The vast stellar space is not inhabited by only the human race. There are also other more ferocious and intrusive races. One could say that any race capable of surviving in stellar space is not one to be trifled with; those docile races have long been eliminated. If the Nine Provinces were to quietly stand within this stellar space, there might have been a long period of peace. After all, the Void is vast and boundless, and although the Nine Provinces planet is colossal, it is not something easily discovered. The human race cultivators who departed from the Nine Provinces perhaps sought greater power, but they could never have imagined that by breaking through the Nine Provinces and making contact with the Void, they would bring disaster upon their home planet. At an unknown point in time, an alien race army followed their trail, stationing troops outside the Nine Provinces World, with a great war on the brink of eruption. This scale of conflict was something Lu Ye could not fathom. Although he had recently experienced a human race versus Insect Race war, by comparison, the current Nine Provinces cultivators' counteroffensive in the Great Secret Realm against the Insect Race seemed like child's play. The ancient wars, both in scale and ferocity, far surpassed Lu Ye's understanding. The ancient Nine Provinces cultivators were formidable, confronting one world-destroying war after another, repelling wave upon wave of powerful enemies. Yet every war resulted in the deaths of numerous cultivators. Eventually, a moment arrived when the situation in the Nine Provinces became dire, with all-encompassing fires of war sweeping the stellar space around the Nine Provinces World, as one star after another was shattered. Enticed by the Nine Provinces' aura, invaders began a maniacal assault. The ancient Nine Provinces cultivation world gradually became unsustainable, staring at a future of realm collapse and human extinction. It was in this critical moment that the remaining Nine Provinces cultivators collaboratively forged a peculiar artifact, an artifact that appeared unremarkable, merely taking the shape of a round disc. The Nine Provinces cultivators split into two groups: one continued to resist the invaders, and the other remained within the Nine Provinces, jointly activating the disc artifact. In an instant, a massive disc-shaped shadow ascended into the sky, covering the position directly above the Nine Provinces planet. From Lu Ye's grand perspective, it appeared as though a round lid had been placed over the gigantic Nine Provinces planet. The disc emanated a mysterious and gentle power, enveloping the entire Nine Provinces World. Then, the Void trembled, and in that instant, the endless myriad stars in the surrounding stellar space dimmed. When those myriad stars shone brightly once more, the massive Nine Provinces had vanished without a trace! Lu Ye was profoundly shaken, only now understanding the profound power contained within that disc; it had actually Teleported the entire Nine Provinces away from its original location. As for where it was Teleported to, no one in the human race at the time knew. But it was likely the location where the Nine Provinces now resides. The ancient Nine Provinces cultivation world, through this means, preserved its home planet, but the price paid was grievous. Without their home planet as support, all the remaining cultivators were slaughtered by the invaders in that battle. Lu Ye's vision shifted once again, transitioning from that vast and grand battlefield to the current location of the Nine Provinces. The round disc lid still existed above the Nine Provinces planet, emanating waves of mysterious power, enveloping the entire Nine Provinces and concealing its aura. However, the entirety of the Nine Provinces had drastically reduced in size, presumably due to the excessive consumption of the Nine Provinces' essence caused by the previous Teleportation. The Nine Provinces that Lu Ye now saw was the size he recognized, and he finally glimpsed some familiar shadows within this planet. Having left its original location, and with the disc artifact—created with the power of the entire domain—concealing its aura, this Nine Provinces planet, though still standing in stellar space, was difficult for alien races to discover. It remained in this stellar space, like a wounded beast, silently licking its wounds, lasting thousands upon tens of thousands of years. The wars of ancient times devastated the Nine Provinces cultivation world, with the complete annihilation of all high-level cultivators. They protected their home planet with their lives, shielding the race on their home planet. Even when fighting to exhaustion, not a single one was willing to retreat. Lu Ye felt deep respect, and it could be said that it was due to the sacrifices made by those selfless ancestors that there is today's Nine Provinces. Otherwise, long ago, the Nine Provinces would have already been destroyed, and the Nine Provinces human race of today would not exist. In Lu Ye's contemplation, to activate the power of that disc, to allow the Nine Provinces to be successfully Teleported from its original location, all cultivators of the Nine Provinces at that time, regardless of their realm, contributed their power, resulting in devastating consequences. The excessive consumption of the Nine Provinces' essence led to a drastic reduction in size, and the extinction of ninety percent of the entire cultivation world's cultivators. The surviving ten percent were mainly low-level cultivators. The Nine Provinces cultivation world's heritage faced a break! However, relying on the legacy left by the ancient ancestors, the Nine Provinces cultivation world slowly explored and gradually established a cultivation system. Yet under this cultivation system, the Divine Sea