I'm bound to the World-Destroying Witch

Chapter 609. The Empress in Seclusion
"Director?"

"Tell me, what happened?"

"We've observed—" Zhao Changkong steadied himself and said in a deep voice, "The astral plane is flickering!"

A fish was biting the hook in the lake, and the fishing line kept sinking, but the old man remained sitting steadily.

Astral shimmer?

It was nothing serious after all. These young people love to overreact and are not reliable at all.

He guessed that some dying eighth-order god had been resurrected through special means. He remembered that the last time the Myriad Flowers Starfield flashed, it was Peach Blossom Star God, that coward, who had been reincarnated through divine tribulation.

"Whoosh-"

The fishing line, which had been submerged in the lake, suddenly went limp, rose up, splashed water, and two black and gold fish could be vaguely seen separating quickly from the surface of the lake and disappearing in an instant.

"It's still the yin-yang symbol. Looks like my luck is really bad."

The old man clapped his hands, stood up, sighed, and said, "Fine, I'll go back and see what these little brats are making such a fuss about this time."

The thought had barely left his mark when he was left behind only a gray-white afterimage. In just a few seconds, the Director of the Astronomical Bureau traversed thousands of miles and quickly returned to the central courtyard.

Stepping forward, the old man appeared out of thin air behind Zhao Changkong, raising his head calmly.

He was then taken aback.

"Ok?"

"Um?!!"

The star map matrix was flashing incessantly as if it were acting erratically; at first glance, he almost thought the matrix was broken.

But when he saw the area to his lower left, where the Sirius star system originally belonged, 22 terrifying stars were now shining brightly as if about to explode, as if they were about to drag the entire boundless star system into hell and return it to its origin.

Director of the Astronomy Bureau: "?! ...

Fortunately, he soon discovered that the 22 terrifying stars were not stars at all, but rather 22 Sirius stars.
Ok.

Sirius.

Sirius? The old man stared blankly at the star chart, feeling dizzy and lightheaded from the intense starlight.

He's lived for so many years, he's practically in his grave, so it's normal for him to have some hallucinations now and then.

Suppressing the shock in my heart, I closed my eyes, regulated my breathing, and calmed my mind.

Seeing that the bureau chief had finally returned, Zhao Changkong calmed down and asked with a puzzled look, "Bureau chief, you are very knowledgeable. What should we do now?"

The old man opened his eyes and glanced at the Sirius star field again; the light was still dazzling. This time, not only did his eyes hurt, but he also had a headache.

Okay, he's lived all these years and he's never seen anything like this before!

It has to be admitted that the older one gets, the more ghostly things one sees, and each one is bizarre.
However, the bizarre nature of today's events is truly beyond the realm of common sense.

The simultaneous appearance of two world-destroying catastrophes is already outrageous enough, but twenty-two? It's simply impossible.

Of course, for the sake of rigor, the Bureau of Astronomy will not outright deny this possibility.

But now the most likely explanation is that the remaining living Sirius No. 1 possesses some kind of deceptive means to fabricate celestial phenomena, which is why it has repeatedly evaded the monitoring of the Astronomical Bureau.

This time, perhaps due to his ascension to a higher status, he could no longer conceal his astrological reactions. So, he did the opposite, no longer hiding them, but instead increasing the number of his astrological influences.

The director of the astronomy bureau pondered and speculated.

However, what the Director of the Astronomical Bureau didn't know was that the one who died in the last empire's ambush was none other than Sirius No. 1, Xia Feng. What he didn't know was that Xia Feng hadn't made any effort to hide his astrological sign at all.

The reason why Sirius No. 1 only appeared in the Star Realm before becoming a Venerable was because that day was the day Xia Feng bound to God Mu.

After binding with the God of War, Xia Feng's corresponding star became Sirius, but it didn't react to the advancement. However, now that he has become a Venerable, the sublimation of his spiritual foundation and spiritual quality brought about by becoming a Venerable has completely merged his original star and the replicated Sirius into one.

At this moment, Xia Feng truly became the second Sirius.

Therefore, when he attained the highest status, the stars corresponding to him and Mu Qingtong, as well as their projections, simultaneously illuminated the Star Realm.

The director of the Astronomy Bureau didn't know the truth, but he had indeed guessed half of it correctly. He sighed, "Can we track down these Siriuses?"

"Chief, a full 22 Siriuses, that's a number we simply don't know where to begin."

Zhao Changkong shook his head bitterly, "So I had no choice but to have them estimate the approximate area of ​​the present world corresponding to each Sirius."

"Fortunately, the energy levels of all 22 Sirius crystals are at the Venerable level, which gives us at least a week to pinpoint our target. Finding it shouldn't be too difficult."

Zhao Changkong's words abruptly stopped as he looked up at the star chart in astonishment.

The previously frantically flashing star realm instantly fell silent, and the Sirius star field also went dark in an instant. The thick fog-like star mist gathered again, obscuring the Sirius star field in a few seconds.

The boundless astral realm returned to silence and stillness.

It was as if nothing had ever happened.

Zhao Changkong's face was grim. He glanced at his watch and exclaimed, "Two minutes and eight seconds? This guy only took two minutes to become a Venerable?!"

For a normal person, the ceremony to attain enlightenment requires preparation for a month or even several years. After drinking the advancement liquid, they also need to go into seclusion and meditate for another month or so.

"We've been dealing with Sirius for over a year now, don't be so alarmed." The old man patted the middle-aged man on the shoulder. "He's an even more talented individual than Huang Ye, the Pillar of State. Becoming a Venerable in two minutes and eight seconds is normal."

Normal? Zhao Changkong's eye twitched slightly. Normal my foot!

With a casual wave of his hand, the star map matrix particles flickered and quickly condensed into a cluster of starlight that floated into the old man's palm.

Within the cluster of light appeared to be countless stars, among which 22 Sirius stars roughly defined the area of ​​the present world, spanning the entire empire.

"Hehe, looks like some people are going to be busy."

The Wolf Hunting Squad and the Apocalypse Knights alone are no longer enough to search so many places across the entire empire.

Perhaps we'll have to get the Angel Legion and Yama Legion from the third pillar to make a move.

Full-scale wolf hunt!

"Director, should this matter be reported to the council and the four pillars?"

"Just tell those old fogies in the council. As for the Pillar of State, there's no need. They'll see such a great anomaly in the Astral Plane on their own."

"Yes."

*
Temple of Apocalypse.

A magnificent and dazzling starry sky stretches across the heavens.

Countless illusory, pale gold staircases ascended to the temple, where two figures hung suspended on the steps leading to godhood.

A tall, imposing man in a black and gold robe stood with his hands behind his back, his crimson-gold vertical pupils gazing at the distant starry sky, his gaze calm and indifferent.

Not far away, an elderly man with a kind face, dressed in a bright yellow monk's robe, was descending the steps. He also looked up into the distance, the golden holy mark between his eyebrows flickering.

"Even divine sense cannot penetrate the true nature of the stars; this technique is quite interesting." The old man's voice, tinged with doubt, seemed to come from the distant wilderness, shrouded in twilight, both ethereal and vast.

The man in the black and gold robe remained silent, but slowly withdrew his gaze and looked back at the temple.

At the temple entrance, a majestic silver-armored knight stood with his sword at the ready, surveying the scene with indifferent disdain.
“Lord Shang, Your Majesty the Empress has just awakened and needs to rest for a while. If you wish to have an audience, you may come again in three months.”

"Oh?" Shang Jue's crimson-gold vertical pupils narrowed slightly. He still needed to meditate?
(End of this chapter)