Volume 10, Chapter 651 – Struck Rich, Struck Rich Again

Ever since Qi Huang had witnessed the terrifying power of the Heavenly Slave, a strong sense of crisis had taken root in her heart. She didn’t want to waste time and immediately conveyed her plan to her main body.

“You want to head into the vast universe?”

Although Cheng Hongling had long prepared herself mentally, she still confirmed it several times.

“Yes. The resources of the cultivation continent can no longer meet my needs. I can only seek another path. In the vast universe, not only can I look for ghost tomatoes, but more importantly, I can obtain Heaven-Deceiving Water to help you conceal your aura. I don’t want to spend spirit stones to buy it from the Immortal Alliance’s leader.”

Qi Huang laid out her reasons.

“Then you must be extremely careful! In the vast universe, there could very well be cultivators from other planets. Anyone capable of traveling the starry skies must be stronger than you. After all, your advantage lies only in your powerful Divine Sense.”

Cheng Hongling cautioned her with great care.

“Cultivators from other stars are just legends. No one has truly seen them. Besides, I don’t intend to go far, just wandering a little around the cultivation continent.”

Qi Huang looked relaxed. She simply did not believe that cultivators from other stars really existed.

“Even so, it’s always better to be cautious.”

Cheng Hongling repeated her advice tirelessly. Only when facing her doppelgänger did she become so talkative.

Qi Huang pondered briefly, then tested her with a suggestion: “If you’re really worried, why don’t you just come with me?”

“I can really go with you?”

Cheng Hongling’s beautiful eyes gleamed with desire. After all, every person was born with curiosity, and the yearning for the starry sky was an instinct embedded deep in the heart.

“Of course. As long as you enter my spatial ring, I can easily bring you beyond the cultivation continent.”

Qi Huang explained her plan. After all, when Luo Yao had shattered the void, many cultivators who sought to mend the heavens had planned to do exactly this.

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“Then yes, I’ll go with you!”

Cheng Hongling agreed at once. Curiosity was only part of it, the more important reason was that she didn’t want Qi Huang to take risks alone, even if she knew her own strength wouldn’t be of much help.

After preparations, the main body and doppelgänger bade farewell to their parents and set out on their journey to the universe.

Qi Huang placed her main body into the spatial ring, then gathered her Divine Sense and shot straight into the heavens. To break free from the cultivation continent, extreme speed was necessary, this was a lesson recorded by predecessors. She dared not hold back in the slightest.

“If you feel strained, turn back immediately. We can try again later.”

Cheng Hongling’s mental transmission rang out.

“Don’t worry, I won’t gamble with my life.”

Qi Huang reassured her, while speeding up further. With every breath, she ascended more than ten li. The Divine Sense barrier compressed the air ahead, producing sharp sonic booms that spread with waves of distorted air.

As the altitude increased, the temperature plummeted and the air thinned. But for Qi Huang, who had already reached the Incarnation Realm, these conditions were negligible.

She felt fortunate that her main body had strengthened her physical vessel. Otherwise, even if she had the ability to reach the universe, a fragile body would never have endured such a harsh environment.

In less than half an incense stick’s time, Qi Huang broke through the continent’s atmosphere and arrived in the long-dreamed-of vast universe. Though it had taken only moments, fatigue already crept into her.

“Lucky I waited until I reached the eighth layer of the Heavenly Tribulation Realm before acting. If I’d tried at the seventh layer, my Divine Sense would already be depleted.”

Qi Huang shuddered at the thought and finally understood why those cultivators who once attempted to mend the heavens had been so cautious.

She scanned her surroundings. Once she confirmed no danger, she released her main body.

“So this is the starry universe?”

Cheng Hongling extended her Divine Sense to steady herself. Her beautiful eyes darted everywhere with intense curiosity, like a newborn child seeing the world for the first time.

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Qi Huang, however, appeared calm. After all, in her “dreams”, Luo Yao had dragged her through the universe every day. Because those were vivid memories, it all felt real to her.

