My Mysterious Left Hand

Chapter 122 Breakthrough in the Starry Sky

Before long, responses came from all over Moonspring Star.

In the camp, Lin Xiaoyu and Zhao Mingxuan exchanged a glance, both with hesitation in their eyes.

"I want to go back and see my family."

Lin Xiaoyu said softly, "My parents must be worried sick. Even though only five or six days have passed outside, I still feel uneasy—"

"—Many years have passed."

Zhao Mingxuan took her hand: "I'll go back with you. But we'll come back, right?"

"Of course, but I don't know when I'll be back."

Lin Xiaoyu nodded: "Teacher Li Chen said we can choose to stay or leave freely. I'm reluctant to part with this spiritual field, and I'm even more reluctant to part with you."

In another wooden cabin, Zhou Wenyuan was watching Aya pack her things.

"Are you really going back with me?" Zhou Wenyuan asked.

Aya looked up, her eyes filled with both anticipation and trepidation: "I grew up in the spirit world, and was later brought to this world by a celestial being. I've never seen the Earth you described. I want to see the airplanes, the skyscrapers, and—the place you live—that you mentioned."

Zhou Wenyuan felt a warmth in his heart: "Okay, I'll take you home. But Earth is very different from here, so you need to be prepared."

Outside Qingshi Town, Li Xuewei and Shi Feng were saying goodbye to the town's elder.

"Grandpa, I want to go with Xuewei to see her world."

Shi Feng said firmly, "I will protect myself and take good care of Xue Wei."

The elder guarding the town looked at the two young people, and finally just patted his grandson on the shoulder: "Go, young people should see the world. Remember, no matter where you go, never forget your roots."

Three hours later, Li Chen simply waved his hand.

The void outside the Void Dojo was distorted, and the eighty-seven people who had registered to go home appeared out of thin air.

Of these 87 people, 53 were students and 34 were indigenous people who volunteered to go to Earth.

Those indigenous people were the companions the students met on Moonspring Star.

Although some of their close friends wanted to visit Earth, Li Chen did not allow it.

It's already quite generous that their partners are allowed to leave together; the rest should just stay here and be used as tools.

Xin Zhirou and her daughter Yao Ruoxi both chose to stay temporarily.

Yao Ruoxi is still young, and her cultivation journey has just begun. The environment of Yuequan Star is more suitable for her growth.

Xin Zhirou naturally wanted to stay and take care of her daughter.

Surprisingly, all forty students in Xiao Qingyi, Yang Qingsong, and Li Chen's class chose to stay.

They were either obsessed with cultivation, found new research directions on Moon Spring Star, or simply wanted to stay longer in this place with its abnormal time flow.

Seeing that everyone who wanted to go home had arrived, Li Chen waved his hand again, and a spatial mist appeared, enveloping all eighty-seven people.

This time travel was much smoother than the previous one. Everyone only felt the light and shadows flowing before their eyes, and in a few breaths they were already standing on solid ground.

As the fog dissipated, the familiar sight of the two boundary markers of Pioneer Star came into view.

"I'm back!"

"They're really back!"

"Only a few days have passed, but it feels like half a lifetime has gone by —"

The students looked around excitedly, confirming that they had truly returned to a familiar world.

Because the watch communicator can communicate across the stars, Qin Xiaotian had already been waiting there.

Seeing everyone return, especially the students whose cultivation had clearly improved significantly, his eyes were filled with joy.

"Thank you for your hard work, Teacher Li Chen."

Qin Xiaotian stepped forward and bowed, then looked at the strangers: "Who are these people—"

"These are the original inhabitants of Moonspring Star, and also the companions of some of the returning students."

Li Chen said, "I'll leave their affairs to the principal."

"No problem, I've got it covered!" Qin Xiaotian quickly agreed.

Li Chen nodded, said no more, and his figure gradually faded away, disappearing from the spot.

He did not return to Earth, but went directly back to Moonspring.

This time, however, he did not enter the planet's interior, but instead arrived in the outer space of Moonspring Star's atmosphere.

This place is no longer even inside the planetary defense array; time here is the same as time outside.

Because he was preparing to break through here.

It's not just about breaking through from the sixth to the seventh realm of the Cave Heaven, but about breaking through to the Human King realm in one go.

He had benefited greatly from referring to Situ Jiao's cultivation method, and his accumulated knowledge and skills were already very substantial.

This time, he is confident that he can break through to the Human King realm in one go.

His breakthrough will inevitably affect the normal time rules. Breaking through inside Moonspring Star can easily impact the planet's defensive array.

At that time, even if extraordinary phenomena occur, they will no longer be a great opportunity, but more likely a catastrophe.

Therefore, breaking through from the outside is the best option.

In the vacuum of the universe, Li Chen sat cross-legged, with nothing beneath him, yet he remained as steady as a rock.

He closed his eyes and focused his mind inward.

Within the void of the dantian, the nine great grotto-heavens slowly rotated around the central Dao lotus.

The Dao Lotus is grayish-brown with nine petals, each petal adorned with Dao patterns of different colors.

Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, Time, Space, Life, Purification.

The purification process includes the essence of lightning punishment.

According to Li Chen's definition, lightning punishment is itself a power to purify the world.

"The next realm is the seventh realm of the Cave Heaven, the Cave Heaven Supreme, which solidifies all the Cave Heavens."

Li Chen silently recited the contents of the Void Divine Codex.

The key to this realm is to allow the Nine Great Grotto-Heavens to completely solidify from their "illusory" state, resonate perfectly with the Dao Lotus, and form an overall structure with the Dao Lotus as the hub and the Nine Great Grotto-Heavens as the core.

Once successful, the nine grotto-heavens will no longer be scattered individuals, but a complete "grotto-heaven system".

Li Chen took a deep breath—although there is no air in the universe, he was inhaling and exhaling the omnipresent cosmic radiation.

The Dao Seed of Returning to Nothingness trembled slightly and began to frantically devour the surrounding energy.

Centered on him, cosmic radiation from tens of thousands of kilometers around surged in like a tide, forming an energy vortex visible to the naked eye.

The movement was not ostentatious, with no dazzling light effects, only ripples of slightly distorted space spreading silently in the vacuum.

However, if a human king-level expert were here, he would be horrified to discover that the cosmic background radiation in this star field is decreasing rapidly!

"Let's begin."

With a thought from Li Chen, the nine great grotto-heavens simultaneously emitted a buzzing sound.

The original grotto-heaven was the first to change.

The previously faint, illusory image of the cave began to shrink and solidify, and the mountains and rivers inside gradually materialized, with every grain of soil becoming clearly visible.

This process requires a massive amount of energy.

Li Chen was generous, fully activating the Dao Seed of Returning to Nothingness to transform the absorbed cosmic radiation into pure divine power, which he then injected into the Origin Cave Heaven.

One day, two days, three days —

Time loses its meaning in the starry sky.

Li Chen was completely immersed in cultivation, oblivious to everything around him.

Six years passed inside Moon Spring Star, while he only sat cross-legged in the starry sky for six days.

On the sixth day, the Primordial Grotto-Heaven completely solidified!

It was no longer a phantom, but a real, miniature world.

Although it is only a hundred miles in diameter, its internal structure is complete, with mountains and rivers still present, and even the most primitive life spores have begun to emerge.

"continue."

Without stopping, Li Chen turned towards the Star Realm Grotto.

This grotto-heaven governs the rules of space, and its solidification process is even more complex.

He needs to materialize the laws of space and construct a stable spatial structure within the cave.