King of Assassins

The vast starry sky, an enormous star stands out conspicuously.

Over thirty planets revolve around this star without rest. One of them, located in the center, is the capital star Xianyang of the Jiuding Star Realm.

The Jiuding Star Realm has always been the core of the Human Alliance, not only as a technological and military hub, but also in terms of spatial position.

The central star realm of humanity consists of dozens of star realms, with its center being the Jiuding Star Realm.

Gao Xuan initially set the Holy Hall Headquarters in Xianyang, firstly due to Qin Shiyue’s capabilities, secondly for the Jiuding Divine Artifact, and thirdly because the geographical position of Jiuding Star was excellent.

Upon reincarnating, Gao Xuan returned and fought Qin Shiyue on Xianyang Star, slaying numerous traitors and reestablishing the Holy Hall’s order. He still maintained the headquarters in Xianyang.

Normally, the Holy Hall gathers countless Paladins and adherents’ beliefs, with the headquarters’ Holy Light able to encompass the entire star realm. Through numerous branch nodes, the Holy Light could entirely cover the central star realm, even extending across each realm populated by humans.

Currently, there is not a trace of Holy Light on Xianyang Star. The entirety of Jiuding Star Realm lacks the aura of the Holy Hall. Nor is the Cyberspace Divine Realm visible.

Only the main star of Jiuding Star Realm shines brightly, illuminating the whole realm. However, the whole Jiuding Star Realm appears somewhat illusory.

Gao Xuan faintly perceived a layer of mist enveloping the star realm, a layer of seemingly non-existent haze.

He activated his Ninth Consciousness and Celestial Dragon Eye jointly, the brilliance within his Celestial Dragon Eye’s depths changing billions of times in an instant.

Through continual adjustment of the Celestial Dragon Eye’s power frequency, Gao Xuan expanded the observation boundaries of the Celestial Dragon Eye.

Gao Xuan typically utilized the Celestial Dragon Eye as an eye, and normally its observation scope was similar to that of human eyes.

Gao Xuan did not desire to constantly see various primordial qi particle changes, observe spatial fluctuations, or watch the Heaven and Earth Law unfold.

For him, repeatedly observing and obtaining vast, complex information was meaningless, only consuming his Divine Soul Power.

On the other hand, Gao Xuan needed to maintain his normal emotions, requiring observation of the world through human perspectives.

Any beauty, delicacy, or treasure, once magnified to a certain level, becomes dull. Magnified to the particle level, it becomes even more mundane.

Therefore, Gao Xuan only departs from the limits of normal human perception to observe the world when necessary.

The situation in Jiuding Star Realm was grim, and Gao Xuan’s Ninth Consciousness was warning him that it was dangerous here.

To be honest, Gao Xuan was somewhat surprised. He was undefeated in the Primordial Celestial Realm. Even when he met the Ksitigarbha King in the Netherworld Realm, he destroyed its Divine Soul projection with a single palm strike.

Although the Star River Cosmos is vast and endless, its energy limit is not high. At least it cannot compare to the Celestial Realm.

Thousands of years ago, Gao Xuan had already swept across the Star River. Now, with his cultivation even stronger, how could he encounter problems?

Combining his Ninth Consciousness and Celestial Dragon Eye, and through continuous adjustments, Gao Xuan finally saw the layer of haze shrouding Jiuding Star Realm.

Accurately speaking, the haze was composed of long tentacles, their owner possessing an enormously slick head, with millions of large eyeballs growing on it.

From appearance, this intelligent lifeform is much like an octopus from the sea, except its body is too immense, large enough to cover the entire Jiuding Star Realm.

This terrifying octopus’s body structure is almost entirely in a gaseous state. The gas isn’t truly gas but rather an external radiation of powerful Divine Soul Power, inducing endless primordial qi, ultimately forming a state between real and illusory.

In terms of the Star River Cosmos’s energy level, only those who reach Divine Level can barely see the octopus’s true form.

"I’ve been gone for seven thousand nine hundred thirty-three years, four months, and eleven days of standard time."

Gao Xuan confirmed his exact departure time by observing the position of the Clockwork Star Realm at the Galactic Core.

The Clockwork Star Realm is close to the Galactic Core. It rotates around the Galaxy Star Realm nearly in a standard circular orbit. Due to this unique property, the Clockwork Star Realm is regarded as the Galactic clock.

The time for the Clockwork Star Realm to orbit the Galaxy Star Realm is one hundred million standard years. By its position on the orbit, standard time can be calculated precisely.

If necessary, even standard time’s hourly units can be accurately calculated.

Of course, observing the Clockwork Star Realm’s rotation itself is quite troublesome. Precision calculation is even more so.

Only Gao Xuan, with unparalleled Divine Techniques, could easily deduce how long he’d been away by observing the Clockwork Star Realm.

Sure enough, human civilization is fragile, and issues arose once he left.

With this matter, there were also early signs.

The spatial barrier between the Netherworld Realm and Jiuding Star Realm being breached meant that certain things were inevitably going to happen.

Gao Xuan found the Ksitigarbha King very eerie, likely eroded and transformed by Abyssal Power, becoming insane.

The massive octopus in front of him, covering the star realm, also emitted an indescribable eerie aura, similar to that on the Ksitigarbha King.

Gao Xuan was certain that this octopus-like demon originated from the Abyss.

If it was just this giant octopus demon, Gao Xuan was confident he could kill it, even if its Divine Soul Power had reached the extreme of the Star River Cosmos.

However, this giant octopus demon had established mental connections with countless people in Jiuding Star Realm.

If the octopus demon was slain, everyone in Jiuding Star Realm would perish.

More troublesome was that Gao Xuan saw hundreds of such giant octopus demons in the Star River. They parasitize the star realms with intelligent lifeforms, feeding on their spiritual power.