# Chapter 1173: Arriving at the Big Dipper Again
The words "Great Emperor" carried a weight beyond description... Glorious years passed like smoke before the eyes, but what one truly faced was eternal solitude.
Brilliant and peerless, envied by later generations, yet who knew the path they walked throughout their lives? Fighting from birth until old age, facing everything alone on an empty stomach—this was a song of sorrow.
Old friends, companions, people of the same era—all died, leaving only themselves, wounded and weary, continuing the battle. A long life filled with loneliness.
The Primordial Era was chaotic; time wore away everything. Later generations forgot their achievements. They had fought alone in the outer realms until now.
In the eyes of the world, the ancient Great Emperors were invincible, glorious, standing at the absolute peak—dazzling and worthy of admiration.
But who could understand the desolate twilight of Emperor Void? Though aged and frail, his blood and qi withered, he still fought. His former companions and beloved had long become dust in their graves, leaving only him to live out the second half of his life alone.
Finally, he silently set out alone, choosing to face his ultimate enemy in the outer realms, fighting until his last breath, walking alone toward that endpoint.
Ten thousand years later, the curtain fell. One person, one coffin. No one saw him off. Only himself, lonely, departing into the darkness and frozen depths of the cosmos, his bones buried in a foreign land.
This was a true Great Emperor.
Beams of holy light surged up, blooming across the star domain. That massive fleet of ships, including four Great Saint vessels, was shattering inch by inch, rapidly disintegrating.
Emperor Void's coffin had departed far away, breaking free of its chains. The corpse traveled alone, buried in the boundless void. The remaining massive fleet was being destroyed. This scene shook heaven and earth, absolutely terrifying.
"The ancient ghost ship has collapsed! It has reached its end!"
From the Eternal Main Star in the infinite distance, people were actively taking action, rapidly activating formations to transfer various ancient ships and sacred artifacts from that starry space—they were priceless treasures.
The four Great Saint ships became the focus of everyone's attention. They contained divine treasures, unparalleled gems. They could not tolerate their destruction.
Boom!
But ever since the nine-layered coffin departed, this place was beyond control. Large swaths of the fleet were crushed, turning into cosmic dust, impossible to stop.
The hearts of the twelve princes bled. Even the sages clenched their fists, doing everything they could to salvage them. This was the glorious fleet from a hundred thousand years ago, invincible.
Unfortunately, no matter how they tried to save it, they could not defy heaven. Emperor Void's coffin had gone far away, and the space where it had rested began to collapse. This situation was irreversible.
"Hurry and construct the greatest Star Gate! We must extract those four Great Saint ships—they are divine treasures!" Even an ancient sage shouted, personally taking action.
Above the heavens, a gate appeared as if cast from metal, vast and boundless, as if connecting to the end of the world. Runes flickered, locking onto the target.
Boom!
Large pieces of metal fragments flew out from within. Explosions continued endlessly. Silver light flashed. Even sacred artifacts turned to ash as they rushed out.
"They're out! We've retrieved one Great Saint ship!" A prince shouted excitedly.
They trembled, waving their arms forcefully, staring nervously at the ancient sacred ship flying out of the Star Gate, radiating a vast oppressive pressure.
"No good! It's also disintegrating. It can't hold."
People's hearts sank. Although the Great Saint-level ancient ship had flown out, it was already broken and still disintegrating, silently being annihilated.
"How terrifying! Just the residual waves from that ancient coffin destroyed a Great Saint ship. This is truly horrifying!"
People trembled. They had no courage to pursue the divine spirit's coffin. Even though it had been the target of several Great Saints' expeditions a hundred thousand years ago, now they could only let it go.
Brilliant light burst forth. Explosions continued. The Great Saint ship disintegrated, turning into fragments. A cold corpse fell out from within, drawing cries of surprise.
"It's a Great Saint from a hundred thousand years ago! Everything else was destroyed, only his corpse was preserved!"
Amid the destructive waves and continuous explosions, only an aged corpse remained undissolved—the only thing still relatively intact.
The sages acted together, all wanting to seize it. However, Dao marks intertwined, and the Great Saint's body began to collapse, startling an ancient sage into retreating.
"This is... a great terror! The final waves from that ancient coffin had such terrifying consequences!"
The Great Saint's body was shaken into blood and shattered bones. From within his body, a dim blood gourd fell out, enduring the residual waves of the Dao principles.
Crack!
Finally, the blood gourd also emitted a cracking sound, affected by the waves, but it did not completely shatter. A small section remained intact.
Everyone was shocked. The residual waves had broken through three layers of Great Saint artifacts—the ancient ship, the corpse, and the gourd—only then disappearing. One could imagine how terrifying it was.
"That was just the residual waves emitted by an ancient coffin from a hundred thousand years ago, yet it could still do this..."
Facing all this, people could only feel shock and fear. For a long time, they could say nothing more.
In the depths of the universe, the invincible fleet that could have swept across the stars a hundred thousand years ago was completely annihilated, turning to ash inch by inch, leaving nothing behind.
Of the four Great Saint mother ships, only this one had broken free from that starry space, rushing out of the Star Gate, leaving behind half a blood gourd.
"Quick, see what secret treasures remain."
The blood gourd was collected by several ancient sages. They carefully inventoried it within a mother ship, not allowing outsiders to approach, on pain of death.
Everyone knew they had found treasures.
How could an ancient Great Saint's artifact be ordinary? The damaged gourd still contained many items.
"Evolution liquid! There's actually the strongest precious liquid from a hundred thousand years ago! This is a heaven-defying thing!"
