CHAPTER 455: CHAPTER 455: ORIGIN OF TAIXU

The doors of Queyun Palace’s main hall slowly closed, and the disciples stationed there guarded every entrance to the hall. No matter who came to inquire, the answer was always the same—The Sect Leader is discussing important matters with Mr. Yu.

Inside the hall, Yu Sheng was calmly recounting the intelligence he gathered from Yun Qingzi to Yuanling and Yuan Hao.

Stories about the Inference Star Body, the true plans of Yun Qingzi, and... the secrets of Taixu Spirit Hub, Feiyu Star Domain, and the "Emperor’s Legacy."

In the blueprint of creation, there was no such planet. The Feiyu Star Domain, which should have been a vast uninhabited area, seemed as if deliberately "implanted" into the blueprint, merely mentioned as a footnote—"Emperor’s Legacy..."

True Man Yuanling took out a Medicine Gourd halfway through the talk, and both he and Yuan Hao indulged in it while listening, fearing their focused minds would not last until Yu Sheng finished speaking.

"That’s basically the situation," after a long time, Yu Sheng finally concluded the antecedents and consequences, then exhaled lightly, "Furthermore, though Yun Qingzi’s final plan was never executed, the intelligence suggests its success rate should be quite high."

"... Yun Qingzi must have already been deeply eroded by the Inference Star Body at that time, with most of his consciousness uncontrollable," True Man Yuanling couldn’t help but express admiration, "To still manage this layout with his remaining self-awareness in such circumstances... is truly commendable."

Master Yuan Hao nodded slightly but couldn’t hold in a sigh: "Alas, it’s a pity that he couldn’t communicate normally with others at that time, being controlled by the Inference Star Body’s every word and action. Otherwise, with cooperation with Taixu Spirit Hub, and if the border had taken preemptive measures, the current situation would be much better—at least the losses on Shuji wouldn’t be as severe as today’s."

As someone who experienced the upheaval in Shuji firsthand, he clearly couldn’t forget the scene where the tendrils of the Inference Star Body grew from within the planet, speaking of the losses in Shuji with much regret.

"How is the situation in Shuji now?" Yu Sheng asked out of curiosity.

"The incident has just calmed down; the real challenge is only beginning," Yuanling slowly said, "But the good news is that Shuji’s orbital facilities and several major cities’ Immortal Boat Platforms are unharmed. Rescue teams departing from the nearest planet have already arrived there. Despite hundreds of years of erosion and control by the Inference Star Body, the goal of the Inference Star Body wasn’t to kill the people on the planet, and its ’Ascension’ process leading to planetary disintegration was stopped by you. Consequently, the casualties are much lower than anticipated..."

"Additionally, we Feiyu people all practice cultivation. While ordinary people may not achieve flying or teleportation, they can mostly introduce energy into their bodies and have strong physiques, so even with Shuji now facing harsh environments and shortages of resources, most people can survive for a long time," Yuan Hao added from the side, "However, the biggest problem there now isn’t the harsh environment, but the damage cities suffered from earthquakes when the Inference Star Body emerged from the planet, severing communication with the outside and even causing some cities to fall into sinkholes... making rescue efforts especially complicated."

"Is there anything I can help with?" Yu Sheng instinctively asked.

"Such calamity cannot be salvaged by the strength of one person alone, it relies on collective wisdom and combined strength," True Man Yuanling waved his hand, "Moreover, you need not worry, although the situation is complex, we Feiyu Star Domain are ultimately a major force. We have ways to respond to various disasters; Shuji may take a long time to fully recover, but we will certainly not abandon them."

Yu Sheng nodded thoughtfully, and in front of him, Yuanling and Yuan Hao discussed further in low voices, soon refocusing their attention on "Emperor’s Legacy."

"We still believe we should find a way to continue uncovering the secret of ’Emperor’s Legacy,’" Yuanling lifted his head and earnestly looked at Yu Sheng, "We will later contact various sects and factions, and share this part of the intelligence with them—Taixu Spirit Hub is vast, but with today’s mechanical secret techniques, digging into the earth’s core is not difficult."

"In fact, even digging into the earth’s core may not necessarily reveal anything, but we must at least try," Yuan Hao also nodded, "If the planet beneath us truly isn’t in the ’blueprint of creation,’ that indicates the very foundation of Feiyu people’s existence could ’have issues.’ Though this land has been peaceful for many years, considering the roots of billions of beings... if not thoroughly investigated, it’s unsettling."

Clearly, this was Taixu Spirit Hub’s "family matter," Yu Sheng had nothing to add, though he was curious: "Where do you plan to start the investigation?"

Yuanling and Yuan Hao exchanged looks, then spoke in unison: "Exotic Realm."

After pausing for two seconds, Yuanling explained with a serious expression: "No one can clearly explain the origin of Emperor’s Legacy, but at least those suddenly appearing ’Exotic Realms’ truly exist, and the Siege Giant Divine Soldiers brought out from one Exotic Realm are still in the Demon Suppression Tower—this suggests that even if the ’Emperor’s Legacy’ in the original blueprint turned into today’s Taixu Spirit Hub, it still left behind some parts that are not reconciled with reality during the ’transformation,’ and these ’misaligned with reality’ might hold some secrets from the era of cosmic restructuring."

