The warship raced through the starry sky, heading toward Jiquan Star.
Toward the person who was making the star system bloom.
Toward that destined collision.
Jiquan Star, within the grotto-heaven at the top of the World Tree.
Lu Jun sat cross-legged in the void, five-colored starlight flowing around him.
Five planets slowly revolved within his five viscera, seven satellites moved along the orbital paths of his meridians, twelve Divine Treasuries, twelve stars, a complete star system.
Ten thousand years of cultivation, ten thousand years of waiting, ten thousand years of growth.
Inside his body, the star system had already taken shape.
The five planets were like five true stars, the seven satellites like seven loyal guardians, and twelve rays of light interwove into a magnificent star map.
Outside his body, five Gaias hovered around him: Jin Ling, Wood Spirit, Water Spirit, Fire Spirit, and Earth Spirit.
They had already grown to the adolescent stage, possessing complete consciousness, independent thought, and their own personalities and preferences.
Suddenly, Lu Jun opened his eyes.
Those eyes—his left eye ice-blue like the moon, his right eye blood-red like the sun.
At this moment, a glimmer flashed through both eyes at once, a gaze that saw through the void, a power that pierced into all things.
His gaze passed through the barrier of the grotto-heaven, through Jiquan Star's atmosphere, through the barrier of the Heaven Ascension Path, and landed in the distant depths of the starry sky.
There, an enormous warship was racing along the Heaven Ascension Path.
Its prow was shaped like a skull, a blood-colored banner hung from its stern, and hundreds of pirates wreathed in halos stood on the deck.
"Interesting."
He murmured, the corners of his mouth lifting slightly.
The Tree God's phantom hovered in the sky above the grotto-heaven, its