Sage of Humanity-Chapter 1693 - 1691: Return

The Soul Race lives in an environment like their ancestral land where soul jade is practically useless; if they wish to cultivate, they can do so directly on the Lotus Land.

Only when leaving the ancestral land does the Soul Race expend effort to condense some soul jade for future use.

Nevertheless, Lu Ye managed to obtain over two hundred pieces of soul jade from Xuyuan; these were remnants from Xuyuan's travels long ago, after many years.

Holding onto it serves no purpose, so he gave them to Lu Ye when requested.

Beside a stellar space pond, resembling an entire starry sky in miniature, an old man and a youth stood firm.

However, finding a path from this stellar space pond leading to the Nine Provinces is not easy, because Lu Ye cannot pinpoint the exact location of the Nine Provinces within the starry space!

Thus, he could only seek Xuyuan's assistance. Having presided over this site for years, Xuyuan's understanding of the stellar space pond, regularly delving into its study when he had spare time, naturally surpasses that of Lu Ye.

"Where to this time?"

"Jade Conch Galaxy," Lu Ye opens up, initially stating a general region; if the stellar space pond has a direct channel to Jade Conch, it would be ideal.

Xuyuan said: "Name a place with recognizable features; this galaxy you mention is entirely unfamiliar to me."

Among the myriad star systems in the cosmos, Xuyuan is not familiar with all of them, and to find a corresponding position in this stellar space pond for an unknown location is undoubtedly demanding too much.

"Then the Chaos Burst Zone?" Lu Ye opted for a secondary choice.

Xuyuan shook his head.

"Thousand Mounds Cemetery?" Lu Ye asked again.

If Xuyuan could help pinpoint any location, Lu Ye could deduce the position of Jade Conch and Nine Provinces based on this.

Unfortunately, even such a stellar marvel as the Thousand Mounds Cemetery was unfamiliar to Xuyuan.

"Indeterminate, Tranquil Moon, Beixuan, Daluo Star System?"

If these cannot be pinpointed, Lu Ye genuinely cannot ascertain how to locate the region corresponding to the Nine Provinces from the stellar space pond, since he is familiar only with this route.

Regarding developments from All Phenomena Ocean, they are unreliable because after crossing All Phenomena Ocean and passing through Changyun Galaxy, one must traverse an Insect Path that directly leads into the Mist Dragon marvel with a discontinuity along the way, thus making positional deduction untenable.

Fortunately, this time Xuyuan finally nodded: "I know the Daluo Star System."

Lu Ye immediately relaxed.

Xuyuan's Mental Consciousness surged, commencing his busy work, quickly reaching a result: "Found it."

Upon hearing this, Lu Ye too released his Mental Consciousness, following Xuyuan's guidance to immerse his spirit into the stellar space pond.

"This position is near the Daluo Star System; the rest is up to you."

"No problem!" Lu Ye nodded affirmatively; once pinpointed to Daluo, extrapolating the direction of Jade Conch is not difficult.

Immersing his spirit in the stellar space pond, as if he truly arrived at the vast cosmos, Lu Ye, with his spirit traversing and flowing, soon found the projection of Indeterminate Star System within the pond, pressing on, with a thought, his spirit crossed the battlefield marking of past engagements with the Insect and Blood Races, then skimmed over Thousand Mounds Cemetery, traversing Chaos Burst Zone.

Pinpointing Jade Conch!

With a grand vision unfolded by his spirit, traversing the Jade Conch Galaxy, Lu Ye easily located the specific position of Qingli Dao World, indeed discovering the projection of Jade Conch World.

Speaking of which, Lu Ye hadn't really visited Jade Conch World; last time, planning to personally visit Jade Conch, events rushed, thus some matters were entrusted to Wu Zhuo to handle.

Quietly noting the specific positioning of Jade Conch World, Lu Ye began to seek traces of the Nine Provinces.

Finding it easily!

Because near the projection of the Nine Provinces within the stellar space pond, there prominently exists another distinct feature.

Blood Refinement World!

From the celestial space perspective, Blood Refinement World resembles the body shape of a decapitated, limb-severed, giantess, a projection still bearing the same resemblance, albeit scaled down countless times.

Thus, upon seeing this distinct projection concurrently, Lu Ye instantly understood that beside it must undoubtedly be the domain of the Nine Provinces!

Finding the projection of Nine Provinces within the stellar space pond makes subsequent affairs easier.

Simply searching for accessible channels nearby is all that is needed.

Moments later, Lu Ye locked onto a position.

"Elder, I'm off." Lu Ye turned to bid Xuyuan farewell, then, along the channel's position, dove headlong into the stellar space pond, disappearing from sight.

"Full of vigor and enthusiasm!" Xuyuan shook his head, feeling that young people truly love to stir things up, although reminiscing about his youth, he realized he wasn't much better back then either.

Time drifts away, never to return.

In Jade Conch Galaxy, somewhere within the starry space, a few star beasts were on the move; round and plump in form, resembling soccer balls, entirely in black and white, two large, three small, forming a neat queue, origins unknown, destinations uncertain.

This should be a family of five.

While diligently gliding through the stellar space, suddenly the void beside them contorted.

The five star beasts, previously serenely advancing, were startled, subsequently each one of them, color shifting, even their rotund form began warping.

In the blink of an eye, the five star beasts transformed into five meteorite-like objects, dispersing all around, with no sign of vitality, akin to genuine meteorites.