Realm became the limit. The reasons were the broken heritage and the inherent issues of the Nine Provinces itself. Lu Ye instinctively found enlightenment. This mysterious power demonstrated to him the history of the Nine Provinces' development and transformation, though many things he did not see, he could clearly feel it. He finally understood why, despite closing themselves off for cultivation, the Divine Sea Realm cultivators of the Nine Provinces could not take that final step. And he realized even more clearly why, after reaching the Divine Sea Realm, the pace of a cultivator's advancement slowed increasingly, as if an invisible resistance was blocking their path in cultivation. Across the entire development of the Nine Provinces cultivation world, it can be divided into two stages. Using the position where Nine Provinces stands in the stellar space as a node, there is the era before Nine Provinces and the era after Nine Provinces. The splendor of the era before Nine Provinces and the desolation of the era after Nine Provinces undoubtedly form a striking contrast. The perspective quickly descended, Lu Ye knew this demonstration was coming to an end here. In an instant, his mind returned to his body, Lu Ye opened his eyes, let out a long sigh, but his mood couldn't calm down for a long time. "The stellar space is a very dangerous place, where the weak are eliminated and the strong survive, an eternal truth. When one's own strength is insufficient to stand in this vast stellar space, recklessly revealing oneself will attract numerous predators. In this vast stellar space, life forms will be born on planets at regular intervals, and life forms will enter the stellar space, but how many can survive? And how many will bring disaster to their home planet because they entered the stellar space? The ancient Nine Provinces, although strong enough, made too many enemies and couldn't avoid the fate of nearly being invaded. Nowadays, compared to the ancient times, Nine Provinces is still too immature." A voice came from not far away. Lu Ye looked in the direction of the voice, and saw Hua Ci standing not far away, eloquently speaking. Lu Ye immediately recognized that she was not the real Hua Ci! He didn't rush to talk but observed the surroundings, as he had guessed before, after walking through the mist vortex, he indeed arrived at Xianyuan City! However, at this moment, all the Xianyuan Guards in the entire Xianyuan City were asleep, making the large city seem very quiet. They were currently located in the City Lord's Residence, standing beside the soul pool. The only one awake was the City Lord of Xianyuan City, who nodded slightly in greeting when seeing Lu Ye's gaze, and Lu Ye clasped his fists in salutation. Then he turned his head and looked at the "Hua Ci" beside him, frowned and said, "You should be able to change your appearance, right?" "Hua Ci" pursed her lips and smiled charmingly, "Just for the convenience of communicating with you, what appearance do you want? I can do any." "What do you originally look like?" The figure of "Hua Ci" immediately distorted, and then transformed into a cluster of pure white spirit light, floating in mid-air, with an ethereal voice coming from it, "I thought you liked this woman very much." Lu Ye said, "I like her, but that doesn't mean I want to see others turn into her appearance; you are the Little Miracle Healer from Soaring Dragon World, right?" "How should I address you? Heaven's Augury? Or… Heaven's Augury Compass?" Back when he encountered this entity in the Soaring Dragon World, Lu Ye had a suspicion, but he thought the Little Miracle Healer was a manifestation of Heaven and Earth's Will. However, it now seems it's not as simple as he thought. Until now, Lu Ye has had encounters with several different world's Heaven and Earth's Will, but these were very vague, unlike the entity before him with clear subjective thinking capable of communication. Therefore, Lu Ye believes the entity is not simply Heaven and Earth's Will. As for the Heaven's Augury Compass... It was the treasure crafted jointly by those human race cultivators in the era before Nine Provinces, and it was precisely this treasure's existence that safeguarded the entire Nine Provinces, teleporting it from its original position and concealing its presence. Such a powerful treasure having undergone such a long passage of time, its birth of spiritual intelligence is also expected. So Lu Ye is now unsure about the essence of this pure white light. The ethereal voice continued, "I am both Heaven and Earth's Will and Heaven's Augury Compass, a fusion-born Artifact Spirit of a part of Nine Provinces' Heaven and Earth's Will." Lu Ye roughly understood now. At that time, the power of the Heaven's Augury Compass was triggered, and it absorbed the immense foundation of Nine Provinces. It can be said that it almost fused with Nine Provinces completely, and under the catalysis of a part of the Nine Provinces' Heaven and Earth's Will, the Heaven's Augury Compass also produced its own Artifact Spirit. This is the truth behind the Nine Provinces Heaven's Augury and also the reason for its omnipresence and mysterious nature. Many things became clear at this moment. But Lu Ye still had some unclear aspects. "What's the matter with Xianyuan City?" This place has been fighting against the Insect Race, and from the current information available, it is connected to the Insect Race's Great Secret Realm. However, the passage doesn't open all year round but only opens every now and then, and each time, a large number of Insect Race come to attack. The Xianyuan Guards of Xianyuan City have to fight the Insect Race, but because they are soul bodies and leave their Soul Seals in the soul pool, as long as the soul pool doesn't dry up, they are virtually all Undying Bodies.