Venerable!

Dazzling golden light pierced the dark deep space, instantly jolting Ye Tai awake.

"This won't do! Absolutely not!"

With a sweep of his hand, he forcibly cut off the golden light and glared furiously into Li Qingshan's eyes.

"Didn't you hear clearly? That is the Alien Ancestral Land, where Tenth Order Exotic Race ancestors are stationed..."

"General!" Li Qingshan suddenly interrupted, his tone faint and eerie.

"You also want to be 'lost' once, don't you?"

"Uh..." Ye Tai froze at once. The anger on his face turned into conflict, and only after quite a while did he shake his head helplessly.

"Not now. I'm not confident I can come back alive yet, and you... are even less able to!"

He stressed the final three words heavily, his expression becoming especially grave.

Li Qingshan's expression immediately turned solemn, and he nodded in assurance.

"Rest assured, General. I understand. I definitely won't take risks lightly!"

"Do you really understand?"

Suspicion showed on Ye Tai's face, but seeing Li Qingshan's earnest look, he found it hard to press the matter further.

"Forget it. Let's return to the Venerable Path!" Ye Tai waved a hand and returned to the main subject.

"Above the Nine Heavens, as the First Step to Becoming a Venerable, does not yet make one a true Venerable."

"Only Star Ascension marks one's entry into the ranks of Venerables!"

"Star Ascension—the second step to becoming a Venerable—is fraught with extreme danger!"

Ye Tai's face turned solemn. Under Li Qingshan's puzzled gaze, he raised two fingers.

"The danger comes specifically from two places."

"The first comes from the breakthrough itself!"

"Star Ascension raises up the Martial Artist themself.

"It requires you to shatter all the myriad celestial bodies within you, the cultivation of your entire life, then fuse them into a Natal