[Group owner Jiang Xian has requested to travel to your world. Allow travel?] [Accept/Decline.]
Ye Fan knew the routine this time and instantly tapped Accept.
Soon, Jiang Xian appeared inside the coffin again, and the others quickly noticed him. Several people in the coffin were puzzled.
"Y-you stayed on Mars with Liu Yunzhi and the others, didn't you? How did you come back? Is this some spatial ability like in novels?" They exchanged glances before Li Xiaoman finally stepped forward and asked in confusion.
"Don't ask what you shouldn't! There won't be much danger from here on. We'll go straight to the final stop." With that, Jiang Xian found a spot beside Ye Fan and sat down. He saw that aside from Ye Fan, Pang Bo, and Xu Qiong, only six people remained: Li Xiaoman, Zhou Yi, Kaide, Liu Yiyi, Zhang Wenchang, and Lin Jia.
The others were full of questions too, but after hearing Jiang Xian's response, they dared not press him. The final stop was presumably Big Dipper, which Jiang Xian had mentioned earlier. They felt utterly lost about how they would survive once they arrived.
The coffin fell quiet.
Ye Fan heard a faint, elusive voice, and the Bodhi Seed against his chest began to warm. Involuntarily, he walked over to the coffin within the coffin.
"The way of Heaven takes from what has a surplus to replenish what is lacking..." Listening to the heavenly voice of the Great Dao, Ye Fan entered a state of sudden enlightenment.
Jiang Xian told everyone in the coffin not to approach Ye Fan, as he was undergoing an enlightenment.
Time flew, and the Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin soon reached the Star Domain where the Big Dipper lay.
Ye Fan suddenly opened his eyes. Several hundred ancient characters had appeared in his mind. This was not a cultivation method, but an incomplete ancient scripture from the Immortal Domain that pointed straight to the essence of the Great Dao.
Ye Fan discovered that there seemed to be no way to teach this scripture to others. Suddenly, an idea struck him: he could try posting it in the group.
[Ye Fan uploaded a file: "Incomplete Ancient Immortal-Domain Text"] [Ye Fan: "Download the file and see if you can comprehend it."] [Jiang Xian downloaded the file] [Xiao Yan downloaded the file] [Fang Han downloaded the file] [Shi Hao downloaded the file]
Everyone in the group felt several hundred ancient characters imprint themselves on their hearts, just as Ye Fan had earlier. It was not a cultivation method, but its essence was so profound that even the slightest understanding could bring tremendous benefits.
In Stone Village, Shi Hao was drinking beast milk when a notification appeared in his mind, telling him the group file had finished downloading. He opened it without quite understanding, and ancient, abstruse characters flowed into his sea of consciousness.
The incomplete Heaven-Mending scripture transformed into a gentle resonance of the source Dao, slowly seeping into the damaged source within his chest.
The enormous wound left by the forcible removal of his Supreme Bone, along with his once-depleted and deteriorating physical foundation, rapidly healed and reformed under the nourishment of the heaven-mending Dao patterns.
His withered vitality surged anew, his fractured source mended bit by bit, and his damaged supreme source rapidly revived.
Visibly, the old wound on his chest healed far faster than it had in the original timeline, while the supreme foundation that had been stripped away slowly returned and reconstructed itself.
Shi Hao set down his beast milk, rubbed his chest, and sent a message to the group.
[Shi Hao: "It's warm, and my chest is itchy. It feels like something is slowly growing back. So amazing~"] [Jiang Xian: "Shi Hao, that's a good thing. It looks like this scripture in the group suits you best. Still, it benefits all of us tremendously."] [Xiao Yan: "+1"] [Fang Han: "+1"]
Watching the group chat, Jiang Xian tapped the screen lightly with his fingertip and thought, The incomplete Heaven-Mending scripture strengthens the foundation and replenishes the source. It's perfectly suited to Little One's damaged supreme source. After some time, the supreme foundation that was dug out may be fully restored.
