Chapter 512: Xuanhuang Path, All Secrets (14,000)

The Ancient Kingdom of Tianyou borders the former Ancient Kingdom of Yuanhai. As one of the ancient kingdoms, its territory contains an entrance to the Reincarnation Divine Palace. The Reincarnation Divine Palace can be said to be within the territory of the Ancient Kingdom of Tianyou, but not entirely, as only one of its entrances and exits is located there, while the palace itself resides in the Daogu Layer. The Reincarnation Divine Palace is heavily surrounded by void turbulence and rifts within the Void Hundred Ren. The most convenient way to enter it is through the Ancient Kingdom of Tianyou.

"Gu Luohe told me to meet him in the Ancient Kingdom of Tianyou. Could it be for the Reincarnation Divine Palace?" Zhao Xing wondered. He felt a little uneasy about going to the Reincarnation Divine Palace because Qing Yuzi had secretly given him "Reincarnation," a core secret technique of the palace. However, on second thought, Zhao Xing straightened his back. "Wait, what am I afraid of? Times have changed. I am now a demigod, no longer the insignificant character who could be easily manipulated. What's wrong with learning a broken secret technique? Qing Yuzi willingly gave it to me. If anyone's to blame, it's him! All rules are based on strength. Before, I had to spend money and pull strings just to learn a minor divine ability because I was weak. But now, it's merciful of me not to plunder their homes! If pushed too hard, I'll release the Spirit-Devouring Grass in the Ancient Kingdom of Tianyou, causing another Li Xinghe transformation. Then I'll open the Seven Star Battle Cabinet, and no one will survive!"

With these thoughts, Zhao Xing no longer felt much fear toward the colossal Reincarnation Divine Palace. He opened his Star Mirror and quickly absorbed information to understand how long he had been gone.

"Nearly two thousand years have passed in the Profound Spirit Starfield? Doesn't that mean the Third Era of the Desolate Domain is about to arrive?" It was currently the last solar year of Desolate Domain Era 2, with only 35 world-star years remaining until Desolate Domain Era 3. "When I took over the Ancient Path of Annihilation Star, it was the 1197th solar year of Desolate Domain Era 2, and there were 2585 world-star years left until Desolate Domain Era 3. Excavating the ancient path, holding Dharma assemblies, discovering the grotto-heaven ruins, and then exiting the Baihan Realm ruins took a little over five hundred years. I spent a total of ninety-eight years in the time-space instance of the Profound Yellow Realm. Ninety-eight years inside the time-space instance meant two thousand years had passed outside. It was roughly a 20-fold time difference."

After confirming the time, Zhao Xing immediately began reviewing the major events of the Profound Spirit Starfield. First, regarding the Empire's development of the Siyue Desolate Domain in the northwest star position, three top-tier ancient paths had already been cleared. These included the Haitong Ancient Path, the Tongming Ancient Path, and the Star Ancient Path. Yes, the Star Ancient Path had been promoted to a top-tier ancient path. It was cleared five hundred years ago. However, by that time, the ownership of the Ancient Path of Annihilation Star had been nationalized by the Empire and was no longer in the hands of the Great Zhou Chamber of Commerce. Although the selling price wasn't disclosed, Zhao Xing estimated that all those who invested at the time received enormous dividends. He had seen through the Spark Network that many of his friends had made significant breakthroughs in their cultivation.

"Yang Baihe, an Eight-Calamity Emperor, has become the second-in-command of Spark. He also holds multiple titles in the Great Zhou: Guest Official, Honorary Dean of Shangluo, Honorary Dean of Xuantian, Honorary Dean of Kunyuan, and Advisor to King Kaoshan. How does this guy have so many Great Zhou titles?"

Just then, flames suddenly flared in Zhao Xing's Star Mirror, and a figure appeared before him. It was Yang Baihe.

"Zhao Xing, why are you looking me up? Funds? You're the living Zhao Xing! Holy cow, you've finally shown up!" Yang Baihe seemed very excited, rubbing his hands together in a jubilant manner.

"Captain, what do you mean by 'living'? Am I supposed to be dead?" Zhao Xing chuckled. Although his main body had left, his four Primordial Avatars had maintained their independence in the outside world and still existed in the Profound Spirit Starfield. For them, he should, in theory, have never left.

"How can that be the same?" Yang Baihe's voice rose. "The avatar that oversaw the Ancient Path of Annihilation Star entered a state of slumbering seclusion after the path was nearly cleared a thousand years ago. The two avatars in the Primordial Hills and the Primal Realm only know how to cultivate and completely ignore everyone."

"Isn't there one more?" Zhao Xing asked.

"Are you talking about the Traveling Avatar?" Yang Baihe curled his lips. "That one was a bit more active, occasionally communicating, but ever since it left the Four Seasons Palace and the Profound Spirit Starfield twelve hundred years ago, it vanished. Its last known location was in the Black Sky Desolate Domain."

Zhao Xing closed his eyes, sensed for a moment, then nodded. He had always been aware of the potential side effects of the Primordial Avatars. That's why, when Zhao Xing first created his avatars, he set clear rules. With the main body's powerful spiritual will, the thoughts of the four avatars were made pure and flawless. How was this achieved? Zhao Xing's method was absolute focus. In other words, the main body, with spiritual will and soul power far exceeding that of the avatars, placed a restriction on them, similar to a 'Dao Comprehension Golden Hoop.' Apart from their initial assigned goals, they would not concern themselves with any other matters. The cultivation avatar would focus solely on cultivation, the ancient path development avatar would focus on development, and the traveling avatar, tasked with finding Heaven-Time faction spells and pursuing the Great Dao of Heaven-Time, would dedicate itself to study tours.

Initially, with the Primordial Avatar handling daily affairs on the Ancient Path of Annihilation Star, Zhao Xing's friends and family didn't notice anything amiss. However, once the Ancient Path of Annihilation Star was cleared and its development rights sold to the Empire,