Stars do not have Transmission Altars, so all activities involving traversing the void are led by Ye Fan, who searches for materials to carve altars in the vast starry sky, while the Bai Yan wolf is responsible for carving the void-traversing altars.

In the cooperation and coordination, Ye Fan’s Dragon Seeking Skill is improving rapidly, and many secret techniques in the Dragon Seeking Formulas, previously unexecutable, are gradually becoming practicable.

Meanwhile, the Bai Yan wolf’s mastery of array patterns is advancing with each failure and success, with errors decreasing more and more.

Initially, the transmission altars carved by the Bai Yan wolf had errors measured in millions of miles, infuriating Ye Fan to the brink of beating it up.

Inevitably, due to its mistakes, they could no longer retrace their original path and could only remain wandering travelers in the vast starry sky.

The cold universe, boundless darkness, and solitary travelers taste loneliness in silence. One person, one wolf, traversing one star domain after another, despite grave dangers, Ye Fan remains steadfast and unwavering.

Three months of wandering, three months of bloody battles, no advance means retreat, advance entails bloodshed, fighting all the way; even Ye Fan has faced unexpected incidents, while the Bai Yan wolf had several near-death experiences.

"Where have we actually arrived? When is the end?"

The Bai Yan wolf muttered softly, carrying Ye Fan while walking, reaching a Dead Star, watching vigilantly all around, as they had suffered great losses before.

Once when they just emerged from the void, carelessness led to an ambush by a Saint Lord Level Heavenly Centipede, almost perishing, barely surviving the ordeal, and recovering for a long time.

However, over these three months, the Bai Yan wolf honestly became a mount for Ye Fan. Although ’wolf knight’ doesn’t sound great, it’s better than nothing.

Through such training, the Bai Yan wolf’s strength is also rapidly rising, always keeping pace with Ye Fan; it is close to breaking through to the late-stage Lord Realm.

In terms of realm, it is even stronger than Ye Fan, as Ye Fan remains at the peak of mid-stage Lord Realm, unable to break through, not knowing whether it’s due to the lack of a chance or some other reason.

Ye Fan was silent, also unclear about where they had arrived. Since breaking out from the Heavenly Prison, they have been wandering in this unfamiliar universe.

Three months of bloody battles, three months of gains, his Martial Arts Will as firm as a rock, like Immortal Gold, immutable, having adapted to all of this.

"Eh! There’s a grave ahead!"

The Bai Yan wolf shot out two beams of silver light from its eyes, piercing through the void, looking ahead, then, carrying Ye Fan, raced across the Ancient Star, arriving in front of a small mound with a solitary stele upon which some words, sturdy and vigorous, were carved.

"The Tomb of the Human Lord Proud of the Azure Sky!"

Ye Fan was shocked. After wandering in the darkness and cold of the starry sky for three months with no trace of the Human Race seen before, discovering remnants of the Human Race on this inconspicuous Ancient Star was incredibly surprising.

The script is very ancient and does not belong to any era known to Ye Fan. If not for a faint wave on the stele, he wouldn’t be able to recognize the characters on it.

What kind of road is this?

Could it be that he is still on the Human Clan’s Ancient Star Path?

Or has he already arrived at a completely abandoned Ancient Road in the starry sky?

This should be the stele and tomb from hundreds of thousands of years ago, about to collapse as the last bit of sealing power is also about to dissipate.

"See if there are any other clues left behind!"

Ye Fan and the Bai Yan wolf began searching this unremarkable Ancient Star separately, quickly finding patches of remains, many of which had turned into bone powder. The preserved ones belonged to exceedingly powerful beings in life, their bones crystal clear like jade.

However—

No matter how strong a person is, they cannot withstand the erosion of time. The bones of these once-powerful cultivators or other creatures have long lost their luster, and a gentle vibration turns them into bone powder.

"This is..."

After searching for a moment, Ye Fan was stunned by the scene before him. Not far ahead, a set of Xuan Beast bones as large as a mountain range lay sprawled out, and even after hundreds of thousands of years, they had not completely weathered away.

