Chapter 1128: Life Star Domain

This was a crystal-clear divine stone, about the size of an adult's fist, fiery red all over. It had a hole on its surface, as if breathing, possessing its own life.

Crimson light shot through the heavens, staining the clouds of this asteroid red. Full of vitality, it resembled a blood diamond, vibrant red as if dripping. Anyone could tell at a glance that it was a divine artifact.

The Fire God Stone!

This was the supreme treasure of the Fire God Ape clan, who lived by magma. It was a divine ore, extremely rare in the desolate universe, with very few ever discovered throughout history.

When the six captives saw the divine stone fall to the ground, they all gasped, their eyes turning red. This was the future welfare of their clan; even a small piece of this divine stone could allow them to rise rapidly and be sought after by various lords.

"Don't be envious. Is this yours? It originally belonged to the Fire God Ape clan, the 'lowly race' as you call them, which you plundered," Ye Fan said, bending down to pick up the stone.

Unexpectedly, it wasn't overly hot; it was warm all over. A fiery red mist brushed against his skin, making him feel as if he were soaking in a hot spring, his bones pleasantly warm.

"It truly is a treasure," Ye Fan said, nodding. "Even if not used for alchemy, carrying it constantly would be immensely beneficial for cultivation." He carefully put it away.

The six captives breathed rapidly, all agitated. Having lost their supreme treasure, they wished they could retaliate immediately, but they lacked the strength and were nearly in despair.

The leader wiped the blood from his mouth and said, "You are a cultivator who unearths human potential. This kind of thing isn't of much use to you. Why don't you come with us to the Eternal Kingdom and offer it to a lord? You might receive the ultimate evolution fluid, which would be the true divine artifact for you!"

"Do you know a lot about the ultimate treasured fluid?" Ye Fan asked expressionlessly.

"Not a lot," the leader said, "but I know it would certainly have infinite wondrous uses for you. You should know that some of the strongest physiques, seen only once in eons, have been born because of it."

Ye Fan had learned from the purple-eyed woman that indeed several ultimate bloodlines had appeared among them. At this, he couldn't help but ask earnestly.

"I've heard of the Primordial Demonic Physique, Brahma Battle Physique, Grand Pure Immortal Physique, and so on," he said. "Each is more terrifying than the last, and they all appeared successively in ancient times, incredibly astonishing!"

Ye Fan was surprised and listened intently.

According to this person, the people of this starfield focused on comprehending and understanding the Dao, but hardly ever practiced body refinement. They all relied on external forces to make breakthroughs, and evolution fluids were crucial.

It was precisely because of this that they blew up one ancient star after another, searching for divine minerals and refining them into treasured fluids to facilitate continuous transformation in people.

Furthermore, another group of people ventured far beyond their domain, capturing powerful life forms, extracting their blood, and using it to aid their own evolution.

After so many years, some truly ultimate individuals had been born. Their comprehension of the Grand Dao was profound, and their physical bodies had reached perfection, making them invincible.

"An interesting starfield indeed, worth exploring," Ye Fan said, his eyes, like golden lamps, shining with brilliant light.

The six men tried their best to persuade him, urging him to enter the Eternal Kingdom with them. They claimed they would introduce him, and with his physique, he would surely be appreciated and become a revered guest in the mansions of various lords.

"You're quite bold," Ye Fan sneered. "It's one thing to want to live, but you want to sell me off too!"

These people merely wanted him to show mercy and take them back with him, but the more they tried to persuade him, the more their true intentions were revealed.

"Misunderstanding! We mean no harm!" the leader said, his expression changing as he quickly explained.

Ye Fan pointed a finger. The foreheads of the six men became crystalline, their Divine Altars convulsing, and their luminous Seas of Consciousness were all stripped out, flickering in the air.

"Ah, what are you doing?" the six men cried out in panic, discovering their souls had left their bodies and could be extinguished at any moment. Each of them was utterly terrified.

