My disciple's cultivation returns ten thousand times, so I have to be invincible.

The Ten Thousand Races at that time were really brave enough to hide in the black hole to avoid disaster. No one would believe it if they told others about it.

No wonder it needs the protection of the Ninth Layer Supreme Immortal Artifact. Otherwise, let alone whether it can stop the enemy invasion, it is even a problem how it can survive in the black hole.

And what was the catastrophe that could force the immortal races who once possessed such unimaginable means to hide in the black hole?

"Brother, what are you daydreaming about?"

Ao Jiutian's voice pulled Zhong Qing back from his thoughts, and he realized that he had been thinking too far.

When he came to his senses, he saw that Ao Jiutian and Feng Qingxian both had wise expressions on their faces, and they were almost cross-eyed because of what they had heard.

Obviously, Xie Pengfei's words left them completely confused.

This is no wonder. They have been in the Ninth Heaven since they were born and have no idea what the real starry sky outside looks like, so naturally they don't understand these concepts.

While Xie Pengfei was explaining, he was still confused.

How come this immortal in front of me doesn’t even understand some common sense that even three-year-old children know?

Besides, how could someone who knew nothing cross the dead and dark void and find this place?

He saw that Zhong Qing had just been looking up at the black hole in the sky.

After being confused for a while, he suddenly seemed to think of something and his whole body froze.

Is it possible...

Before he could continue thinking, Zhong Qing asked again.

"The Xuqi Immortal Area is quite large. What's the current situation? What ethnic groups are involved? What powerful individuals are there? What's outside of the Xuqi Immortal Area? Are there other immortal areas?"

"This..." Xie Pengfei came back to his senses and immediately looked embarrassed.

"The starry sky is so vast that there must be more than one Xuqi Immortal Region. However, I grew up in this Xuyuan Heavenly Region and have never left. I have only heard about things outside."

"Given my humble status...I simply don't know what you're asking."

Zhong Qing didn't expect to get anything out of this little steward, so he just smiled faintly: "In that case, just tell me what you know, such as what does this Mortal Realm Star mean?"

Xie Pengfei explained some more.

In the Xuqi Immortal Area, there are a large number of living things, and the big stars with rich spiritual energy are called life stars.

A desolate planet is one that is uninhabited or has extremely rare life and thin spiritual energy.

Furthermore, those stars that are full of death and do not even have a trace of spiritual energy, and for various reasons, float in the dark starry sky, are called dark stars.

The life stars are divided into different levels.

The planets where most mortal races live are called mortal world planets, which occupy the majority among the major planets with life.

A very small number of large stars with extremely rich spiritual energy and spiritual sources are called fairyland stars.

Most beings above the immortal level gather there, as if they are independent immortal realms, hence the name of the Immortal Realm Star.

Most of the prisoner stars in the Xuyuan area only imprison prisoners from the mortal world, and there are almost no immortals.

At this point, Zhong Qing raised his eyebrows and said, "You said before that you grew up in Xuyuantian District. Are you also a prisoner?"

Xie Pengfei smiled bitterly, turned his head, and showed Zhong Qing a strange silver mark on the back of his neck.

"My Lord, although I am not a prisoner, I am a captive."

"This is the mark of a prisoner."

"My grandfather was exiled here, and I am the third generation. All those who were exiled here, or born here, are prisoners."

"We bleed the blood of sinners and are born with the mark of prisoners."

"But fortunately, unlike the exiled prisoners, we bear no guilt. As long as we work hard to accumulate merit, we will have the opportunity to remove the prisoner mark and leave this place."

At this point, a hint of bitterness crossed his face. "Originally, I climbed to this position by serving the prison master for thousands of years. If I had accumulated merits for another eight hundred years, I would have been free... But now, I'm afraid I don't have that chance anymore."

At this point, he shuddered and waved his hand, saying, "Of course, I have absolutely no intention of blaming the Immortal."

"In short, on the entire Prisoner Planet, whether it's the prisoners or the prison guards, the vast majority are prisoners. Only a few high-ranking officials... uh, those just killed by the three immortals, are sent from the outer immortal regions."

Zhong Qing looked at the prisoner mark and squinted his eyes. For some reason, he felt a sense of déjà vu.

He asked, "Besides indicating the prisoner's identity, is there anything special about this prisoner's mark?"

Xie Pengfei sighed and said, "Since it is a prisoner mark, it is naturally used to imprison people here."

"Since you came from outside, Immortal, you must know that time passes countless times slower in this Xuyuan Heavenly Region than in the outside world."

"This is all because of the mysterious power of the Abyss."

"Only the might of a True Immortal can escape the power of the Void Abyss and remain unaffected by it."

Zhong Qing nodded silently. The so-called power of Xuyuan was actually the gravity of the black hole that distorted time.

As for the existence at the True Immortal level, according to what he had heard from Hong Yuchen, Yu Weichen and others before, the original rules have been condensed and they have already escaped the rules of heaven and earth to a certain extent, so their own time will not be distorted by the gravity of the black hole.

"And this prisoner mark is actually the immortal's mark, which can make the prisoner's body unaffected by the power of the void."

Zhong Qing raised his eyebrows and said, "Isn't this a good thing?"

Xie Pengfei smiled bitterly and said, "Normally, yes, but here, being unaffected is not a good thing."

"The Prisoner's Mark only affects the body, not the spirit. It's like the consciousness slows down, but the body doesn't. Once you enter the void, your lifespan and strength will fade away at a rate many times faster than in the outside world."

"Even if one is a powerful emperor, with a lifespan of hundreds of thousands of years, entering the Abyss with the prisoner mark, it won't be long before their strength and lifespan are exhausted and they die."

"And the Prisoner Star itself has been refined by immortals and is not affected by the power of the Void Abyss."

"That is to say, if you carry the prisoner mark, you can only live on the prisoner planet for the rest of your life and can never escape!"