The vast Star Domain was dotted with stars.
The sun and moon moved in their orbits, cycling endlessly.
In this world where both heaven and earth were square, the so-called Star Domain was not infinitely vast like the universe of Earth from Chen Yi's previous life, measured in light-years.
The largest stars in the Star Domain were no more than one-thousandth of Earth's diameter.
Otherwise, they couldn't be casually pulled down from the sky using the Star River Divine Art.
However, compared to the ground, the volume of the Star Domain was still incredibly exaggerated.
Even if the Shen family had multiplied in the Star Domain for thirty thousand years, their population could not possibly cover every star, nor could their eyes watch every corner.
Near the spatial barrier far from the Shen family's activity zones, a breach appeared.
"Hiss—"
White clouds and gases from the ground were surging into the Star Domain through this gap.
The warning array set up by the Shen family over the spatial barrier was triggered.
"Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!"
A patrol team, led by a Star Lineage Elder, stepped on Star Shuttles and rushed to the breach to investigate.
The Star Shuttle was the spiritual artifact Chen Yi had seen in the simulation, which looked exactly like a skateboard.
Almost every Shen family member below the Martial King realm had one.
The Star Shuttle helped them ascend from the star's surface into the Star Domain, allowing them to fly faster and more nimbly in the zero-gravity environment.
Its consumption rate was one low-grade crystal per hundred kilometers.
"Elder, look! Someone from the ground broke through and created this gap!"
The Star Lineage Elder leaned over the spatial barrier and inspected it carefully.
"Plain and unadorned, with no residual spiritual energy. This was forced open with brute strength. The intruder must be in the Martial King realm."
The patrol members were puzzled.
"If a Martial King expert wished to visit the Star Realm, our Shen family would naturally open the door for them. Why do this?"
"Isn't it obvious? They must come with ill intentions!"
"Judging from the healing degree and speed of the breach, only one person should have entered. Which family's Martial King is so confident as to dare cause trouble in our Shen family alone?"
"Elder, should we search the surroundings? They might not have gone far!"
The Star Lineage Elder gave the last speaker a speechless look.
"Since they broke in, who would wait here for you to find them? They must have already blended into the Star Domain. We have guests in the Star Domain recently. Hurry and notify the Moon Lineage and Sun Lineage to have the clansmen raise their guard!"
The patrol team left on their Star Shuttles.
Nearby was an uninhabited but heavily overgrown star. From a distance, it looked like a spherical loaf of bread covered in green mold.
The patrol team happened to fly right over it.
"Captain, look, the weeds on this Wild Grass Star have grown taller again. They must average over a hundred meters high. How are these weeds? They're taller than trees."
"Stop talking nonsense and keep up with the Elder!"
Below, in the giant patch of weeds, Chen Yi was crouching.
Having equipped Silent Step and Three Musketeers of the Bush, unless the group passing above seriously scanned his location with their divine sense, they would not detect his presence.
After they left, Chen Yi slowly levitated, standing above the weeds.
"I snuck in, but I don't see any aura of the Dragonkin race around here. I need to check elsewhere..."
The Star Domain was vast.
Chen Yi had specifically chosen a sparsely populated area to ascend. Wanting to find the Dragonkin aura right away was naturally not that easy.
Chen Yi used Playing the Pig to Eat the Tiger to lower his cultivation aura to the Golden Body realm.
A Martial King was too conspicuous. While not every Martial King in the Shen family was famous throughout the Star Domain, they were definitely not nobodies.
If he ran into Shen family members, he could easily be seen through.
The Golden Body realm was different. There were many of them, and they weren't bottom-tier martial artists, giving him more room to maneuver.
Fortunately, there was no gravity in the Star Domain, so Chen Yi flying through the air here wouldn't be a flaw.
"Come on, Aura of Ten Thousand Races, do your thing. The Shen family definitely has Dragonkin!"
Chen Yi searched the Star Domain for the aura of the Dragonkin.
The Myriad Soul Banner was once again puzzled by Chen Yi's confusing behavior.
"Bro! What are you busy with all day? Why come to the Star Domain? This is the Shen family's territory! If you want to find Earth Veins, look on the ground. How could there be any in the Star Domain?"
The Demon Refining Pot criticized the Myriad Soul Banner for being a busybody.
"Why do you, a banner, have so many opinions? Does the boss need to consult you on what he does? Do your own job and stop dictating to the boss, you vulgar Earth-rank spiritual artifact."
"I am an Immortal Artifact! Ah! This is truly... a tiger descending to the plains being bullied by dogs, a dragon swimming in shallow waters being teased by shrimp!"
"Dragon and tiger? I think you're just a fraud!"
Da Chun was also there.
He was currently integrated into the Nine Provinces Cauldron as an artifact spirit, eating peaches inside the cauldron realm.
Seeing the two artifacts arguing inside Chen Yi's body again, he chuckled and watched the show.
"The Myriad Soul Banner is so eloquent, and the Demon Refining Pot speaks so nicely."
Chen Yi had built up a tolerance by now.
No matter how earth-shatteringly the banner and the pot argued, he could choose to go deaf.