With a brief inspection, Ye Fan knew that these six captives indeed harbored ill intentions. Upon returning to the Eternal Kingdom, they not only planned to reclaim the Fire God Stone but also genuinely intended to sell his flesh and blood for massive profit.

"A bunch of captives, still not free, and you've already started plotting against me, wanting to sell me off," a cruel smile appeared on Ye Fan's lips. "You truly are..."

"We were wrong! Spare us!" they cried. At this moment, they were truly terrified. Those were just thoughts in their minds, but now they were laid bare, impossible to hide.

The human Sea of Consciousness is incredibly complex. Under normal circumstances, even powerful individuals are reluctant to read others' memories, because it would clutter their own Sea of Consciousness, akin to experiencing another person's complex life.

Many cultivators in their worldly journeys hoped to detach from the mundane, achieve peaceful minds with fewer distractions, and be closer to the Grand Dao.

And it was precisely because of too many extraneous thoughts that the primordial spirit was prone to decay. Some powerful cultivators would sever their "worldly hearts" in their later years, solely to keep their minds clear as a mirror and align with the Dao.

Ye Fan had no such worries, but he also didn't want to be tainted with too many of others' memories. Now, because he wanted to enter the Eternal Kingdom, he was forced to selectively read them.

Complex lives, wondrous kingdoms, peculiar life experiences... flowed through his mind one by one.

Ultimately, Ye Fan only chose certain key information and insights that aided his understanding of the Dao. All other extraneous memories that didn't belong to him were completely erased.

Six flames of primordial spirit flared and then extinguished. Ye Fan destroyed a spaceship and buried the bodies with it.

Afterwards, he personally repaired the Star Gate. A divine ring shimmered, as if cast from metal, gleaming with a cold luster, its interior appearing illusory.

Ye Fan piloted another cosmic spaceship, transforming into a metallic streak of light and vanishing into the Star Gate. All this information was gained after searching the opponents' Seas of Consciousness.

After an unknown period of time, he completed his spatial jump, bursting out from an ancient Star Gate into a brilliant starry sky.

"This is it! I sense the aura of an ancient life star!"

Ye Fan's heart stirred. There was definitely a habitable life-sustaining star straight ahead; he could sense its peculiar fluctuations from a great distance.

He piloted his cosmic spaceship into this living starfield. Soon after approaching, his mind was greatly shaken. Ahead was a massive star, no less significant than the Big Dipper or Ziwei, possessing an incredibly majestic aura.

The aura of an ancient Great Emperor!

How could this be? Ye Fan was shocked to his core. It was as if a Great Emperor was in seclusion here, just as when he faced the back of the Ruthless Great Emperor on the Dao platform in Purple Mountain, or when he felt that terrifying pressure deep within the Primordial Forbidden Zone.

"Has a Great Emperor been born here?"

Turbulent waves rose in Ye Fan's heart, unable to calm. He didn't dare approach immediately, instead discovering that there were also several smaller life-sustaining stars in this starfield.

Because at this time, the screen on the cosmic spaceship was constantly flickering, locking onto one of the planets. That was the ship's target.

"The large star is the Eternal Kingdom, and the few small life-sustaining stars are its subordinate territories," he thought. "I truly didn't expect to discover several life-sustaining stars in this starfield all at once!"

Undoubtedly, this was the same civilization, merely with different major forces stationed on them. This was a dreamlike land.

Ye Fan did not approach immediately. He didn't want to rush in recklessly; he wanted to integrate in a very secure way. After all, this was a powerful starfield; a slight misstep could lead to eternal doom. This race considered all others to be inferior, and they certainly possessed extraordinary abilities.

He piloted the cosmic spaceship towards the depths of the star sea, temporarily moving away from the ancient life stars to thoroughly understand this starfield. He even set up several array platforms so that he could retreat using them if circumstances changed in the future.

