Heaven Stele Comprehension, Lin Zhen's Choice (Third Update)

Looking at the starry sky outside, Lin Zhen stood up and stretched. "We're almost there. In a little while, we'll reach the Suspended Island. My Little Treasure, you'll follow me from now on. Wherever I go, you'll go."

"Chirp chirp~!"

The Little Phoenix chirped a few times, then gently patted the spaceship door with its wings.

What's wrong? Feeling bored and want to go out and see the world?

The Little Phoenix nodded. Lin Zhen thought that after all, it was a Star River Beast, and it was already quite remarkable that it had been able to patiently accompany him for so long. It wouldn't hurt to go out and take a look.

Lin Zhen opened the cabin door and accompanied Little Phoenix out of the spaceship.

After leaving the spaceship, the Little Phoenix flapped its wings, circled a few times in the void, and let out a clear and melodious cry.

Lin Zhen said to it, "Don't fly too far, we're going to the Suspended Island soon."

The Little Phoenix flew back into Lin Zhen's arms and rubbed its fluffy little head against Lin Zhen's chest a few times.

Lin Zhen thoroughly enjoyed the rare intimacy from the Little Phoenix and said with a smile, "Why are you being so well-behaved today? Is there something you want to eat again?"

Lin Zhen gently ran her fingers along the Little Phoenix's feathers. The healing process had been very effective; the Little Phoenix's wounds were completely healed, and its feathers were brightly colored. Lin Zhen that if it were to be selected as a world champion...

The most beautiful bird in the world, its Little Phoenix is sure to win.

"Clatter!"

A bright red bead slipped from the Little Phoenix's eye and landed in Lin Zhen's palm.

"What's this?"

Lin Zhen was taken aback. He picked up the bead and looked at it. It was blood red, like a ruby, but shaped like a teardrop.

The Little Phoenix broke free from Lin Zhen's embrace and flapped its wings, circling in the air.

Suddenly, Lin Zhen had a bad feeling.

After circling a few times, the Little Phoenix let out a series of melodious cries, its voice echoing through the heavens, as if bidding farewell to Lin Zhen.

"Little Phoenix, where are you going?" Lin Zhen asked, somewhat worried.

After a series of cries, the Little Phoenix glanced at Lin Zhen from the air.

At that glance, the Little Phoenix seemed to have changed.

It was no longer the obedient and adorable little bird from before, but had transformed into a high and mighty divine bird that looked down on everything.

Her dazzling elegance is unforgettable!

"Chirp chirp~~!!"

With a long cry, the Little Phoenix flapped its wings and transformed into a fiery red light, heading straight into the depths of the starry sky.

Its speed was unprecedented for Lin Zhen, even much faster than the spaceship, and it quickly disappeared from Lin Zhen's sight.

Holding the teardrop-shaped ruby in her hand, Lin Zhen felt a pang of disappointment.

It is not ordinary after all, and it cannot stay with humans for long. As the top Super Star River Beast among Star River Beast, the vast starry sky is its destiny.

Having spent so much time together, Lin Zhen and the Little Phoenix had developed a bond, and its sudden departure made Lin Zhen very uneasy.

Looking in the direction the Little Phoenix had gone, Lin Zhen took a deep breath.

"I'm still a little unsettled, feeling like I've lost a loved one. This isn't good; it's a taboo for martial artists."

With her strong willpower, Lin Zhen suppressed the uncomfortable feeling.

"Little Phoenix, if fate allows, we'll meet again someday. I wish you all the best."

After turning around and boarding the spaceship, Lin Zhen quickly calmed down. Since the starry sky was its home, giving it freedom was undoubtedly the best Xuan Ze.

"Let's go! Full speed ahead! To the Suspended Island!"

The spaceship accelerated and quickly rushed towards the slowly moving Meteorite Belt ahead.

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Mental Power Heaven Tablet on the Suspended Island.

The Scorpio Commander from the Insect Race stood up, leaped up, and jumped onto the higher stone pillar in the second row.

He wasn't the first person to successfully pass the first row of stone pillars. During this period, dozens of people had already completed the test of the first stone pillar and successfully advanced.

Even Ye Hua of the Fire Qilin, the Mantis Commander of the Insect Race, Lanka of Landis, and Jinnaluo of the Rakshasa had already advanced to the third stone pillar.

A warrior from the Landis Empire stared at the line of abstract text with bloodshot eyes.

"No! I can't understand the meaning of these words at all, and I can even feel the mental pressure coming from above, making it almost impossible for me to breathe!"

"Am I going to be eliminated? This can't be! I don't believe it! I'm the top expert of the younger generation in our galaxy, how could I not even know the contents of the first stone pillar?"

They couldn't understand it!

He was very anxious because there were very few people around him who were still trying to understand it.

The successive advancements of others had a significant psychological impact on him. Under his anxiety, he could no longer make out the characters that he had been beginning to understand.

"I don't believe it! I can't believe it! I failed!"

The martial artist was distracted when a powerful pressure descended from the sky, knocking him off the stone pillar!

The number one genius in a galaxy failed to decipher the inscription on the first stone pillar and was thus defeated.

He fell from the stone pillar and left in a daze, utterly unable to accept such a cruel reality.

But he couldn't change anything; Natural Selection is the way of the martial arts world.

