Four months later, before an enormous domain gate, the windmill came to a halt. The gate shimmered with brilliant light, visible even from a great distance.
Inside the windmill, Yang Kai gazed at the domain gate with a calm expression, though his heart was anything but settled.
He wasn't entirely certain where exactly the Star Boundary lay. Ever since purchasing that Universe Map, he had been searching ceaselessly. There were three possible locations where the Star Boundary might exist, and he had committed all of them to memory.
Before encountering Hei He, he had already scoured one major domain to no avail.
After subduing Hei He, he had entered the second possible domain two months ago. After a thorough search, he had still found no trace of the Star Boundary.
Passing through this domain gate would bring him to the last major domain.
If the Star Boundary couldn't be found here either, Yang Kai truly wouldn't know where else to look.
These three possible domains hadn't been chosen on mere intuition—they were based on solid reasoning.
Over the years, aside from the Great Demon God Mo Sheng and Tian Xing, no other Open Heaven realm cultivators had ever visited the Star Boundary. In other words, the Star Boundary's location must be extremely remote, and the domain it inhabited must be rather poor in resources, which was why it had never attracted the attention of Open Heaven cultivators. Otherwise, the Star Boundary would have become a lower realm under some faction's control, just like the Golden Sun Continent or the Qianian World.
In truth, had the Great Demon God not eventually invaded the Star Boundary, and had Zhang Ruoxi not inherited her ancestor's will, Yang Kai would never have learned that the Open Heaven realm even existed.
With this judgment as his basis, he had narrowed down his search.
The three possible domains he sought out all shared the same characteristics: no established factions, only scattered Universe Worlds with sparse vitality and meager resources.
Unfortunately, the first two searches had yielded nothing. Whether this final attempt would bear fruit remained to be seen.
If he still couldn't find the Star Boundary, his only remaining option would be to seek out Zhang Ruoxi.
She had inherited Tian Xing's will—even if the inheritance was incomplete, she might know the Star Boundary's location!
Gathering his thoughts, Yang Kai said, "Let's go in."
Lu Xue received the order and drove the windmill through the domain gate. Even with the flying Artifact's protective barrier, everyone inside still felt a brief sensation of the world spinning around them.
Nothing serious, however. Moments later, the windmill passed through the gate and entered another vast domain.
Yang Kai immediately released his spiritual perception, but soon, his heart gradually sank to the depths.
He found nothing. As the Void Great Emperor acknowledged by the Star Boundary's world will, he should have been able to sense its existence from an appropriate distance!
The current situation meant either that the Star Boundary wasn't in this domain at all, or that they were simply too far apart.
Silently praying it was the latter, Yang Kai instructed Lu Xue to continue driving the windmill forward as they searched the domain.
After several days, Yang Kai suddenly felt something. He whipped his head toward a direction, and a look of immense joy appeared on his face as he called out in a low voice, "Over there—head that way!"
Lu Xue immediately changed course and sped toward the direction he indicated.
Hei He, standing nearby, smiled broadly and said, "Congratulations, sir! Hard work pays off—you've finally found what you were looking for!"
After more than four months of recovery, his injuries had mostly healed. It wouldn't have been that quick under normal circumstances, but with Pu Baixiong's assistance, the healing process had been greatly accelerated.
Although he didn't know what exactly Yang Kai had been searching for all this time, he had vaguely sensed that his master was looking for a particular place. Seeing Yang Kai's joyful expression now, he figured it must have been found.
Over this extended period, Hei He had gradually adapted to his new status. He no longer lamented his fate, and especially after spending time with Yang Kai and discovering that he was never harsh or demanding, he had set aside his pride as a Fifth-Order Open Heaven cultivator.
"Hahahaha!" Yang Kai's heart brimmed with elation, and he laughed without restraint, clapping Hei He on the shoulder. "We share the joy, we share the joy!"
Hei He rubbed his nose, utterly speechless, thinking to himself, What joy do I have in this?
The windmill surged forward under Lu Xue's full effort, moving at tremendous speed. A day later, a crescent-shaped Universe World came into view in the distance.
Yang Kai gazed out and let out a long breath, filled with the anticipation and nervousness of a wanderer returning home.
That crescent-shaped Universe World was the Star Boundary!
And from another direction, he could faintly sense a connection—that was the newly formed Demon Territory, where the Dharma Body currently held watch.
Back then, Yang Kai had activated the Myriad World, transforming it into a rolling tide that devoured all the continents of the Demon Territory, fusing them into the Myriad World to form a third territory.
After the war between the two realms, the Star Boundary had suffered catastrophic losses—nine out of ten households emptied. The invading demon army had been virtually annihilated as well, but within that third territory, countless demons still remained.
Yang Kai had extracted the Myriad World's main body, reforming it into the World Pill, while the remnants became the newly born Demon Territory. The Dharma Body had remained there to hold it down due to certain unavoidable circumstances, and the two Demon Saints, Beilimo and Changtian, also lived there.
But now was not the time to go there. Yang Kai needed to return to the Star Boundary first.
As they drew closer, the Star Boundary's outline grew ever clearer.
At that moment, Lu Xue's expression suddenly changed. "Sir, something's happening over there—it looks like there's a massive entity near the perimeter of that Universe World."
Hei He had noticed it too. He strained his eyes to look and couldn't help but gasp. "Is that... a Giant Spirit?" His breath caught in his throat!