The magnificent starlight crisscrossed beneath the dome of the starry sky, illuminating the dark universe.
In the endlessly distant beyond, countless star domains and nebulae were scattered everywhere, like bright lamps, visible yet unattainable.
Any creature that saw the vast universe for the first time would feel its own insignificance, and Chu Zheng was no exception.
At this moment, as he looked out the porthole at the vast expanse of starry sky, his expression was somewhat dazed.
This was his first time standing at this angle, touching the universe's starry sky, vast and enchanting, filled with too many secrets that he could not fathom.
Certain worlds were utterly insignificant to the entire universe.
Chu Zheng took a deep breath, slowly returned to his senses, and the starlight outside the porthole fell into his heart, where a seed seemed to sprout, breaking through the soil and starting to grow wildly.
Facing such a universe, focusing only on one small world seemed rather shortsighted.
Worlds would eventually perish, while the starry sky remained eternal.
If there came a day when he could make all beings in the universe chant his true name, inscribing his name under this starry expanse...
Then... only then would his life not have been in vain.
But first, he had to reach the end of the path of cultivation, and at least surpass that Ancestral Dao.
After all, even the pinnacle figures who monopolized two and a half parts of Heavenly Fate, within the current Great Universe, few knew their names.
He could not yet see the back of that Ancestral Dao, but that did not mean he wouldn't be able to in the future.
Chu Zheng slowly raised his hand, as if he was grasping the specks of starlight through the porthole, his eyes blazing like fire.
The spiritual energy in the starry sky was pitifully scarce, the panel's daily refresh of repair times directly dropped to zero, and the environment was extraordinarily harsh.
When Chu Zheng used the panel to supplement his own Qi, it took him a long time to fully replenish it.
This was a dead zone, utterly devoid of life, Chu Zheng couldn't even feel the slightest presence of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi.
Faced with this situation, Chu Zheng could only minimize his movements, curling up in a corner, to conserve Qi.
Since the patrol ship set sail, the projections of those two from the Tianyao Federation had vanished, leaving the patrol ship to navigate autonomously.
Before long, more than two months had passed.
This period was undeniably extremely tedious and dull for Chu Zheng, unable to cultivate, with no increase in the Qi within his body, which added to his irritability.
If most of his consciousness were transferred back to his true body, naturally he would not feel the hardship, but Chu Zheng had not done so.
Feeling irritability was enough to prove that his skill in cultivating his temperament was still lacking, needing more refinement.
Inside the cabin, which had been silent for over two months, suddenly there was a stir, and several holographic projections appeared, entering the cabin.
After a brief inspection, the patrol ship began to descend, like a ship slowly entering a massive harbor.
Around it floated numerous warships of various colors, the largest of which spanned tens of thousands of yards, over a thousand times larger than the patrol ship Chu Zheng was on, a veritable behemoth of war.
As his gaze swept over, various pieces of information surged into Chu Zheng's mind; just among the warships docked in this harbor, there were no less than ten of the Sixth Order, each capable of rivaling a Tongxuan Pseudo-Immortal in power.
Among them was one of the Seventh Order, and its data made Chu Zheng somewhat alarmed.
[Star God Heavenly Battleship (Seventh Order): 'God of the Starry Sky' series third generation reformed main battleship, commanding twelve Planet Annihilator-class warships, equipped with Star God-class energy core, Annihilation-class firepower, spatial scanning radar, loaded with twenty-four regular Planet Annihilator Cannons, one Heavy Armament-class Planet Annihilator Main Cannon, capable of shattering all stars under a diameter of thirty thousand kilometers with one strike, and carries twenty miniature quantum annihilation bombs, possessing the ability to conquer star domains on its own.]
At Seventh Order, equivalent to an Immortal of the Immortal Tribulation Realm, capable of dominating within the star domains, achieving this as a mortal was indeed admirable.
Chu Zheng unconsciously held his breath, watching the patrol ship where he stood, slowly come to a stop in the harbor.
The cabin door opened, and about a dozen mechanical figures walked in; Chu Zheng glanced at them and understood immediately.
These were ordinary intelligent robots belonging to the Tianyao Federation, responsible for maintenance.
Clearly, for a large federation that spanned the starry sky, a patrol ship returning was not a major event; they did not send people to deal with it immediately, but rather sent a group of maintenance robots.
Chu Zheng maintained his Invisibility Technique, brushing past these robots.
Just as he stepped out of the cabin door, before he had time to deactivate his Invisibility Technique and stretch his limbs, a shrill alarm sounded above his head.
In just a few breaths, several small drones hovered over his head, their pale blue gun barrels scanning around, ominously locking onto his skull.
Chu Zheng froze for a moment, then quickly realized.
Clearly, the detection radar enveloping this area was far more precise than that on the patrol ship, seeing through Chu Zheng's Invisibility Technique and detecting his presence.
After all, this was just a First Order Invisibility Technique, barely enough to conceal his form, and would be exposed even to the Divine Sense of ordinary Cultivators.
In the surrounding heavens and earth, there was again a trace of thin Qi, and the panel's daily repair count rose to two times.
The concentration of spiritual energy here was much higher than that of the previous star.
Chu Zheng glanced at the drones overhead and directly accessed their detailed information.
[Drone (First Order): God of the Sky series 11th generation drone, equipped with light laser weapons, possessing extremely precise auto-targeting radar, its only flaw being poor combat endurance.]