Han could not believe his eyes. Looking ahead, an enormous mansion was situated below the majestic snow-capped mountain.

  Paths paved with bluestone, wall built with white jade, a huge stone stood outside of the door with 3 words on it, Ancient Maple Leaf.

  It was an unimaginable view, yet the dignified Ye Family didn’t even have gate security or something, letting tourists and the citizens roaming in and out freely. Lots of tents were set up on the grass, a group of young people even started a bonfire, barbecuing openly and singing.

  What kind of wealthy ancient manor was this? It was more like a market or park!

  The driver took the money, laughed and said, “Sir, maybe you don’t know yet, the Ancient Maple Family already left. Now, their mansion became a park and is open to all.”

  “Left? Where did the Ye Family go?” Han asked in curiosity.

  The driver shrugged, “Who knows, these wealthy families never share their schedule or travel destination with us ordinary citizens.”

  The driver sped away, leaving Han stunned. He thought for a second, and then followed the flow of visitors into the Ye Family’s mansion.

  This time, Han came actually for two things. First was to visit Ye Weiwei, and second was that Han really wanted to know just what ability did the Ye Family have to actually be able to predict the disaster at A-19.

  But now the Ye Family left, only leaving behind the crowded manor.

  There were actually tours taking visitors that travelled here. Han raised his ears and listened carefully to the tour guide’s explanation.

  “Dear ladies and gentlemen, this is the famous Ancient Maple Leaf’s family’s estate. The time this estate was established, the Milky Way Alliance itself wasn’t even established yet, and now it has 7600 years of history.”

  “This manor occupies 30% of our Maple Valley’s area. There are over 1000 entrances, and this is just one of them.”

  “Besides this, the Ye Family also has its own fleet, airport, and even a private ocean! According to the latest version of the Galactic Encyclopedia, the Ye Family’s wealth could be ranked into the top 50 in the Milky Way.

  A curious tourist raised his hand and asked, “Since they are so prominent, why did they leave?”

  The tour guide frowned and replied, “Although the Ye Family has a long history, but they are different than all the big families in Milky Way. They developed themselves outside of the Milky Way.”

  “Although the Ye family is very big, there are actually very little family members. There are only two with the true Ancient Maple Leaf bloodline, one is the well-known Ye Guhong, and the other one is his grand-daughter Ye Weiwei.”

  “All in all, although the Ye Family lives in the Milky Way, but they are not really a true Milky Way Family. Their fleet travels perennially outside of the Milky Way, and it mostly deals with aliens outside of Milky Way. Plus, there are only a few family members in the Ye Family, so they moved out of the Milky Way.”

  With a sudden change in topic, the tour guide began to gossip, “To tell you guys a secret, there is a rumor that says Ms. Ye Weiwei is not Ye Guhong’s biological granddaughter. Everyone that lives in Maple Valley knows that Ye Guhong was never married, but 14 years ago he suddenly came back holding a little girl, saying that she was his granddaughter. At that time the people that lived here were all very skeptical, Ye Gehong didn’t even have any children, how did he just jump straight to having a granddaughter.”

  Then, another tourist raised his hand and asked, “The wealthy Ye Family that’s hogging on the resources in the Maple Valley left, you guys that live here should be really happy right?”

  The tour guide became angry immediately, pinched his waist and said in a high voice, “What are you saying! Not only did the Ye Family never bully us, whenever there was a holiday or a wedding or a newborn, the Ye Family will always send gifts. How can we not welcome a family like this to stay in the Maple Valley?”

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  “Look at this manor, it was thousands of years of history and its cost was simply astronomical. Mr. Ye Guhong just waved his hand before he left and opens up the manor for free, and he also left a huge sum of money for us.”

  “Now, without the Ye Family, we just make a living for being tour guides, operating restaurants in the vicinity of the manor and also selling souvenirs. The reason the Ye Family opened up the manor for free, it’s because they were afraid that us folks at the valley might not have enough money and starve.”

