Beirut's Guess

The Crimson Feather Golden Phoenix rose into the air. She had just started to survey her surroundings when a shadow appeared before her in the blink of an eye.

Instantly, every nerve in her body went taut.

She couldn't sense the slightest trace of aura from the person before her, but the fact that he could fly alone proved that he was at least Saint-level.

Moreover, she was exceptionally skilled at speed. There were practically no Saint-level beings who could outrun her. Yet this person's speed was terrifying even to her. He had to be an existence above Saint-level.

Above Saint-level!

At the thought, excitement stirred in her, along with a hint of fear.

"Greetings, my lord."

The Crimson Feather Golden Phoenix quickly calmed herself and spoke cautiously.

Beirut narrowed his little eyes.

"You're from the Blue Star Plane?"

Beirut asked directly.

He wasn't surprised by her nervousness. If not for her unusual origins, he wouldn't have spared a little Saint-level magical beast a second glance.

Hearing Beirut's question, the Crimson Feather Golden Phoenix felt confused. The Blue Star Plane? What did this lord mean? Was this place not Blue Star?

And how had this lord guessed she was from Blue Star?

Still, she didn't ask any questions just then. "Yes, my lord."

"Come with me."

Beirut looked at the Crimson Feather Golden Phoenix, then nodded and flew straight toward the Dark Forest.

Beirut was also puzzled. Was there no restriction on using the Teleportation Array on the Blue Star Plane...?

Just now, when the Crimson Feather Golden Phoenix had arrived, he'd kept his divine sense trained on the Magic Array, memorizing the route the energy took when it activated...

Perhaps this would be his chance to figure out the Magic Array.

On the way to the Dark Forest, even with Beirut slowing down, the Crimson Feather Golden Phoenix struggled to keep up.

Still, that was impressive speed for a Saint-level magical beast.

Saint-level magical beasts were among the most powerful beings in any Material Plane, and naturally knew more than ordinary people. Beirut wanted to find out a few things from her.

Perhaps the Saint-level magical beast knew how to activate the Magic Array.

Besides, he was a magical beast himself, so he naturally felt more affinity for magical beasts than for humans.

The Dark Forest,

The Crimson Feather Golden Phoenix had shrunk back down to the size of a palm and followed Beirut nervously.

Soon, a massive, dark Metal Castle appeared before them.

A castle made entirely of special metal?

The Crimson Feather Golden Phoenix considered herself well-traveled, but she had never seen a Metal Castle like this.

Not only that, the many sights she'd seen on the way there had left her increasingly stunned.

She... seemed to... no longer be on Blue Star?

As they approached the Metal Castle, its doors opened on their own.

Inside, the Crimson Feather Golden Phoenix was even more astonished. It seemed that everything in the place, right down to the decorations, was part of the Metal Castle itself?!

There wasn't a single seam!

Had the entire castle been carved from one enormous piece of metal?

The thought made the Crimson Feather Golden Phoenix even more nervous.

Destroying a Metal Castle wouldn't be difficult for her, but she couldn't make one like this.

A piece of material this large would be hard to find even on Blue Star.

Now she regretted entering the valley so recklessly.

Of course, she had no idea that the Metal Castle would attack intruders on its own. Not even the most powerful Saint-level being could withstand a single blow from it.

Besides, Saint-level beings usually weren't even qualified to enter this place.

She had been allowed in solely because of "Blue Star" and the Magic Array.

"Don't be nervous. I won't do anything to you. Tell me about Blue Star."

Beirut looked amiable as he said this with a smile.

At that moment, the Magic Array and this so-called "Blue Star" had captured all his attention. He wasn't even paying attention to some matters on the Yulan Continent.

Meanwhile, Beibei and Linley were in the process of forming an Equal Contract.

Beirut's attitude put the Crimson Feather Golden Phoenix somewhat at ease.

She cautiously gave him a brief account of what she knew.

"You only started cultivating ten thousand years ago?"

Beirut furrowed his brows.

Material Planes had existed for an extremely long time, even longer than the High Planes. They had all come into being countless billions of years ago, and from the moment they were born, they had existed under the Laws. How could cultivation have only begun ten thousand years ago?

It was simply impossible.

"Yes, my lord. Blue Star entered the 'extraordinary' age ten thousand years ago. That was when I first gained consciousness..."

