My Arts Evolve When Perfected

Shangguan Yue had never imagined that she would one day encounter a Cultivator of such a high level. A sense of panic began to creep into her heart.

Although all hope for survival had long since been extinguished in her heart, she couldn’t help but be emotionally shaken by the drastic contrast. The two feelings weren’t mutually exclusive.

Anyone would be stunned to see a supreme being they might never encounter in a lifetime, and that was exactly her situation now. The other Blue Star People beside her looked even more terrified.

None of them had ever personally encountered a Cultivator of such a high level. Even seeing the member of the Three-Life Race at the Peak of Fusion Realm moments ago had been shocking enough. After all, who would have thought that the one who had taken an interest in their batch of slaves was such a powerful being?

And that didn’t even take into account the three individuals who were even more powerful. Their true Realms were self-evident, and their specific status was something they couldn’t fathom even if they wracked their brains. Their understanding of the Outer Realm’s systems was minimal. They had no idea how to perceive those three, only feeling a terror like an ant trying to comprehend the moon.

Harboring such thoughts, the hearts of everyone, including Shangguan Yue, began to race. A profound sense of fear seeped into their souls. Even though these powerful figures hadn’t deliberately made things difficult for them—hadn’t even issued a single command—the fear born from the aura of these unknown, mighty experts was palpable.

Ignorance and the unknown—that is the true source of fear.

’Why would someone of such a high level buy us? To breed? Don’t be ridiculous, that’s impossible. At most, we’re just for their amusement, and even being considered a plaything would be an astonishing fate. The more powerful the being, the weaker their desires, with the exception of a few very special races or those whose cultivation of an extremely special Dao requires them to repeatedly perform certain acts.’

’How could a Harmonization Realm expert possibly have strong desires for the opposite sex? It must be because their Cultivation requires it, or perhaps they’re working on something that requires it. That must be why we were bought.’

’This seemed logical. On the Eight-direction Reversing Ship, she had heard many stories about this sort of thing. In short, slaves have no rights. Sometimes, even looks played no fundamental role. Besides, in terms of maturity, Shangguan Yue wasn’t exactly mature herself. She was certain that if even she had been bought, it was most likely to be used as a sacrifice.’

At this thought, the flames of despair in Shangguan Yue’s heart flared once more. She no longer dared to meet the eyes of Yang Lei and the others, but her gaze happened to lock with the person wearing the mask. Her heart inexplicably skipped a beat. It felt as if that single glance crossed the river of time, tracing a pure, unfiltered line from the present back to more than a decade ago.

’Have I seen him before?’

The thought inexplicably surfaced, but she quickly suppressed it. ’How could I have possibly met such a powerful figure? More than a decade ago on Blue Star... back then, a Grandmaster was considered a powerhouse, and the rank of Grandmaster represented the very peak of Blue Star’s combat power.’

’The Fusion Realm only existed in texts, and the Harmonization Realm was the stuff of legends. It’s impossible that I’ve met someone like that.’

’Besides, we’ve been traveling through the Primordial world-cluster for over a decade. The distances we’ve crossed... who even knows how vast they are? How could anyone from Blue Star possibly travel from there all the way here?’

’Forget coming here—is there anyone on Blue Star who can even perform Space-Time Travel?’

’Ever since Zuo Xuan conducted his great purge of Blue Star, she knew it was over for her home world. There was almost no chance of recovery.’

’A generation of geniuses was plundered, and many of the strongest were turned into fuel. Now, Blue Star is left with only a batch of people with mediocre talent, unable to even cultivate to the Peeping Dao Realm. And in sixty years, Zuo Xuan will return to purge it again. How could Blue Star possibly develop under those conditions?’

’In other words, Blue Star has lost the environment needed to produce experts of the Dao Entry Realm, let alone the Peeping Dao Realm. It’s virtually impossible for it to develop any further; at best, it can only struggle tenaciously. No one will ever break through to the legendary Fusion Realm and gain the power to traverse space and time. No one will ever leave Blue Star to experience the greater, wider universe.’

’Blue Star is a cage. Everything and everyone is imprisoned. Without a Fusion Realm expert who has mastered the Space-Time Law, no one can escape. And Blue Star can no longer produce such an expert—after all, it failed to produce even one in the last century.’

It was precisely because she recognized all this that Shangguan Yue concluded she couldn’t possibly know the masked man. It was only natural. She was well aware that her mental state was unstable; she was always lost in her thoughts, only to sink back into a despair as lifeless as a pile of dirt.

But Jiang Qiu had spotted her in the crowd instantly. He frowned slightly. "Instructor Shangguan?"

He asked tentatively, unsure if his eyes were deceiving him. Her height and figure were so similar to his memory of her, but her face was gaunt from her captivity, making it nearly impossible to recognize the lively, friendly Instructor Shangguan he once knew.

In reality, he had only known Shangguan Yue for less than a month, and they had met only a handful of times. But she was Liu Zili’s instructor, which left a deeper impression on him than most. Plus, she had helped him deal with Zhu Li’s remnant Soul.

The moment he saw her, memories came flooding back. As she looked up in astonishment, her dull, gray eyes suddenly sparkled with a starlike brilliance. "You... you are...?"