  Han smiled, Ye Family’s reputation wasn’t bad.

  Not seeing Ye Weiwei nor finding out the truth, Han walked into the manor a little disappointed.

  Such a huge manor, its area was equivalent to the entire Eurasian continent, there was no way to tour around the entire place without a few years.

  “Han! Han!”

  Just when Han was about to leave, he suddenly heard someone calling his name.

  Han looked back in curiosity, he just saw a little girl selling beside the souvenir stall, about 17 or 18 years old, brown hair, with playful freckles on her nose, she looks pretty cute.

  “It’s really you! You came to see our Miss?”

  “You are?”

  “I was an home maid at Miss Ye’s house named Yingying. You haven’t seen me before but I have seen you. Last time at the Miracle System, we were all hiding behind the window peaking when you were on a date with our Lady.” Yingying said in excitement.

  “Oh, it was actually a date. By the way, where did Ye Weiwei go?”

  “That I don’t know. But my family used to work at Ye Family as well, maybe he knows something, wait for me.”

  Then, she ran to her stall to gather things up.

  After she was done, she pushed out a small floating Land Speeder, which looked a bit like a scooter, but with no wheels and used an electromagnetic thrust system.

  Shua~

  Ying Ying took Han and drove deep into the Ye Family’s Manor. They arrived at a lake, and there were a lot of wooden houses like holiday homes next to it.

  Stopping beside one of the houses, Yingying pointed at the lake and the wooden houses beside the lake and said, “When Master and Miss left, most people left with them. Us servants that didn’t want to leave, Master gave each one of us a house, and this land was also zoned and privately owned by us.”

  “Dad! Dad! Han’s here!”

  Yingying was very enthusiastic. She went into the wooden house and dragged out her father. He was about 60 years old, a little tan and missing an arm.

  Because they were Ye Family’s servants, Yingying and her father all went by the surname Ye. It was the Ancient Maple Leaf’s rule, from masters to servants, although the identity was different but everyone belonged to the big family.

  Yingying enthusiastically brought out two chairs to the outside, and ran to prepare some refreshments.

  Han accompanied Yingying’s father in the courtyard, and started asking about the Ye Family.

  Yingying’s dad slightly frowned. He lowered his voice and said, “The reason Master decided to leave, it goes all the way back to a dozen years ago.”

  “In fact, the whole Maple Valley knew, Miss isn’t really Master’s biological granddaughter. She was brought back from outside the Milky Way. We don’t know where specifically, but Master really did love Miss. When Miss was two years old, Master brought people to the outside of Milky Way, and that trip took five years. When they were back, Miss was already 7 years old.”

  “I heard from friends that travelled on that fleet that the reason Master went out for a long time was for finding Miss’s real parents. After one year, Miss was 8. Master rested for one year, and he sailed again out of Milky Way, and this time it took 7 years.”

  Han hesitated for a second, then he asked in curiosity, “Ye Guhong sailed when Ye Weiwei was 8 and came back 7 years later, then wasn’t that a few months ago during the Milky klWay Meet?”

  Yingying’s dad nodded and said, “Correct. To be exact we received Master’s message on the day of your date. Master said that Miss absolutely cannot enter the Extinction Domain. Otherwise, Miss would have already gone to the A-19 relic with you.”

  “After that day you went to the relic, Miss went back home. Soon, Master came back too. Us servants that worked for Ye Family our entire lives have never seen Master in such a bad shape. Ancient Maple Leaf’s generation warlord, Master was obviously someone among the top warriors in the Milky Way.”

  “But when Master came back home, he was covered in wounds, as if he suddenly turned older a few dozens of years.”

  “And what happened after that was even more bizarre. Master dismissed all the servants that were reluctant to leave Milky Way with him overnight, and took all the Ye Family’s fleets and remaining people and left the Milky Way on the next day.”

  “Supposedly you go check out the mansion, you will see that Master was very hasty with the departure, he left everything including his favorite rocking chair.”

