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By the time Liang Ji reached the school's Star Lord Class, he found that most of the thirty-four students had already returned. Only five had yet to arrive, Peng Yue among them.

Fang Xiaohan, standing beside him, seemed to see his confusion and smiled. "Peng Yue's Grandmother is a Star Lord. With her grandmother protecting her, she's safest of all. There's no need for her to rush to the school for shelter."

"The others who haven't come are more or less in the same situation. They all have Star Lords guarding their homes, so staying home is safe enough."

Liang Ji nodded in understanding, then looked at her and asked, "What about you?"

"Me?" Fang Xiaohan shook her head. "My family merely has some money and connections. They can provide me with resources and treasures, but at a time like this, trying to find a Star Lord to protect me would be less safe and convenient than coming to school."

Seeing that she seemed to know something, Liang Ji could not help asking, "Do you know what exactly happened? Why were we all called back to school?"

Fang Xiaohan glanced around before lowering her voice. "I heard that someone in Fifth High School's Star Lord Class had their Natal Star invaded. They're already dead, and their Natal Star was ruined too."

Liang Ji's face showed his surprise as he pressed, "Who invaded it? How did they do it? Aren't our Natal Stars all under the protection of the innate spiritual treasure, the Celestial Star Array Diagram? How could they be invaded?"

Fang Xiaohan clearly knew only limited details as well. Her face held the same confusion, and she shook her head. "I'm not sure. The homeroom teacher will probably announce it soon."

Liang Ji looked around the classroom. The other students were also discussing the matter in hushed voices, but most of them knew even less than Fang Xiaohan and were basically just making wild guesses.

Just then, Teacher Du, their homeroom teacher, walked in and looked at everyone. "All right, stop discussing it. I'll tell you what happened."

"This morning, a student in Fifth Middle School's Star Lord Class ignored their teacher's repeated warnings and privately refined a Spirit Seed of unknown origin into their Natal Star."

"As a result, that Spirit Seed contained methods from the Myriad Demon Hall. It was like opening the door and inviting the wolf inside. Not only was their Natal Star destroyed, but they were destroyed as well."

"I am once again giving you a stern warning today. Your methods and strength are still limited, and your Natal Stars have barely any defensive power. Never casually refine things of unknown origin, or you will harm both yourselves and others!"

"Right now, the invaders of the Myriad Demon Hall are using that Fifth Middle School student's Natal Star as the center to scatter bait and cast their nets outward."

"And you Star Lords of this cohort awakened your Natal Stars during the same period as that student. Your stars are all located in roughly the same starfield, making you the ones in greatest danger!"

"So if you discover any foreign object about to fall into your Natal Star, you must report it to me immediately. I will help you intercept it, lest you fall victim to the methods of Myriad Demon Hall Demon Cultivators."

"Of course, you needn't worry too much. The Myriad Demon Hall is an evil organization that the Star Alliance cracks down on severely. The moment it was discovered, City Hall, the City Council, the City Education Bureau, and the City Patrol Division had already organized personnel to begin a purge."

"You only need to stay at school for a few days. Once the purge is over, you'll be safe."

Hearing their homeroom teacher's words, everyone in the class felt somewhat more at ease, though their discussions and doubts only increased.

"Teacher Du, what kind of organization is the Myriad Demon Hall?"

A student immediately asked.

The homeroom teacher had no intention of concealing anything and said directly, "This was originally knowledge meant to be taught to you in the second half of the school year. But since we've now encountered an incident involving the Myriad Demon Hall, I'll tell you about it in advance."

"Within our Star Alliance, there are three evil organizations that have always been priority targets for pursuit and suppression. They are the Myriad Demon Hall, the Myriad God Hall, and the Myriad Saint Hall."

"You all know that within the Star Alliance, the paths of cultivation bloom in a hundred flowers, each vying in splendor. Yet to this day, the only path capable of ascending and becoming a saint is our Path of the Star Lord."

"The Human Immortal Path, Ghost Immortal Path, Immortal Deity Path, and the rest cannot reach the end and transcend to become saints."

"Naturally, cultivators of those orthodoxies are unwilling to accept that. Throughout the years, people have exhausted every method and every means in an attempt to open up a path to sainthood."

"If they pursued the Great Dao normally and sought a path toward transcending into sainthood, that would be nothing objectionable. The Star Alliance would even support them."

"For example, the Human Path of the Human Immortal Orthodox, the Heavenly Court of the Immortal Orthodox, the Underworld of the Ghost Immortal Lineage, the Mysterious Gate of the Qi Refiner Orthodox, and so on all have official websites on the Star Net. The Star Alliance has always supported them in exploring paths to sainthood."

"But where there are those who walk the righteous path, there will inevitably be those who walk the evil path, seeking a road to sainthood by any means necessary."

"The Myriad Demon Hall was an organization established by a group of cultivators of the Ghost Immortal Lineage after they strayed onto the evil path. The Underworld of the Ghost Immortal Lineage no longer acknowledges them, calling them not ghost immortals, but demons."

"These people from the Myriad Demon Hall most enjoy seeking out Star Lords' Natal Stars, invading and demon-tainting them, seizing their Dao Fruits in the pursuit of becoming saints."

"And their most common method is to hide their techniques within Spirit Seeds and treasures. When Star Lords refine them in their Natal Stars, the Myriad Demon Hall can locate those Natal Stars and then invade and demon-taint them."

"You low-rank Star Lords are the easiest targets for them."

"That is why I have repeatedly emphasized that you must not casually refine Spirit Seeds or treasures of unknown origin—to prevent you from falling into the schemes of Myriad Demon Hall Demon Cultivators."

"That student from Fifth Middle School simply refused to listen to the warnings and fell into a Demon Cultivator's trap. Now, not only have they died and their Dao vanished, they may even drag other Star Lord students down with them!"

As he spoke, Teacher Du looked at everyone again. "You must remember this lesson! If an object of unknown origin falls onto anyone's Natal Star, tell me immediately. Do not conceal it, or you will harm yourselves and implicate others."

Liang Ji listened below, and his heart stirred.

He already knew that the Cuscuta Spirit Root which had fallen onto Dragon Soul Star was likely bait and a net cast by the Myriad Demon Hall Demon Cultivator who had already invaded the Fifth Middle School student, meant to hook and ensnare more Star Lord students so they could demon-taint them and seize their Natal Stars.

The black mist that the Dragon Soul had refined and devoured from the Cuscuta Spirit Root was clearly the method of that Myriad Demon Hall Demon Cultivator.

But did he still need to report this to the teacher?

If he told him, would Dragon Soul Star's anomaly be exposed? Would the Dragon Soul's existence be exposed?

But if he did not tell him, could the Cuscuta Spirit Root still have some backup measures left behind by the Demon Cultivator? Could some further unexpected change occur?

Just as Liang Ji was hesitating, his classmates were already asking, "Then, Teacher, what kind of organizations are the Myriad God Hall and the Myriad Saint Hall?"

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