You don't want your secret to be revealed by others, right?

The Master couldn't help but speak, "Hearing that Your Highness's realm now reaches the heavens, might you be able to offer some assistance?"

"Why didn't you tell me earlier?" Lin Yue furrowed his brow slightly and immediately stepped into the courtyard.

"I asked her, but the child also kept silent, merely saying she could resolve it herself, and even if she told Your Highness, it would be of no use; better not to have Your Highness worry," the Master sighed helplessly.

As they talked, the two of them walked into the house and arrived in front of a quiet room.

The Master stepped forward, concentrated his mana at his fingertips, drew a talisman on the door panel, and then knocked on the door, saying, "Little Yu, His Highness has come to see you."

Soon, the door of the quiet room opened.

Compared to when they first met more than a decade ago, Yu Shiqi's appearance hadn't changed at all, only her temperament appeared a bit more mature.

"Your Highness, you've come?" Yu Shiqi blinked her eyes.

"Why didn't you come today on New Year's?"

Lin Yue sized up Yu Shiqi and said, "The Master tells me you seem to have encountered some trouble during your travels?"

"It's nothing; Little Yu can solve it herself."

Yu Shiqi immediately shook her head, saying, "Your Highness, there's no need to worry."

"What trouble is it? Why not speak of it and let me listen?" Lin Yue said, "Perhaps I might be able to help you."

"This..." Yu Shiqi hesitated somewhat.

"Could it be that you don't trust me?" Lin Yue retorted.

"How could that be..."

Yu Shiqi murmured, then somewhat distressedly said, "Your Highness, can you see the mark on my body? If Your Highness can discern it, you might be able to help Little Yu."

"A mark?" Lin Yue examined Yu Shiqi but didn't notice anything unusual.

Yu Shiqi helplessly reminded, "The person who left this mark has an extremely terrifying realm; even Grandfather Duke Heng has seen it, but he couldn't resolve it either."

"Sit down, let me take a closer look; even if I can't do it, I can ask the Fifth Prince or the Second Prince to take a look for you."

Lin Yue entered the quiet room, had Yu Shiqi sit down opposite him, reached out to grasp her wrist, and released his divine thought along with his primordial power, using a new technique recently derived from the Ultimate Path, slowly permeating her body.

Upon hearing this, Yu Shiqi quickly shook her head and said, "That won't do, Your Highness. The Master said there are several princes and princesses whom I must not meet before my Harmonization."

Lin Yue slightly tilted his head to look at the Master, whose expression showed helplessness, knowing the former wouldn't say the reason, and did not waste words. While inspecting, he asked, "Which ones?"

Yu Shiqi tilted her head in thought, counting on her fingers, "Hmm... there's the Crown Prince, the Second Prince, the Third Prince, the Fourth Prince, the Fifth Prince, the Eldest Princess, the Second Princess."

Lin Yue's brows lifted slightly.

These were precisely the individuals who were Proving and Transcending, and indeed, Little Yu had never appeared in front of these individuals.

"However..." Yu Shiqi sighed helplessly and with a pained expression said, "It seems that only these individuals are likely to resolve Little Yu's trouble; Your Highness needn't bother."

"I've found it."

Lin Yue spoke softly, "This mark is imprinted on the surface of your Primordial Spirit, right?"

He could sense that on Yu Shiqi's Primordial Spirit there was a silver-colored talisman like a scar, hidden in the depths of the Void where the Primordial Spirit resided, quite obscure.

"Your Highness, you discovered it?" Yu Shiqi was surprised.

"Of course." Lin Yue nodded lightly, "This should be the technique of the Void Path, shouldn't it? So profound, completely penetrating into the depths of the Void; is it left by a Proving existence?"

"Correct." Yu Shiqi nodded and with a pained expression said, "Little Yu encountered one of that person's avatars at that time. Although the opponent's strength was weak, their realm was much higher than mine, leaving this mark on my Primordial Spirit. I have been unable to remove it, only able to suppress and seal it to prevent that person from directly traversing the Void to find me."

"Who is it?" Lin Yue asked.

"This... I cannot mention."

Yu Shiqi said with a helpless face, "His techniques are very strange; as soon as I think of him, this mark begins to absorb my power to strengthen itself, and if I speak his name, the mark will grow even more."

