88: Chapter 88: Departure, with the goal of reaching for the stars!

Li Xuan was building a ship above the Imperial Capital.

Forty-nine days.

Passed by quickly.

During these forty-nine days, the entire Great Xia Divine Dynasty, and even all living beings in the Eastern Wasteland, lived under a sky they had never seen before.

The sky had changed.

It was a real sea of stars that Li Xuan had forcibly dragged down from the depths of the Universe using great magical power.

During the day, the sun was gone.

Billions of stars shone brighter than the sun.

At night, the moonlight and the stars mingled together, making the whole world feel like a dream.

In the Imperial Capital.

The first thing everyone did upon opening their eyes each day was to look up.

Three hundred and sixty-five pillars of light, formed from starlight, descended from the sea of stars day and night.

At the end of these light pillars was the divine boat, suspended above the Nine Heavens, growing larger and sturdier with each passing day.

They could see the figure of their Old Ancestor.

He stood right in the center of the sea of stars.

Using the heavens and earth as a furnace.

Using the Law as a carving knife.

Carving the divine boat strike by strike.

The Great Dao Law of the entire world bowed in submission to it.

Everything quieted down, as if stealing a lesson.

Before the Golden Throne Hall.

Li Zhan, along with the civil and military officials, as well as the Sect Heads of the various sects in the Eastern Wasteland who had come to deliver gifts but were detained to watch the ceremony, had been standing there for forty-nine days.

From initial shock to later numbness, and now, they were used to it.

Their Dao Heart had been severely impacted.

They felt.

Even if a True Immortal jumped out in the future and created a sun with their bare hands in front of them, they would not feel the slightest surprise.

There was no other reason.

Having seen true divine creation, those little tricks were simply inferior by comparison.

Finally.

The forty-ninth day, at dusk.

The last trace of the star Origin was swallowed by the divine boat that covered half of the Imperial Capital.

Hum!

A muffled sound spread across the heavens and earth.

On the divine boat, three hundred and sixty-five formation eyes lit up simultaneously.

Streaks of starlight coursed over the ship's body, outlining its majestic silhouette, before finally rushing into the majestic Dragon head.

The ship's body was a condensed starry sky.

It was not made of any divine metal; it was simply a piece of the real Universe's stars, forcibly compressed into a ship.

It just hung there, suspended.

A pressure naturally radiated outwards.

Under this pressure, the Heavenly Dao Law of the entire Mortal Realm hummed violently.

As if in submission.

It succeeded.

These three words popped into everyone's minds.

In the sky, the sea of stars that had hung there for forty-nine days began to fade as the divine boat was completed.

The long-lost sun shone on the earth once again.

And that divine boat just hung in the sky, accepting the worship of billions of living beings.

"Congratulations, Old Ancestor! Rejoice in the acquisition of the divine boat!"

Li Zhan was the first to react, his voice trembling as he led the court officials and the common people inside and outside the city to kneel together.

The cheers shook the heavens.

Li Xuan's figure descended from above the Nine Heavens.

He appeared silently in the harem garden.

Several children who were chasing and playing saw him, immediately dropped their "toys," and ran up to him, shouting.

"Daddy, is the big ship finished? Can we set off now?"

Eldest son Li Changsheng looked up, his eyes curious and excited.

"What a beautiful big ship! Daddy, can it fly? Can it fly to the moon?"

Second daughter Li Qingyue grabbed the corner of Li Xuan's clothes and asked curiously.

Li Xuan smiled and rubbed their little heads, his gaze sweeping over Consort Xiao Yu, Yue Chan, and his other wives who had followed.

"Have you all packed up?"

Consort Xiao Yu nodded gently, her eyes full of reliance.

"Wherever Husband goes, we shall follow."

"Then let us go."

Li Xuan waved his hand, and a force enveloped everyone.

When they opened their eyes again, they were on the deck of that giant boat.

"Wow!"

As soon as they came up, the children cried out.

The concubines were also shocked by the scene before them.

Inside this ship, it was not a ship at all.

It was a complete Small World.

Immortal mountains towered high.

The rivers did not flow with water, but with Spiritual Qi.

Pavilions and towers.

Carved railings and jade masonry.

