Chapter 600 331: Rest and Recuperation

The mountains were utterly silent, save for the whisper of a gentle breeze through the leaves. Zhao Rui gently tapped his fingertips on the stone table, his expression as impassive as ever.

The old man's words replayed in his mind: the aura of the ancient Divine Court's Emperor, the shattering of the All Heavens Star Realm, the truth buried by turbulent spacetime...

Visions intertwined within his Divine Soul. He could clearly sense that deep within his bloodline, a dormant power showed faint signs of awakening whenever he touched upon the secrets of the Divine Court.

This return was merely for a brief respite.

His trip to the Evil Divine Domain was originally just to repel an external invasion. But by a twist of fate, he had ended up learning secrets about this starry sky's ancient Divine Court.

Though he hadn't learned the full truth of the Divine Court's destruction, he had managed to uncover some crucial information.

Moreover, this information was highly likely connected to Blue Star's past.

Blue Star was simply too special.

It was sealed within its own pocket of space, and any truths its inhabitants could access had been deliberately restricted.

'And what about the strange Returning Ruins Secret Realm? Why did one appear only on Blue Star? It was tantamount to severing the planet from the path of cultivation.'

It forced the planet to develop only technology, turning it into a mechanized world.

'If it was created by a Divine Court from Blue Star's past, then the Gui Xu shouldn't have existed for such a short time.'

According to the records and investigations from Great Zhou, the entire Gui Xu had existed for no more than ten thousand years.

The colossal beasts that blotted out the sky had only grown so large during this period, having been corrupted by some foreign Energy.

It actually had little to do with the Spiritual Qi Revival.

Thoughts about Blue Star and Gui Xu flashed continuously through Zhao Rui's mind.

Coupling this with his recent understanding of the cosmos, he slowly began to organize his thoughts.

Although he only had fragments to work with, a rough picture was beginning to form.

Zhao Rui sighed. 'To find the real truth, a trip to the Divine Court is unavoidable.'

But the far north of the universe was fraught with peril; even that old man, whose power was no less than his own, was terrified of it.

He was confident, but he still needed to be fully prepared. Besides, he had been away from his homeland for so long and had only just returned. It was best to take some time to rest.

High between heaven and earth, Zhao Rui sat cross-legged, simultaneously organizing his thoughts, refining his Sword Intent, and stabilizing his Cultivation.

In his leisure time, he would fly out and meticulously search Blue Star for any hidden clues related to the ancient Divine Court.

One day, his brow furrowed almost imperceptibly, and his Divine Sense instantly blanketed the entirety of Blue Star.

The ordinary people of Blue Star continued to live their mundane lives. Cities bustled, the wilderness remained tranquil—everything was in perfect order.

The wars of the Divine Domain and the strife of the Star Realm had nothing to do with this planet.

The protective wards he had secretly placed remained stable and undisturbed.

It was just that, beyond the Star Realm's typical boundaries, in a few places he had never ventured, faint fluctuations of Divine Power could be felt. They produced a subtle resonance with the Divine Court's Cultivation Technique he had replicated within himself.

A trace of surprise flashed in Zhao Rui's eyes. 'It seems Blue Star is hiding far more secrets than I ever imagined.'

He did not immediately set out to explore these ruins. The great war had just ended, and he needed time for his body and mind to settle.

He raised the cup of spirit tea before him and took a small sip. As the clear liquid went down his throat, it transformed into a warm stream of Spiritual Power that circulated through his entire body, washing away his exhaustion.

The setting sun dipped low in the west, its fading light spilling across the mountains and stretching his shadow long.

Zhao Rui sat there quietly, as if fused with the world itself, resting while silently plotting his course to the ruins of the Divine Court.

Meanwhile, his Divine Sense remained firmly locked onto those few resonating, unexplored locations beyond the star system's boundaries, biding his time.

Night deepened, and the sky filled with a myriad of stars. Zhao Rui remained seated atop the mountain peak, his aura tranquil, as if he had become a stone statue amidst the mountains.