383: Chapter 383 Back home, time to tidy up the place.

On the central square of Dengxian Island.

Dao Yi was shirtless, squatting next to a pile of Starry Sky Alloy parts scavenged from the Scavenger Alliance. Holding a wrench, he was sweating profusely as he directed several young Cultivators to replace parts in the core of the defense Formation.

"Be f*cking careful, all of you! These are treasures the Lord risked his life to bring back. If you damage even a tiny bit, I'll chop you up and feed you to the Sea Beasts!"

Dao Yi was cursing enthusiastically when he suddenly felt the light overhead dim.

He looked up.

A large rift opened in mid-air, and a battered ship that looked like a scrapped trash can emerged from it.

Dao Yi froze for a second, then sprang up from the ground like a cat whose tail had been stepped on. The wrench in his hand hit his foot with a "clatter," but he didn't even care about the pain.

"The Lord is back! Stop what you're doing, everyone! Assemble! Get over here and assemble right now!"

Dao Yi roared with his gravelly voice.

The square instantly turned into a chaotic mess. Cultivators who were moving things or practicing their skills dropped their work in fright and scrambled over, hurriedly lining up into several Formations.

Luo Tianfei also walked out from the underground monitoring center, the blue data stream in her mechanical eyes flashing rapidly as she looked up at the battleship.

The battleship slowly descended over the square, hovering half a meter above the ground.

The hatch opened with a "hiss."

Lu Sheng stepped out from within.

He didn't have any flashy entrance ceremony, nor did he intentionally release any pressure. He simply stepped on the air casually, walking down step by step.

But everyone on the square involuntarily held their breath the moment they saw Lu Sheng.

The smell of the air had changed.

Before, when Lu Sheng appeared, everyone felt like a Vicious Beast was staring at them—it was a pure pressure of physical strength and Killing Intent.

But now, as Lu Sheng stood there, the surrounding space and even the light were slightly bending toward him. He was like an iron nail driven into the rules of the Universe. He didn't get angry or glare, but as long as he stood there, you would feel that your life and death were not in your own hands at all.

Dao Yi's legs began to tremble violently.

Relying on the resources Lu Sheng had given him, he had finally managed to climb to the Spirit Emperor Realm over the past few months, and his perception was much stronger than before. It was precisely because his perception was stronger that he could better appreciate how terrifying the faint aura on Lu Sheng's body was.

It was a power that could casually erase him from this world without leaving even a trace behind.

"Lo... Lord..." Dao Yi braced himself and went to meet him, his voice shaking like a sieve. "This time you went out... did you eat something good again? Your Realm... has it Breakthrough again?"

Lu Sheng's feet landed on the stone slabs of the square.

There wasn't a single sound. Not even a tiny crack appeared on the stone slabs.

His control over his power had reached a freakish level; the rules of the Spirit Saint Realm allowed him to precisely control every bit of leaking aura.

"Yeah, I've had a Breakthrough." Lu Sheng's tone was very flat, as if he were saying he had a bun for breakfast.

"May I ask, Lord... what Realm have you Breakthrough to?" Dao Yi swallowed and asked cautiously.

Lu Sheng glanced at him.

"Spirit Saint Realm."

The square instantly fell into a deathly silence.

Even the sound of the sea breeze blowing over the metal plates could be heard clearly.

A full three seconds passed.

"Spirit Saint Realm?!"

Dao Yi's voice cracked, sounding as sharp as a eunuch's. His legs went weak, and he almost knelt before Lu Sheng on the spot.

Li Xiaoyao and the group of Cultivators behind him were even more frightened, their eyes nearly popping out of their heads.

Spirit Saint Realm!

Although they hadn't left Earth, they knew the weight of those three words from the Scavenger Alliance's records. That was the Realm reached by the Scavenger Alliance's top living fossil, the Heavenly Saint Ancestor! In the entire known Universe, it was an existence that could walk unchallenged!

Their Lord had been out wandering for less than two months, and he had gone from the Peak Spirit Venerable Realm all the way to the Spirit Saint Realm?

Is this even a f*cking human? This is simply a monster that devours the Universe!

"What are you shouting for?" Lu Sheng frowned and waved his hand to interrupt Dao Yi's shock. "In the two months I've been away, has anything gone wrong on Earth?"

