"Junior Brother, I'll leave this to you," said Feng Wujiang, with Qiu Min nestled beside him like a young maiden, her affection apparent. The two stood together, a handsome man and a beautiful woman; from their appearance, you could never tell Qiu Min was already pregnant with a daughter.

Lu Ye shielded his eyes with one hand and waved the other lightly, "Quickly leave, quickly leave, with you both looking like this, it makes me feel so lonely!"

Qiu Min covered her mouth and laughed gently, "If Junior Brother Yiye feels lonely, perhaps you should find someone to keep you company."

After Senior Brother and Sister left, Lu Ye returned to the main hall for a brief inspection.

Currently, the most crucial aspect in the Governor's Hall is the star map of the stellar space around the Nine Provinces. This is the fruit of many Nine Provinces Constellations' continuous exploration. However, because the explored areas are not comprehensive, there's still room for improvement. It's believed that it won't be long before the near space around the Nine Provinces will be fully explored.

Aside from the star map, there were the spirit jade pieces Lu Ye previously gave to Jian Guhong.

When he handed them to Jian Guhong, there were fifteen thousand spirit jade pieces, left in the Governor's Hall for the Governors to use in their cultivation, to ensure their cultivation progress wasn't delayed.

Now it seems not much has been used. After all, for cultivators newly entering the Constellation Realm, the consumption of spirit jade isn't significant. Lu Ye once estimated that a typical person would only need about twenty pieces of spirit jade per month to satisfy their cultivation needs.

Fifteen thousand pieces could last for decades.

Furthermore, since Lu Ye took charge of the Governor's Hall, there are now two additional secret chambers here.

In one chamber, there are numerous inscription rubbings of jade slips he brought from the Xiyuan Pavilion of the Dwarf Race, documenting their years of stellar exploration, which holds substantial significance for the current Nine Provinces.

In another chamber, you can find the audio talismans Lu Ye previously crafted.

The coverage area of the Nine Provinces Heaven's Augury is ultimately limited, and in stellar space, cultivators use audio talismans to communicate with each other. The Nine Provinces naturally should integrate with the outside world in this respect.

Therefore, whenever anyone in the Nine Provinces advances to the Constellation Realm, or if any who have already advanced return to the Nine Provinces, they must report immediately to the Governor's Hall.

Firstly, to receive their own audio talisman and imprint their mark on other audio talismans to facilitate communication between themselves and others.

Secondly, to peruse the vast amount of information in the jade slips to gain more understanding of the common knowledge about the stellar space, so as not to be completely lost once they enter it.

The message has been sent out. Over time, as it spreads, these regulations should gradually come into effect.

Days spent in the Governor's Hall are lonely and tedious, and apart from occasionally receiving messages from other Constellations, filling in more of the star map, Lu Ye has little else to do.

Every day, besides cultivating, he studies the hefty tomes he brought from the Dwarf Race.

It's worth noting that after nearly two years of exploration by the Nine Provinces Constellations, they remarkably and coincidentally discovered the location of the Unparalleled Continent!

Before it was found, the exact location of the Unparalleled Continent was utterly unknown to the Nine Provinces, only surmised not to be too far away.

Because, thanks to Yueh Xin's arrangements from years past, the Nine Provinces could absorb the essence of the Unparalleled Continent, allowing smooth interaction between the two realms. The distance naturally couldn't be too far. If it truly were too distant, even Yueh Xin with his Sun Blaze might not be able to connect the two domains.

It was Lu Ye's old acquaintance, the third generation Sect Leader of the Righteousness Sect, Mong Jie, who found the Unparalleled Continent!

He was among the first batch of cultivators from the Nine Provinces to advance to the Constellation Realm. Perhaps feeling responsible for exploring stellar space, he ventured much further while others only explored near the Nine Provinces.

This matches his nature as a physique cultivator — straightforward, brave, and fearless, always charging ahead in battle, shielding his companions behind him.

Even when Yueh Xin descended upon the Nine Provinces, no one could reach him.

Until one day, he suddenly discovered a domain that seemed to show signs of life. Upon descending for a closer look, he fortuitously encountered Nine Provinces cultivators.

Thus, he confirmed it as the Unparalleled Continent.

Mong Jie himself did not return to the Nine Provinces, as the journey back was too far, and time didn't permit. But once he was in the Unparalleled Continent, connecting with the Nine Provinces was simple.

He merely had to find a few Nine Provinces cultivators and have them relay the news back.

If not for the fact that Yueh Xin's Formation didn't support the teleportation of Constellation Realms, he could directly teleport back to the Nine Provinces using that Formation.

So, the star map on the Governor's Hall's side now looks generally circular, but there's a prominent protrusion at one position, as if a long horn has grown out of the circle.

The tip of that horn is where the Unparalleled Continent is located.

Lu Ye estimated that, according to the speed of a Constellation Early Stage cultivator, flying from the Nine Provinces to the Unparalleled Continent would take at least over a year.

This aligns with the time Mong Jie spent during his exploration — he wasn't in a continuous state of flight and would stop midway to search for spirit jade.

Mong Jie finding the Unparalleled Continent was purely a stroke of luck. After all, beyond the Nine Provinces, the direction is spherical, and even a slight deviation in the year-long journey between realms could lead to missing it.

