The lights of Fengrao Commandery grew smaller and smaller beneath his feet.
The figures by the bluestone platform also became increasingly blurred.
Xu Changqing called out brightly, "I'll be back!"
The White Tiger moved swiftly, and the Heavenly Origin Realm rapidly shrank away.
Soon, the entire Heavenly Origin Starfield spread out beneath Xu Changqing's feet.
As he passed through the fragment belt at the outskirts of the Heavenly Origin Starfield, he witnessed many sights he had never seen before.
A star composed entirely of liquid metal suddenly swept past the White Tiger's side.
Silver-white waves surged endlessly across the star's surface beneath the starlight, coating the surrounding tens of thousands of miles of void in a cold sheen.
A group of transparent Astral Jellyfish drifted slowly through the void.
Their bell-shaped bodies were as thin as cicada wings, their edges giving off a soft phosphorescence, like lanterns floating upon a sea of stars.
Several Star Whales, each as large as a small star, emerged from the depths.
Their bodies were covered in spots the same color as the starry sky, and every breath they took stirred a faint tide through the universe.
The White Tiger's phantom swept across one Star Whale's spine. The enormous creature merely turned over lazily, as though it did not mind this passing traveler in the slightest.
Along the paths of these stellar creatures, starships of all kinds occasionally appeared in the void.
Some were forged entirely from crystals, glittering with seven-colored radiance under the refraction of starlight.
Some were woven from living vines and trees, lush branches and leaves growing from them in the void.
Some had no discernible material at all, appearing only as streams of light trailing long tails, and they were no slower than the White Tiger.
Every starship carried cultivators, and