Liu Changxu stood quietly with his wives and children on the immensely spacious deck of the Ruyi Void-Escaping Shuttle, gazing at Hundred Spirits Star as it receded into the distance, their hearts filled with reluctance and longing.
The journey to Sea God Star posed an enormous challenge for Liu Changxu as well. He knew that even by the most optimistic estimate, it would take at least four or five hundred years before they could possibly return.
Had it not been for his desire to advance to tribulation transcendence, he would never have wanted to leave Hundred Spirits Star's familiar, comfortable surroundings to seek elusive, unfathomable opportunities on Sea God Star, so distant it seemed to lie at the edge of the heavens.
At that moment, only the spirit pets belonging to Liu Changxu and his wives were playing merrily nearby, looking utterly unconcerned. Although they had all taken human form, they remained as restless as mischievous children, seemingly without a single worry about the long journey ahead.
"Husband! I heard that many Body Integration Cultivators who left Hundred Spirits Star never returned. Will our journey be very dangerous?"
Su Jinxiu suddenly asked softly from beside him.
Her voice carried a trace of worry and unease, and her beautiful eyes remained fixed on her husband, as though seeking an answer that would put her at ease.
At Su Jinxiu's question, Wu Xuege and the others also turned their gazes toward him, their eyes likewise filled with anticipation and unease.
Liu Changxu smiled bitterly inwardly when he heard this. He did not know how to answer that question either. After all, he had never left Hundred Spirits Star himself, and the outside world was just as full of unknowns and terrors for him.
Yet when he saw their expectant gazes, he could