He didn't explore further but remained in the stellar space near the Unparalleled Continent, searching for spirit jade.

The Nine Provinces currently have many Constellations, and competition is fierce, whereas over on the Unparalleled Continent, he is alone, free to search as he pleases.

Rushed by, a month passed, and Lu Ye finally finished perusing the weighty tomes. Numerous strange and wonderful ideas surged in his mind, making him eager to start deducing new spirit runes.

There were many spirit runes needing deduction. Essentially, many of the spirit runes he acquired before reaching the Divine Sea Realm had become quite inadequate. This was evident merely from the Sharpness and Warding.

However, deducing a new spirit rune is not a simple task, so he could only prioritize one of them.

Lu Ye chose Warding!

Sharpness and Warding were both among the first spirit runes he obtained, and they played a significant role in combat. Now that Sharpness has been replaced by the Divine Sharp Edge, and with no substitute for Warding, naturally, enhancement in this area was a priority.

Using Warding as the foundation, leveraging the deduction ability of the Talent Tree's second metamorphosis, and combining his mastery of the Path of Spirit Runes, Lu Ye believed that given enough time, he should be able to derive a decent spirit rune.

During this time, occasionally, newly promoted Constellations would come to the Governor's Hall to report, collect audio talismans, and dive into the secret chamber filled with numerous jade slips for study, staying for many days without coming out.

There were also Constellations returning from stellar space who came here.

In the past, the Governor's Hall was very quiet, with hardly anyone visiting, but ever since Lu Ye took charge here, it gradually became lively.

While it wasn't bustling, it was much better than before.

Lu Ye condensed his own doppelganger specifically to entertain these people, while simultaneously filling in the gaps in the star map based on information returned from outside.

His true self was immersed in deducing the new spirit rune.

His own spirit jade was also continuously consumed in this state.

Generally, in the Constellation Early Stage, only twenty pieces of spirit jade were needed per month, but Lu Ye's situation was different. In the first month, he required about one hundred and twenty pieces of spirit jade. Now, with the enhancement of his strength, roughly one hundred and fifty pieces, not a significant increase, after all, his Cultivation Realm hadn't really broken through substantially.

This was still within the effective cultivation efficiency he controlled; if he were to indulge fully, no amount of spirit jade would be enough to squander, and of course, doing so would cause massive waste.

Half a year swiftly passed.

On this day, Lu Ye was studying his new spirit rune.

After such a long time, a clue had emerged in the deduction of the new spirit rune based on Warding. However, the protective power hadn't yet met Lu Ye's expectations, so he had been attempting improvements in the details, to see if he could make this new spirit rune more perfect.

A message suddenly came through the battlefield marking.

This was very usual, as the Constellations exploring outside contacted him from time to time, delivering positions and conditions of discovered stars for him to fill in the star map, and Number Nine would occasionally chat with him out of boredom.

But what was unusual was that the messages didn't stop at one but came in three consecutively, and then more messages followed quickly.

Even audio talismans were sent to communicate with him.

Lu Ye's expression instantly turned solemn, realizing that something major might have occurred; otherwise, there would be no reason for so many to contact him in such a short space of time.

He quickly immersed his mind to investigate, his expression turning grave.

Something has happened on the Unparalleled Continent!

Just two hours ago, the Nine Provinces cultivators honing themselves on the Unparalleled Continent noticed violent fighting sounds from beyond the sky, sounds of such magnitude that no one in the Divine Sea Realm could match.

Undoubtedly, the Constellations were taking action.

Currently, outside the Unparalleled Continent, only Mong Jie from the Nine Provinces Constellation remains, so no one knows who he is confronting. The Divine Sea that seeks to earn battle merit on the Unparalleled Continent is not of high caliber, and naturally, they lack the power to investigate.

After observing for a while, realizing the commotion was growing louder, and even mixed with the furious roars and outcries of Mong Jie, those in the Divine Sea immediately sensed trouble and quickly instructed people to return to the Nine Provinces via the teleportation array to relay the information.

As the message was relayed through various layers, many reachable Constellations quickly became aware of this situation, subsequently contacting the current Nine Provinces Governor Lu Ye, leading to the situation where both his battlefield marking and audio talisman received messages.

Lu Ye swiftly investigated all the information but remained unclear about the situation.

Currently, on the Unparalleled Continent, it's only known that Mong Jie is battling some enemy, but nobody knows whom precisely.

Before, faced with such circumstances, Nine Provinces were utterly incapable of providing support, mainly due to the distance being too great. However, now there was a possibility of reinforcement.

With a brief moment of contemplation, Lu Ye quickly sent communication in all directions, ordering people to convey messages to the Unparalleled Continent, instructing all Nine Provinces cultivators to lie low while hiding and concealing the location of the passage leading to the Nine Provinces.

He didn't choose to recall them because currently, Nine Provinces cultivators were scattered throughout the Unparalleled Continent, and there simply wasn't enough time to gather everyone.

If the enemy breaches Mong Jie's defensive line, hastily recalling the Nine Provinces cultivators would only lead the enemy to trace back to find that teleportation passage.

This passage is Yueh Xin's handiwork, and currently, no one in Nine Provinces can repair or rebuild it. Once destroyed, Nine Provinces would lose the connection with the Unparalleled Continent.

Therefore, hiding and concealing are exceedingly necessary.