You Say You Came From Outside the World?

"Big Brother, the heaven and earth energy here... it's several times denser than even our Star Lake!"

Da Ming nodded with a solemn expression. He could feel that the energy here was not only dense but exceptionally pure, without a trace of impurity.

Cultivating here for a single day was likely equivalent to ten days of cultivation outside.

What they found even more incredible was that the shackles suppressing the depths of their soul beast bloodlines—those constraints imposed by the laws of heaven and earth—had vanished here.

No heavenly tribulation!

For a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, they knew exactly what that meant.

This place was quite literally the paradise soul beasts dreamed of!

"Ye Qiong, where... exactly is this place?" Xiao Wu finally snapped out of her joy, looking around with curiosity.

Endless golden waves of wheat rose and fell with the breeze, a vast sea stretched out in the distance, and the air was filled with a refreshing, soothing scent of grain.

Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing also cast curious gazes about.

Even Da Ming and Er Ming had temporarily set aside their guard, their eyes filled with inquiry.

Watching their curious expressions, Ye Qiong smiled slightly and spoke unhurriedly.

"This is my exclusive secret realm, known as 'Aedes Elysiae'."

"It followed me here from another world."

"I am Ye Qiong, a Galactic Trailblazer from beyond this world."

Beyond the world?

A Galactic Trailblazer?

These unfamiliar terms struck the three young women and the two great soul beasts like heavy bombs, exploding in their minds.

In their worldview, Douluo Continent was everything—the only world that existed.

They had never imagined that beyond this continent, there could be other worlds.

Xiao Wu and the others looked at each other, seeing the shock in one another's eyes.

Da Ming and Er Ming felt their understanding of reality suffer an unprecedented impact, their breathing growing heavy.

They recalled Ye Qiong's strange behavior during his time in the group and his mysterious, unheard-of abilities; hearing these words now, their curiosity was thoroughly ignited.

"What is it like... beyond the world?" Ning Rongrong couldn't help but ask.

"And what is a Trailblazer?" Zhu Zhuqing also took the rare initiative to speak.

Seeing their thirst for knowledge, Ye Qiong knew it was time to educate these "natives" about the true universe.

He cleared his throat and began to explain in a language they could understand.

"You can imagine the universe we inhabit as a boundless sea of stars, and the Douluo Continent we are on is merely an inconspicuous grain of sand within this sea."

"In this sea of stars, countless worlds like ours drift about; we call them the 'Galactic Universe'. Each world possesses diverse civilizations, speaks different languages, and follows different paths."

"And what is known as 'Trailblazing' is the act of exploring unknown worlds, understanding their ecology, establishing contact with them, and ultimately connecting these isolated worlds so that the paths between them are never severed."

"We of the Astral Express are the pioneers who walk this path."

Astral Express, Galactic Universe, Trailblazing...

These novel concepts seemed to possess a magical quality, deeply captivating everyone present.

The three women listened, utterly enthralled, while Da Ming and Er Ming pricked up their ears, terrified of missing a single detail.

They felt as though a door to a new world was slowly opening before them.

"Then... are there rules that a Trailblazer must follow?" Xiao Wu keenly grasped the key point.

Ye Qiong nodded approvingly. "Of course. The core of the Trailblazing will is to explore, understand, establish, and connect. We extend a helping hand to weak civilizations, helping them unite, but we never interfere with a civilization's natural development, nor do we ever act as conquerors to plunder or destroy."

Hearing this, the way Da Ming and Er Ming looked at Ye Qiong changed subtly.

This human seemed different from the greedy, cunning humans they had known.

"Then, Group Owner brother, how... how did you come to us? Can you tell us your Trailblazing story?" Xiao Wu's eyes were filled with stars.

Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing also looked at him with anticipation.

"Of course I can."

Ye Qiong smiled, his thoughts drifting back to that cold and chaotic space station.

"My story begins at the Herta Space Station, and the awakening of my younger sister..."

"It was a place filled with high-tech creations. When I suddenly woke up, I found a girl lying beside me who looked seventy percent like me. The feeling of blood connection told me instantly that she was my sister, Ye Xing."

"She was still unconscious at the time, and the space station had fallen into massive chaos; monsters known as the 'Antimatter Legion' were wreaking havoc everywhere..."

Ye Qiong briefly summarized their first meeting, saying only that he and his separated sister, Ye Xing, had both fallen unconscious during the chaos and were found by two passing strangers who had intended to help, but fortunately, he and his sister woke up in time, preventing any mishaps.

Ye Qiong's memory traced back to the Herta Space Station.

The cold metal floor felt bone-chilling, and the blinding red light of the alarms flashed rapidly overhead, casting the entire space in a desperate, murderous gloom.

He could clearly sense two unfamiliar auras approaching rapidly; one was as steady as a mountain, the other lively and erratic.

"Dan Heng, look, there are two more people unconscious here!" A crisp female voice rang out, belonging to none other than the pink-haired girl, March 7th.

"We must find a way to wake them. The situation is urgent; if all else fails, we'll have to resort to CPR," replied the other voice, cool and composed—the youth in cyan, Dan Heng.

CPR?!

Ye Qiong's heart skipped a beat.

No! Absolutely not! How could he let Dan Heng take his first kiss? He wasn't gay!

Just as Ye Qiong was preparing to use this moment to "conveniently" wake up, he heard that excited voice ring out again: "Leave this one to me, you go save that girl!"

What? March 7th's target... was him?

What was going on?

Before he could even react, he felt a warm breath wash over his face, and the next moment, something soft pressed gently against his lips.

Boom!

Ye Qiong's mind went completely blank, his heart, calm as an ancient well for the past five years, erupting into chaos for the first time.

His first kiss! It was just gone like that?!

He snapped his eyes open, coming face-to-face with a pair of sparkling eyes.

Those eyes widened into perfect circles, startled by the sudden eye contact.

"Y-y-you're awake?!"

The pink-haired girl named March 7th recoiled like a frightened rabbit, her pretty face flushing so red it looked like it might bleed. She pointed a finger at Ye Qiong, unable to even string a coherent sentence together.

On the other side, just as Dan Heng was about to lean over Ye Xing, she happened to stir awake, blinking her eyes in confusion.

Where was this? What had happened?