"You're quite something, you know."
Looking at Long Xiaoxiao like this, Chu Feng didn't quite know what to say — but he found himself rather fond of her obedience.
Though Chu Feng still didn't exactly like Long Xiaoxiao, the place she held in his heart had shifted, even if only slightly.
After that, Chu Feng brought Long Xiaoxiao to an ancient teleportation formation.
Chu Feng intended to travel somewhere — but it wasn't the Shengguang Clan's territory. The place he wanted to reach was a mortal realm situated within the Immortal Star Domain of the Shengguang Heavenly River.
That mortal realm was called the Flower Sea Mortal Realm.
Previously, while in the Reincarnation Upper Realm, Chu Feng had learned that after the ancient era, a remarkably powerful figure had emerged within the myriad star domains — someone whose name had once shaken the entire heavenly river.
This person was known as the Demon-Slaying Emperor. After his death… his burial site was laid to rest within the Reincarnation Upper Realm.
Later, Chu Feng had traveled to the Demon-Slaying Emperor's tomb alongside the Cavern Saints. Within that tomb, he had encountered the residual soul of the Demon-Slaying Emperor.
Chu Feng had earned the Demon-Slaying Emperor's recognition and obtained the Demon-Slaying Emperor's Demon-Slaying Sword.
However… the Demon-Slaying Emperor's true inheritance was not housed within that tomb containing his residual soul.
It was located in the Flower Sea Mortal Realm of the Immortal Star Domain.
And the key to unlocking that treasure trove containing the Demon-Slaying Emperor's inheritance was the Demon-Slaying Sword itself.
But before the Demon-Slaying Emperor's residual soul dissipated, he had warned Chu Feng — one's cultivation must reach the Martial Venerable Realm before venturing to the Flower Sea Mortal Realm to open that burial site.
That was precisely why Chu Feng had never gone to open it before. It wasn't that he didn't want to — he simply hadn't been strong enough.
But now, Chu Feng clearly possessed the qualifications to do so.
The Demon-Slaying Emperor had been overwhelmingly powerful. If Chu Feng could obtain his inheritance, his strength would surely advance.
Facing the Shengguang Clan as things stood, Chu Feng had no absolute confidence.
But if he could obtain the Demon-Slaying Emperor's inheritance, perhaps he would gain a better chance.
"Chu Feng, you're going to the Immortal Star Domain?"
Just as Chu Feng had finished adjusting the destination coordinates on the ancient teleportation formation, Long Xiaoxiao — who had been silent the whole time — suddenly spoke up.
"That's right. The Immortal Star Domain. Xiaoxiao, have you been there before?" Chu Feng asked.
The Immortal Star Domain's name sounded imposing, but in truth, within the current Shengguang Heavenly River, it was classified as a Lower Star Domain.
Within the Shengguang Heavenly River, there were six Upper Star Domains, thirty Middle Star Domains, fifty Lower Star Domains, and ten Abandoned Star Domains.
The Ancestral Martial Star Domain where Chu Feng resided was the weakest of the Abandoned Star Domains in the Shengguang Heavenly River.
Though the Immortal Star Domain was stronger than the Abandoned Star Domains, it was, in reality, still one of the weaker star domains within the heavenly river.
Chu Feng had assumed that someone of Long Xiaoxiao's status wouldn't pay any attention to the Immortal Star Domain.
"I haven't been. But what business do you have there? Don't tell me you have friends in the Immortal Star Domain?" Long Xiaoxiao asked.
Chu Feng's heart tightened.
He noticed that Long Xiaoxiao's tone and expression were off. She seemed deeply worried.
"I don't have any friends in the Immortal Star Domain."
"But I have something very important to do there."
"Xiaoxiao, has something happened in the Immortal Star Domain?" Chu Feng asked.
"You say you're going to the Immortal Star Domain for something very important — what exactly is it?" Long Xiaoxiao pressed again with concern, rather than answering his question directly.
She was growing anxious.
And the more anxious she became, the more uneasy Chu Feng felt.
"There's a treasure there. If I can open it, I might be able to destroy the entire Shengguang Clan."
"That's why I'm going."
Chu Feng didn't hide the truth. He told her honestly.
"What awful timing."
"Don't tell me — the treasure you're talking about has been discovered by someone?"
Long Xiaoxiao's brow knitted tightly, the worry on her face deepening even further.
"Discovered by someone?"
"Xiaoxiao, are you saying someone has already gone to the Flower Sea Mortal Realm ahead of me?" Chu Feng asked.
"That's not it. But compared to that, the situation is far worse."
"Just a few days ago, the entire Immortal Star Domain vanished."
Long Xiaoxiao said.