Mu Qing's expression went blank. The instant he touched the stone stele, countless words flooded into his mind.
At the same time, an ancient voice exploded beside his ears.
"What's wrong?"
Elder Tu and the others all looked at Mu Qing in astonishment.
They saw Mu Qing standing there dazed, stiff as a block of wood.
Luo Tian furrowed his brows tightly, unable to spot anything unusual about Mu Qing.
He stepped forward, but just as he reached out, he suddenly saw a mysterious radiance burst from Mu Qing's body, transforming into an azure ring of light that spread outward.
Luo Tian froze mid-motion. Not only him—the ring of light swept over Dragon Turtle and the others, freezing them as well. The expressions on their faces remained lifelike, yet their bodies could not move at all, like statues.
The azure ring swept across the entire Black Tortoise Starfield before finally fading away.
At that moment, every living being in the Black Tortoise Starfield was frozen in a daze, their thoughts no longer stirring.
Only Mu Qing remained different. From time to time, a glimmer flashed through his dim eyes.
In his vision, a phantom appeared before him, with an endless starry sky behind it.
The phantom was a young man, a gentle smile always lingering at the corners of his lips.
The man raised his head toward the void and sighed. "My master passed down his experience to me and guided me onto the Starry Sky Dao. According to my master, the power of the stars is most compatible with the universe. Only by cultivating the Starry Sky Dao could one have a chance to set foot in the realm of dominion."
"Yet after reaching the peak of the Supreme realm, I was never able to break through. So I