The Crimson Feather Golden Phoenix answered cautiously.

Though the little old man before her seemed harmless, she couldn't bring herself to resist him.

She had never encountered anything like this on Blue Star.

"Ten thousand years ago..."

Beirut furrowed his brows. That was when he had just witnessed the Radiant Sovereign hunting down the Four Divine Beasts and acquired a Sovereign Spark, becoming a Sovereign.

"What was happening before then?"

Beirut asked directly.

He could tell that life on Blue Star had existed for far more than ten thousand years.

"Um..."

The Crimson Feather Golden Phoenix paused for a moment, then said, "I'm not too sure. It seems they were all ordinary life forms..."

Most of the records from before Blue Star entered the "extraordinary" age had been damaged or lost. Even most humans didn't know what things had been like then.

Perhaps only a few exceptionally powerful humans knew anything about the time before the extraordinary age.

As for magical beasts, they knew even less.

Most magical beasts didn't even know there had ever been an era before the extraordinary age.

As Beirut listened to the Crimson Feather Golden Phoenix, his curiosity grew. The Blue Star Plane seemed very different from an ordinary Material Plane...

"Does Blue Star have a Plane Guardian...?"

Beirut suddenly remembered something and asked with a frown.

If Blue Star had only begun cultivating ten thousand years ago, what had its Plane Guardian been doing?

"A Plane Guardian?"

The Crimson Feather Golden Phoenix looked confused.

"Have you never met a Plane Guardian?"

Seeing her expression, Beirut began to suspect the answer.

"No. I've never heard of a Plane Guardian."

The Crimson Feather Golden Phoenix shook her head with certainty.

A Plane Guardian? What was that? And was this powerful being, who stood above Saint-level, the owner of the stone platform in the valley?

If so, why was he asking about Blue Star...?

But if he wasn't, who was he...?

The Crimson Feather Golden Phoenix pondered this as well.

"Then do you know about the Divine Planes and the Teleportation Arrays?"

Beirut's expression didn't change.

The Crimson Feather Golden Phoenix shook her head again. "I've never heard of them."

But excitement stirred inside her. The Divine Planes?

Could the beings above Saint-level be gods?

Did gods have a world of their own?

The Crimson Feather Golden Phoenix's imagination ran wild with guesses.

Just as I thought...

Beirut fell silent for a moment.

Perhaps this "Blue Star" Plane had no Plane Guardian.

The five humans from earlier had been no more than seventh-level warriors at their strongest, so there was no way they could have known about Plane Guardians.

That was why he hadn't asked them about any of this.

But Plane Guardians sought out every life form that reached Saint-level, explained the Divine Planes, and persuaded them to go there. This was a task assigned by the Sovereigns. No one dared disobey.

If the Crimson Feather Golden Phoenix had never heard of Plane Guardians or the Divine Planes, then Blue Star definitely had no Plane Guardian.

Could there really be a Material Plane without a Plane Guardian?

Though he was a Sovereign himself, he had only become one a little over ten thousand years ago. His Sovereign Clone had also been trapped on the Yulan Continent, so he didn't know much about such miscellaneous matters.

Otherwise, another Sovereign could easily have determined whether the "Blue Star" Plane existed by using a Teleportation Array.

The Teleportation Arrays had been established by the Overgods and connected all the planes. No plane could have been left out.

No Plane Guardian, no word of the Divine Planes, and perhaps not even a Teleportation Array leading to the Divine Planes...

Was this Blue Star Plane really a Material Plane?

Beirut furrowed his brows, feeling that his line of thought might have gone astray.

But if the Blue Star Plane wasn't a Material Plane, then what was it...?

Could it be...

Was the Blue Star Plane actually a small plane created by a Sovereign?

Beirut narrowed his little eyes.

It didn't seem impossible.

The Necropolis of the Gods, for instance, was a plane he had created himself.

The life forms within it had been brought there from various planes.

But the Necropolis of the Gods was really just a small plane attached to the Yulan Continent Plane.

The Blue Star Plane seemed somewhat different from the Necropolis of the Gods. In particular, how had this Magic Teleportation Array managed to connect to the Yulan Continent?

It had even formed a teleportation passage on its own, without his knowledge.

That should have been impossible.

Today marks the end of the lockdown. It lasted more than twenty days, and I took the students home, so I'll only post one chapter for now.