Settling Accounts on the Way Home

At the edge of the plateau outside Shattered Star Valley.

Li Yuan swept out from the sea of fragments and landed on a rock layer several miles beyond the rift.

Behind him, the rift in Shattered Star Valley still lay across the earth, countless fragments drifting slowly within the valley.

He activated Airspace Anchor. Spatial power flashed, and Li Yuan vanished from the plateau.

Mingyuan Domain, Rift Valley Independent Space.

Li Yuan appeared out of thin air at the designated point. The stone walls on either side cut off fluctuations of outside spiritual power, and the rift valley was as quiet as ever.

He did not leave in a hurry. Instead, he first sat cross-legged in the valley, opened his Portable Small Realm, and took out the gains from Shattered Star Valley to sort through them.

The scales, bones, and tendons of the Fourth-Order Rift Beast were from his first hunt. The similar materials from an Early Fourth-Order Stage Rift Lizard—

were the gains from the second trip. Added to the scales and bones of the Third-Order Rift Lizard, the Monster Materials from three space-attributed beasts piled together made for quite a haul.

There were also fragments of space ore he had gathered along the way, ranging from Third-Order to Fourth-Order, though most were incomplete.

Li Yuan sorted the materials by category, put them back into his Portable Small Realm, left the rift valley, and transformed into an evasion light bound for Mingyuan Immortal City.

Mingyuan Immortal City, South District Spirit Material Shop.

Li Yuan used Ghostly Concealment to restrain his aura, then changed his appearance with Phantom Mask Disguise. Dressed in the gray robes of a Rogue Cultivator, he entered the shop.

Behind the counter sat an old Late Golden Core Stage cultivator. Li Yuan took out the scales