Myriad Stars Civilization!

Mu Yong arrived in a silent expanse of starry space. No sooner had he arrived than spacetime split open nearby, and a large group of top experts emerged.

At their head was an old man, Mu Geng, the current leader of the Myriad Stars Civilization. Beside him was a woman with a superb figure, graceful curves, and ample breasts and buttocks-the sort of woman who could make a man's blood surge with a single glance.

Mu Geng and the others hurried over to Mu Yong. "Yong... did you really obtain the Transcendent Civilization's inheritance?" Mu Geng asked excitedly.

Mu Yong hastily took out the seal and the nineteen storage rings. "Father, it's all here."

At the sight of the seal and nineteen storage rings, the Myriad Stars Civilization experts were all overwhelmed with excitement.

The inheritance and wealth of an entire civilization!

How could they not be excited?

This could greatly strengthen the Myriad Stars Civilization.

Mu Yong suddenly said, "Father, please go save my brother at once."

Mu Geng looked at Mu Yong in puzzlement. "Your brother?"

Mu Yong nodded hurriedly and told him everything that had happened.

But after hearing Mu Yong out, Mu Geng and the others fell silent.

Mu Yong hurriedly said, "Father, what are you waiting for? My brother can't hold out much longer..."

But Mu Geng remained silent, as did the elders behind them.

Mu Yong was about to say more, but then he seemed to realize something. His face instantly turned pale, and he stared at Mu Geng and the others in disbelief.

Mu Geng said gravely, "Yong, this is the best outcome as things stand. Do you understand what I mean?"

"I don't!"

"Father," Mu Yong said in a trembling voice, "we can't do this..."

Mu Geng stared at him. "If we go save him now, we'll be making enemies of everyone. When that happens, we'll offend a great many noble families and sects..."

"Father!"

Mu Yong cut Mu Geng off. "The only reason I obtained this inheritance was because Tianming sacrificed himself! What does that make us if we don't save him now?"

Mu Geng said gravely, "Then have you considered that if we go save him now, we'll have to stand against those noble families and sects? They won't let us keep the Transcendent Civilization's inheritance all to ourselves..."

Mu Yong shouted, "Father, have you considered that without Ye Tianming, our Myriad Stars Civilization wouldn't have obtained any of this inheritance?"

Mu Geng said, "I understand how you feel, but you have to put the bigger picture first..."

"The bigger picture, my ass!"

Mu Yong flew into a rage. "This is selfishness! This is shamelessness! This is fucking brazen!!"

"Insolence!"

Mu Geng suddenly raised his hand and slapped Mu Yong across the face.

Mu Yong abruptly pulled out a dagger and pressed it against his abdomen. He stared at Mu Geng. "Father, I can't betray Tianming..."

Mu Geng stared back at him. "Remember who you are."

Mu Yong suddenly fell to his knees and pleaded, "Father, I'm begging you. We can't do this, I'm begging you..."

Mu Geng shook his head. "You've disappointed me. Greatly."

Mu Yong realized that his father would never go save Ye Tianming. He stood up and let out a bitter laugh. "From this moment on, our Myriad Stars Civilization's backbone is broken, broken... If you won't save him, I'll go myself. I'll tell everyone that the Transcendent Civilization's inheritance is in our Myriad Stars Civilization's hands..."

With that, he turned and ran.

But a terrifying force pinned him in place.

Mu Geng stared at Mu Yong, his gaze icy. "For an outsider, you'd sever yourself from the Myriad Stars Civilization?"

Just then, the woman beside them stepped forward. "I'll talk to him."

Mu Geng glanced at her. "Qingmiao, talk some sense into him."

With that, he turned and vanished into the distance with the Myriad Stars Civilization elders.

The woman was Mu Yong's older sister, Mu Qingmiao.

Mu Yong grabbed Mu Qingmiao and pleaded, "Sister, I have to save him. I have to save him..."

She looked at him. "If the Lineage doesn't intervene, you can't save him."

Mu Yong's face was resolute. "Then I'll die with him. I can't betray my brother. I can't betray my brother..."

Mu Qingmiao glanced down and said, "Your friend probably isn't an ordinary person either. He might not die..."

Mu Yong shook his head. "Even if he doesn't die, the Guanxuan Universe will spit on him... And, Sister, our Myriad Stars Civilization can't do this! How can we do this?"

As he spoke, he crouched on the ground in anguish. "I can't even face him now. I... I deserve to die! How did I not think that our Myriad Stars Civilization would grow greedy? I'm so stupid!"

With that, he began slapping himself hard across the face.

Mu Qingmiao watched him calmly. "Going to the secret realm now won't help at all. Besides, Father left an expert hidden nearby, and he won't let you go down to save that young man either... There's only one path open to you now."

Mu Yong jerked his head up and looked at Mu Qingmiao. "What path?"

Mu Qingmiao said, "Go to the True World and find the Star Ancestor."

