108: Chapter 108 Returning to the Ruins with the Hub, Setting Up Bases for Teleportation

Leaving the Black Wind Cave, Ye Qing did not pause in the slightest; his figure transformed into a barely perceptible streak of light as he sped towards the ruins of the ancient teleportation array.

With the heart of the void in hand, the greatest obstacle to repairing the teleportation array had been cleared.

What followed was a race against time to complete the repairs and initiate the teleportation before the Yao Race or other factions could react.

He unleashed his full speed, and in less than half an hour, he returned to the basin shrouded in grey-black mist.

On the plaza, the Cultivators from the Tianxing Sect and Liuyun City were still active in their respective camps, but they were clearly distracted, their gazes frequently drifting towards the massive starlight archway in the center of the plaza and the direction where the green-robed figure had vanished.

Ye Qing's sudden departure had left them feeling both relieved and vaguely uneasy.

They feared that this Nascent Soul Senior would not return, yet they also feared that he would bring even greater trouble upon his return.

When Ye Qing's figure appeared once again at the edge of the plaza, all the Cultivators' gazes instantly converged upon him.

The White-haired Elder of the Tianxing Sect and the Golden Core Sword Cultivator from Liuyun City hurriedly set aside their tasks and stepped forward to welcome him.

"Senior, you have returned!" The White-haired Elder bowed, his eyes filled with inquiry and reverence.

"Senior, did you have any success on your trip?" The Liuyun City Sword Cultivator also asked cautiously.

Ye Qing nodded indifferently without saying much, walking straight past them towards the massive starlight archway in the center of the plaza.

The White-haired Elder and the Sword Cultivator from Liuyun City exchanged glances, not daring to ask further, and could only follow from a distance, watching as Ye Qing arrived at the archway once more and sat cross-legged.

Ye Qing did not immediately take out the heart of the void to install it.

He first closed his eyes to regulate his breathing, restoring his state to its Peak, while simultaneously sinking his consciousness into the Cave Heaven World to establish a closer connection with the heart of the void that was being nourished by the star source essence.

The heart of the void rotated slowly at the core of the Cave Heaven World, emitting a gentle yet vast radiance, resonating subtly with the entire Cave Heaven World.

He could clearly sense the immense power of space and star source essence contained within it, as well as an ancient call that seemed to come from the other side of the starry sky.

"It is truly the core hub of the ancient teleportation array; the fragments of the Law of space contained within it also provide great inspiration for my comprehension of the Dao of the Void Realm."

Ye Qing sighed inwardly, guiding a wisp of Chaos Infant Essence to slowly inject into the heart of the void, leaving his own Divine Soul imprint inside it.

This process required extreme caution; the internal structure of the heart of the void was complex and precise, and any slight carelessness could damage its core functions.

It took a full hour for Ye Qing to completely refine the heart of the void and establish a mental connection with it.

He slowly opened his eyes, a flash of brilliance crossing his gaze.

"It is time."

He rose to his full height and approached the area directly beneath the archway, to the dodecahedron-shaped slot where the core hub had originally been embedded.

Taking a deep breath, he extended his hand, and with a flash of light in his palm, the heart of the void—fist-sized, dark gold, and emitting a gentle starlight—appeared in his hand.

The instant the heart of the void appeared, the star energy across the entire plaza seemed to be summoned by something and instantly became active.

The flowing starlight and array patterns on the archway flared with intense brilliance, emitting a low hum as if cheering and welcoming the return of a long-lost king.

The Cultivators from the Tianxing Sect and Liuyun City watching from afar were all shocked to see the crystal in Ye Qing's hand, which radiated vast spatial and stellar fluctuations.

"That... that is the heart of the void?! He actually found it!" The White-haired Elder of the Tianxing Sect exclaimed, his voice trembling.

"Heavens! Where did he find it? Could it be... that he left earlier just to search for this core hub?" The Liuyun City Sword Cultivator also widened his eyes in disbelief.

Ye Qing ignored the exclamations behind him, his entire focus concentrated on the heart of the void in his hand and the slot before him.

He carefully and slowly placed the heart of the void into the dodecahedron-shaped slot.

Click.

A crisp sound, like a mechanism locking into place.

The heart of the void fit the slot perfectly, without a single gap.

The moment the heart of the void was embedded into the slot—

Hum—!!!

The entire massive starlight archway shook violently!

An indescribable, vast, ancient, and majestic aura erupted from deep within the archway, like a sleeping ancient beast awakening!

Countless beams of brilliant silver starlight shot out from the flowing array patterns on the surface of the archway, illuminating the entire grey-dark basin!

In the center of the archway, the originally deep darkness began to twist and rotate violently, forming a massive vortex made of pure starlight and spatial power!

At the center of the vortex, a piercing point of white light ignited, as if connecting to another distant world!

Success!

The teleportation array had been reactivated!

On the plaza, all the Cultivators stared in stunned silence at this scene, feeling that boundless spatial fluctuation and stellar pressure, their hearts filled with shock and reverence.

Ye Qing stood before the archway, his robes flapping loudly in the gale created by the spatial vortex, yet his figure remained as steady as a rock.

He felt the increasingly stable spatial coordinates and energy fluctuations coming from the teleportation array, a look of satisfaction appearing in his eyes.

"The teleportation array is activated, but the energy consumption is immense. With the quality of this heart of the void and the energy support fed back from the Cave Heaven World, it can probably... only sustain one single-way teleportation, and the teleportation distance is limited."

He made a quick judgment, his gaze sweeping over the Cultivators on the plaza, who wore various expressions.

"I am about to leave this realm. You all, take care of yourselves."

He said this indifferently and spoke no more.

He turned around, facing the massive spatial vortex rotating with brilliant starlight.

He took a step forward.

His figure merged into that brilliant starlight, instantly swallowed by the spatial vortex, and vanished.

The next moment, the massive starlight archway's radiance faded rapidly, and the rotating spatial vortex gradually calmed, finally returning to a deep darkness, as if nothing had ever happened.

Leaving behind only a group of stunned Cultivators on the plaza who could not recover for a long time.

And a legend about a mysterious Nascent Soul Cultivator who activated the ancient teleportation array and departed through the void.