824: Unexpected gain

'Annihilating matter into energy and strengthening oneself by devouring the special substances contained within a portion of that matter...'

After pondering the way Extreme Cold Creatures grew stronger, Yang Dian immediately moved his thoughts. Vast Qi and blood surged, and a figure identical to him stepped out from his body, walking into the spatial passage.

Yu Tian knew how to use Clones, and naturally, experts from other worlds did too.

The Destiny Realm focused on the Dao of Fate, and in Yang Dian's view, their secret Clone technique, [Body of Destiny], was only a tiny bit inferior to Yu Tian's technique that could create countless Clones.

Right.

In Yang Dian's estimation, the secret Clone techniques in a seventh-order great world simply couldn't compare to Yu Tian's cloning methods.

'I wonder if Yu Tian dug up that secret Clone technique from some ruin, or if he created it himself.'

'If he created it himself...'

'Tsk...'

While lost in thought, Yang Dian's other vision flickered as he arrived in a world bathed in sunlight, one not shrouded by the extreme cold.

The space, which had been constantly rippling, had already returned to calm.

Or perhaps the Alien Planet that Yang Dian had previously observed—which would have needed quite some time to overlap with this small Dimensional Battlefield—had already entered this battlefield ahead of schedule.

And then, it was devoured.

Glancing at the planet scattered in fragments across the space of the Universe in the distance, Yang Dian couldn't help but feel a bit emotional.

"This is the Universe~"

While sighing, Yang Dian stretched his somewhat uncomfortable Body of Destiny.

"The distance is too great; there is a 0.003-second delay before I can control fate."

Don't underestimate that 0.003 seconds; at that speed, light could travel 899,000 meters, which is nearly 900 kilometers.

This delay is naturally not a problem for the Mortal Body Realm.

But in a ranked battle...

"Tsk~"

"I'd probably get blown up by someone of the same rank."

"Fortunately, there is no fifth-order star-level combat power on this Dimensional Battlefield."

"Even if I stood here and let the so-called Chongming Three Sages hit me, they couldn't hurt me."

"I am invincible!"

Twisting his neck twice, Yang Dian cast his gaze elsewhere.

The Little Star God was, as always, sending troops to attack Chongming Star.

However, right now, it wasn't staring at the ancient bronze tree on Chongming Star. Instead, it raised its mountain-like hand, holding a humongous telescope—longer than a thousand kilometers, scavenged from who knows where—and aimed the lens directly at the spatial passage opened by the Dimension Butterfly.

"Uh, is it looking at me?"

While a sense of absurdity welled up in his heart, Yang Dian noticed the Little Star God retracting the telescope and sticking it into a depression, or perhaps a crater, on its face, before spinning around in excitement.

"What is it so excited about?"

Monk Miesheng, one of the Chongming Three Sages, became Yang Dian's mouthpiece:

"What is it so excited about?"

"Did it create this spatial passage?"

"This Star God, having failed to take us down after a long siege, is it preparing to summon other Star Gods?"

Daoist Nun Yin Xiu's expression was somewhat gloomy:

"Ignorant!"

"When Star Gods travel, they are usually pulled by Cloud Whales."

"This spatial passage can only be the method of someone with a great Divine Ability."

Monk Miesheng was somewhat happy to see Daoist Nun Yin Xiu engaging with him:

"Xiuer, do you mean we've been targeted by someone with a great Divine Ability?"

After his happiness, he was suddenly shocked:

"You mean to say we've been targeted by someone with a great Divine Ability?"

Ye Sansheng shot a sidelong glance at Monk Miesheng:

"At least your brain hasn't been eaten by lust..."

Before he could finish, he suddenly turned his head, and then his body moved, retreating far away.

The moment Ye Sansheng retreated, Monk Miesheng and Daoist Nun Yin Xiu also followed him away from the vicinity of the spatial passage.

The next moment, the Little Star God, whose body hadn't really grown much, arrived in front of the spatial passage with claws bared and fangs exposed, then clawed at its own body and squeezed into the spatial passage, which seemed a bit narrow for it.

Then it wandered into the Cosmic Extreme Cold Zone on the other side of the spatial passage.

"What exists inside the Extreme Cold Zone that attracts the Little Star God more than the ancient bronze tree?"

In his thoughts, Yang Dian's vision split in two.

One was his main body.

He watched as the Little Star God, after passing through the spatial passage, summoned a Cloud Whale, then let the Wormhole Tadpoles attach themselves to the Cloud Whale, pulling it toward the core of the Extreme Cold Zone.

The other was his Clone, the Body of Destiny.

After sizing up the surroundings, the Body of Destiny finally followed behind the Chongming Three Sages and entered Chongming Star.

He hadn't forgotten that there was still an ancient aura on Chongming Star.

'With my current strength, I should be able to handle that ancient aura, right?'

Yang Dian felt he could.

After all, when the trio of Ye Sansheng first captured that ancient aura, they only had fourth-order planetary-level strength.

He was now fifth-order; capturing the ancient aura, or even turning it to his own use, would definitely be no problem.

'I just don't know how much of an improvement the ancient aura can bring.'

'Am I currently taking it for granted? Should it be for others to use, or for other animals to use?'

In his thoughts, Monk Miesheng spoke again.

Hearing the words spilling from Monk Miesheng's mouth, Yang Dian raised an eyebrow again.

"This starry sky is a bit strange."

"First, the Great Yu treasury on Canglan Star was stolen for no reason, then Taicang Star lured us into the fray, and then the Star God inexplicably entered here."

"Now that the situation has just stabilized, such a large spatial passage has opened."

"My spiritual sense tells me that the other side of the spatial passage contains endless threats."

"That sense of crisis is so heavy that it makes me afraid to go over and take a look."

"All of this seems to be manipulated by an invisible hand behind the scenes."

Speaking of this, Monk Miesheng turned his head and looked at the spatial passage again:

"Why don't we warp the planet early and leave this region of the Universe."

Daoist Sansheng's expression turned dark upon hearing this:

"Leave?"

"That's easy for you to say."

"That Star God has already targeted us; unless we gift it the shantong tree, it won't be so easy to get away."

Daoist Nun Yin Xiu pondered for a moment before speaking:

"There are those in the world who have offered tribute to Star Gods and exist by attaching themselves to them; perhaps we can offer the shantong tree to the Star God?"

Daoist Sansheng gripped the whisk in his hand tightly:

"What kind of Star Gods do others attach themselves to?"

"And what kind of Star God have we encountered?"

"If it weren't for the fact that hitting the young would bring out the old, I would have already taken action to seize this Little Star God's star core and refine it into a Divine Artifact. How could I let it lord over us like this?"

Monk Miesheng gritted his teeth:

"This won't work, and that won't work."

"How about we abandon this Source Star and look for another path."

Daoist Nun Yin Xiu was somewhat reluctant:

"We worked so hard to protect this shantong tree; it concerns our Dao path. To just give it up like this..."

Looking at Daoist Nun Yin Xiu's reluctant expression, Monk Miesheng suddenly had an idea:

"Since that Star God is not here right now, why don't we just move the Chongming Realm and run."

"If that Star God catches up, it will surely cause a big commotion, and then we can just take the Origin of the shantong tree and run."

Daoist Sansheng's eyes flickered a few times:

"For now, that seems to be the only way."

"Let's go."

"Activate the Heaven-Shifting Grand Array and leave this starry sky before the Little Star God returns."

Yang Dian, who had been hiding his figure and following behind, had eyes that shone with excitement.

"I didn't expect such an unexpected gain..."