The void twisted more intensely, until suddenly, a figure emerged!

Lu Ye turned his head to look at the surrounding constellations, discovering they were unfamiliar...

Back when he first became a Constellation, although he had left the Nine Provinces to explore, he had ultimately only explored in one direction. If he was in that direction, he had markings along the way, but he knew nothing about other directions.

The stellar space pond over there shouldn't be wrong. He definitely had already arrived in the Jade Conch Galaxy, but as for how far it was from the Nine Provinces, that was unknown.

Lu Ye's gaze swept over the nearby five meteorites of varying sizes, initially not paying much attention. However, he quickly realized something was wrong.

These were not meteorites at all; these were clearly five star beasts!

If he wasn't mistaken, Starfall Beasts?

Understanding in his heart, Lu Ye did not expose their disguise. Starfall Beasts posed no harm and were naturally timid, regardless of how far they progressed in their cultivation. At the slightest disturbance, they would immediately disguise themselves as meteorites.

Coincidentally, their disguises were extremely skillful. Even star beasts surpassing them in strength by one level would find it difficult to notice, so Starfall Beasts often used this unique racial technique to avoid potential dangers.

He pretended not to see!

Lu Ye reached out and pressed his battlefield marking, calling out in his mind, "Number Nine, Number Nine!"

If this place was near the Nine Provinces, then he should be able to contact Number Nine and have it lead him.

Soon, there was a response from the marking, and Number Nine's voice was full of surprise and joy, "Lu Ye?"

"Haha, I'm back!" Lu Ye replied, feeling fortunate. It seemed that this position was really not far from the Nine Provinces; otherwise, it wouldn't have been so easy to contact Number Nine.

"You... how did you come back?" Number Nine still couldn't believe it.

"Is it unwelcome? Should I leave?" Lu Ye teased.

Number Nine quickly said, "Not at all! I'm just... I'm just very surprised. How did you come back so soon?"

When Lu Ye left last time, he said he was taking people to All Phenomena Ocean. It's only been a little over three years.

According to Number Nine's knowledge, just traveling one way to the All Phenomena Ocean would take three to four years, even if they rushed. A round trip would be about seven or eight years.

Lu Ye appearing near the Nine Provinces at this time was clearly abnormal!

Did something unexpected happen on the way? Number Nine couldn't help but overthink.

"It's a long story. I'll tell you later. First, guide me. I'm a bit unclear about the direction."

Number Nine then gave Lu Ye a direction.

Lu Ye then used his mind to communicate with Hua Qianying in the Flower World and asked her to open the portal of the Flower World to bring out Ma Shangsi, who had been placed inside.

"Saintly Venerable!" Ma Shangsi, who had been staying in the Flower World for several days, immediately saluted upon seeing Lu Ye.

"Go that way!" Lu Ye pointed in a direction for him.

"Yes!" Ma Shangsi responded, then summoned a starboat and flew Lu Ye forward.

Sitting atop the starboat, Lu Ye chatted leisurely with Number Nine. Soon, Number Nine learned why Lu Ye had returned so quickly. When he heard that the stellar space pond in the Soul Race ancestral land had such mystical capabilities, Number Nine was both shocked and delighted.

"Doesn't that mean you can come back anytime you want in the future?"

"It's not that simple. After all, the passage locations to and from the Soul Race ancestral land are fixed and relatively dispersed. But it's definitely not as difficult as it used to be."

Lu Ye thought to himself that if the Insect Path of Jade Conch stabilized in the future, it would be very convenient to travel between the All Phenomena Ocean and the home galaxy. However, without waiting for the Insect Path of Jade Conch to stabilize, they now had the stellar space pond in the Soul Race ancestral land as an aid.

Which method is more convenient is hard to say.

However, considering the uniqueness of the Soul Race ancestral land, this method is temporarily only available to him. He can't possibly lead a large group of people into the Soul Race ancestral land to use the stellar space pond as a transit.

He can use it because he's practically considered half a member of the Soul Race. Neither Xuyuan nor Hun Que sees him as an outsider.

But if he wants to secure some convenience for the Nine Provinces cultivators in this way, it's not quite suitable.

Not to mention whether the Soul Race would agree, he himself wouldn't feel right doing it.

"I brought you something good!"

"What good thing?" Number Nine's tone was full of anticipation.

"You'll know when you see it." Lu Ye said cryptically. The remnant of the domain was secondary and wouldn't bring much improvement to the Nine Provinces; it could really only be regarded as a snack for Number Nine.

But a divine object like the Flower World was a rare sight.

I believe Number Nine will be happy to accept the attachment of the Flower World, and likewise, the Flower Race shouldn't refuse such a large domain capable of rapid growth.

Currently, the Nine Provinces' foundation isn't strong, but its potential is unparalleled in the stellar space.

After all, ten thousand years ago, the Nine Provinces was a top-tier domain, and even though it's fallen now, it has the potential for revival.

Once at the Nine Provinces, it would be arranged for Hua Qianying to witness the magnificence of the Nine Provinces firsthand.

Engaging in small talk with Number Nine along the way, Lu Ye learned that the Nine Provinces was currently very peaceful.

And they had already established connections with Qingli Dao World and Jade Conch World, with occasional exchanges between cultivators.

In a star system with only these three large domains, natural interactions are necessary, especially since the cultivators from the three domains had already joined forces to venture into All Phenomena Ocean.