Six days passed in the blink of an eye. Though Lin Shen said nothing, how could a woman as clever as Tian Xun fail to sense it?
But since Lin Shen did not say anything, neither did she.
"Wait for me to come back." As he left home, Lin Shen gently kissed Tian Xun on the forehead, using it to steel his resolve.
Even with Heaven Defying Rebel Bones in his body, this journey was still fraught with life-and-death uncertainty.
"Come back early. I haven't had the porridge you cook in so long—I rather miss it," Tian Xun said with a smile.
"Alright. I'll come back tonight and cook it for you." With that, Lin Shen turned and left.
Far from his home planet, Lin Shen arrived at a Stellar Graveyard within the Celestial Court. Countless stars that had lost their vitality and entered death, or were already nearing death, gathered here.
For reasons unknown, or perhaps drawn by some kind of power, they came here at the moment of their deaths, forming a land of death that ordinary humans could not measure even after reincarnating billions upon billions of times.
There were also many Black Holes within this region. They roamed the Stellar Graveyard, endlessly devouring those lifeless stars and growing stronger. If they encountered other Black Holes, either one would swallow the other, or both would shred each other to pieces.
"Wouldn't you choose somewhere with green mountains and clear waters?" the Jade Emperor's voice sounded behind Lin Shen.
"This place is fine." Lin Shen turned around and saw the Jade Emperor, dreamlike and illusory, as though he existed within the world and yet was merely a phantom.
"I knew you would not give up. Then use everything you have learned," the Jade Emperor said with a smile.