"This will be a long-term effort, and the investigation will be conducted across the entire planet, even the entire star system, so it’s not suitable to constantly trouble you," Yuan Hao looked at Yu Sheng and continued, "We will contact Boundary Land to request their ’Exotic Realm Experts’ for assistance."

The Boundary Special Service Bureau is a professional organization for combating Exotic Realms and entities, widely recognized around the world. Their Deep Dive Team and Exotic Realm investigation groups do not only operate in Boundary City, the "Exotic Realm Nest," but are also frequently dispatched as expert teams to handle crises for various factions. It’s normal for a relatively peaceful place like Feiyu Star Domain, typically devoid of high-risk Exotic Realms, to hire people from Boundary Land when tricky Exotic Realms emerge—other factions do the same.

Yu Sheng obviously had no objection to this—although he was indeed curious about "Emperor’s Legacy," the upcoming operations at Taixu Spirit Hub were evidently no longer something as simple as sending a few people to investigate Exotic Realms, but a "civilization origin" level project requiring extensive work, time, labor, and resources. As a "travel agency," including mass-produced Puppets, he had only four people (and the actual human count was uncertain), making it truly unnecessary to take on such a task.

However, he still specifically mentioned to the two old men—if there were any significant progress in the investigation of the Emperor’s Legacy, especially any developments related to the Dark Angel, they must contact him.

As the world’s most reputable "Angel Combat Expert" (and the only expert), his request was evidently reasonable and indisputable.

Yuan Hao agreed readily, though the old handsome man was somewhat puzzled: "From what you’re saying, do you think the investigation of the Emperor’s Legacy will eventually have a connection with the Dark Angel?"

Yu Sheng thought for a moment, then nodded solemnly.

"Why do you say that?" Yuan Hao asked again.

Yu Sheng pondered even more seriously this time but ultimately shook his head: "Just consider it my spiritual intuition."

Yuan Hao looked at him intently, nodding slightly: "...I understand."

"Ah, it’s a pity that the ’Omen Wandering Star’ had an incident," Yuanling stroked his beard and sighed suddenly. "Originally, it should have had the most understanding of the Taixu Spirit Hub’s ’special trait.’ If we could get it to cooperate, perhaps we could find a breakthrough in the investigation from another angle. But, unfortunately, at this critical moment, it turned into something that couldn’t speak."

Hearing this, Yu Sheng couldn’t help but break out in a cold sweat, murmuring to himself how daring the old man was to think like that—you’ve kept it underground for three thousand years in Taixu Spirit Hub; what level of negotiation expert would it take to persuade that sphere to help with this kind of task? Let’s not say that, even if it dared to help, would you really dare to trust it?

Of course, there’s no need to worry about it now. After all, the Omen Wandering Star has already turned into a poor thing that gets bounced to the ceiling and can’t come down without help... Speaking of which, you wonder if it has recovered by now. Would it, upon "waking up," see four Erins present again and get so excited that it bounces to the ceiling once more?

I always feel Erin could pull something like that off.

Yuanling had no idea Yu Sheng was drifting off into thoughts after hearing about the "Omen Wandering Star." He casually remarked and then naturally switched to the next topic: "In a few days, there will be a celebration up and down the mountain to commemorate the safe passing of the ’Inference Star Body’ disaster. It will be a lively event; you could let the kids from your Cave Mansion go down the mountain to have a look around..."

...

At the same time, in Qianfeng Ling Mountain, at Beast Taming Peak.

A pavilion was built halfway up the mountain, surrounded by large open spaces, pools, small bridges, and forests. All kinds of treasure beasts frolicked in the woods, while the distant sunset cast its glow. Outside the pavilion, the mountain spring trickled down.

But amid such a pleasant scene, the big snake demon coiling itself around the pavilion pillar was merely tense all over, with several heads hanging down from mid-air, hissing continuously at True Man Yuan He sitting inside the pavilion.

"Yuan He, you old rogue!" hissed Snake Princess from several beastly heads, while the human head looked highly vigilant. "What do you even want—first you grabbed me to the upper level and shone that bunch of mirrors at me, then brought me here without saying why... I warn you! Though I can’t beat you now, I’ll never beat you in the future either! I’m no threat to you; just let me go back to jail. I really didn’t mean to run away; I was just hungry when I woke up early, so I went next door to eat some fruits. I didn’t steal them; I negotiated with the room next door, and they said they didn’t mind. And about biting the tongue..."

The Snake Princess suddenly slid down from the pavilion pillar, lying bonelessly on the ground with a string of hasty words, yet still hurling "Yuan He, you old rogue" at every turn, as if it had been ingrained in her reflexes.

True Man Yuan He watched the big snake demon before him with an amused yet exasperated expression. After a long pause, he let out a soft sigh.

"Snake Princess."

"Wha... what?"

"From today on, you don’t have to return to the Demon Suppression Tower—Qianfeng Ling Mountain, you can come and go as you wish."

Snake Princess: "...What?!"