Chapter 1 Again

The familiar flowing light tunnel, the familiar dazed haze…

Consciousness drifting, after who knows how long, Han Xiao suddenly felt a shock in his mind and regained consciousness.

Han Xiao's vision suddenly opened up. Looking around, it was still the familiar scene of the First Sanctum. The boundless white world was filled with countless soft orbs of light, storing one information-state collection after another.

"Still the same sense of detachment, but a little milder than last time..."

Han Xiao was no stranger to this feeling. After all, he had been here many times and was already a regular.

He looked down at the back of his hand. The Sanctum authority imprint was shining brightly, one level higher than last time.

"Let's resurrect those poor bastards first."

Han Xiao didn't delay, skillfully sacrificing the mediums of the various fallen Super-As to activate the Sanctum resurrection function.

Soon, rays of light were born from thin air, converging from all directions and condensing into a Sanctum resurrection imprint, suspended in front of Han Xiao.

Han Xiao pointed his finger, and the Sanctum resurrection imprint seemed to turn into liquid, flowing along his finger and freezing on the back of his hand, becoming a tattoo-like complex mark.

He probed his mind into it, checked the resurrection targets, and confirmed that all the guys on the Memorial Tablet were inside.

After finishing this business, Han Xiao let out a breath, calmed his mind, summoned the Sanctum message board, and looked over.

With the First Sanctum's authority increased again, the content appearing on the message board was more than last time. Arranged from front to back according to the most recent time, Han Xiao compared it with his memory, all the way to the record of the Universal Star Cluster at the fifth to last paragraph, and then his mind highly concentrated, carefully looking down below.

The last four paragraphs were where the most content was missing. He had read it twice before and only obtained two slightly valuable pieces of information, one was the "Information State Stripping Plan" mentioned in the fourth to last paragraph, and the other was the plan to continue the previous iteration mentioned in the last paragraph, which mentioned a certain "unknown device" and a "control valve".

This time, Han Xiao discovered that some of the missing content in the last four paragraphs had been filled in, and some information that he cared about appeared in the second to last paragraph and the last paragraph.

[...███ conversion plan failed, but the principle has been proven feasible. The reason for the failure is the lack of a key real-state medium, unable to establish a ███ connection. Next time ███ needs to improve this point... In addition, the information solidification device has been manufactured, loaded with a template, which may cause information distortions during the ███ process, presenting itself in a "twisted" unknown form in the subsequent ███...] -- Partial message from the second to last paragraph.

[...The existing real-state medium is not enough to complete the ███ conversion plan of the previous iteration. We need a deeper level of ███ connection to build a stable ███ bridge... We decided to add a control valve to the information solidification device to reduce the handling cost of the information solidification device going berserk...] -- Partial message from the last paragraph.

"Hmm, this..."

Han Xiao's eyes flickered slightly.

The second to last message was the "previous iteration" mentioned in the last message. From the current content, the latter inherited the former's plan.

The "unknown device" and "control valve" mentioned in the last paragraph last time had also unlocked information at this time, which was the "information solidification device" manufactured in the second to last iteration.

In addition, these two pieces of information also threw out a new concept, "real-state". Han Xiao secretly marveled. With his current level, there were very few things he didn't understand on the technological level, and it was actually the first time he had seen this term.

Han Xiao tried to use the Sanctum authority's indexing function to search for this keyword, but the Sanctum imprint did not respond. Generally speaking, only precise searches for a single iteration or civilization name could activate the indexing function.

"It seems I have to continue to grind authority and unlock the civilization names in these last four paragraphs."

Han Xiao nodded secretly. The names of the civilizations mentioned in the last four paragraphs were still blank, and his authority was not enough to view them.

Keeping this information in mind, Han Xiao closed the message board and began to search the First Sanctum for technical data with ease.

Although he hadn't finished studying all the foundation he had on hand, and didn't lack technology, since he came here...

After the Sanctum authority was improved, the memory capacity limit was also increased. After a while, Han Xiao filled up this time's capacity, returned fully loaded, didn't continue to stay here, and opened the Sanctum channel to leave.

Passing through the flowing light tunnel again, Han Xiao suddenly felt light, and had already returned to the main universe. The Sanctum light gate disappeared behind him, rotating.

Han Xiao opened the communicator and glanced at it. Only thirty days had passed.

"The time flow is getting closer and closer. Next time, it should only take twenty days." Han Xiao's eyes lit up.

The Sanctum message board seemed to be universal, the same in every Sanctum, so he only needed to focus on grinding the authority of one Sanctum. If he grinded all the Sanctums together, it would take many years.

Han Xiao thought for a while, changed into the Emperor Suit, teleported to the Super Star Cluster main planet, and flew to the huge square where all the Super-A Grade statues were placed.

