Xia Tianran

Cheng Yang left the mountain gate and descended the stone steps, renting a high-class single room at the Ping'an Residence Inn at the foot of the mountain.

The room was not large, but it was cleanly furnished, and Cheng Yang was fairly satisfied.

Night soon settled in. Before long, someone knocked on his door.

Cheng Yang opened it, and Protector Tianji walked in.

"Come on. I'll take you to Star Tower in the prefectural city."

Cheng Yang rose and followed. After hesitating for a moment, he still spoke up. "Protector, how far do I need to cultivate before I can reach the level of strength you displayed a few days ago?"

"Astral Force." Protector Tianji did not hold anything back. "Once you become an Astral Force martial master, you can do as I did—release your force outward and ride it through the air."

"So that's how it is." Cheng Yang cupped his fists.

Protector Tianji took a diamond-shaped crystal from his robes and waved it before him. "Do you know what this is?"

Cheng Yang shook his head. "I don't."

"A drop from an extraterrestrial demon. It is heaven and earth's reward for slaying extraterrestrial demons, and it is greatly beneficial to a martial artist's cultivation."

"Extraterrestrial demons?" Cheng Yang's heart skipped a beat.

The moment those four words entered his ears, he instinctively thought Protector Tianji was talking about him.

After all, speaking reasonably, he truly was an extraterrestrial demon.

"What are they?" he asked.

"Extraterrestrial demons are also called invaders. They inexplicably entered our world three hundred years ago." Protector Tianji rolled the crystal between his fingers, his tone unhurried. "And a hundred years before that, Qin Wudi, the supreme ruler of the realm, suddenly vanished along with the eight Heavenly Dao Divine Weapons. I have always felt