In the starry sky of the universe, the hardest thing to determine was direction. Without reference points, one generally had to take many wrong turns. After teleporting out of the Desolate God Continent, Ye Chen discovered that he and Sky Splitter had arrived in an unfamiliar stretch of starry sky. Activating the Netherworld Sacred Eye and seeing through space-time, Ye Chen beheld the starry sky billions of light-years away. Unfortunately, that too was unfamiliar territory. He had no way to use it to find a route back to the Four Great Life Starfields.
The starry sky of the universe was not infinite, yet few people could reach its edge. This had given rise to two theories. The first was that the universe was simply too vast, making its edge impossible to reach. The second was that space-time at the universe's edge was curved. Even if one arrived at the edge, one would not know it, because one could not see anything beyond the universe. Moreover, even if one headed in the right direction, one would never be able to leave the universe. The curvature of space-time ensured that no one could reach what lay beyond.
"Sky Splitter, go!"
With no other choice, Ye Chen and Sky Splitter could only pick a direction and travel onward.
Having entered the starry sky of the universe, Sky Splitter's body had grown incomparably enormous, a full billion li in size—larger than even the largest life planets. Ye Chen's body had also returned to its normal height, a full eight zhang tall, one zhang taller than Golden Buddha Supreme. This was chiefly thanks to the Undying Sword Body. His Undying Sword Body could now withstand the attacks of a Peak Legendary Supreme head-on.
After having Sky Splitter shrink to a hundred meters tall and over