Outer Area of the Mingkuang Star Sector, subspace.
Jiang Shu stepped out from within. When he saw the bustling merchant caravans passing to and fro, he slowly let out a breath of foul air.
"Good. At least this place hasn't suffered any losses."
Jiang Shu rose into the air and approached the planets. At that moment, a figure suddenly shot toward him from afar.
"Jiang Shu, what happened? Why have you been gone for so long?"
Elder Lei's burly figure appeared before Jiang Shu, his voice carrying a trace of concern.
"I was set up..."
Jiang Shu spoke with a helpless bitter smile.
"Set up?"
Elder Lei's expression changed. He then noticed that Electric Current, the Mech Venerable, had not returned with him. Seemingly realizing something, he immediately pulled Jiang Shu into a desolate planet within the Mingkuang Star Sector.
Very soon, Jiang Shu underwent another round of examinations. Only after it was confirmed that there was absolutely no problem was he released.
By then, Blood Sickle, the Insectoid Venerable, Elder Lei, and the late-stage Mech Divine Envoy from before had all gathered around, wanting to know exactly what Jiang Shu had experienced.
"What I went through is probably too much to tell in a few words..."
Jiang Shu shook his head slightly before saying, "I followed the coordinates obtained from the previous Soul Searching and traveled all the way there. I then found a starfield inhabited by Orcs."
"Faith Power filled every corner of that starfield, and there was even an Orc Venerable there. Though he was only at the early stage of the Venerable Realm, relying on that vast sea of Faith Power, he truly could unleash a Killing Move that brushed the threshold of Peak Venerable."
The three Venerables were all shocked upon hearing this.
He had