Everyone in the group thanked Ye Fan, privately planning to upload the cultivation methods they obtained as group files after some time. They all had their pride, after all, and could not keep freeloading.
After an unknown amount of time, the enormous bronze coffin began shaking violently again. Everyone knew this should mean they had reached their final stop: Big Dipper, the place the mysterious young man Jiang Xian had spoken of.
"We have arrived at our final stop, Big Dipper. Passengers, please disembark in an orderly fashion." Jiang Xian imitated an announcer's voice.
The coffin lid opened, and everyone felt they had arrived in a world brimming with life. The surrounding scenery was beautiful, nothing like the desolation of Mars.
Everyone stepped outside. Jiang Xian, Ye Fan, and their two companions walked ahead, with the others following behind.
"We're finally out! It feels so good to be in the sun, like coming back to life!" Pang Bo shouted.
Jiang Xian and the others walked onward and discovered a stone tablet inscribed with the words "Desolate Ancient Forbidden."
"Ye Fan, this is the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land. You've arrived at your second home. Aren't you going to show me around?" Jiang Xian patted Ye Fan on the shoulder.
"Stop joking, Brother Jiang. You know that the person I am now is who I am," Ye Fan said resolutely.
After walking for a while, everyone grew hungry and began searching nearby for food.
Jiang Xian took Ye Fan, Pang Bo, and Xu Qiong to look for the Nine Marvels Immortal Medicine.
The four soon found a dozen or so small trees, each half a meter tall, beside a spring-fed pool. This should be the Divine Spring.
"Ye Fan, you have the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body, so eat three. You should end up looking fifteen or sixteen. Pang Bo, Xu Qiong, two each should be about right for you," Jiang Xian told the three.
Jiang Xian thought for a moment. He was only seventeen or eighteen now-wouldn't eating them turn him into a child? Suddenly, he remembered that the changes would only occur after leaving the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land. If he teleported straight back to the Swallowed Star World, this place's Time Law should have no effect on him.
Five Sacred Fruits remained, and Jiang Xian ate two. Ye Fan sent the remaining three to the group.
[Ye Fan: Wishing you prosperity and good fortune!] [Ye Fan: "These are fruits of the Immortal Medicine. They can improve your talent and cleanse your body. Since you aren't in the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land, eating them won't make you younger."] [Ye Fan: "Wishing you prosperity and good fortune!"] [Ye Fan: "This is Divine Spring water. Little One, you can give it to Willow Deity to help him recover quickly. Xiao Yan, once Yao Lao appears, you can give him some and see if it works. Fang Han, you can try using it to awaken the artifact spirit of the Dragon Subduing Yellow Springs Diagram ahead of time."]
The red packets were claimed within a second.
[Xiao Yan: "Boss Ye is so generous!"] [Fang Han: "Many thanks, Brother Ye!"] [Shi Hao: "Thank you, Brother Ye Fan!"]
Ye Fan and the others also took some Divine Spring water for Li Xiaoman and the rest to use.
Jiang Xian had originally planned to explore the other peaks and get some more Nine Marvels Immortal Medicine. But he did not know what state the Desolate Slaves were in-whether they were enslaved or dead. Even someone with cheats was better off keeping a low profile early on.
If they were dead, that would be fine. But if they were enslaved, first, he did not know whether he could revive. Second, if Ruthless enslaved him, she might come into conflict with the system and the chat group. Then she might be punished by the system or the chat group, which would be awkward. So Jiang Xian decided to make himself scarce.
Jiang Xian said goodbye to Ye Fan, then teleported back to his villa in the Mingyue Residential Area.
Ye Fan distributed the Divine Spring water to Li Xiaoman, Zhou Yi, and the others. He also gave them a few warnings, telling them not to reveal that they had come from across the starry sky. If they did, they would very likely have their souls searched.
Ye Fan had already made his plans. All the women would join a cave heaven under the Yaochi Sacred Land. Apart from himself and Pang Bo, all the men would go elsewhere, anywhere other than Lingxu Cave Heaven.
Before you continue