I Cheated While Cultivating

Within the Star Palace.

Zhou Heng was flipping through the numerous messages sent back by various Star Monarchs from different places, but in the end, he could only shake his head.

It had been over half a month since he had sent out a message to search for Cheng Jianjian, yet there was still no news about her, not to mention finding her downfall.

Cheng Jianjian seemed to have vanished into thin air, and no matter how much these Star Monarchs searched, they could not find her.

“I don’t know whether to be relieved or disappointed,” Zhou Heng put down the message book in his hands and couldn’t help but laugh bitterly.

Although he had those Star Monarchs spread the word that Emperor Zhou Wei was looking for “Cheng Bei,” Cheng Jianjian had not shown up, possibly because of her own concerns.

The only thing that could be considered good news was that these past half a month had been relatively stable.

As always, peaceful.

The Mother of All Stars had not lowered any means.

“Given Jianjian’s caution, she should still be safe,” Zhou Heng thought to himself, while also pondering whether there was any other way to find Cheng Jianjian.

“Hmm?”

As Zhou Heng was contemplating, he suddenly felt a stir in his Divine Sense, detecting an aura incredibly similar to that of the Northern Dipper’s position.

However, within this aura seemed to be mixed with other types of star power, and it was a kind of extremely high-ranked star power, which also felt familiar to Zhou Heng.

“Northern Dipper?” Zhou Heng’s brows slightly furrowed and without a second thought, he stepped out of the Star Palace, transforming into a beam of cloud light, and flew in the direction he had just sensed.

At this moment, Cheng Jianjian had already removed her disguise and reverted to her normal appearance, standing on a mountain peak not far from the Star Palace.

Only her complexion was somewhat pale, her brows lightly furrowed, as if she was enduring some not-so-slight pain.

A beam of cloud light descended from the sky.

It was Zhou Heng arriving.

“Long time no see,” Zhou Heng emerged from the cloud light.

However, he immediately noticed that Cheng Jianjian’s condition seemed off and hurriedly went over to support her, his voice grave, “What happened, your Divine Soul seems to have suffered a heavy blow, no, you’re suppressing something…”

“First take me away from here, away from the Star Palace,” Cheng Jianjian said with difficulty.

“Alright,” Zhou Heng didn’t ask any more questions, gently wrapping his arm around Cheng Jianjian’s slender waist, and a cloud light rose under his feet, directly taking her away from the Star Palace.

The two flew out for thousands of miles, and Cheng Jianjian’s condition had improved considerably, with the fluctuations in her Divine Soul gradually normalizing.

“It’s better now, I can almost suppress the Gou Chen star power,” Cheng Jianjian’s face showed a faint blush as she spoke softly, “Young Master Zhou, let’s descend here.”

“Hmm,” Zhou Heng nodded gently, while pressing down the cloud light, bringing Cheng Jianjian down with him.

This was a dense forest with lush trees.

Zhou Heng selected a few trees and pointed with his hand. Mana was released immediately, making the trees break off on their own and begin to cut automatically, quickly constructing a simple pavilion.

The remaining scraps also formed tables and chairs and were placed inside the pavilion.

“Let’s rest here for a while,” Zhou Heng helped Cheng Jianjian to sit down in the wooden pavilion.

“Hmm, much better now,” Cheng Jianjian nodded lightly, and then continued with a wry smile, “I had intended to go to the Star Palace to find you myself, but it turned out that you had to come to me instead.”

At this point, she paused, hastily adding, “But let’s not talk about that now. This world is very dangerous, far more dangerous than you can imagine, especially for you. You must leave immediately, better right now…”

“Are you talking about the Mother of Stars?” Zhou Heng interjected, his voice grave, “Besides the energy of the Big Dipper position on your body, there’s another force present. You just mentioned the Gou Chen Star Force, was it imposed on you by the Mother of Stars?”

“You already know?” Cheng Jianjian was taken aback for a moment, surprised as she looked at Zhou Heng. After a long silence and with a complex expression, she said, “It’s extremely risky… Thank you.”

No one knew better than her how powerful the Mother of Stars was, yet Zhou Heng, fully aware of the danger this world posed, had still chosen to come and find her.

“Why thank me? Didn’t you also take the risk of getting close to the Star Palace to find me and tell me about the dangers of this world?” Zhou Heng smiled, then stood up, “Since it’s dangerous, let’s leave together. Right, and what about Senior Sister Qi Rui? Where is she now?”

“I will show you where our master is,” Cheng Jianjian nodded, then hesitated slightly, took a deep breath, and said, “What if I ask you to take my master and leave, while I stay behind and leave by myself later? What do you think?”

“I would just knock you out and take you with me,” Zhou Heng responded without hesitation, “This world is too dangerous, as you know.”

“I knew it,” Cheng Jianjian rolled her eyes at his reply and said, “Then let’s leave together. I did want to investigate some things indeed, but with my current realm and strength being insufficient, it truly isn’t wise to venture into danger rashly.”

“And here I thought you were going to persuade me to agree,” Zhou Heng chuckled, “But what is it that you want to investigate? If you don’t mind, would you tell me about it after we get back?”

“With the Star Monarch himself inviting, I would be most eager to share.” Cheng Jianjian gave a soft chuckle, “I can also explain to you what I know about this world, but this information is all very secret. If you’re going to listen, you’ll have to help me out.”

“I too have things I want to understand about this world; helping you is helping myself,” Zhou Heng agreed readily, with a smile, “It doesn’t conflict.”

“Shall we set out now?” Cheng Jianjian nodded with a smile.

“How are you feeling now?” Zhou Cheng asked with concern.

“I’m completely unharmed,” Cheng Jianjian stood up, smiling, “But I haven’t yet cultivated my Dharma Phase, so I’m not as fast as Grandmaster Zhou when it comes to flying.”

“Then I shall be your human flying machine once again,” Zhou Heng laughed and walked over to hold Cheng Jianjian, then, stepping on clouds, he ascended into the skies, flying towards where Qi Rui was.

…

With Zhou Heng’s current flying speed, spanning thousands of miles in an instant was a matter of course.

Therefore, once they had located their destination, he and Cheng Jianjian quickly returned to where Qi Rui was.

After briefly explaining the situation to Qi Rui, Zhou Heng directly communicated with the Purple Tenuity Palace and established the star route to take Cheng Jianjian and Qi Rui back.

But just as he stepped onto the star route with the two of them, a beam of starlight imbued with boundless power suddenly descended from the vast void of space.

Coming along with it were prayers that sounded as if countless beings were chanting in unison!

“Sincere devotion and allegiance.

“To the Western Tianzhu Nation, within the Light of Great Wisdom.

“To the King of Dharma with wondrous signs, to the Supreme Mother of the Mysterious Primordial Heaven.

“Where the golden light flashes, the sun and moon dim. With the turning of the Treasure Hammer, demons and spirits pale.

“Reveal the divine tracks in the mortal world, protect the holy chariot in the land of Yama.

“If beings in trouble call out to her, the great being seeks the sound and comes to relieve suffering.

“With great compassion and vows, greatly holy and merciful,

“The Holy Virtue, the Great Light of Celestial Mother, the Great Saint of Molizhitian, the Enlightened Ancestor of the Heavenly Sovereign.”

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