Interstellar Refugees

In a hazy chaos, the flying sword Zhang Sanxian had named "Bei Xuan" was streaking forward at a million times the speed of light.

Though Zhang Sanxian could see through the black wall only an endless blur outside the sword, and nothing else.

Through the three-dimensional projection of the starry sand table in the main control room, however, he could also see the tiny point of light representing the "Bei Xuan flying sword."

It was steadily and slowly drawing closer to the large point of light marked "Dark Butterfly Wormhole."

While traveling faster than light, Zhang Sanxian, out of curiosity, suddenly released a thread of true essence, spreading it into ripples that extended beyond the flying sword.

Among the vast community of Qi Refiners, this method of using true essence had a special name as well—ripple perception.

Although the cultivators of this world had no such thing as divine sense, and thus could not conduct wide-ranging scans beyond the limits of sight, hearing, and the other senses.

This true essence ripple perception could, in a certain sense, achieve a similar effect.

For instance, Zhang Sanxian, a peak Level 5 cultivator, could now spread true essence ripples and instantly probe every true essence reaction within hundreds of millions of miles.

No matter how weak or powerful the other party's true essence was, no matter how tightly it was concealed, with his second and third souls, he could detect it all clearly.

However, this also brought a problem.

That was, these true essence ripples could only resonate with the true essence of other Qi Refiners, thereby capturing information about their location and strength.

Therefore, Qi Refiners could not sense in the slightest any other living creature that lacked true essence.

So, when the distance was great enough, or when a large number