That Year!

Jiao Xiu District, Crimson Rainbow Starfield.

At the center of the starfield, vast shadows blanketed the area, as though a sheet of black cloth had been draped over the dazzling starry sky. Seven terrifying giant stars, each representing a different Heavenly Phenomenon, encircled it.

"Seven Stars Academy..."

A fissure silently tore open in the void.

Li Qingshan strolled out, lowering his gaze to overlook the shadows beneath his feet as flames of light slowly rose in his eyes.

The blazing light dispersed the pitch-black shadows, revealing the reflection of a vast continent in his eyes.

Crimson Rainbow Continent!

"Jianghu?"

Li Qingshan smiled faintly, a trace of nostalgia surfacing in his eyes.

After a thousand years, his gaze pierced through the fissures where the Star Realm and reality intertwined, finally allowing him to see that "Jianghu" once more.

Of course, he could only "see" it.

Xiang Hao had not been able to enter back then, and he could not enter now either. However...

His gaze shifted as he looked toward the seven terrifying giant stars, each as large as a sun and utterly defying the laws of physics.

Only now could he finally see the "contingency plan" Xiang Hao had left behind.

The seven stars of the Heavenly Phenomena could defy the physical laws of reality because they existed between the Star Realm's firmament and reality itself, linked to the Astral Realm Rules!

That was precisely why they could achieve "when the seven stars shattered, Crimson Rainbow perished"!

"Oh, right. Dean Xiang Hao also had a Clan Artifact in his possession. Who knew which Pioneer Constellation he'd snatched it from..."

Muttering to himself, Li Qingshan fixed his gaze upon Noon Sun's blazing planet and took a step forward.

Light and shadow twisted around him. When he set foot down again, he