Fang Yun smiled easily and said, "So it was a Star Shepherd, one of the foremost alien races."
Star Shepherds also appeared in the ancient demon inheritance, though the accounts were far from detailed.
In just one inheritance image, a humanoid Saint held an enormous Black-Iron Hexagonal Whip shaped like an inverted tower. With a casual swing, the long whip rent space, opening a path through the void, and stars flocked like sheep into the road struck open by that divine whip.
The stars were endless, pouring forth like a raging flood, forming a river of stars that surged onward.
As for what that Star Shepherd actually looked like, the mountain bearer inheritance contained no record.
The mountain bearer inheritance recorded only that Star Shepherds were an exceedingly small clan, often passing their lineage down through many generations. No one knew how they produced offspring, or even what their specific powers were.
There was only a rumor that a Dragon Emperor had once coveted the Black-Iron Hexagonal Whip and tried to seize it. He and the Star Shepherd fought until heaven collapsed and earth split, a hundred worlds fell into chaos, and countless stars were born and destroyed.
Many of the Dragon Emperor's scales scattered, turning into countless stars and forming an Ancient Starfield.
There was no detailed record of how that battle ended. In any case, the Dragon Emperor did not die, and the Black-Iron Hexagonal Whip remained in the Star Shepherd's hands.
Fang Yun had not fully comprehended the two characters for "Star Herding." He had merely forced a guess through various means.
But it was the correct translation nonetheless. Fang Yun felt as though a great door had opened before him. With the right direction established, he continued studying Star Script.
Day after day, Fang Yun immersed