At this time, the square was bustling with activity, with a constant flow of people, all Super-power users gathered from all over the place. When they saw Han Xiao descending, they were stunned for a moment, and then ecstatic.

"Look, it's Black Star!"

"It's actually a real person descending!"

"I'm your admirer, can you give me an autograph..."

Many people were excited and swarmed over like crazy fans.

Now, among the Super-power class, Black Star was almost a national idol. At least eight out of ten Super-power users were his admirers, no different from a great man.

Han Xiao smiled at everyone and waved his hand. A breeze floated, and an invisible force field rotated and opened like a transparent barrier, covering an area and blocking all pedestrians.

People from further away also came after hearing the news. The outside of the barrier was crowded, surrounded layer upon layer, curiously looking at Han Xiao, guessing the purpose of his appearance.

Han Xiao didn't explain anything and activated the Sanctum resurrection imprint. Rays of light surged and condensed into light clusters, gradually transforming into the entities of the fallen Super-As.

The reason for showing it in public, deliberately showing off in front of people, was to let the public see the actual scene of the Sanctum resurrection and increase the attractiveness of the Super Star Cluster. This was the plan set at the meeting a few months ago. In the future, every Sanctum resurrection would be held publicly.

Before grinding the Sanctum authority, Han Xiao planned to resurrect these unlucky ghosts first, on the one hand to let them return as soon as possible and fulfill his promise.

On the other hand, he wanted to let the three major civilizations and other forces see that the time he spent in the Sanctum was shortened, telling them that he could come back at any time... Although these guys might not have any other thoughts now, Han Xiao thought it was best to avoid this possibility, lest these advanced civilizations think he had disappeared for too long and wanted to cause trouble again.

Soon, the light on the square solidified. In full view of the public, this group of fallen Super-As were resurrected, with confusion remaining on their faces. After a while, they gradually regained their senses.

"Haha, I'm alive again, praise Black Star!"

"Where is this? I don't think I've ever seen it before?"

"What era is it now? Is the World Tree War over?"

A group of resurrected people looked around, curious. Finally, their eyes fell on Han Xiao.

"Alright, the war is over, we won. You can ask Aurora and the others for the details."

Han Xiao waved his hand indifferently. This was not the first time these people had been resurrected. The benefit was that he didn't need to explain the situation from the beginning.

He turned to look at Dirion and said, "I have fulfilled my promise and restored your freedom. You should try to keep a low profile in the future, otherwise, if others want to kill you again, I won't stop them."

Dirion's face twitched, and he was silent.

Restoring his freedom should have been a happy thing, but Dirion felt uneasy.

When he was a Netherworld Hero, he had no worries, so he spoke more unscrupulously, let himself go, and sprayed whoever he wanted, offending many people.

Others were too lazy to care about a "dead person", but now that he was alive, if people came to settle the score, he would suffer...

For some reason, Dirion missed the feeling of being a Netherworld Hero...

Han Xiao didn't say much to everyone. He turned around, teleported, and disappeared on the spot. Losing the force field barrier, countless pedestrians swarmed over. These resurrected people didn't understand the situation and were almost drowned in the crowd. They quickly took off and left.

Halfway through the flight, Aurora, who had noticed the commotion, arrived with a group of Super-As who had stayed on the main planet to welcome the resurrected.

"Congratulations on your resurrection. Come with us and let us explain the situation to you," Aurora said.

Since she was elected as the second-in-command of the Super Star Cluster as expected, she had been maintaining the mature woman form, which seemed to give her some "majesty" bonus. However, in the eyes of the Super-A Grade group, who had preconceived impressions, she was still cute, even if Aurora deliberately held her face and made a dignified and imposing posture, she had no deterrent power at all.

Many resurrected people nodded, followed Aurora, and flew towards the core building of the Super Star Cluster.

Dirion was about to follow, but suddenly felt a surge of hot and exuberant blood energy coming from the side. Two thick, sturdy, and elastic pectoral muscles clamped over, biting his arm like a big mouth. At the same time, someone grabbed his shoulders, transmitting waves of great force, holding him tightly and preventing him from moving.

Dirion turned his head and saw Sierraon appeared beside him, wrapping his shoulders with great force, putting his arm around his shoulder. The huge face came closer, and the rough face had a malicious smile.

"Yo, you're finally alive. Come over here, a bunch of us want to have a good chat with you."

Dirion stiffly turned his head to look, and saw a group of Super-As staring at him straightly not far away, with playful eyes, including some peak Super-As.

"Gulp..."

Dirion swallowed quietly, and cold sweat broke out on his back.