Suddenly, a fierce fluctuation came from ahead. A brilliant light erupted, radiating in all directions. Ye Fan was greatly startled: a massive fleet was engaged in battle.

The power was immense, enough to destroy small asteroids. When light beams struck warships, naturally nothing remained but ashes.

It was as if suns were exploding there, dazzling light engulfing the universe, making this starfield as bright as day, incredibly brilliant.

Ye Fan was shaken. In that region, asteroids were being destroyed one by one, and he could clearly observe the battle through the ship's screen.

Both sides had many warships, but one side was clearly outmatched, collapsing along the way. One spaceship after another exploded, becoming a rain of light, like a fireworks display.

Such a spectacle formed in the universe, which could be described as dazzling, cruel, and beautiful. With each exploding spaceship, countless lives were lost; iron vessels turned to ash, human bones to smoke, and rivers of blood dried up.

By the time Ye Fan had hidden himself well, the battle was already nearing its end. The ultimate battle concluded as the two Saint-tier warships determined their victor.

One silver warship was damaged beyond recognition. The other Saint-tier ship, shimmering with purple light and crystalline all over, was perfectly intact. It had captured the enemy's main vessel and began plundering it.

Utter collapse!

The defeated side still had over a dozen warships, fleeing desperately, but found it difficult to escape. With a "boom," a three-hundred-zhang long silver spaceship turned into a blaze of fire, its light waves sweeping across a section of space.

"Whoosh," "whoosh"...

Beam after beam of light shot out, like a meteor shower, sweeping towards the fleeing spaceships. Seven or eight of them successively exploded, forming terrifying light clusters that affected a wide area.

"Hahaha... The Immortal Feather Family sure has grand designs!" someone laughed. "On this expedition, they actually mined the divine primary ingredient for refining the ultimate treasured fluid! It's the Heaven's Mandate Stone, something others might not find in several lifetimes!"

A group of people on the brilliant purple warship laughed loudly, boarded the damaged silver Saint-tier ship, and moved a large grey rock formation onto their own Saint-tier vessel.

Ye Fan's gaze paused. He saw everything clearly. This was precisely the kind of divine mineral rock he had seen on the Big Dipper star, which had been fashioned into a pool where he had gained immense benefits by soaking in it.

"I really didn't expect Princess Qi Meng, the most brilliant immortal pearl of the Immortal Feather Family, to be here," someone exclaimed. "The most renowned beauty of the Eternal Kingdom is actually visiting our Heaven!"

Heaven was the name of a group of interstellar pirates, one of the three most famous marauding groups in this star sea. They dared to act against any major power, because in addition to their Saint-tier spacecraft, they also had a true Ancient Saint overseeing them.

These people, all very powerful cultivators, could even move about in space after leaving their spaceship. They completely cleared out the rare minerals from the silver Saint-tier ship.

A woman walked out from the silver Saint-tier ship. Starlight, fleck by fleck, fell upon her, leaving the group of plunderers petrified. Her beauty was almost ethereal.

Ye Fan was too far away, piloting his spaceship, hidden within a meteor shower. He couldn't clearly see the woman, but he knew she must be extremely beautiful, or those men wouldn't be in a daze.

"Hmm, I heard that the Immortal Feather Family produced a Grand Pure Immortal Physique tens of thousands of years ago, whose name shook the ages and once unified the entire Eternal Kingdom," a red-haired man said. "Seeing Miss Qi Meng, I believe it now; divine blood must still flow within you. I will ask Ancestor Gu Sheng Fanyun to make us complete and propose a marriage alliance with your Immortal Feather Family. The divine ingredients for the ultimate physique evolution fluid are almost fully collected, and I believe our descendants, after receiving the baptism, will surely bring about the reappearance of the Grand Pure Immortal Physique, making it number one in the world!"

Although the red-haired man had an arrogant demeanor, he was undeniably quite handsome. At this moment, he revealed a set of perfectly white teeth, possessing a sinister charm.