  Speaking of that, Yingying carried the tea and dessert and came to the courtyard. She placed them in front of Han and her father, then sat on a chair and quietly listened.

  Han was puzzled and asked, “Why was Master Ye Guhong very nervous? That night, the butler Ye Hua also warned me, as if he already knew that a disaster’s going to happen in the Relic.”

  Yingying’s father shook his head and said, “That I’m not sure. Ye Hua’s the main manager of the Ye Family, someone most trusted by Master. Maybe Master told him something.”

  “It was said that Miss wrote you a letter before she left, but it was tossed into the fireplace by Master, and Miss even cried for it too.”

  Yingying who had her hands cupping her chin then hastily added, “Right, right, there was such a thing. Before the sunrise we heard Miss crying inside the room too, but Master was angry at Miss too which was very rare. Master said that the family was at stake, they must not leave behind any clues.”

  “At stake?” Han frowned and mumbled.

  Seeing that the sky was about to turn dark, and he won’t get any more news by continuing to stay here, Han waved goodbye to the father and daughter, called a taxi and went back to the airport.

  Maple Valley was a beautiful planet. Han saw the endless red maple leaves on both side of the street and contemplated in silence.

  Ye Weiwei’s grandfather Ye Guhong seems to be a very mysterious person. He told Ye Hua to stop him from going into the relic, and the result was that a disaster really happened inside the relic. Although Han was lucky enough to survive, but thinking back, there was still a lingering fear.

  Now this Ye Guhong took the entire Ye Family and left Milky Way in one night, could it be that he had a very strong prediction ability?

  Shua~

  With a whole bagful of questions, the Falcon class frigate took off again. Destination, Oblivion Realm.

  Although Han didn’t get to see Ye Weiwei this time, but meeting the two mysterious figures Night Walker and Pathless Origin was still something Han had waited a long time for.

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  Chapter 125: The Power of Faith! Burst of the Void. (Part One)

  Four days later, in the Oblivion Realm galactic sector.

  Overall, the Oblivion Realm was a very strange place. First of all, it was an enclave, and it was a full 3-day voyage from the nearest habitable planet in the Milky Way. In between, there was the galactic wilderness filled with dangerous undercurrents.

  But when Han’s Falcon class frigate crossed the wilderness, the scene suddenly changed. 17 habitable planets appeared immediately on the radar detector, and the farthest distance between two was no more than one standard transition portal away.

  Although the Oblivion Realm was far less crowded than those core downtown areas in the Milky Way, it was a part of the galactic wilderness, and acted like an oasis in the desert, sheltering all the people that lived here.

  The automatic navigation system led Han to the most remote habitable 17th planet. Precisely, the landing point was Pathless Origin’s backyard.

  Thinking about it, Pathless must be really rich. His house covered acres of land and was surrounded by jungle. The grey buildings on his property gave off an ancient aura. Aside from it being a bit too remote, it was actually a very elegant manor castle.

  In addition to Han’s frigate, there were also 2 space shuttles parked in the yard. They were lightweight spacecraft with 4 seats, it must be Pathless and Night Walker’s way of transportation. Before coming here Han already knew although the two were neighbors, they didn’t live on the same planet.

  Night Walker lives on the most prosperous 1st habitable planet. Its name seemed to be Tarim Map, and Pathless lived on the most remote 17th planet called Silent Hill.

  Han got off the ship and saw Night Walker and Pathless. Although Han had seen them countless number of times in the virtual system and real-time communication channel, he was still very excited to see those two today.

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  “Two teachers, sorry to have kept you waiting.” Han smiled and bowed.

  Night Walker was elegant, and Pathless was just cold as ****. The two old men standing together and the contrast in their temperament was even more significant.

  “Don’t have to be so polite, just call me Old Black, call him Old Monster. “Night Walker laughed and said. He told Han to call Pathless Old Monster and Pathless didn’t seem to mind at all. Like usual, his face was cold and showed no emotion.