Unless they said something of substance.
Otherwise, he would have thrown these two unlucky things away long ago.
Sun Wukong couldn't even stand one Tang Sanzang; how could anyone handle two?
Chen Yi was cautious, exploring the Star Domain star by star.
When he encountered a star with no human activity, he would conduct a carpet search, roaming freely.
If it was inhabited, Chen Yi would stake out the nearby area.
When a group of Shen family members on Star Shuttles came over from another star laughing and talking, he would also step on a Star Shuttle, blend in, act familiar with them, and integrate perfectly.
Finally, they would land together, and he would quietly slip away.
You ask where Chen Yi got his Star Shuttle?
Naturally, he borrowed it from a lucky Shen family member.
During this time, Chen Yi also discovered a good item.
"Beauty Liquid?"
On a star named Beauty Star, there was a highly unique thousand-year-old shop with an endless stream of customers.
It sold a special medicinal liquid. When applied to the face, one could mold their face at will and change their appearance.
However, bone structure couldn't be changed, so after molding, one still looked somewhat similar to their original self.
Moreover, each application only lasted for twelve hours, requiring continuous use to maintain the effect.
This liquid was extremely popular among the women in the Star Domain.
Even though it required long-term use and was highly expensive, many beauty lovers still bought it tirelessly.
Chen Yi also bought a bunch.
Then he molded his face to look about sixty percent similar to his original appearance.
This kind of appearance change couldn't be seen through even by a divine sense scan.
Because it genuinely altered facial details, like changing single eyelids to double eyelids, or adding volume under the eyes.
"When traveling out and about, it's still very important to change your face."
Chen Yi didn't want to have any contact with the Shen family in reality yet.
Because the Shen family wouldn't understand his current actions.
So wearing his original face wasn't a good idea.
Wearing an alias meant he didn't have to worry about such issues.
"It's been a month, and still no discoveries..."
Although he hadn't traversed every corner of the Star Domain yet, Chen Yi was starting to doubt himself.
Could his deduction be wrong? Was there no traitor in the Shen family?
Or perhaps, not at this point in time?
Just as Chen Yi was holding two handfuls of barbecue skewers, stepping on his Star Shuttle, and eating while leaving the Barbecue Star to head to the next star, a somewhat familiar voice came from behind him.
"Young brother, please wait!"
It is the first day of the Lunar New Year! I would like to wish all my brothers and sisters a very Happy New Year! Wishing you all in the coming year: good health, a smooth career, academic success, fulfilling relationships, a happy family, and may all your wishes come true!
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
close your eyes and open them again, only to find yourself transmigrated into the role of a villainous male supporting character. Readers familiar with urban wish-fulfillment novels know that it is only through the relentless antics of the villainous male supporting character that the plot between the male and female leads can progress. As the villainous male supporting character, Long Aotian not only has to bully the female lead, harass the second female lead, and flirt with the third female lead, but he also has to go all out to antagonize the male lead. In the end, when his body is discovered, he is still clutching half a moldy fried dough stick in his hand. Fully aware of the plot, Long Aotian is determined to change his fate, starting with the female lead! In the beginning, the female lead lacks confidence: "Big brother, I hope I didn't scare you?" In the middle, the female lead treads carefully: "Brother Long, please don't hit me, okay?" Later on, the female lead becomes coquettishly clingy: "Aotian, it's time to pay the 'public grain' tonight." Long Aotian's legs go weak, and he feels like crying: "I taught you to be thick-skinned, not shameless!"
ions, keeping it grounded and realistic】 After quitting his job, office worker Su Yang accidentally binds with the "Enjoy Life System." As the name suggests, simply by indulging in life's pleasures, he can earn random rewards from the system—no need to spend money on beautiful women or grovel before anyone. Just enjoy, and the money follows, making it all about effortless fun. The system comes with a scanning feature, allowing him to establish a favorability bond with women rated 85 points or above. Every 20-point increase in favorability unlocks additional rewards. After suffering through over twenty years of hardship, Su Yang trembles with excitement, his dull eyes suddenly gleaming with newfound hope. "Enjoy life? How hard could that be?"
he colors of other people’s emotions. Light red meant anxiety. Gray meant exhaustion. Orange meant excitement. Yellow... meant repression. At the same time, he could gain unlimited control over one of those colors. Pale cyan: relaxation. Using this ability, he started offering “two-yuan hugs,” spending an afternoon exchanging emotional-color experiences with others. Then came his final female customer of the day— a girl whose emotional color was pure black... —— A week later, Xu Chuan had become skilled at using pale cyan—Relaxation—treating it like a bottle of menthol balm whenever he needed it. That was when he discovered he had unlocked another unlimited emotional color: Purple, the color of fear. So these emotional colors refresh every week? Fine, I take it back—I’ll never call you useless again... —— Much later, after Xu Chuan had accumulated countless emotional abilities, one night, he suddenly found himself inside someone else’s dream. There, he could use the emotional colors he possessed to paint. And in her dream, he painted her a shower of pink shooting stars, spreading across the depths of the night sky...