Remembering those dreams, Qi Huang finally voiced a question that had long troubled her: “Have you ever wondered why my blood tears come from Cheng Ling, who inherited them from you, who in turn inherited them from Mother? Yet neither you nor Mother have ever seen memories of Luo Yao, while both Cheng Ling and I have?”

“Who knows?”

Cheng Hongling thought for a while, then smiled helplessly.

“There must be some hidden factor at work.”

Qi Huang mused.

“That’s not the only strange thing. I recall you telling me something: that An Xuan said only Assimilators who reach the Immortal Realm can perceive Assimilation Qi with their Divine Sense. But Cheng Ling clearly hadn’t reached the Immortal Realm, so why could she wield Assimilation Qi?”

Cheng Hongling countered with another puzzle.

“You’re right. If you hadn’t mentioned it, I might’ve overlooked that entirely.”

Qi Huang admitted belatedly.

“Perhaps only by continuing to dream can you uncover the truth.”

Cheng Hongling shook her head helplessly, then went back to gazing at the dazzling stars.

‘If I’m completely feminized ahead of time, whether I learn the truth or not won’t matter.’

Qi Huang mocked herself silently.

“Don’t worry. Even if I must pay any price, I won’t let you become entirely a woman.”

Cheng Hongling’s calm voice rang out.

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Hearing that, Qi Huang smiled, a sense of safety blooming in her heart.

“These stars are beautiful, but they seem awfully far away. How are you supposed to find ghost tomatoes? They won’t grow rooted in empty space.”

Cheng Hongling, quick-witted as ever, immediately saw the problem.

Qi Huang froze, then looked around. She realized that even the nearest planet was beyond the reach of her Divine Sense, and she couldn’t gauge the distance.

“It’s over!”

She suddenly understood and slapped her forehead in frustration.

“What’s wrong?”

Cheng Hongling asked in puzzlement.

“I only thought about copying Luo Yao, searching for resources in the universe, but I forgot the difference in our strength. At my speed, even reaching the nearest planet would take months of flight.”

Qi Huang’s face collapsed into despair.

“What?”

Cheng Hongling was speechless, then suddenly understood: “I think I get it now why no cultivators from other planets have ever visited. If it takes months at your strength just to cross from one planet to another, then even if there are cultivators elsewhere, they simply can’t reach us.”

“Exactly. Long-distance planetary travel seems to require at least the Immortal Realm. And anyone of that level would have already ascended to the Immortal Realm itself.”

Qi Huang sighed helplessly.

“So what will you do now?”

Cheng Hongling asked curiously.

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“What else can I do? Give up on ghost tomatoes. There are still plenty of problems on the cultivation continent. I can’t stay in here for too long.”

Qi Huang shook her head in resignation, then tried to comfort herself: “Still, we can keep pursuing Heaven-Deceiving Water. As long as Greenwater Star passes close, we’ll intercept it halfway and leave the Immortal Alliance leader empty-handed.”

“Good!”

Cheng Hongling’s spirits lifted too.

Luck was with them. After waiting only three days in the vast universe, they saw a green glow streaking past nearby.

“Look, isn’t that Greenwater Star?”

Cheng Hongling asked excitedly.

“It should be.”

Qi Huang’s heart raced. She put her main body back into the spatial ring and hurried after it.

The Greenwater Star moved swiftly, faster than the legends claimed. That also showed that the speed of each Greenwater Star varied.

“Faster! Faster! Faster!”

Qi Huang urged herself on, pouring all her Divine Sense into the chase. Even so, it took her a full hour to catch up. Only the absence of the continent’s gravitational pull allowed her to endure so long.

As the Greenwater Star loomed closer, exhaustion painted Qi Huang’s face, yet an unnatural flush burned across her cheeks. She shouted excitedly: “Struck rich! Struck rich! This time, I’ve struck it rich again!”

“My heavens!”

Inside the spatial ring, Cheng Hongling too had extended her Divine Sense to sense the Greenwater Star. Her shocked cry echoed at once. The reason she lost her composure was because that Greenwater Star brought an immense surprise.