"Oh?" Lin Yue's brows lifted slightly and said, "Haven't you learned the Illusion Technique of the Tantian Sect? Show me his appearance through an illusion."

Yu Shiqi shook her head and said, "No, if I directly look upon his likeness, this mark might absorb my power and form his avatar, directly descending here."

"Cannot think, cannot recall, cannot see?"

Lin Yue was taken aback and then shook his head, "In that case, let me try first to remove the mark in your Primordial Spirit. Once it's removed, you can tell me after."

Yu Shiqi was taken aback briefly and said, "Your Highness, this is a mark left by a Proving existence; I fear..."

"I know," Lin Yue nodded slightly, and then with a flick of his finger, a drop of grayish liquid appeared at his fingertip.

"This is..." Yu Shiqi was taken aback.

"Ancient Divine Power."

Lin Yue's thoughts moved, guiding a thread of Taichu Divine Power into Yu Shiqi's body, instantly traveling to her Primordial Spirit.

This seemingly insignificant bit of Taichu Divine Power, which looked almost inconsequential, seemed to contain boundless creation. With a mere sweep of his thought, it destroyed the Void markings on the surface of Yu Shiqi's Primordial Spirit.

"It's done," Lin Yue then withdrew that drop of Taichu Divine Power, having only expended a tiny amount.

"That easily?" Yu Shiqi couldn't help but be stunned.

"Of course."

Lin Yue casually said, "Although this Void mark is indeed mysterious, the power it contains is far too weak. I don't need to compete with it in mystery; I just need to use a power that fundamentally surpasses it. Even if only one part of a hundred parts of power is effective, it's enough to drive it away."

Yu Shiqi was astounded.

At that moment—

"Hmm?"

Lin Yue suddenly discovered that the Void mark he had just destroyed, the thread of Void power that had shattered and dispersed, was now recondensing outside of Yu Shiqi's body.

The Void seemed to undergo some change; the Essence of heaven and earth began to surge and gather, and at the same time, a will traversed space, silently descending on this faint thread of Void power.

Then, a blurry human form condensed out and quickly turned into reality.

It was evident that someone was using a heaven-reaching, earth-penetrating method, attempting to condense an avatar through this thread of Void power.

"Your Highness!"

Yu Shiqi's complexion changed, "This is..."

"There's no need to be afraid," Lin Yue's gaze remained calm, just staring at the avatar that was condensing.

Such a weak avatar couldn't pose a threat, even to a being who had Proven themselves.

This was his residence.

This was also Di Hong City.

Even if the true body of a Proven being descended, there was nothing to fear, let alone merely an avatar.

In the blink of an eye, this avatar had fully turned into reality.

It was a young man dressed in white as snow, with fair skin and long pure white hair, casually secured with a white jade hairpin. Despite the simplicity of his attire, he seemed as though he was dressed in the most noble and magnificent robes, exuding an indescribable air of nobility and elegance.

Lin Yue narrowed his eyes slightly.

He had seen this person before.

Star Lord.

The Proven being who had destroyed the Great Yong Divine Formation eighty years ago, as well as a person whose fate was unpredictable.

When they last met, this person had indifferently obliterated the Fifth Princess's son.

"You... you've come?"

Yu Shiqi looked at the Star Lord in shock, her eyes filled with nervousness and vigilance.

The Star Lord turned to Lin Yue and smiled, "I didn't expect that aside from those few who have already Proven themselves, someone else could erase my mark, and even less that it would be you? Truly the Ultimate Path."

"Star Lord."

Lin Yue spoke, "You should understand that such an avatar can't do much. It seems you have something you want to say to me?"

"Seventeenth Prince... oh, I should now say it's Prince Xia," the Star Lord said with a light smile, "I just wanted to see for myself, but it is astonishing that in just over a dozen years, Prince Xia has grown to such an extent."

Lin Yue didn't say much, only asking, "Why did you plant a mark on Yu Shiqi?"

"Just wanted to ask her some questions after her Harmonization, that's all."

The Star Lord smiled and shook his head, "Your Highness should understand, I have no ill intentions. It's just that this little fish is too slippery, and I was worried that after her Harmonization, she might vanish like the Sixteenth Prince."