Chapter 463 : Star Domain Belt
Chapter 463: Star Domain Belt
“Whrr—
After stepping through the magic teleportation gate, Janna, under the guidance of Hela-Helheim, arrived at the 【Star Domain Belt】 located on the eighteenth floor of the White Tower.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—
“So this is the 【Lower Star Domain】 within the 【Star Domain Belt】?”
Looking at the pitch-black cosmos, where dim stars occasionally streaked across, Janna couldn’t help but frown.
In fact, from the eighteenth floor all the way up to the fortieth floor of the White Tower, all belonged to the scope of the 【Star Domain Belt】.
And the place where Janna stood now was part of the 【Lower Star Domain】, which was the bottom layer of the entire 【Star Domain Belt】.
As a domain that housed all the Wizard Apprentices of the 【Material Plane】 as well as the stars of all full-fledged Wizards, the 【Star Domain Belt】 was immensely vast.
Just the 【Lower Star Domain】 where Janna was now located spanned the size of billions of 【Material Planes】.
Of course, as the main “inhabitants” of the 【Lower Star Domain】—the 【Fallen Stars】—their locations were not so scattered, mostly clustered within the same starfield.
The dim stars Janna saw now were actually 【Fallen Stars】 controlled by Wizard Apprentices from other Second-Tier Wizards’ gathering places.
“There are far fewer 【Fallen Stars】 here than I imagined.”
Compared to the “gathering of countless stars” she had witnessed last time beyond the 【Domain Gate】, Janna now felt both puzzled and faintly disappointed.
“The 【Fallen Stars】 in the 【Lower Star Domain】 aren’t actually few. The reason we can’t see more of them is simply because we are too far down, and haven’t reached the true 【Crawling Zone】 yet.”
The 【Crawling Zone】 was the nickname Wizard Apprentices gave to the 【Lower Star Domain】.
After all, before the 【Fallen Stars】 truly “ascended,” Wizard Apprentices piloting them could only crawl endlessly in the depths of the 【Star Domain Belt】 like insects, unable to reach the true resource-rich areas of the cosmos—the 【Upper Star Domain】, also called the 【Leap Zone】.
Of course, above the 【Leap Zone】 was the 【Divine Zone】, the starfield that only the 【Plane Worlds】 of Second-Tier Wizards could ascend to.
It was also a mysterious place most full-fledged Wizards could only long for all their lives.
It was said that only those who reached the 【Divine Zone】 could be considered to have truly broken free from the 【Star Domain Belt】 centered on the 【Material Plane】—
And thereby witness the super 【Plane Worlds】 of other 【Star Domain Belts】.
This also meant that Wizards who entered the 【Divine Zone】 had to face the threat of “Outer Gods” from other 【Star Domain Belts】, and bear the responsibility of guarding the 【Wizard Starfield】.
What Hela-Helheim meant just now was that since the two of them had only just gained their own 【Fallen Stars】, and before their 【Fallen Stars】 gave birth to a 【Law Seed】, they remained in an “infant stage.”
Without the ability to drive their 【Fallen Stars】, naturally they could not enter the 【Crawling Zone】.
“Looks like we’ll have to wait some time before we can truly see the 【Star Domain Belt】——”
Although somewhat disappointed, Janna, having finally entered the 【Star Domain Belt】, still explored a small area together with Hela-Helheim in spirit form.
During her exploration, she also discovered many slumbering 【Fallen Stars】.
“It’s been quite a while, yet your spirit body doesn’t seem to have consumed much.”
It had already been about half an hour since they entered the 【Lower Star Domain】.
But due to the overwhelming darkness around them, Janna and Hela-Helheim couldn’t even see each other’s spirit forms.
Still, Hela-Helheim could clearly feel that compared to her own exhaustion, Janna’s spirit body remained vibrant and full, without the slightest sign of strain.
“After all, I am a Summoning-affinity Apprentice. Taking spirit form is something I often use.”
Since neither of them could yet pilot their 【Fallen Stars】, they could only explore the 【Lower Star Domain】 in spirit form, which was highly inefficient.
So in the end, apart from endless darkness, they encountered no other 【Fallen Stars】.
“If you’re tired, we can go back for now and return another time.”
“Alright.”
Noticing that Hela-Helheim’s Soul Power was nearly depleted, Janna suggested leaving the 【Star Domain Belt】.
Hearing this, Hela-Helheim, whose spirit form was indeed worn out, no longer insisted and agreed to head back.
“Hold on to me.”
Whoosh—before Hela-Helheim could even react, Janna had already grabbed her hand and activated her 【Spirit Phase Travel】 talent.
In an instant, their spirit forms returned to the teleportation gate’s coordinate point.
“So this is your 【Mystic Side】 talent? How did you do that?”
Once their spirits followed the teleportation gate back into the White Tower, Hela-Helheim, who had been sitting cross-legged in meditation, opened her eyes in astonishment, staring at Janna who had just opened her eyes as well.
“I merely pre-marked the coordinates of the teleportation gate—that’s all. It’s not convenient to talk here, let’s head out first.”
Glancing at the surrounding meditation seats where other Wizard Apprentices were still in “out-of-body” spirit states, Janna lowered her voice and left the eighteenth floor of the White Tower with Hela-Helheim, returning to the apprentices’ dormitory on the third floor.
“Hela, I’m glad to have met you today.”
Since they had both arrived at the White Tower at the same time, their dormitories were not far apart.
As they were about to part ways, Janna extended her hand with a smile toward Hela-Helheim.
“I’m glad to have met you too. I hope we’ll have the chance for deeper cooperation in the future.”
Seeing Janna’s outstretched hand, Hela-Helheim shook it firmly. When she spoke the word “cooperation,” she deliberately emphasized it.
“Besides, you are truly the most talented Wizard Apprentice I’ve met so far. I’m very curious to see what kind of 【Fallen Star】 you will nurture in the future.”
At Hela-Helheim’s praise, Janna once again responded with a polite and graceful smile.
“Thank you for the compliment. I too look forward to working with you in the future.”
After their final farewells, Janna parted ways with Hela-Helheim and returned to her own dormitory.
“Now then, it’s time to study again.”
Seeing that noon was approaching, Janna took a sandwich from the preservation cabinet for a quick meal, while also pulling out a new magic scroll she had exchanged for earlier at the White Tower’s resource exchange office, along with a crystal image sphere that recorded the “harp learning tutorial.”