Sage of Humanity-Chapter 1554 - 1552: The Enormous Insect Hive

The Indeterminate Heavenly Enlightenment Pavilion, renowned throughout the four galaxies, is a secret realm especially beneficial for cultivators in the Constellation Realm. It opens once every ten years and only three people are allowed inside each time. In the past, only those with the highest aptitude in the Indeterminate World were eligible, but this time Duu Lang surprisingly secured a spot.

Huah Sheng knew this was all thanks to Lu Ye. Without Lu Ye, how could Duu Lang have gotten such a good opportunity? Despite his excitement, he couldn't help but sigh. He'd spent his whole life in the Indeterminate area, yet in the end, he didn't have as much influence as an outsider cultivator.

But there was no help for it; not everyone could control a safe route to the All Phenomena Ocean.

With a heavy heart, Huah Sheng left the Indeterminate World, preparing to return to Red Sky to bring Duu Lang over.

At that moment, on the starboat heading out of the Indeterminate World, Kang Cheng wore a smile as he solemnly apologized to Lu Ye: "Previously, I was inconsiderate and offended you. I hope you won't hold it against me."

"Fellow Daoist, you are too kind. It was nothing, like a breeze passing by." Lu Ye replied.

Seeing that Lu Ye truly bore no grudge, Kang Cheng's expression relaxed. He took out a storage ring: "Young friend, this was prepared on the instructions of the World Lord before you set off. It's just some trivial things; please accept it."

Lu Ye didn't stand on ceremony, reaching out to take it. A glance with his Mental Consciousness revealed that it was filled with colorful spirit fruits.

He realized that Yaya's previous performance had caught Jyang Shang's eye, who had specially ordered these gifts for her.

These spirit fruits were undoubtedly extraordinary, with a wide variety and large quantity. To say they were worthless was impossible; such a large collection was worth at least tens of thousands of spirit jades.

"The World Lord is thoughtful." Lu Ye nodded.

Given the age and cultivation gap between them, Jyang Shang instructing Kang Cheng to accompany Lu Ye was an opportunity for him to make amends. With the matter settled, there wasn't much left to discuss. Kang Cheng drove the starboat in silence while Lu Ye laid the Boulder Mountain Saber across his lap, focused his mind, and entered the azure great hall, clashing with Yien Xi.

Yien Xi's strength was undoubtedly formidable, but he was as slippery as an eel. In the azure great hall, he darted about; no matter how hard Lu Ye tried, he couldn't even grasp the hem of Yien Xi's clothes.

However, if Yien Xi found an opening, it was inevitably followed by a strike as unstoppable as a thunderbolt. His marvelous Brazen Plundering Technique left Lu Ye in awe. Lu Ye knew that to overcome Yien Xi, he would have to master that technique; otherwise, he wouldn't even be able to touch him, let alone defeat him.

Time flowed on, and in the blink of an eye, three months had passed.

One day, as Lu Ye opened his eyes, the usually silent Kang Cheng suddenly spoke: "Young friend, we're about to exit the Indeterminate World."

Under normal circumstances, it would take Lu Ye more than three months to traverse the Indeterminate World with his own speed. However, Kang Cheng's speed was significantly faster, which was one reason Jyang Shang had him accompany Lu Ye: they wanted Lu Ye to reach Jade Conch sooner and return quickly.

Hearing this, Lu Ye looked up and saw that in the distance on a massive floating land, there were traces of buildings. Moreover, around that floating land, many cultivators were active.

Noticing Lu Ye's confusion, Kang Cheng explained: "Decades ago, when that insect hive drifted here, we built a defense line to guard against the Insect Race's invasion. Currently, two of our Suns are stationed there."

Saying so, he maneuvered the starboat toward the floating land.

It took nearly half a day to reach the floating land, a fragment of a domain, its age unknown, drifting in the stellar space. Now, with the Indeterminate's Sun Blaze's methods, it was anchored here and used as a frontline fortress.

Previously, with this floating land obscuring his view, Lu Ye hadn't seen much. But once on the floating land, he witnessed a bizarre scene in the stellar space.

Far off, countless miles away in space, was an elliptical object, resembling a beehive, standing silently.

From here, the beehive seemed no bigger than a fist, but considering the distance, Lu Ye estimated it was at least the size of a star!

An insect hive!

Lu Ye recognized the nature of this thing at a glance.

This completely overturned his understanding of insect hives!

Previously, the insect hives he'd seen were mostly underground, large but with a limit. However, the sheer size of the hive before him was beyond his previous imagination.

This was no mere insect hive but a star in its own right, though unlike typical stars. Under the Insect Race's command, such a hive could drift through space. Upon encountering a domain full of life, the Insect Race would swarm out. Once they left, the domain would die.

Even from a great distance, Lu Ye could see countless traces of the Insect Race moving in and out of the hive. Not only around the hive, but the nearby stellar space was teeming with the activity of the Insect Race.

Alongside the Blood Race, they are one of the two great plagues of the stellar space. In some ways, the Insect Race is even more harmful than the Blood Race! Due to the special nature of the hives, as they drift through the four directions, countless vibrant domains and stars suffer.

