Welcome to Blue Star, Empress

"Beep! Beep!"

Half-asleep and half-awake, Lin Fan faintly heard the sound of car horns in his ears.

That should have been impossible, as he had transmigrated to the Immortal-Demon Continent hundreds of years ago; it was impossible for him to hear the sound of traffic.

That was what Lin Fan thought, yet the honking continued incessantly, accompanied by the occasional roar of cars speeding past.

Filled with doubt, he slowly opened his eyes, climbed up from the dark, pitch-black alleyway, and walked step by step toward the light at the end.

The moment he stepped out of the alley, the scene that met his eyes stunned him, and he widened his eyes in disbelief.

Before him was no longer the towering Demon Palace he was familiar with, nor was it a drifting Immortal Palace, but rather rows of towering skyscrapers.

Under the night sky, the lights were dazzling, and the crowds coming and going on the streets along with the speeding cars presented a scene of a bustling, modern metropolis.

He was back...!

After hundreds of years, he had returned to his familiar hometown—Blue Star!

In his memory, he had engaged in a decisive battle with the Empress of the Immortal Realm. During their clash, they had accidentally shattered the void and both fallen into a spatial rift, after which he lost consciousness.

Looking at it now, it seemed that he had passed through the void rift and, by some twist of fate, returned to Blue Star.

Since he had returned to Blue Star, did that mean she was here too...?!

Thinking of this, Lin Fan turned his head to look at the dark alley behind him.

Just then, the moon peeked out from behind the clouds, and the bright silver moonlight illuminated the pitch-black alley.

In the narrow alley, a woman dressed in exquisite immortal robes with a peerlessly beautiful face lay quietly on the ground.

The woman's skin was as fair as snow, her features were delicate, and a cascade of ink-black hair draped behind her. Between her brows lingered a touch of ethereal, otherworldly immortal aura and heroism. Under the silver moonlight, her calm, immortal posture looked like a celestial being from a traditional ink painting.

And this woman was none other than his mortal enemy—Empress Long Yue!

In her sleep, Long Yue's delicate brows furrowed slightly, her eyelids fluttered, and she slowly opened her eyes. As she looked up, she saw Lin Fan standing before her.

"Yo, you're awake."

Lin Fan gave an awkward smile and raised a hand to greet her.

Long Yue was stunned for a moment, but once she realized what was happening, she immediately sprang up, her hands quickly forming seals.

"Demon Supreme!!! Prepare to die!"

"Wait! This Venerable advises you not to act yet; look at where we are first."

Lin Fan hurriedly raised his hand to stop her and turned to point at the bustling city behind him.

Long Yue looked in the direction Lin Fan pointed, and her beautiful face was instantly filled with shock.

Buildings she had never seen before were packed tightly together, row upon row, each one towering into the clouds—some even taller than her Immortal Palace. Metal shells of unknown origin sped along the roads, and the people passing by on the streets were all wearing strange clothing.

"Where, where is this...?"

"Empress, this is no longer the Immortal-Demon Continent you are familiar with, but a new world—Blue Star!"

Lin Fan stood at the end of the alley, his back to the bustling city, a playful smile curling at the corners of his mouth as he spread his arms in welcome.

"Another new world? Blue Star...?"

Long Yue looked on in disbelief, then her brows knit together, and she assumed a murderous expression.

"So what if we have come to another world! This Empress's mission will not change!"

"Demon Supreme! Even here, this Empress will stake her life to slay you!"

With that, Long Yue formed seals with her hands and roared:

"Immortal Technique: Azure Moon Silver Dragon!"

"..."

Following her roar, the alley remained deathly silent. Nothing happened. Long Yue's hands remained awkwardly frozen in the air in the middle of her hand seals, and the very air seemed to stagnate.

Lin Fan stood motionless before Long Yue, his expression devoid of ripples; he was even struggling to hold back a laugh.

Passersby on the street heard the noise and poked their heads in, unable to help but cover their mouths and giggle.

"Hey, look, I wonder what those two are doing hiding in the alley."

"The clothes they're wearing are so strange."

"I know this, it's cosplay! Young people these days love to play like that."

"Oh! So they're just roleplaying!"

"Tsk, a man and a woman hiding in a small alley in the middle of the night, dressed like that—the world is really going to the dogs, how indecent!"

"..."

Long Yue had no mind to pay attention to the crowd gathering around; instead, she looked at her own hands in horror.

"How is this possible? Why can't this Empress manifest her immortal technique?!"

As her voice fell, before she could react, the spiritual energy in her body was instantly drained, and she collapsed to the ground in exhaustion.

After she carefully examined her body, she was shocked to discover that the spiritual energy within her was nearly dried up!

One had to know that spiritual energy was the foundation of a cultivator. Everything a cultivator practiced, from immortal techniques and the activation of magical treasures to the maintenance of physical strength, relied on the spiritual energy flowing through the meridians of the body.

Without spiritual energy, let alone immortal techniques, she couldn't even perform the most basic feat of flight, making her no different from a mortal!

"You—what have you done to this Empress! Demon Supreme!"

Long Yue gritted her teeth, looking up at Lin Fan with resentment.

In her view, the Demon Supreme must have done something to her while she was unconscious, causing her to lose all her spiritual energy.

"Empress, you are slandering this Venerable a bit."

"This Venerable hasn't done anything to you yet."

Lin Fan spread his hands, his face full of innocence.

Long Yue's delicate brows furrowed coldly. "Then why is the spiritual energy in this Empress's body gone, and why can I not sense the spiritual energy of heaven and earth?"

"The reason your spiritual energy is gone is that there was little left to begin with, and you forcibly activated an immortal technique just now, naturally draining the remainder."

"As for why you cannot sense the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, the reason is also very simple."

"It is because the spiritual energy of heaven and earth in this world is extremely thin—so thin that it is practically non-existent. This Venerable cannot sense it either."

Lin Fan reached out, attempting to gather the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, but he could not feel any fluctuations at all; the world was as stagnant and silent as a pool of dead water.

After confirming he had returned to Blue Star, the first thing he did was attempt to absorb spiritual energy, but he had felt nothing.

He immediately understood that the spiritual energy on Blue Star was negligible!

He had actually expected this; if Blue Star had been rich in spiritual energy, it would have been impossible for not a single cultivator to have appeared in over ten thousand years...

"A world without spiritual energy... this, how is this possible...!?"

Long Yue's face turned pale with fright, and a trace of fear emerged from the depths of her eyes.

She would rather believe that the Demon Supreme was deliberately deceiving her than accept that this was a world devoid of spiritual energy.

Yet the reality was that, with no restrictions felt within her body, no matter how many times she tried to perceive the world around her, she truly could not sense a single shred of spiritual energy!

And the little spiritual energy she had left had just been exhausted by her own impulsive actions...

Without spiritual energy, she was now no different from a mortal. Did that not make her a lamb waiting to be slaughtered...?

Even more unfortunate was the fact that she had fallen into the hands of the Demon Supreme!

Thinking of this, Long Yue raised her eyes and looked tremblingly at Lin Fan before her. Lin Fan's lips curled slightly, and he returned her gaze with a meaningful, brilliant smile.

"Welcome to Blue Star, Empress."

Long Yue: "..."