I long to return home!

Huaizhen stepped outside, then slowly closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and felt the changing seasons.

He had been in the Yinyue Empire for five years, and he remembered every hardship he had experienced during that time. Time flew by, the green leaves began to turn yellow, and another four months passed quickly.

Over the past four months, the struggle between the two secret realms has come to a close. While the number of rare treasures within them wasn't exceptionally high, there were certainly a considerable amount. The battles were also extremely fierce. Although each faction could get a share of the spoils in one of the secret realms, plunder and looting were unavoidable, resulting in the destruction and burial of dozens of Nascent Soul stage experts.

On this day, Huai Zhen was still cultivating in the courtyard, using the Heavenly Evolution Technique to comprehend the Heavenly Dao, hoping to find a way to completely enter the Golden Core stage. Suddenly, a divine thought came, and Huai Zhen opened his eyes, his face showing both surprise and joy. He had worked hard to become a One-Star Star Supervisor for this moment. Without hesitation, he rushed out and headed towards the outside of the cave.

Upon arriving at the snow-covered cave, one immediately sees Gu Changgeng standing with his hands behind his back in the familiar wooden pavilion, gazing at the snow scene inside the cave, his handsome face etched with worry.

Sensing Huai Zhen's arrival, Gu Changgeng turned around and interrupted the latter's bow. His gaze sharpened as he decisively said, "At noon the next day, the celestial secret will appear. I will take out the Star-Gazing Ruler for you and use the spiritual power of the Nascent Soul stage to gather your voice. What you see then will be your own destiny."

After saying this, Gu Changgeng seemed to breathe a sigh of relief. This was undoubtedly a high-stakes gamble. The divination technique of the Star Monitoring Ruler was incomparable to the Heavenly Evolution Technique. It touched upon the power of the Heavenly Dao more deeply. Even Gu Changgeng could not use it multiple times in a short period of time, and he also had to avoid the suppression of the Heavenly Dao.

Then Gu Changgeng looked at Huai Zhen again. Since that time, it was highly likely that his speculation was correct. The other party had some kind of physique, which seemed to be able to avoid the suppression of the Heavenly Dao and ignore the laws of the Heavenly Dao. The heavenly lightning could not touch Huai Zhen, but it would be stronger than before.

With a firm gaze, Huai Zhen bowed and said, "Huai Zhen thanks the Dean." This matter was undoubtedly meant to resolve a hurdle in his heart. Besides finding a way to rescue Shen Lingjiao, he also had another idea in mind: to use the power of the Star-Monitoring Ruler to find his lost memories.

The next day, the sun hung high overhead, and the scorching sunlight shone through the thin mist into the Star Watching Academy. The astronomical instrument slowly turned, and nearly a thousand disciples of the Star Watching Academy stood at the bottom of the steps leading to it. Each calculation by the Star Watching Ruler was undoubtedly a great opportunity for them. Those with outstanding talent might be able to gain further insights from it, and their cultivation would also advance by leaps and bounds.

At noon, the seemingly flat long staircase suddenly became incredibly majestic. Huai Zhen stepped onto the long staircase alone, becoming the focus of all the disciples. He had already gotten used to this feeling of being the center of attention.

Before long, Huai Zhen took a step forward and stood in front of the Astronomical Instrument once again. Looking at the instrument that could deduce the ultimate secrets of heaven, he didn't know how to describe his feelings at this moment.

Under the hand seals formed by Gu Changgeng, the astronomical instrument shimmered with an unusual light, and the Four Symbols and Eight Trigrams diagram beneath his feet glowed, from which various trigrams flew into the instrument. Immediately afterwards, runes lit up on the instrument, along with the runes surrounding the several mountains of the Star Watching Academy.

The next moment, an indescribably powerful aura swept down, and the entire Star Watching Academy seemed to be shrouded in stars. Stars fell from the sky, and star maps covered the mountain of the Star Watching Academy.

Even though most of the disciples in the academy had seen this scene before, they were all still shocked at this moment. Looking at the stars and the star map, they quickly sat down cross-legged to meditate and feel the hard-won opportunity.