Finally, cries of surprise came from within that mother ship. A prince who was qualified to watch there brought out this exciting news, and the fleet immediately erupted.
"It's eighth-stage evolution divine liquid!"
As soon as this news came out, it caused an uproar. In the past fifty thousand years, the most sensational event in the Eternal Star Domain had been the refinement of sixth-stage evolution liquid.
Now, a nearly perfect precious liquid had appeared. What a heaven-defying divine object this was! People's mouths went dry.
"Unfortunately, a hundred thousand years is too long. The medicinal properties have degraded, no longer what they were. It can only barely approach fourth-stage evolution liquid."
After careful determination, an ancient sage reached this conclusion, which was disappointing but unavoidable.
"Although regrettable, this is still a great harvest. This bottle of precious liquid is not a small amount. Worthy of a Great Saint's handiwork. All twelve royal clans can have a share."
Inside the half blood gourd, there were also other precious artifacts, divided equally among the ancient sages. Outsiders did not know what they were.
As for this bottle of strongest evolution precious liquid, it was divided equally among the twelve clans, each receiving a share.
Encountering the ancient ghost ship by accident, losing two sages, and destroying several mother ships—the losses were considerable.
The Sunset Royal Clan was the most unlucky. Their sage who had accompanied the expedition died, and only one mother ship remained. The fleet was still intact, but the evolution liquid they obtained fell into the hands of their prince.
At this moment, Ye Fan collected his thoughts, no longer gazing into the depths of the starry sky. He withdrew his gaze and fixed it on the prince within the mother ship.
This prince held a prominent position. He was a giant of that clan, having reached the Half-Saint realm. He might not have been the highest cultivator on the mother ship, but he had the greatest authority.
"The sage said that if we add some divine minerals to this evolution liquid and continue refining it, it might fully become fourth-stage ultimate-grade evolution liquid. This expedition to conquer the Big Dipper will reward according to merit. This bottle of precious liquid awaits you all!" This giant said, boosting morale.
The other clans all had sages overseeing them. They now appeared the most vulnerable, relying only on their own efforts. Otherwise, they would likely have little gain on the Big Dipper.
Ye Fan's eyes flickered. He had been recruited and had no qualification to enter the mother ship. Now he was in a warship, watching this giant through a large screen.
He was determined to obtain that bottle of evolution liquid!
A massive Star Gate appeared. Dozens of mother ships led a dense fleet as they began their journey. Everyone collected their thoughts, preparing to head to the Big Dipper Star Domain.
"This time, we will conquer that ancient star. No one can stop our advance!"
"Even the ancient ghost ship disintegrated and could not harm us. This is an auspicious omen. We will become the masters of this starry sky!"
The twelve princes began to encourage their subordinates, describing their recent trembling experience as a good omen.
They began to advance, continuously making space jumps.
"Under the starry sky, our glory is everywhere. The mysterious Big Dipper will belong to us. We will bring the light of hope and transform it into a sacred land!"
No further accidents occurred after that. After another month of long-distance travel, this expeditionary army approached the Big Dipper, sensing its life force.
"We've arrived! Right ahead, through that dead star domain, the aura of a life star overflows. It will be conquered by us!"
Everyone cheered, staring at the large screen.
"Heh, effort always pays off. We left our homeland, traveled to this star domain, and are finally about to reap rewards."
"According to reports, those natives sit on a treasure mountain without knowing its value. All the rare resources will shine in our hands."
As the mother ships advanced here, they began to separate in an orderly manner. The twelve great clans each took a position. This was clearly an attempt to divide the Big Dipper.
"That ancient star is large enough, comparable to our Eternal Main Star, but the most precious resources are mainly concentrated in the Northern Domain. We need to discuss how to divide them equally."
"My Lantuo Clan only needs these three areas." The prince of the Lantuo Clan pointed to a secret map and said.
"What? Your Lantuo Clan's appetite is too big! Besides wanting the Blood Phoenix Mountain and the Fire Qilin Cave, you also want to monopolize the Primordial Ancient Mine? That's the most precious Life Stone!" The prince of the Cao Clan immediately expressed dissatisfaction.
"This time, it was mainly our Cao Clan that provided the information and secrets about this ancient star. Otherwise, how could you all have found this place? It's only reasonable for my clan to take the Primordial Ancient Mine." The prince of the Lantuo Clan said.
"No way!" Several major clans opposed together.
The prince of the Mo Clan from the Primordial Demon Sea spoke up: "Everyone, you can fight over the Primordial Ancient Mine as you wish. My clan only wants the Immortal Mountain and the Sacred Cliff. These places are far from the Northern Domain, so we won't compete with you."
"My Zhao Clan chooses the Divine Ruins, and we also want the Ten Thousand Dragon Nest and the Primordial Lake in the Northern Domain as additions."
The various princes spoke up one after another, choosing their targets, making concessions, and arguing among themselves.
A strange expression appeared on Ye Fan's face, but he said nothing, watching coldly from the sidelines, observing their decisions.
At this moment, the prince of the Purple Cloud Clan spoke calmly: "Everyone, don't argue. All this information was extracted from the Demon God's divine sea. How accurate it is, let's go see for ourselves. Then we can decide how to divide the territories."
"That's right. We're about to descend upon the Big Dipper Star Domain. Let's go take a look first, explore a bit. Seeing is believing. We'll make our decisions then."
"One thing must be agreed upon: we absolutely cannot attack each other. Even if the Primordial Ancient Mine, Immortal Mountain, Divine Ruins, Fire Qilin Cave, Ten Thousand Dragon Nest, and all the affiliated territories really have immortal medicine, no one may harbor treacherous thoughts or scheme against others."