455: Crossing the sea of ​​stars! Aiming for Saturn!

Lin Xiao bowed deeply once again toward Li Heng's retreating back.

The waves of shock in his heart could not be quelled for a long time.

With a casual flick, the Dean had provided a life-saving trump card capable of blocking a full-strength strike from a Body Integration Stage powerhouse.

To what terrifying level had the Dean's strength truly reached?

He stood up straight, his tone filled with unwavering determination.

“Thank you, Dean!”

Li Heng didn't even turn around, merely waving his hand impatiently.

“Alright, alright, I get it.”

He let out a yawn, stood up from his rocking chair, and stretched.

“Tsk, sitting for too long makes my back ache.”

Li Heng muttered as he walked casually over to Lin Xiao.

Then, he reached out toward the Void Realm in front of him and made a light swiping motion.

There was no world-shaking spatial rift.

Nor were there any violent energy fluctuations.

The space ahead was like an ancient scroll hanging on a wall, and he had gently 'peeled back' a corner with his finger.

Beyond the scroll lay the deep, boundless Universe, vast and dotted with countless stars.

Cold, lonely, and magnificent.

Lin Xiao's breath hitched in that moment.

He stared blankly at that peeled-back corner, at the real starry sky, his mind going completely blank.

This was the Dean's method?

Not tearing, not breaking.

But... peeling it back?

It was as if this incredibly solid space was nothing more than a thin layer of window paper in his hands.

“Go on then. Go and come back quickly; don't delay me from watching my shows.”

Li Heng's lazy voice drifted over. Standing behind Lin Xiao, he gave him what seemed like a casual, gentle push on the back.

Lin Xiao felt an irresistible yet incredibly soft force envelop his entire body.

In the next second, his entire being uncontrollably transformed into a streak of light, instantly plunging into the peeled-back spatial scroll.

The moment he disappeared, the peeled-back corner 'fell' back into place silently.

The office returned to its original state.

It was as if nothing had ever happened.

Li Heng lay back down in his rocking chair, picked up his potato chips, and began munching noisily, his gaze returning to the light screen.

“Sigh, these little brats, each one is more capable of causing trouble than the last. Can't even watch a show in peace.”

...Meanwhile.

Lin Xiao was traveling through a bizarre, kaleidoscopic tunnel.

He could not feel the passage of time.

Nor could he feel the distance of space.

His speed had reached an incomprehensible level.

Before his eyes was no longer Kunlun Immortal Mountain, but the deep and boundless starry sea of the Universe.

Massive planets turned into fleeting streaks of light as they passed him by.

Vast rivers of stars composed of countless meteorites were easily traversed by him.

Cosmic rays and energy storms that could easily tear a Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator to shreds were isolated by an invisible force the moment they neared his body, unable to harm him in the slightest.

For the first time, Lin Xiao felt the vastness of the Universe so directly.

And his own insignificance.

The astronomical figures and light-year units he had seen in textbooks before became a real, visceral shock at this moment.

The speed he took pride in while flying on his sword was slower than a snail's crawl when faced with this true interstellar scale.

Yet the Dean, with just a casual push... had sent him from one planet to another.

What kind of god-like power was this!

This was no longer a method of a Cultivator.

This was the power that only a Creator God could possess!

Lin Xiao's mind underwent an unprecedented baptism during this journey through the vast starry sea.

His Dao Heart became clearer and more resolute at this moment.

He didn't know how much time had passed.

Perhaps it was an instant, or perhaps it was eternity.

The soft force enveloping him gradually dissipated, and his speed finally slowed down.

A scene so magnificent it was beyond words appeared before his eyes.

A giant gas giant planet hung quietly against the pitch-black backdrop of the Universe.

It was surrounded by a massive ring composed of countless ice crystals and rocks, emitting a mysterious and dreamlike luster.

Saturn.

Looking at the planet before him, Lin Xiao no longer felt much shock.

Because after witnessing the Dean's world-changing methods, no matter how magnificent a natural landscape was, it could no longer cause much of a ripple in his heart.

At that moment, deep within his Divine Soul, the seed formed by the Broken Sword's Sword Intent reached a boiling point.

Buzz!

A strong sense of resonance came from a clear direction.

Lin Xiao's gaze passed through the layers of planetary rings and finally locked onto an unremarkable giant rock deep within the rings, its size comparable to a small mountain.

That was the place!

With no more doubt in his heart, he commanded his life-bound Flying Sword, snow name, and turned into a streak of sword light, flying toward that massive rock.

There was no air in space, and his speed reached the extreme.

One hundred thousand miles.

Fifty thousand miles.

Thirty thousand miles.

However, when he approached within ten thousand miles, a sudden change occurred!

An invisible Sword Intent, equally sharp but filled with an aura of death and decay, suddenly appeared like a transparent barrier, bringing him to a firm halt.

Lin Xiao's pupils constricted as he immediately stopped and looked warily at the rock.

In the shadow of the massive rock, a colossal figure was slowly standing up.

It was a giant Skeleton nearly a thousand feet tall, clad in tattered ancient armor.

In its hand, it held a Bone Sword polished from some unknown beast's bone, though half of it was missing.

Most terrifying of all, within its hollow eye sockets, two clusters of ghostly blue Soul fire suddenly ignited, locking onto him with a death stare.