Dao Yi quickly pinched his thigh to force himself to stand steady, his mind racing as he reported his work.

"Reporting to the Lord! During your absence, everything at home has been peaceful!"

"Lady Luo Tianfei led us to upgrade Earth's defense Formation twice more. Now that all that Starry Sky Alloy has been used, Earth's defensive shell is hard enough to withstand a full-power strike from the Spirit Venerable Realm."

"The Cultivators' assessments haven't stopped either. Last month, I distributed High-Dimensional Origin Crystals to the top ten students according to your rules. Now, across the globe, we already have twelve Early Stage Spirit Emperor Realm Cultivators! There's also a whole bunch in the Spirit King Realm, over thirty of them!"

"Also, our resource monitoring network found several nests of mutated Sea Beasts in the deep sea. I arranged for the Cultivators to take turns grinding them for experience, and we've brought back many good Materials, all piled up in the warehouse."

After listening, Lu Sheng nodded with satisfaction.

"You've done well. You didn't embarrass me."

He turned to look at Luo Tianfei, who hadn't spoken.

"Luo Tianfei, any situation on your end?"

The blue light in Luo Tianfei's eyes flickered, and her voice was still that flat mechanical tone.

"There is a situation."

"Speak."

"On the fifteenth day after you left Earth, our Outer Space Monitoring System captured an extremely weak Spatial Detection Wave."

Luo Tianfei paused, seemingly retrieving data.

"The source of this detection wave came from another direction in the known Universe, very far away from us. Based on my database comparison, the technical characteristics of this detection wave are completely different from the Scavenger Alliance. They use a higher-dimensional Spatial Radar Technology."

Lu Sheng raised an eyebrow.

"Not remnants of the Scavenger Alliance?"

"Definitely not. The Scavenger Alliance does not possess such technology." Luo Tianfei was certain.

Lu Sheng rubbed his chin.

The Old Ancestor's memories had indeed mentioned that the Universe is vast. Although the Scavenger Alliance was overbearing, it only occupied a portion of the star sectors. In more distant places, there were certainly High-Dimensional Civilizations of the same level or even stronger.

"In other words, some other power is testing Earth's waters?" Lu Sheng sneered.

Dao Yi broke into a cold sweat as he listened nearby.

"Lord, this is no small matter! If the opponent's strength is even more terrifying than the Scavenger Alliance, Earth's current defenses won't be enough at all!"

Dao Yi wrung his hands anxiously. They had finally had a few days of peace, and now they were being targeted by an unknown predator again.

"What the hell are you panicking for?"

Lu Sheng kicked Dao Yi's backside, sending him stumbling.

"The stronger the opponent, the better. I'm already tired of eating those old bones from the Scavenger Alliance, and that corpse in the Old God Abyss is too big to finish for now. I was just wondering where to get some Advanced ingredients to consolidate my Spirit Saint Realm."

Lu Sheng looked up at the dark night sky, his eyes showing no trace of fear, only undisguised greed and hunger.

"Before, I was the one going door-to-door looking for food. Now, delivery has actually come to my door to scout the way. Where else could I find such a good deal?"

Dao Yi rubbed his butt, the corners of his mouth twitching wildly.

He finally understood. In his Lord's eyes, there were no such things as "powerful enemies" or "threats" in this Universe.

As long as it breathed and had high energy, it was just a name on the menu.

"Luo Tianfei, keep a close eye on the frequency and direction of that detection wave." Lu Sheng withdrew his gaze, his eyes becoming extremely sharp.

"If they dare to peek again, lock onto their home base immediately. Once I've reinforced Earth's defenses another layer, we'll take the initiative to strike and meet these delivery guys."

"Understood." Luo Tianfei nodded.

Lu Sheng stretched lazily, his joints popping.

"Alright, everyone disperse. Go back to what you were doing. I'm going back for a nap; work starts tomorrow."

He strode toward the Underground Secret Chamber.

Dao Yi and Li Xiaoyao stood there, watching Lu Sheng's back disappear into the passage.

"Senior Dao Yi..." Li Xiaoyao swallowed. "Is the Lord's appetite getting bigger and bigger?"

Dao Yi sighed and looked up at the sky.

"Our Lord's appetite will eventually swallow this entire Universe one day. Let's get to work quickly, so we don't miss out on even the warm leftovers of the soup the Lord finishes."