The Cosmic Void, amid the boundless darkness.
Here, even the radiance of stars seems unable to penetrate.
Yet, a white figure sits quietly, emitting white glows that forcefully break through the darkness of this realm.
It is like a drop of white paint in a black canvas, extremely conspicuous.
Suddenly, the white figure slowly opens its eyes, with countless stars seemingly twinkling within those orbs.
Emperor Bai senses something, slowly turning his head to gaze towards the Star River Star System’s direction.
"My shadow left in the Sword Inquiry Stone has been summoned by a little fellow?"
A curious expression appears on Emperor Bai’s face, the stars in his eyes continuously twinkling as if sensing something.
After a moment, Emperor Bai smiles.
"An interesting little fellow, in all these years at Star River University, I’ve never seen such an amusing little one."
"The Life Factions, huh? Is Gumo planning to fish?"
In just an instant, it seems as if Emperor Bai knows everything happening within Star River University.
"Fishing is fine, but I’m afraid the fish might be too big, causing the rod to break."
Emperor Bai seems to think of something, smiling as he shakes his head.
"However, this is indeed an interesting matter. After all these years of the same routine, it’s nice to occasionally change things up."
Emperor Bai smiles softly, slowly standing up.
As Emperor Bai rises, the surrounding darkness sways like a tide, moving with his actions.
"Then... I’ll help block some of the enemies above the eighth rank."
"As for those below the eighth rank... you’ll have to rely on you backline little fellows!"
Emperor Bai smiles lightly, taking a step forward, a terrifying energy bursts forth from his body instantly.
With every step, Emperor Bai’s figure enlarges several times.
After dozens of steps, Emperor Bai’s figure resembles the size of a planet, he roars towards the endless darkness.
"Blood Corpse Ancestor God, get out here!"
The sound reverberates, shattering the surrounding darkness instantly, the terrifying shockwave... sweeps through the entire Cosmic Void.
As Emperor Bai’s figure dissipates, the people of Star River Factions also rise one by one.
Only at this moment, their gazes towards Lu Sheng change dramatically.
If previously, the videos about Lu Sheng at the center forum of Star River University merely surprised them, and Gumo’s posts even aroused some hostility among the students towards Lu Sheng.
With Emperor Bai’s praise and the nine sword marks left on the Sword Inquiry Stone, their attitudes towards Lu Sheng have changed drastically.
"To receive such praise from Emperor Bai himself, this is exceedingly rare in the history of our Star River Factions."
"Indeed, especially when it comes to summoning Emperor Bai’s shadow from the Sword Inquiry Stone, it seems that only Lu Sheng has done it in hundreds of years."
"This guy’s talent... is terrifying. I suddenly feel that Lu Sheng making it into the top hundred of the Star River Talented List is a small feat."
One by one, the students of Star River Factions start to discuss.
Yi Jian’s gaze towards Lu Sheng is filled with complexity.
Even the sixth-rank students of the Star River Factions have complicated expressions, unsure of what to say at this moment.
Among the crowd, one of the Star River Factions’ students silently puts away their watch, turns off the recording function, ponders for a moment, and uploads the freshly recorded video to Star River University’s forum center.
Perhaps thinking of something, the person tags it with "Lu Sheng".
Instantly, the video gains significant attention after being uploaded.
Numerous students browsing the Star River University forum instantly find this video post among thousands.
Instantly, they fall silent.
And after the brief silence, a tower of comments quickly emerges below the video post.
"Wow, this Lu Sheng is truly a monster. Slaying the Void Ancient Dragon is one thing, but summoning Emperor Bai’s shadow in the Star River Factions is another level."
"No wonder Lu Sheng’s talent is so strong. Previously, those Star River Factions students were dissatisfied, now Lu Sheng has probably slapped them hard!"
"Haha, I can already imagine the expressions of those Star River Factions students when Emperor Bai’s shadow appeared."
"Exactly, those who criticized Lu Sheng the most in the forum center earlier were these very Star River Factions students!"
Each comment made the students of Star River Factions twitch slightly.
Yet, they had no words to counter, as everything stated in the posts was true. Before Lu Sheng came to the Star River Factions, they truly were the loudest in their criticisms.
Now they are the most silent.
"By the way, hasn’t Lu Sheng broken a historical record for Star River Factions? In hundreds of years, only Lu Sheng has managed to summon Emperor Bai’s shadow."
"What’s more important, didn’t you see Emperor Bai praising Lu Sheng? That’s an unparalleled honor!"