Beyond the Timescape

All of the new ascendees were given universes after entering the heaven beyond heaven, as well as a year to rest. That year was intended to give the new ascendees time to get familiar with the heaven beyond heaven, as well as their personal universe. They also had time to get their rewards.

When the rest period ended, they were then summoned to the Nineshores Heavens’ Reception Universe. There, they would be told about the assignment that had been arranged for them.

By the time Xu Qing got the message, he was already back at the Inksun Universe’s immortal hall. Without any hesitation, he stepped onto the immortal hall’s teleportation portal and began the teleportation. Starfire was now a special symbol sealed onto his arm.

The immortal hall trembled as terrifying teleportation fluctuations rolled out through it. This teleportation took much longer than any Xu Qing had experienced before. Clearly, the Reception Universe was a great distance away from the Inksun Universe. He wasn’t sure exactly how long it took, as the process was like a mottled dream. Within that dream, everything was blurry and colorful.

Eventually, the distorted glow faded away, and he could see clearly again. Stretching out in front of him was a vast golden river. The river was made of innumerable star domains, countless star whirlpools, and uncountable planets.

The planets all emanated a unique golden light. They didn’t move. Rather, starlight flowed around them, which made it seem like they were in motion. It was Xu Qing’s first time seeing a golden river of stars like this.

This place was the Reception Universe!

It was also one of the seventy-two centers of government in the Nineshores Heaven, which were second only to the immortal palace in terms of power and authority. It controlled general operations in the Nineshores Heaven, and during this epoch, it was the headquarters that oversaw the reception of visitors from other heavens beyond heaven.

It didn’t just receive new ascendees. It provided direction to the minor worlds under the Fifth Star Ring, as well as the nonhumans in all the star ring’s various universes. It was like a military command center, and at the same time, a personnel coordination department. It went without saying that a lot of Lower Immortals were stationed there.

As Xu Qing looked in astonishment at the majestic golden river, a stream of starlight emerged from it and shot toward him. The golden light was insignificant in comparison to the river as a whole, but as they neared, they seemed similarly majestic. The stream swirled around him and began to draw him toward the river.

The golden starlight that had come out to receive Xu Qing originated in... a location in the lower reaches of the golden river, to a specific planet in a star whirlpool in a star domain.

Streams of starlight were drawing people in from all over the Reception Universe. It happened to all cultivators who had teleported there. And depending on why they had come here, the light would lead them to different places.