"Senior White Fox?"
Fang Chen looked at him.
White Fox's gaze swept over everyone before settling on Fang Chen. His voice was calm, but carried the weight of ages. "Back then, I did more than guard the pass. Before the Heaven-Reaching Ancient Road collapsed completely, I was ordered to patrol the star domains anchoring its outskirts. That was where the ancient road began its approach to the Land of Ending, and several deeply hidden Eternal Star Markers were scattered there."
"Eternal Star Markers?"
A sharp light flashed in Immortal Emperor Yin-Yang's eyes. "You mean the Star Realm Beacons that resonate with the ancient road's core laws? Even if the road breaks, they can still produce a faint response within a certain range, so long as those laws haven't vanished entirely?"
"Exactly."
White Fox nodded. "Their locations and the method of sensing them are absolute secrets, branded deep within the Soul Origins of successive guardians. Ordinary soul-searching cannot uncover them. Though the ancient road is broken, its core laws may still linger. If we can reach a stretch of space called the Fallen Star Graveyard, I can burn my Soul Origin to sense the nearest Eternal Star Marker!"
"Burn your Soul Origin?"
Ye Qingci stared at White Fox and cried out, "Senior, that will kill you!"
"Why fear death?"
White Fox answered calmly, as though he were speaking of someone else. "But this is the only way. Without a marker to guide us, we're blind in the Endless Star Domain. This boundless expanse is littered with ancient battlefield ruins, warped space, and countless traps. Blundering through it means certain death. Once we sense a marker, we'll have a direction. We can feel our way onward and eventually return to the outskirts of the Land of Ending."
Silence filled the tower.
Everyone