Under normal circumstances, cultivators of any race, when encountering the Blood or Insect Races in space, will try to exterminate them completely. These two races are truly notorious, everyone eager to hunt them down, yet over countless years, neither has been eradicated.

The insect hive stood there at the gateway of Indeterminate, looking fiercely vigilant. Although showing no signs of invasion, anyone would be unsettled having such a thing at their doorstep, and no one could predict when the hive might suddenly break into the Indeterminate Galaxy.

Of the two Sun Blazes stationed there, only one remained, while the other had gone out to investigate the situation.

Kang Cheng led Lu Ye to meet the Sun Blaze, a woman with a cold expression. It was unclear what had happened to her, but one of her eyes was blinded, covered with an eyepatch, which looked extremely peculiar.

She seemed to be a combat cultivator due to her neat and agile attire, and her aura was highly aggressive.

Kang Cheng appeared to be very respectful towards her, communicating through Mental Consciousness for a while, after which the woman looked at Lu Ye in extreme surprise, then glanced at Yaya, who was restlessly held in Lu Ye's arms.

If it weren't for Kang Cheng's words, she truly couldn't see anything unusual about Yaya. Yet, such an ordinary-looking girl, seemingly with no traces of cultivation, was actually a Sun Blaze like her?

"The Insect Race has been a bit restless lately. Passing through the stellar space ahead won't be an easy task, even with a Sun Blaze escort. If your movements are careless, it's troublesome, as the Insect Race definitely has more than one Sun Blaze over there."

Lu Ye said, "I would appreciate it if Senior could guide me with a suitable route."

He could conceal himself, and the new Concealment Spirit Runes he deduced were more effective than before. However, Yaya couldn't do the same. He had already tried having Yaya conceal herself during the journey, only for Yaya to look at him cluelessly, seemingly unaware of what concealment was.

Moreover, when using concealment for flying, the speed was far less than that of the starboat. Hence, Lu Ye deemed it necessary to navigate through using the starboat.

Thus, an aptly secure route was necessary, and this was also why he followed Kang Cheng to visit this Sun Blaze. Having stationed there for decades, she undoubtedly understood the area well.

"There's no completely suitable route, as the Insect Race has its tendrils spread across the four galaxies. If you want to pass through here, I can't guarantee you won't be exposed, at most, I can only reduce some risks."

"Good enough!" Lu Ye nodded.

The female Sun Blaze didn't waste any words and immediately pointed Lu Ye a route where, based on the intelligence she had, the exposure risks were minimal. Even if detected, it was unlikely to draw the attention of the Insect Race Sun Blaze.

"When are you departing?" the female Sun Blaze asked again.

"I'm leaving now!" Lu Ye replied.

"Then off you go." After saying this, the female Sun Blaze stepped outside. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

Lu Ye and Kang Cheng exchanged glances, and Kang Cheng said, "Little friend, I can only escort you thus far. Please be cautious for the rest of the way."

"Thank you, Fellow Daoist Kang!" Lu Ye expressed his gratitude, acknowledging that although their first meeting was somewhat unpleasant, Lu Ye bore no loss, while Kang Cheng lost an arm. Now that he had escorted him all this way, Lu Ye would not dwell on any past unpleasantness.

Just as Lu Ye was about to set off, a cold, stern shout rang out from the depths of stellar space: "Get out here!"

Lu Ye was startled because he recognized the voice as that of the female Sun Blaze, not knowing what she was up to.

However, it didn't take long for Lu Ye to understand, as shortly after her voice echoed, an extremely fierce force fluctuation emanated from the depths of stellar space.

Even from a great distance, one could feel the aftershocks of that power collision, making the heart uneasy.

Lu Ye and Kang Cheng hurriedly flew off the floating land towards the depths of stellar space to observe, only to see what seemed to be a battle between formidable people, stirring the stellar space.

One of them was evidently the female Sun Blaze, and as for the other, needless to say, it was an Insect Race Sun Blaze!

While Lu Ye was still experiencing the force of the two Sun Blazes' battle, Kang Cheng urged, "Little friend, if not now, then when?"

The female Sun Blaze, having no reason to provoke and fight the Insect Race Sun Blaze, was obviously not acting on impulse. She was undoubtedly creating chaos, distracting the Insect Race to facilitate Lu Ye's safe departure.

Lu Ye understood, and without hesitation, he immediately summoned the starboat, navigating it into the stellar space as per the route provided by the female Sun Blaze.

The journey proceeded smoothly, indeed fairly peaceful, until a half-day later when the battle's aftershocks behind them were no longer perceptible.

Aboard the starboat, Lu Ye sat poised while Yaya munched on a spirit fruit, and Lih Shang steered the starboat.

Having hid in Lu Ye's Divine Sea for several months, she could finally come out to take some fresh air.

Lu Ye wasn't particularly worried about traversing this piece of stellar space; with Yaya present, even in the unfortunate event of encountering an Insect Race Sun Blaze, they wouldn't be without a countermeasure.