The Star Ancestor!

Mu Yong murmured, "But what about my brother? So many people are hunting him..."

Mu Qingmiao said, "I'll go protect him."

Mu Yong looked at Mu Qingmiao. She said calmly, "That young man has enemies on all sides now, and he offended the Xiao Family and Qingzhou Guanxuan Academy earlier. You could say that even if our Myriad Stars Civilization backed him, we probably couldn't keep him safe. Only if the Star Ancestor steps in might he be saved."

Mu Yong said, "Sister, promise me you'll keep him safe."

Mu Qingmiao said, "I'll do my best."

Mu Yong took a deep breath and turned toward the entrance to the Transcendent Holy Land. "Brother Tianming, wait for me..." he said softly.

With that, he turned and vanished into the horizon.

After Mu Yong left, an old man appeared beside Mu Qingmiao.

The old man said quietly, "Girl, are we really going to protect that young man?"

Mu Qingmiao slowly turned toward the entrance to the Transcendent Holy Land. "Yong looks at things only from a personal perspective, so he focuses on personal feelings and overlooks the Lineage's interests. Father, on the other hand, looks at things from the Lineage's perspective. He focuses on its interests and overlooks the heart and true nature of the whole matter."

The old man was puzzled. "What do you mean?"

Mu Qingmiao said slowly, "The Transcendent Civilization was once a top-tier divine civilization. Now they want to find an heir. That raises a question: was it really Yong they had their eye on, or the man named Ye Tianming?"

The old man frowned.

Mu Qingmiao looked down, her gaze resolute. "The one they truly had their eye on was Ye Tianming."

The old man immediately objected. "Yong is no slouch either."

Mu Qingmiao nodded. "Of course he isn't. But Second Uncle, you've overlooked one thing: Yong's identity. He belongs to our Myriad Stars Civilization. Don't the people of the Transcendent Civilization know that if they give Yong their inheritance, they'll ultimately just be making a dowry for our Myriad Stars Civilization? But giving it to Ye Tianming is a very different matter. Ye Tianming currently belongs to a lowest-tier lineage, so he would treasure this inheritance more and wouldn't turn from guest into host. The Transcendent Civilization would only need to have a woman join with Ye Tianming, and then..."

Hearing this, the old man naturally understood everything.

Simply put, Mu Yong could never marry into their lineage, but it was entirely possible for Ye Tianming to do so. Of course, it wasn't necessarily a matter of marrying in; rather, if the Transcendent Civilization chose Ye Tianming, it could take the lead, but if it chose Mu Yong, the Myriad Stars Civilization would be the one in control.

Mu Qingmiao narrowed her eyes. "So I'm certain that the inheritance the Transcendent Civilization gave Yong isn't their civilization's true inheritance."

The old man was stunned.

Mu Qingmiao stared at the entrance to the Transcendent Holy Land. "The most important question is why the Transcendent Civilization chose Ye Tianming."

The old man said gravely, "You mean that young man is no ordinary person?"

Mu Qingmiao said softly, "Of course he isn't. How could someone who made it through the Guanxuan Dao be ordinary? Of course, that alone wouldn't be enough to make the Transcendent Civilization choose him. They must have discovered something else outstanding about him."

At that, she shook her head slightly. "Father's vision and perspective are too limited. He can only see the interests right before him, not the heart and nature of the matter. That young man is the one with the greatest value."

The old man said, "You have to understand your father. As patriarch, he has to play it safe, and this is undoubtedly the safest course."

But Mu Qingmiao shook her head. "It isn't safe."

The old man looked at her, perplexed.

Mu Qingmiao said, "By doing this, the Myriad Stars Civilization is undoubtedly breaking its word and betraying its obligations. If that young man truly rises to prominence one day, he'll surely settle today's score with the Myriad Stars Civilization. If that day really comes, the price our Myriad Stars Civilization will pay will be unimaginable."

The old man hesitated, then said, "Girl, I don't think that young man has what it takes. If he really did, he wouldn't be in such a miserable state now."

Mu Qingmiao asked, "Second Uncle, why do you look down on him? Or rather, why does everyone look down on him?"

The old man said, "He's from a lowest-tier lineage..."

Mu Qingmiao asked, "Don't you think that's the most terrifying part?"

The old man realized something, and his pupils suddenly contracted.

The woman walked slowly into the distance. "Back then, wasn't the Guanxuan Sword Master's lineage also just a lowest-tier lineage?"

The old man immediately countered, "The young master has now appeared, and destiny has been decided. It can't be anyone else."

Mu Qingmiao said, "Second Uncle, that's the most terrifying part of all."

The old man was puzzled. "How so?"

The woman said softly, "Second Uncle... three generations of the Yang Family were all left to fend for themselves!! And this time... who dares guarantee that the one chosen by destiny must be Yang Jia?"

The old man: "..."