In a moment of confusion, Lu Ye casually closed the Constellation Palace's doors again, then reopened them, then closed them, then opened them—there was no difficulty at all!

Bai Lu watched with delight: "Li Taibai, you truly are favored by the Divine Temple!"

If not favored by the Divine Temple, there was no reason for others to be unable to open the door while Lu Ye could.

Lu Ye remained noncommittal, because it was a fact that the seahorse had previously been able to ram open the doors, but now couldn't, there were only two possibilities. One was timing—the seahorse rammed open the doors when the Constellation Palace was in contention, so at that time the doors could be freely opened and closed.

The other possibility was the Constellation Palace's own will—at that moment it was willing to let the seahorse in, so the doors were rammed open.

But no matter which possibility, the current situation was that Lu Ye could open the doors, while Bai Lu and the seahorse could not.

Presumably, others also couldn't.

"Li Taibai, the Great Elder said if you're free, you should go explore the territory more often; you're so lonely here by yourself." Bai Lu spoke.

The Great Elder never said this; it was just Bai Lu using the Great Elder's name to speak. She indeed felt pity seeing Lu Ye alone and wanted to take him to the lively Merfolk Territory.

Lu Ye shook his head saying, "I must leave. Since you're here, I'll take it as a farewell."

Bai Lu was dazed for a moment, then her expression changed slightly: "Where are you going?"

Lu Ye raised a hand and pointed upwards: "Of course, to where I came from."

Bai Lu was completely stupefied.

She never thought Lu Ye could actually leave here, because in her and even the Great Elder's view, since Lu Ye had drifted to this place, he probably couldn't leave anymore. After all, the dangers hidden beneath the All Phenomena Ocean would prevent even someone with the freedom to move from going too far.

For a moment, it was hard to accept.

Just as Lu Ye was about to say more, he suddenly sensed something and turned his head to look towards the portal, frowning: "Not much time left, I must go!"

Only then did Bai Lu regain her senses, looking at the portal and faintly understand: "Is that portal leading to the outside world?"

Lu Ye nodded, an idea came to him: "Want to go see together?"

Bai Lu's expression turned sorrowful: "Did you forget? My race is poisoned by the Curse Poison. Without the isolation of the All Phenomena Ocean's water, we would immediately die. I can't go outside."

"That's alright, I will come by often in the future, please pass a message to the Queen and the Great Elder, thanking your race for their previous generosity."

"Oh, okay." Bai Lu replied blankly.

"Then I'm off." Lu Ye said and rushed towards the portal.

Just as he reached the portal, Bai Lu's voice called from behind: "Li Taibai!"

Lu Ye stopped and turned back, seeing Bai Lu smiling at him: "When you have time, remember to come back and visit!"

Lu Ye nodded, then turned and rushed into the portal.

As his figure disappeared, the portal vanished along with him.

Bai Lu looked on, feeling a sense of loss. The seahorse seemed to sense its owner's sadness, nudging Bai Lu's body.

Suddenly there was a commotion behind, Bai Lu turned to look and hurriedly said: "Let's go!"

Somehow, the doors of the Constellation Palace were slowly closing, if they didn't leave now, they would be trapped.

Riding the seahorse outside the Constellation Palace, watching the palace doors close, Bai Lu tried stubbornly once more, only to find she still couldn't open the doors.

She increasingly believed the Great Elder's previous assessment, thinking if Li Taibai wasn't favored by the Divine Temple, there's no reason only he could open the doors.

In the cave of the dead star, Lu Ye reappeared.

He noticed an issue, the portal this time lasted much shorter than when he was in the Constellation Palace.

He vaguely guessed it was due to distance.

Being in the Constellation Palace, the distance to the Merfolk Territory wasn't too far, so the portal could last longer. But here, on a dead star in the All Phenomena Galaxy, the distance to the Constellation Palace was still far, causing the portal to last much shorter.

This suggests that while the green sea conch can be used within the All Phenomena Galaxy, there must be a distance constraint—beyond a certain distance, the portal might not open, or if it does, it won't stay open.

Immediately following, he thought of something—if now the front gate of the Constellation Palace can only be opened by himself, could he store these storage rings in the Constellation Palace?

No one can enter, so there's no chance of anything being lost. It won't be too late to retrieve them when needed. Anyway, the interval time for using the green sea conch is short, which won't affect its use.

It's better than stringing the storage rings together and hanging them around his waist.

He secretly decided that the next time he enters the Constellation Palace, he'll do just that!

The effects of the green sea conch have already been tested, and the results are satisfactory. Lu Ye immediately exited the cave, summoned his starboat, and headed towards the All Phenomena Ocean.

He's going on a shopping spree!

