Chapter 1271: A Star of Calamities (1/2)

In the Realm of Fragmentary Star.

Chu Rui activated his dharma idol as soon as he arrived through a teleportation portal.

WHOOSH!

Wreathed in what looked like a sea of stars, his enormous dharma idol appeared abruptly in the starry sky over Fragmentary Star City.

In different parts of the city, disciples of the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace were greatly spirited.

“Vice Sectmaster!”

“Vice Sectmaster Chu is back!”

Deeply thrilled, Wei Lai and Yan Zhan flew out of the most magnificent palace to receive him. “Vice Sectmaster!”

With his all-pervasive soul awareness, he examined the whole city. As he only sensed Wei Lai and Yan Zhan’s auras, he frowned and said with a puzzled expression, “Hmm? Why is it just the two of you?

“Where are Elder Zu Guangyao, Xin Qing, and Han Wanrong? They headed back a long time ago. They should have been here.”

When Chu Rui and the others had left the Domain of Frigid Depths, he had learned from Nie Tian that Zu Guangyao and the other elders had been sent back by Luo Wanxiang.

It had been so long. He had assumed that Zu Guangyao, Han Wanrong, and Xin Qing would be in the Fragmentary Star City.

“Zu Guangyao and the others...” Wei Lai sagged his head, not daring to meet Chu Rui’s eyes. “We received word that their ancient starship was attacked on their way back from the Domain of Frigid Depths.”

Yan Zhan chimed in. “Song Chequan, the sectmaster of the Jade Heaven Sect, led the attack himself. It appears that they abducted that returning starship and sailed it back to their headquarters.”

“The Jade Heaven Sect! Song Chequan!” Chu Rui roared furiously.

Before his return from the Domain of Heaven Python, Yu Suying had made it clear that the Remote Beginning Heavenly Sect, the Profound Purity Palace, the Shadow Society, and the Jade Heaven Sect were the four parties behind this operation against the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace.

However, he hadn’t expected the Jade Heaven Sect to make such a timely move.

Chu Rui took a deep breath and asked, “Have you seen Luo Wanxiang? He killed my subordinates, but later sustained heavy injuries from the joint efforts of Nie Tian, Mo Qianfan, Yin Xingtian, and Yu Suying in the Domain of Frigid Depths. Is he back?”

“How could Vice Sectmaster Luo do such a thing?” Wei Lai exclaimed in shock.

“He colluded with Grand Patriarch Evil Phantom...” Chu Rui went on and explained everything to them. “So where is he?”

Yan Zhan looked bewildered, unsure whether he should believe Chu Rui. “He never returned to our headquarters or his subordinate domains,” he said. “We didn’t even hear about what happened in the Domain of Frigid Depths. The only thing we know is that Vice Sectmaster Luo came out of his secluded cultivation, but we’re not sure where he went, or whether he’s returned from the Domain of Frigid Depths.”

Chu Rui pondered in silence for a while before letting out a cold harrumph. “I suppose he knew that he’d been exposed, so he was too ashamed to come back to our headquarters or his own domains.”

Then, Wei Lai and Yan Zhan went on to fill Chu Rui in on what had happened to the sect recently.

Thanks to Nie Tian, the Domain of Primal Yang had reacknowledged their allegiance after the Primal Yang Sect had named their new sectmaster. However, all of their other twelve subordinate domains, including the Domain of Frigid Depths, were still in turmoil.

Most of the Son of the Stars and elders were mired in those domains and couldn’t get out.

Wei Lai and Yan Zhan had recently learned that the Remote Beginning Heavenly Sect and the Shadow Society were also scheming against their sect. They didn’t dare to leave Fragmentary Star City because they were afraid that their powerful experts would assault the city.

Both the Realm of Fragmentary Star and Fragmentary Star City were protected by a divine spell formation established and strengthened by generations of sectmasters of the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace.

If the two of them remained in the city, they would be able to activate the grand spell formation as soon as they sensed danger. Once they did, no ancient starships or God domain experts from the Remote Beginning Heavenly Sect or the Shadow Society would be able to sack the city.

This was why Wei Lai and Yan Zhan had chosen to stand back, while knowing perfectly well that the Domain of Heaven Python had been under attack.

“We knew that the Domain of Heaven Python had been attacked by the Remote Beginning Heavenly Sect,” Wei Lai said with a bitter expression.

Chu Rui nodded. “I know your difficult position. It seems to me that the Remote Beginning Heavenly Sect only adopted such a high profile because they wanted to lure you away from Fragmentary Star City. If you weren’t here, the grand spell formation couldn’t be activated, then the Remote Beginning Heavenly Sect and the Shadow Society would be able to storm the city with minimal resistance.”

Yan Zhan chimed in. “That’s what we were worried about.”

Wei Lai sighed and said, “Vice Sectmaster, the Shadow Society has set their mind on Wang Meijia’s subordinate domains recently. She’s facing trouble very similar to the trouble that the Remote Beginning Heavenly Sect caused in the Domain of Heaven Python. So...”

“The Shadow Society!” Chu Rui’s expression grew icy. “You’ll remain in Fragmentary Star City! Activate the divine spell formation upon any sign of disturbance, or if ancient starships from the Remote Beginning Heavenly Sect, the Shadow Society, or the Jade Heaven Sect get here! Also, we’re in a perilous time. Try to summon all Sons of the Stars and elders back here.”

“What about the rebellion of our subordinate domains?” Wei Lai asked.

“Leave them be for now,” Chu Rui answered. “We need to gather our strength in Fragmentary Star City. We can’t afford to be distracted and suffer casualties anymore. We’ll take care of those rebellious domains one by one after we end this crisis with the Remote Beginning Heavenly Sect, the Jade Heaven Sect, and the Shadow Society, or when either the sectmaster or the grand elder returns.”

“Got it. Whatever you say, Vice Sectmaster.”