Chapter 707: Guidance (1/2)

As soon as Nie Tian sent a wisp of soul awareness into the Spirit Pearl to examine the star map inside of it, he came to some discoveries.

Back when he had been in the secret room underneath the Flame God Sect, powerful discarnate souls had flown out of a cauldron and ended up in the same location on this star map.

That was the same location as the fourth set of coordinates that had been preset in the large-scale teleportation portal in the palace that had been left in the Realm of Split Void by the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace.

That was the region where Nie Tian was right now.

This entire region had been sealed for tens of thousands of years. No starships had been able to sail through it until recently.

As soon as his soul awareness entered the region in the star map, the region seemed to be magnified by many times.

The light spots that were scattered on the map became sizable clusters of light.

He knew that each and every shining spot represented a living realm, while dark ones represented dead ones.

However, as the map was magnified, he came to discover that there were also a large number of mysterious spots of light that were neither shining brightly nor completely dark.

The powerful discarnate souls were now gathered by one of these strange-looking spots.

Nie Tian suspected that there must be something special about that location.

Then, he suddenly discovered a spot that was uniquely bright.

He examined it with his soul awareness and felt that the extremely bright spot seemed to represent himself...

In order to test his speculation, he asked Qiao Yunxi to activate the Flame Bird again. As he stood on the speeding Flame Bird, he discovered that extremely bright spot was indeed moving the same direction he was.

That was when he realized that he had his own marking on the star map.

However, his marking was now very far from the mysterious spot where those powerful discarnate souls were gathered.

It was hard to say whether that place had something to do with the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace, or was where Yue Yanxi was now exploring. However, there had to be something special about that place.

As his train of thought came to this point, he found himself in a dilemma, different expressions flashing across his face.

Qiao Yunxi did as she was asked, and steered the Flame Bird around for a while before noticing that Nie Tian seemed to be lost in his thoughts. Therefore, she stopped the Flame Bird and looked at him with a confused expression.

After a while, she finally ran out of patience and asked, “Have you found anything yet?”

Nie Tian snapped out of his thoughts and said, “Yeah, I’ve found a place where there must be something very special. It’s just that... it doesn’t seem to be the place where your grand elder and the others are. In fact, that place seems to be in the opposite direction. If we go there, we might end up even farther away from those from your sect.”

“Have you been there before?” Qiao Yunxi asked, looking surprised.

“No.”

“Then, how did you know about that place? And what makes you think there’s something very special there?”

“I obtained this Spirit Pearl from an ancient starship of the Phantasms in the Domain of the Falling Stars. There’s a vast star map inside of it. That place is marked out on the map. It appears that it was the Phantasms who did it. With the help of the map, I’ll be able to show you to that location.”

Qiao Yunxi seemed surprised by his answer. “Did the grand elder ask you to come here because of this star map of yours?” she asked.

Nie Tian shook his head. “No, I don’t think so.”

The reason why Yue Yanxi had asked him to come to this place was because he was the successor chosen by the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace. Yue Yanxi had must have asked him repeatedly because he had discovered something that was related to the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace

Eyebrows furrowed, Qian Yunxi pondered in silence for a while before saying decisively, “Show me the way then!”

Surprised, Nie Tian asked, “Are you sure that you want to go?”

Qiao Yunxi sighed. “Yeah, it seems that we probably won’t be able to meet up with the grand elder for the time being. People from the Bliss Mountain Sect are still looking for me. That bitch found that divine flame seal, which will allow them to find and follow the other seals to the grand elder’s location.

“Since I can’t get those divine flame seals, it’s practically impossible for us to find the grand elder and the others.

“So instead of wandering around, we might as well try out our luck by going to the place you’re talking about.

“Perhaps we’ll find something valuable there.”