Meeting Yu Ci's baffled gaze, Xue Pingzhi smiled. "It's your first time in the Outer Domain, especially around Death Star. This is a rare place of peace and quiet. There is one thing you must remember."
"...Please enlighten me, Yuanjun."
"Since it is a peaceful place, we must strive to keep it that way. Therefore, whenever you encounter Heavenly Demons, be sure to slaughter every last one. Never let a single one escape. Otherwise, if you make enemies here as well, who knows how troublesome it will become."
Xue Pingzhi gazed into the distant, dim void and said softly, "Back then, Shangqing Sect oversaw the work of blocking and driving out Heavenly Demons. Every three to five years, they would launch a sizable purge. Any cultivator on Death Star had to participate, all to nip trouble in the bud."
Yu Ci asked curiously, "Can Heavenly Demons truly be killed off completely?"
"That is precisely another value of Death Star. According to Shangqing Sect's investigations over several calamities, within a radius of more than a hundred billion li centered on Death Star, there are no stars showing any signs of life, nor are there void worlds like the True Realm. At most, there are some special drifting, migrating races. Correspondingly, there will not be too many Heavenly Demons..."
Yu Ci seized upon one phrase. "A hundred billion li?"
"Yes. In the Outer Domain, that distance is nothing much. On paper, it would be enough for a Longevity True Man to fly for thousands or tens of thousands of years. In truth, if three to five True Persons shared a Sky Domain Shuttle... or even a lesser flying vessel, built up power effectively, exerted force, and took turns accelerating, they could cross it in five years at most. After all, the Outer