Li Muyao looked around blankly. "Where is this?"
The space around him was dim, lit only by countless twinkling stars.
Although this was his first time here, he had a strange sense of déjà vu.
"You've returned!"
"Who are you?"
"I am you."
A voice rang out, echoing with the weight of countless ages.
It sounded as though it had been waiting here for a very long time.
Li Muyao was thoroughly bewildered. "Huh?"
Then the unfamiliar yet familiar voice sounded again.
"In this life, you are entangled by both heavenly mechanism transformation of jealousy and the void-cutting star!"
"The metal star corresponds to the six-white martial song star, while the water star corresponds to the one-white army-breaking star. Thus, metal rings when hollow, and water floods when unbounded!"
"Fortunately, heavenly chief and heavenly hatchet flank and support your Travel Palace, forming a configuration of sitting with nobility and facing nobility. Even if your aptitude is utterly mediocre and your talent unremarkable, auspicious stars shine upon your misfortunes, and benefactors will always come to your aid!"
The moment the voice fell silent, the surrounding starlight began revolving clockwise.
At last, myriad stars gathered into a jade slip in Li Muyao's hand.
Six large characters ran vertically across it: "Myriad-Lives Reincarnation Star Mirror."
Xu Changqing's figure appeared as he passed from the outer area into the inner one.
He had not expected another tree inside, also a Spirit-Guarding Tree.
However, its variety was somewhat different from the one outside.
This was a mutated Geng Metal Spirit-Guarding Tree.
Its trunk was pale gold, and its dense branches and leaves resembled slender swords. Beneath its roots, a Geng Metal Spirit-Locking Formation was entwined around them, and they were also connected to the earth veins.
Forcing his way in would make the