"With a body this enormous, this must have at least been a Saint Lord Level Xuan Beast, or perhaps even a Quasi-Emperor Realm Xuan Beast."

Ye Fan asserted that there must have been an earth-shattering battle on this dead planet.

And it was precisely because of that battle that this ancient star was dealt a devastating blow, becoming what it is now.

"Ye, there are many human-shaped creature bones here. Did we somehow end up in the lair of death creatures?"

Bai Yan wolf shouted from a distance.

Ye Fan noticed too, amidst the Human Race and Xuan Beast bones, there were indeed many human-shaped creature bones, some as crystalline as jade, others black like ink.

This ancient star is not big; after three days, they had explored the entire star. Apart from finding a large number of dead creatures and human bones, they also discovered many Demon Clan bones, including those of other alien races from the starry sky, indicating how fierce the battle was back then.

However, in the long river of time, these glorious battles eventually returned to dust. Perhaps in a few thousand years, there will be no trace left on this ancient star.

Of course, they didn’t leave empty-handed. Bai Yan wolf found a ruined altar under a layer of bone powder.

"I can repair it, but I’m not sure where it will ultimately send us!"

Bai Yan wolf looked at the small, broken altar and said.

"No matter where it transports us, it’s better than wandering aimlessly like headless flies. Let’s repair it quickly so that we can be on our way!"

Ye Fan also came near the broken altar, observed for a while, and then spoke to Bai Yan wolf.

In terms of mastery over array patterns, Ye Fan admitted that he couldn’t match Bai Yan wolf, so he couldn’t offer much help besides watching and occasionally supplying Bai Yan wolf with Spirit Stones and Beast Cores for energy replenishment.

After three hours, Bai Yan wolf was nearly exhausted to the point of spitting blood when he finally finished repairing the transmission altar, and only recovered after gulping down a big mouthful of Divine Spring.

"It seems we’ve left the Human Clan’s Ancient Star Path, but what kind of ancient road is this?"

Ye Fan lowered his head in thought.

Without a doubt, since breaking out from the Heavenly Prison, they had become completely lost. If they hadn’t accidentally found this ancient star, they might have wandered in the Star Domain indefinitely.

Although this ancient road is no longer the original Human Clan’s Ancient Star Path, it at least gives them a direction, which is far better than aimlessly drifting through the starry sky.

In the vast starry sky, the most they encountered were desolate, lifeless planets.

Even though they didn’t know where this ancient road led, it at least had traces of the Human Race’s past, igniting a flame of hope in his heart, preventing them from being utterly lost.

"I think this altar resembles the kind of array patterns used by the Human Race before the Primordial era."

Bai Yan wolf pondered and continued, "Perhaps we’ve arrived on an ancient star path the Human Race opened up before the Primordial times, though for some unknown reason, this ancient star path was abandoned. There might be no record of it in the Human Race’s history!"

Ye Fan nodded, agreeing with Bai Yan wolf’s guess. He had perused many ancient texts from the Immortal Academy and Imperial Academy, and none mentioned the Human Race once opening up an older ancient star path.

As for why this ancient star path was forsaken, there isn’t a single word about it. They’ve stumbled into a relic preserved from an unknown historical river.

After resting for a moment and waiting for Bai Yan wolf to recover slightly, they ascended the altar and directly crossed the void.

"Looking forward to the road ahead!"

The xing sect closed, and in the void, Ye Fan rode Bai Yan wolf, eyes emitting beams of resolute light, muttering to himself.

Soon after, a heavy, oppressive aura greeted them as Ye Fan dashed out of the xing sect, arriving in a mysterious world.

It was a dull gray ancient star, leaden clouds hung low, yellow sand covered the ground, showing no sign of life.

"Could this be yet another lifeless dead star?"

Bai Yan wolf looked around surprised, murmuring to himself.

"Hiss!"

At that moment, a beam of Killing Light suddenly shot from beneath the yellow sand, aiming directly at Ye Fan’s brow, abrupt and powerful, deadly even to ordinary Mid-Stage Lord Realm cultivators!

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