"After all, you are currently the biggest new star of Martial Arts in the Federation. Your attitude will attract attention!"

Cheng Xin smiled, her lips curving into a grin.

Compared to more than two years ago, she seemed to have changed a lot, becoming cheerful and full of vitality.

Ji Jingqiu remained silent.

Throughout his journey, he was very clear about one thing: the chaos and warfare in the Western parts never ceased, not dictated by one or two families but a "product" of intertwining forces from across a large part of the Federation.

Over the millennia, the Western regions had already become the Federation's "dumping ground," also a place for various forces to resolve their conflicts.

The Sima Family was just one part of it.

Like the so-called minerals, powers here had long been accustomed to obtaining them by barbaric means.

Here, the laws of the Federation could not reach.

"How long do you plan to stay? You must have other places to go," Cheng Xin asked, tucking away strands of hair mussed by the wind.

Ji Jingqiu came back to his senses and nodded: "I cannot stay in one place for too long; there are those looking for me."

"Is it the people behind you who want to take you back?" Cheng Xin probed.

Ji Jingqiu shook his head: "They are those who don't want me to cause trouble, as well as those who want my life."

Cheng Xin spoke softly, "It seems that even the top genius of the Federation has many worries."

Ji Jingqiu smiled and then suddenly said, "Not for long."

Cheng Xin looked at him puzzledly, then inquired, "What realm are you at now?"

Only then did Ji Jingqiu pay attention to his Martial Arts cultivation.

"Not long ago, on the road, I broke through the Six Chains."

He rubbed his forehead; this was the Divine Embryo autonomously cultivating, and he had reached the end of what was typical for someone at the Chains Realm, but not his personal limit.

Theoretically, he still had the Seventh Layer of Chains.

But at this moment, he discovered that his Divine Sense could not detect the existence of these Shackles.

He could confirm the presence of the Seventh Shackles at his forehead with his Divine Embryo, but not through Divine Sense.

How would he unlock it?

He rarely fell into bewildered thoughts.

"You progress so fast," Cheng Xin sighed, "Truly worthy of being the top Martial Arts prodigy of the Federation."

"Do you plan to continue staying here?"

"Yes." Cheng Xin looked toward the house, "At least until I see these little ones off."

When Cheng Xin walked out with a bowl of noodles,

Ji Jingqiu had already left, leaving only a phone number on the table.

He walked out of the bunker and returned to the streets, wandering aimlessly.

"Have you felt that the Heart Moon between your eyebrows is burning ever more intensely?" Hel finally couldn't help but speak out.

Ji Jingqiu sensed the Heart Moon between his eyebrows; at some point, it seemed to have merged with his Heart Lamp.

He triggered the Heart Moon and suddenly stopped in his tracks.

He raised his head, standing there in a daze.

In his trance, he seemed to see a pair of pure eyes swirling with the Life Wave, shimmering in the Void, beckoning to the residual imprints of life from this planet, silently gazing at him.

Inside the Inner World, Hel's expression suddenly changed.

Was this... the Planet Will?

Not just that!

Why was she also sensing the rhythm of the Nether Sea?!

At that moment, Ji Jingqiu heard sobbing sounds.

It was the All Spirits of this planet crying, and even the planet itself mourned.

He seemed to hear...

The low moans of the Spirit Ocean.

He was silent for a long time.

Was it his Heart Lamp illuminating all beings, or the light of all beings entering his heart?

Were they confiding in him?

He stayed in place, enduring a long night, until dawn when he heard the rising clamor.

It was the sound of artillery.

After one night, the rebel army attacked again, this being the Federation's routine combat method, first bombarding the area with cannons, then having Martial Artists clear the field.

"Ji! Hurry up and follow us!"

A familiar figure appeared; it was a young boy from the Luo Family, Luo Tianyou.

Behind him was his father, the current Clan Leader of the Luo Family, Luo Shangye.

Finally, on this day, they found Ji Jingqiu.

Upon seeing Ji Jingqiu, Luo Shangye's eyelids twitched, his expression shocked; even though he had not reached the realm of Heavenly Person, he still felt an alarmingly dangerous aura emanating from Ji Jingqiu, who was still merely at the level of Chains!

How much time had passed, and it seemed like Ji Jingqiu had advanced yet another step, but where could he have gotten the resources in such a short time?

Luo Shangye spoke gravely: "Jing Qiu, please follow us and leave first. The Sima Family may not have made a move themselves, but they've hired top-notch assassins from the black list to clear this place. We've also received information that a group has been tracking you with malicious intent!"

Ji Jingqiu shook his head, "Thank you, Sir Luo, but I've just come to realize some things, and now I have some matters to attend to."

When he saw Cheng Xin that moment,

Ji Jingqiu suddenly understood a bit of what the Four Directions God truly wanted to show him.

It wasn't just about how much suffering there was among all beings, or that people everywhere live in a Fire House, All Spirits struggling to cross...

But in this messy world, someone always carries flowers, patching things up everywhere.