He previously thought that the fire-type treasures he bought at Grand Hall 88 for ten million spirit jade would last him a long time. Who would have thought that one trip to the Constellation Palace would deplete his previous reserves completely, and even the fuel stored in the Talent Tree is nearly gone.

The Talent Tree is his most relied-upon treasure, forming the foundation of his cultivation. It's crucial to have adequate fuel reserves.

So no matter what, this time he needs to buy more fire-type treasures, letting the Talent Tree devour them to avoid encountering similar situations again.

The All Phenomena Ocean, as always, is vast and magnificent, but upon entering this time, Lu Ye immediately noticed the difference from before.

Conflicts between major forces have noticeably increased.

The All Phenomena Ocean is far from peaceful, with many battles occurring almost daily.

Previously, such clashes were only skirmishes between cultivators, with most being small-scale. Even on occasions where a faction's Spirit Island was attacked, it wasn't too frequent.

But upon this return, he passed by no less than seven or eight scenes of Spirit Islands being attacked.

Moreover, the attacking factions all had array discs to aid them, forming various arrays with great power!

Lu Ye immediately understood: the As-Close-As-Siblings Array Disc he created is starting to influence the pattern of the All Phenomena Ocean.

The All Phenomena Ocean has rules—non-home Star System Sun Blaze cultivators can't linger for long, and even if they come, they must leave after a certain period. The number of Moon Jade cultivators is also limited; each faction can only have a certain number stationed on the All Phenomena Ocean.

This is a way for the All Phenomena Galaxy to restrict foreign forces—as long as there are fewer powerful figures, they have better control over the situation. If there were too many, managing them would be difficult.

From ancient times till now, all major forces have adhered to this rule, as this is someone else's territory, and a powerful entity can't suppress a local force forever. Furthermore, the foreign factions themselves do not wish to break this rule, as interests are intertwined—pulling one hair affects the whole body. If anyone were to break this rule, it would be unmanageable.

So before, even if a Spirit Island was attacked, if the powers of both sides were similar, the attacking side usually wouldn't succeed unless they had overwhelming power. But if they had overwhelming power, then the Spirit Island occupied by the weaker side wouldn't be desirable anyway.

But now, with the help of the As-Close-As-Siblings Array Disc, if five Constellation Late Stage cultivators form an array, they can be used as equivalent to ordinary Moon Jade cultivators. What faction doesn't have several Constellation Late Stage cultivators who can form arrays? This instantly gives a side several fake Moon Jade cultivators.

Once these fake Moon Jade cultivators join the conflict, they significantly impact the situation, and the side without array discs will undoubtedly suffer.

Therefore, when Jiu Yan first learned about the As-Close-As-Siblings Array Disc, she immediately understood its enormous value, as this item can truly change the current cultivation world's pattern.

It allows Constellation Late Stage cultivators to have the ability to contend with ordinary Moon Jade cultivators.

Currently, only two or three months have passed since Lu Ye held the auction, and this trend is already emerging. All major factions that won the array disc bids have now invested large numbers of personnel to crack the secrets of the array discs. Though Lu Ye left behind countermeasures, causing many discs to explode during research and cracking, with a hundred copies and ten thousand discs out there, inevitably a faction will crack it eventually.

Then, the As-Close-As-Siblings Array Disc will inevitably be widely popularized, posing a blow to ordinary Moon Jade cultivators.

After struggling to cultivate up to Moon Jade Realm, one hoped to stand above the rest, only to find several Constellation Late Stage cultivators forming arrays to contend against them—definitely a bitter realization.

Some factions even researched letting Moon Jade cultivators use array discs to form arrays to see if they could counteract Sun Blaze cultivators, but a slight attempt revealed that array discs aren't suitable for Moon Jade use, due to limited coverage, which Constellation cultivators can barely handle, but definitely not Moon Jade cultivators.

Moreover, strong cultivators at the Moon Jade level wouldn't be accustomed to collaborating with others unless relationships are very close.

Many strong figures from various factions have already predicted the impact of array discs on the future situation. Regardless of the faction, whoever can lead the way in mass-producing array discs will certainly gain a substantial advantage in future conflicts.

However, large-scale production of array discs is not an easy task. In two or three months, factions have researched the mysteries of array discs thoroughly, but not completely.

It is known that the key to crafting these items lies in those special spirit runes. But spirit runes are not something that can be constructed on a whim, especially while crafting, which is extraordinarily difficult.

It requires skilled practice over time and can only slightly improve success rates, with no guarantee of crafting success.

Thus, many factions are puzzled—where did Fa Wuzun obtain so many array discs? If backed by a major faction, it wouldn't make sense, as no major faction would willingly share such killing weapons with others.

But if not backed by a major faction, how could he, alone, craft so many array discs?