Starship Sets Sail, Dao Rhyme Travels Along to Explore the Unknown

The Hongmeng Guardian Alliance's interstellar exploration team was officially formed on the tenth day after the Starfall Sea celebration ended. Lan Ze and Xing Che selected one hundred elite cultivators from the alliance: life cultivators from the Wood Spirit Race, defensive cultivators from the Rock Spirit Race, water-controlling cultivators from the Mermaid Spirit Race, and human formation cultivators. They were all foremost powerhouses of their respective races, and every heart burned with curiosity for the stars and loyalty to Hongmeng.

Elder Shi Jian of the Rock Spirit Race led the clan's skilled craftsmen in working day and night, finally forging an enormous starship within ten days. The entire vessel was cast from Thousand-Year Gold Stone from Black Stone Mountain in the Western Region. It was incomparably sturdy and could withstand the ravages of interstellar storms. Its surface was engraved with densely packed defensive and spirit-gathering runes. The runes contained the Starlight Power of the Starfall Inheritance, allowing the vessel to continuously absorb starlight energy in the void and provide itself with power.

The starship's naming ceremony was held atop the highest peak of the Central Spiritual Vein. On that day, living beings from every race across the Hongmeng Great Land gathered there to see off the interstellar exploration team.

Shen Hao stood upon the high platform, dressed in a golden robe. In his hand, he held a token refined from fragments of the Starfall Bead. The words "Hongmeng Exploration" were engraved upon it, radiating gentle starlight. Zi Xuan stood at his side, holding a thick tome that recorded the interstellar maps and survival laws of the Starfall Inheritance.

"Everyone," Shen Hao's voice spread across the entire mountain through the Origin Dao Rhyme, "today is the day our Hongmeng Guardian Alliance interstellar exploration team sets sail. The stars are vast, and