The flying ship sailed along the edge of the Lightless Starfield for another full day. Outside the window, the starry sky transitioned from absolute black to an intensely deep blue.
On the outskirts of Northern Li Snow Continent, a star belt composed of countless fine ice crystals unfurled ahead, forming a silvery-white arc that spanned the void.
The light reflected by the ice crystals was sparse and cold, yet for the group who had traveled through the Lightless Starfield for many days, it was enough to ease their minds.
After another half day, the flying ship entered a moderately prosperous star region on the outskirts of Northern Li Snow Continent.
Though this star region was not as crowded with merchant caravans as Brightstar on the Eastern Extremity Spirit Continent, it was an important transit zone connecting Northern Li Snow Continent and the Eastern Extremity Spirit Continent. Merchant guild cargo fleets and Rogue Cultivators' small magical vessels could often be seen weaving through the void.
Xu Changqing spotted a snow-white planet in the distance from the window. Its surface was covered in a thick layer of ice, upon which countless glowing blue points were densely scattered.
After specifically asking about it, he learned that those were the mining formations of the Frost Crystal Spirit Mine on Northern Li Snow Continent.
More than ten thousand mining formations operated at once, their blue light intertwining and dyeing the entire planet into a massive sapphire suspended in the void.
Just then, Lu Wangchuan's voice rang out. "More than eight thousand li directly ahead, two forces are engaged in battle. The scale is not small.
"Judging from the fluctuations, at least two Integrated Body Realm Cultivators are clashing head-on.
"The remaining low- and mid-level cultivators number more than three hundred in total. The battlefield's spread