There were also vast fields of medicine, planted with divine medicines and Immortal Plant that had been "borrowed" from various Holy Lands.

Everything was exactly the same as in the Imperial Palace, perhaps even more luxurious.

"From now on, this will be our new home."

Li Xuan's voice rang out.

He had made full preparations for this "move."

While the family was curiously looking at their new home, Li Xuan walked alone to the Dragon head at the bow.

He stood there, looking down at the prosperous land beneath his feet and those faces full of worship.

Before the Golden Throne Hall, Li Zhan straightened his back, watching the Old Ancestor in the sky from afar.

He did not speak.

His eyes were firm.

The Old Ancestor's promise of "Ascension of the whole nation" had long taken root in his heart and became the only goal of his life.

Beside Li Zhan, the leaders from all over the Eastern Wasteland no longer had any airs of experts.

They all lowered their heads respectfully, not even having the courage to look up at the ship.

They all knew.

From today on, in the Eastern Wasteland—no, in the entire Mortal Realm—there would only be one voice.

The Li Clan of Great Xia.

Li Xuan's gaze paused on Li Zhan for a moment, nodded, and then withdrew.

The affairs of the Mortal Realm were all arranged.

Next, it was time to go to the heavens and take a look.

"System."

Li Xuan shouted in his heart.

"Open the all-heavens sign-in map."

[The all-heavens sign-in map has been opened.]

A 3D map composed of countless light points and star rivers unfolded in his mind.

The Mortal Realm was just an inconspicuous little light point on this map.

And in a place infinitely far away from this light point, another huge, exceptionally dazzling light cluster emitting the aura of the Immortal Dao was flashing.

It was marked by the System with three golden characters—[Immortal Domain].

"Lock on to the coordinates of the Immortal Domain, target, Southern Heaven Gate."

Li Xuan ordered.

[Coordinates locked: Immortal Domain · Southern Heaven Gate.]

[Route planning complete.]

[Warning: Inter-realm travel will consume a portion of the host's Great Emperor Origin. Confirm departure?]

"Confirm."

Li Xuan's answer was without hesitation.

He turned around and shouted into the cabin.

"Sit tight, we are leaving!"

After saying this, under the gaze of all living beings, he raised his right fist.

The wind stopped.

The clouds scattered.

On Li Xuan's fist, there was no light, nor any astonishing aura.

Only power.

Pure power.

He threw a punch into the Void Realm in front of him.

The punch was thrown without a sound.

Or rather, that sound could not be heard by the living beings of the Mortal Realm at all.

Wherever Li Xuan's fist passed, space shattered.

The world barrier separating the Mortal Realm and the Void Realm shattered at this punch.

A huge crack, with Li Xuan's fist as the center, quickly spread across the entire sky.

Crack!

Crack!

Crack!

The sky was covered with cracks, as if it would collapse at any moment.

In the Imperial Capital, countless commoners with lower cultivation were terrified by this scene and collapsed to the ground.

While Li Zhan and those Sect Heads were shocked.

A single punch, pierced through the entire world?

Is this still a human?

This is to pierce through the heavens.

Under their numb gaze, in the center of the cracked sky, a huge, pitch-black hole, with Chaos Qi flowing inside, was blasted open.

Behind the hole was the Void Realm.

"Let's go."

Li Xuan said.

The massive body of the "zhou tian star boat" gave a hum, the Dragon head aimed at the black hole, and then it accelerated.

Whoosh!

In the gaze of all living beings.

That divine boat, carrying Li Xuan's family and the future hope of Great Xia, rushed into the darkness.

Disappearing instantly.

After the divine boat disappeared.

The hole in the sky that had been punched through slowly healed under the world's own restoration, turning blue again.

It was as if the terrifying scene just now had never happened.

But everyone who saw that scene knew.

Their world was no longer the same.

Before the Golden Throne Hall.

Li Zhan gazed at the empty sky for a long time.

A long time.

He clenched his fists, full of fighting spirit.

"Respectfully sending off Imperial Grandfather!"

"Grandson will definitely not fail your entrustment! Great Xia awaits your return!"

And the Sect Heads behind him were collapsed on the ground, their expressions varied, both relieved and awestruck.