  “I brought you guys some gifts; they are all from Earth.” Han laughed and pointed at his Lunar Mark.

  “Is it food? Old Mo often complimented the delicacies on Earth.” Night Walker curiously asked.

  “Nope.” Han shook his head and said, “I left too quickly, although Earth’s food is good but it takes a lot of time to prepare, so I couldn’t bring any with me. Oh right, how’s Old Mo doing?”

  “Still as usual, leading a group of robots and going everywhere trying to find the so-called Godly tier equipment. In fact, isn’t godly tier equipment just some equipment used by warlords? Old Mo insisted that there was a type of unique weapon in this world, it contains a fighting spirit inside, and only weapons with that kind of spirit can be considered a true godly tier equipment.” Night Walker laughed and said.

  Han, Night Walker, and Pathless walked into the old castle. It was very dark inside.

  Pathless obviously didn’t know how to do chores, things were lying everywhere. The three sat down on a sofa and Han felt something a little hard under his butt. He reached in with his hand and pulled out a book.

  “On the Topic of Lighting Damage Abilities in Water.” Han read the title of the book.

  Night Walker laughed and pointed at Pathless, “This old monster is a martial art addict, there’s no other books in his house. They are all about martial arts and tactical theories. In the back there’s a four stories tall library, and inside there are all ancient books.”

  Pathless said as if it’s nothing special, “Aren’t you the same? Pharmacology books fill your entire basement; the amount of precious ancient books you own is not less than mine.”

  With a sudden change in atmosphere, Pathless sternly said, “Han, welcome to the Oblivion Realm. All these years, Old Black and I were about to rot here. This time you coming actually brought in a lot of fun for us.”

  “But I must tell you the truth. The Oblivion Realm is a very dangerous place, Old Black and I offended someone in the Milky Way and we were out of options, that’s why we came here for seclusion.”

  “The reason we came here is because there’s no other place in Milky Way other than the Oblivion Realm that dared to shelter us. There’s a powerful individual here secluding himself from the Milky Way, and only he dares to shelter and protect us.”

  “But this type of sheltering isn’t without conditions. The moment we set foot into this Oblivion Realm, we cannot leave here, or else our protector will kick us out eternally and not allow us to enter ever again.”

  “Of course you are not here to seek for protection, so you aren’t affected by this limit and can leave whenever. But you should note that on this 17th Planet in Oblivion Realm, there are heinous outlaws everywhere, and even the roadside hawker selling sweet tea can very likely be a killer in the past that once dominated the Milky Way.”

  “So, during your time here at the Oblivion Realm, you have to be very careful. The Milky Way Law doesn’t apply here. What we have here are rules set by the protector. The moment you break one of the rules, not even Old Black nor I can save you.”

  Han was immediately shocked, desperate criminals from the entire Milky Way comes to the Oblivion Realm to seek asylum? Even the street vendor could likely be an infamous killer in the past? So this place was amazing!

  Nodding, Han said, “Got it. In fact, two teachers can be assured. I’m not here for sightseeing tours but to learn real skills. I simply don’t want to know nothing about the outside world.”

  “Good!” Pathless said in a serious tone.

  Pathless was a very strict old man, didn’t talk much, but Night Walker actually had a very engaging conversation with Han. The three had something to eat, and they also drank a few glasses of fruit alcohol drinks specially brewed in the Oblivion Realm.

  Chapter 125: The Power of Faith! Burst of the Void. (Part Two)

  After the meal, Pathless took Han to a circular room that was 500 meters in diameter deep inside the castle. The floor and walls were all forged by high-intensity tritanium, it was probably where Pathless trained.

  “Han, in the past I only watched you train in video. Now I want to see it with my own eyes. Just practice the Star Breaker fist I taught you. As for an opponent, there is none, rely purely on your imagination.” Pathless gave very brief instructions.

  Han nodded, then closed his eyes and thought about the enemies that he faced in his life. If they were here at the moment, what kind of moves would be required to deal with them?