As the saying goes, it's easy to go from frugal to extravagant, but difficult to go from extravagant to frugal. At this moment, Dirion realized that it was indeed more "comfortable" to be a Heroic Spirit...

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Han Xiao only appeared briefly once. After completing the Sanctum resurrection, he immediately opened the Sanctum again and began the action of grinding authority.

Now, the affairs of the Super Star Cluster were managed by Aurora and the Council of Elders, and the external environment was very stable, so his disappearance did not have much impact.

As the days passed, the day of Kessuye's departure finally arrived. Most of the Super-As respected this old brother, and on the day he left, they came to see him off.

After the World Tree battle, most people had a comrade-in-arms relationship, and their relationship was much better than before, and Kessuye, who was a kind person, had quite a good reputation.

At the Super Star Cluster's spaceport terminal, long-distance spaceships containing various high technologies were parked in orbit. The hatches were opened, and Kessuye and the Oathkeeper had packed their things, standing in front of the gangway to say goodbye to everyone, feeling quite reluctant to part.

"The unexplored universe is full of unknown dangers. You two must be careful," Aurora said on behalf of everyone, urging them.

Kessuye smiled, "It's okay, anyway, there's Black Star to back us up... Haha, just kidding, our abilities are here, we won't easily fall into danger."

"You're leaving this time, and you probably won't be back for a long time, with no news at all, alas... I won't be able to find you to play cards anymore in the future." Kant said sadly.

"It's okay, our Super Star Cluster has plenty of card players." Kessuye shook his head and smiled.

At this time, Manison stepped forward, patted Kessuye on the shoulder, didn't say much, and said succinctly, "Goodbye, old friend, have a good trip."

"Thanks, I also wish you a successful seclusion." Kessuye put away his smile and nodded in salute.

Not counting Black Star, his relationship with Manison was actually the best among everyone. The two had known each other for hundreds of years and were old acquaintances. You know my bottom line, and I understand your details, and the relationship was extraordinary.

Most of those who said goodbye to Kessuye were Super-As of the current era. On the other side, the Oathkeeper was surrounded by the First Batch of Resurrected from the Sacred Covenant Organization.

"We made a covenant together back then, and one companion after another died. Only you persisted until now. We didn't expect that you could really complete this cause."

"Thank you for your hard work all these years. If it weren't for you, we would still be sleeping."

"Although you didn't show off in the era when we were active, we now know that you are probably the best among us."

Many of the Primordial Ones sighed with emotion.

The Oathkeeper was expressionless and waved his hand. "Don't talk about the past. I'm just carrying out my original promise. There's nothing to praise... Unfortunately, although we really achieved our wish and successfully resurrected in the future, the era no longer belongs to us."

Berger sighed and said with reluctance: "Ah, anyway, we are always grateful for your actions. When you miss us, just look at the Primordial One card set we gave you. This is the first-generation out-of-print card that we 'friendly' got from the Wynn Card Publishing Group headquarters..."

"I will keep it safe." The Oathkeeper was speechless, but on his always serious face, there was still a subtle smile.

After everyone said goodbye for a while, they finally said everything they needed to say. Kessuye and the Oathkeeper looked at each other.

"Let's go."

The two finally nodded to everyone, then turned their heads without nostalgia and boarded the spaceship.

Buzzing—

Everyone watched the spaceship slowly start, slide along the orbit, take off, and enter outer space. Suddenly, it accelerated and disappeared into the depths of the starry sky in an instant, leaving only a trail of brilliant afterglow.

Manison withdrew his gaze, didn't greet anyone, and turned his head and left.

He decided to enter a long-term seclusion from today, isolate himself from the world, study technology in a down-to-earth manner, and devote himself to scientific research.

Compared to taking shortcuts, he still preferred to rely on his own wisdom, as always, never changed.

...

At the same time, the Arcane Church, the Pantheon.

A long-distance fleet was ready to set sail.

"Lord Ulnos, have you decided? Are you really going to the unexplored universe?"

A group of priests surrounded him with complicated expressions.

"I have already discovered that the key to opening the road ahead is hidden in the depths of the starry sky."

Ulnos looked at the galaxy with deep eyes.

Just a few months ago, he finally excavated his hidden perception and sensed the location of the Transcendent Divine power in the starry sky, like a guiding star, remotely pointing the direction.

In the end, he decided to follow his intuition, leave the explored universe, go to the unknown area, and look for the opportunity to enter the Transcendent Divine level.

"In that case, we respect your choice... The leader told us to especially bring a message, he said he hopes that when you return, you can become the first direct line Transcendent Divine level."

"Tell him, he will get his wish."

Ulnos responded indifferently and walked into the spaceship.

In the next moment, the Arcane Church's fleet slowly set sail, facing the starry sky, and sailed towards the unknown road ahead.

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