Huai Zhen was also taken aback by this, but was soon interrupted by Gu Changgeng, whose tone was stern and left no room for doubt: "Don't be distracted, take your sword."

Upon hearing this, Huai Zhen swallowed hard, staring intently at the astronomical instrument in front of her. At Gu Changgeng's prompting, she slowly raised her right hand and inserted it into the instrument.

Instantly, a wonderful sensation spread from his palm throughout his body. His hand seemed to enter another space, a space free of any clutter, containing only an endless starry sky, where stars twinkled.

A completely new understanding swept through Huai Zhen's entire body, and the Heavenly Evolution Technique he was cultivating was sublimated.

His gaze sharpened, he gritted his teeth slightly, clenched his right hand and pulled it out. The stars exploded, then gathered again and swirled around him.

Huai Zhen held a weapon, its surface adorned with stars, resembling both a sword and a ruler, firmly in his hand. A feeling that was both familiar and strange surged into his body, driving the operation of his Heavenly Evolution Technique.

Moreover, Huai Zhen could clearly feel that another technique was being used within his body.

Tai Chi!

Huai Zhen was startled. Suddenly, a black and a white aura surged from his wrist and entered the Star Monitoring Ruler. These two auras were difficult to detect. If they had not come from within Huai Zhen's body, he might not have noticed them at all.

Looking at Gu Changgeng, a hint of surprise seemed to flash across his face, but he quickly returned to normal. Gu Changgeng looked at Huaizhen, made a hand seal with one hand, recited a spell, and used his other hand to transfer a stream of spiritual energy into Huaizhen's body.

Huai Zhen was startled. His spiritual power surged, and his cultivation level suddenly changed: Golden Core Stage, Nascent Soul Stage, and Divine Transformation Stage! However, there was no primordial spirit, no primordial soul, and no golden core within him. All of this was only temporary.

Even so, the powerful change in his cultivation level still made Huai Zhen somewhat obsessed. With this powerful spiritual energy residing in his body, he felt like the master of the world, capable of causing mountains to collapse with a mere wave of his hand.

With a thought, Huai Zhen waved the Star-Monitoring Ruler, leaving faint starlight where it was waved. He then softly uttered a divination incantation, using the Star-Monitoring Ruler as the main instrument and the Astronomical Instrument as the auxiliary instrument to begin his deductions.

Slowly, Huai Zhen moved into the astronomical instrument, crossed her legs, placed the Star Monitoring Ruler horizontally in front of her, and the stars on the sword flashed, echoing the astronomical instrument.

Soon, things took a turn for the worse. The midday sky was now covered with dark clouds, shrouding everything in darkness, with only the twinkling stars shining through.

Those who knew about this phenomenon were terrified. Gu Changgeng couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. If it were the same powerful heavenly lightning as before, it would probably destroy more than half of the entire Star Watching Academy's millennia-old foundation.

Boom! Boom!

Lightning flashed and thunder roared in the dark clouds, as if a colossal creature was moving through the clouds, baring its fangs and unleashing lightning. Gu Changgeng couldn't even make out the exact size of its body.

Gradually, people began to feel uneasy. Huai Zhen fell into a state of tranquility in the astronomical instrument, where he was able to harness the power of the stars and spread the power of the Four Symbols and Eight Trigrams throughout the world. No one knew what could be seen from this phenomenon.

Over the next few days, the heavenly thunder showed no signs of stopping, and its momentum gradually expanded until it enveloped every corner of the entire Yin Moon Empire.

Unexpectedly, the lightning did not strike directly and did not cause any damage. This scene really stunned Gu Changgeng, who couldn't figure out why.

As Huai Zhen continued his deductions, the heavenly lightning showed no sign of abating. For a month, the entire Yin Yue Empire was shrouded in heavenly lightning every day. Cultivators who wanted to break through their realms and improve their cultivation were all subjected to backlash, with some even experiencing a direct regression in their cultivation.

On this day, Huai Zhen suddenly opened his eyes, his pupils turning blood red, and then in the next moment...

An anomaly has occurred!