  Got them!

  Han smiled, his body suddenly turned upside down from the side, then from under the arms at a very strange and unexpected angle, Han threw out a curved punch!

  They only saw Han’s body begin to fly up spinning vigorously, extremely flamboyantly!

  Night Walker and Pathless observed closely from the corner. Night Walker shook his head and asked, “Old Monster, why didn’t you find Han an opponent?”

  Pathless said in disagreement, “Han never learned the traditional martial art and directly learned the forbidden techniques. What are forbidden techniques? They are martial arts breaking out of all the shackles, Han already learned the Void part, but if he wants to learn the 6 paths of void, it will be impossible without a good imagination.”

  “So, right now I’m examining both Han’s techniques and also whether he has the talent to learn forbidden martial arts.”

  Night Walker nodded slowly as if he understood a part of what Pathless just said.

  On the other hand, although it was a battle without an opponent, Han’s enthusiasm became gradually lit up.

  Pathless was indeed a pro, but he didn’t completely know Han yet.

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  Han never lacked imagination, but there was also something on Han that many people didn’t have!

  As someone from Earth, ever since Han was little, his memory was filled with fear. Fear for the outer-space civilizations, fear for Earth’s safety, and fear for the constant possibility of being colonized.

  Although Ke Lake had once brought hope to the people on Earth, but he also personally turned this hope into despair.

  In the ten years’ time Clark was missing, everyone on Earth was living under the shadow of darkness, desperately hoping for Clark’s return, desperate for being able to live on in freedom and peace. But, the reality was very cruel, living everyday was suffering for people on Earth.

  Neighbors, classmates, in Han’s memory everyone on Earth had a darkened face, laughter was rare and people never wanted to talk too much about future. Even the sky was usually dark and gloomy, like people’s faces.

  These things were not what Han wanted at all!

  Ever since Han acquired super power, his faith never wavered!

  Han wouldn’t allow Earth to become a colony, he wouldn’t allow his people to live in despair! He wanted to see smiles on children’s faces!

  It was okay that Han already spent his childhood in shadow and despair.

  But letting Earth’s next generation and the generation after that to continue living in fear and despair?

  Han wasn’t going to agree even if it costed his life!

  A soldier that couldn’t even protect his home was not worthy to be called a true soldier!

  Han’s goal was very clear, and that was to become strong! Become stronger! Until one day he could protect his own home!

  Han didn’t care how long it will take to achieve this goal, how much suffering he has to endure, and how many lives needed to be sacrificed.

  If Earth’s existence can only be protected at the expense of the entire Milky Way, then let the Milky Way go to hell!

  If Han was just a modest spark, then the only reason for him to continue living on is to brighten the Earth that gave birth to him and raised him! Until his life completely burned out!

  That’s the power of faith!

  When Han injected the power of faith into his forbidden art, everything changed.

  The sound of wind began howling inside the training room!

  The Forbidden art Six Paths of Void leveled up in Han’s hand. The natural descent Demonic Strike’s unique unconventional attacking style was still here, but an indescribable murderous scent emerged among the attacks!

  To achieve the goal, both gods and devils could be slayed, both heaven and ground could be murdered! Han can pay any price!

  This was the most steadfast faith in Han’s heart!

  Even Night Walker who didn’t understand too much about martial art became gradually stunned by the belief and murderous scent Han revealed. With his eyes wide open, he asked in amazement, “This is the Void, the Void part of the 6 Paths of the Void?”

  “It should be.”

  “Should be? Old Monster, what did you really teach Han! Don’t lie to me, this is definitely not Void!”

  Pathless’s expression became very complicated too, he let out a long sigh, and with a hoarse voice he said, “I thought it was Void, but now, I’m not too sure anymore.”

  Pathless told Han to freely play with his imagination, but Han actually gave him a result he totally didn’t expect.

  Void was a martial art without any techniques, it was purely based on the soldier’s understanding and interpretation.

  In the hands of Han, Void was completely sublimated.