He wasn't the only one who failed; there were nearly three hundred people climbing the stone pillar, and now one-tenth of them had been eliminated in the First Gate.

Two of the warriors were from the Fire Kirin Empire. One was Lan Yu'er, a member of Feng Qingluan's Qingluan Society.

The other one is named Duanmu, who is a staunch admirer of Ye Hua.

After their failure, they did not leave immediately, but stayed on the Suspended Island to observe the progress of others' enlightenment.

"Lan Yu'er, in this competition to comprehend the Heaven Stele on the Suspended Island and the Champion battle in the Concentration Camp, who do you think is more likely to win?" Duanmu asked.

"If our leader were here, I think she could win the Champion. She is exceptionally talented, and comprehending the Heavenly Heaven Stele would be no challenge for her."

"You mean Feng Qingluan? Even if she were here, she probably wouldn't be as good as Ye Hua. Ye Hua was the first person to ascend the third row of Heaven Stele."

"Hmph! So what? In my heart, our boss is the strongest. It's just that she seems to have been ambushed and left injured. I wish she could come back now."

Duanmu nodded. "Don't think too much. It's not that I don't acknowledge your boss's strength. She is indeed the only person in the empire who can be compared to Ye Hua. Even Nan Lie is slightly inferior. But even if she comes back now, it won't make a difference. Ye Hua and the others have already formed the first group. They will probably be able to reach the Fourth Layer within the next day or two. With such a big lead, if their talents are similar, there is no way they can catch up."

Lan Yu'er remained silent, lost in thought.

"Huh? Someone's here. It's surprising that someone would come at this hour."

Duanmu spoke up, Lan Yu'er's eyes immediately lit up. "Could it be that our boss has arrived?"

Looking back, I saw a person rushing forward in the distance.

A pair of wings spread behind it, crackling with lightning and radiance, moving at an incredible speed.

"Not the boss, but a man."

As the person approached, Lan Yu'er frowned slightly.

"It's you! Lin Zhen!"

Lin Zhen recognized Lan Yu'er as well. Wasn't she the most unruly woman in front of Feng Qingluan's gang at the city gate that day?

Although she didn't particularly like this person, Lin Zhen still greeted her since they were on the same side.

"Hello, Lan Yu'er."

"Hmph! You want to call me by my name, Lin Zhen? I find it strange that someone like you has the courage to come to the Suspended Island. Do you really think you have a share in comprehending the Heaven Stele?"

"Heh, do I not even have the right to try?"

"Trying it is pointless, Lin Zhen. We're already giving you a break since this is Suspended Island and we can't fight here. But I heard from Feng Hong'er that you rejected our boss's offer. This isn't over!"

Lin Zhen did not answer her. Although Lan Yu'er was also Star System Level One, she was nothing in Lin Zhen's eyes. If Feng Qingluan had said such a thing, Lin Zhen would have to think about it. She didn't need to care.

Lin Zhen slowly walked towards the Heaven Stele and examined it one by one.

After reading it, Lin Zhen was unsure of what to do.

It can be said that these three Heaven Stele are extremely useful to Lin Zhen. Whether it is the power of time, the power of space, or the Mental Power, all three are things that Lin Zhen urgently needs and will definitely use.

"I need to make a Xuan Ze now. I need them all, but I can't possibly understand them all. I have to make choices."

"My Mental Power has reached a bottleneck for me right now, but I'm confident that I'll break through it sooner or later. Besides, my current Mental Power is sufficient, so trying to comprehend it now would be a waste of the opportunity."

"Of the Time Law and Space Law, the Time Law are undoubtedly more difficult to comprehend. After all, I arrived quite late. If I were to try to comprehend the Quiet Tablet, I'm afraid I wouldn't have enough time. If I fall short of time at the last minute and fail, then this trip will have been in vain."

"So the only one that is most suitable for me right now, and that I have a chance to comprehend and complete within a year, is the Boundary Tablet."

Lin Zhen looked up and saw Ye Hua of the Fire Kirin Empire stand up and climb from the third row of stone pillars to the fourth row.

"Wow! Ye Hua is so handsome! He's only been here for less than a month, and he's already on the fourth-row pillar. He's a true genius!"

"There's no hope, no hope. Everyone else has no hope. Only one person can reach the top of each Heaven Stele. There's no doubt that Ye Hua will reach the top of the Boundary Tablet. Everyone else must be regretting it now. They were so blind. Why did they choose to study with Ye Hua? Wasn't that just asking for trouble?"

The people around were amazed, clearly believing that the Champion had already been decided at the Boundary Tablet.

Lin Zhen took a deep breath; he knew he was taking a risk by doing this.

Others have already moved to the fourth row; his chances of catching up are slim.

But Lin Zhen has never been afraid of challenges. So what if Ye Hua is just a genius from Advanced Civilization Universe Country? If he can't even get over this small mountain, how can he talk about reaching the peak?

"This is it! I want to see who's truly number one!"

To everyone's astonishment, this newcomer, who was only at the seventh level of the Stellar Realm, actually climbed onto the first row of stone pillars on the Boundary Tablet!

This is the third update today. I'm adding an extra chapter to celebrate the new Helm Master of this book (Endless Flow 2013). Thank you for your generous donation.