Your gaze was profound, your steps steady, as you silently chanted in your heart, "I am the Founding Ancestor, I am the Founding Ancestor! An actor must have conviction!", walking out from the entrance of the Star Force Mystic Realm.

Thankfully, this was the Starry Domains, where there was no gravity. Otherwise, since you couldn't fly through the air, having to look up at a bunch of people who could fly would have been awkward.

Seeing the entire Shen Family assembled, your face remained expressionless while your heart was pounding in panic.

"Damn! Why are they all here? I was thinking of taking advantage of the experts being distracted, firing up the Nine Provinces Cauldron and making a run for it. With this many people now, even a human wall could block me from getting away!"

While mentally calculating how to break this deadlock, you drifted expressionlessly towards the assembled members of the Shen clan.

"Follow me to the Tranquil Divine Hall."

You spoke in a deep baritone voice, addressing the clan leader Shen Yue.

You had seen the complete Myriad Stars Embrace the Moon Art.

Therefore, you knew that after a successful soul possession, upon emerging from the Star Force Mystic Realm, the Shen Family Founding Ancestor would always go to a place called the Tranquil Divine Hall to undergo identity verification.

This wasn't a requirement set by the Shen Family; this was a rule Shen Yang had established himself.

It was a precaution against the possibility that one time, his soul possession might fail, and the possessed person might impersonate him to do something harmful to the Shen Family.

You had to understand, due to the Founding Ancestor's status, even if the Shen Family clearly knew something was off about the ancestor, they wouldn't dare do anything to him.

What if, just what if, it really was the Founding Ancestor, but some accident during the soul possession caused a drastic change in temperament?

Therefore, Shen Yang had prepared a complete set of identity verification procedures in this Tranquil Divine Hall, ensuring absolute foolproof security, so that no suspicion would ever arise between the Founding Ancestor and the Shen Family.

This was a perfected secret art refined over tens of thousands of years, with basically no loopholes to be found.

But who could have imagined that a bug like you would appear.

"Founding Ancestor, please come this way. This junior will accompany you."

Shen Yue, who was usually unsmiling and icy towards everyone, acted like a complete rookie soldier before the "Shen Family Founding Ancestor."

Shen Yue had long surpassed the Martial King Realm, and his flight speed was extremely fast.

He turned his head and noticed you lagging behind, drifting slowly, so he quickly flew back.

"I..."

Your CPU was practically overheating, having barely managed to come up with a reason to explain why you were flying so slowly.

But Shen Yue simply clasped his fists, speaking with deep apology.

"Founding Ancestor, please calm your anger! This junior flew ahead of you!"

"I actually..."

"The Founding Ancestor has just obtained a new body and is still quite unaccustomed to it, unable to exert too much energy. This junior was momentarily overjoyed and negligent!"

The corner of your mouth twitched.

You discovered that not only did the Shen Family like to give easy questions, they also liked to fill in the answers themselves!

Fortunately, you had stayed in the Starry Domains for nearly twenty years and had first-hand information about the Shen Family Founding Ancestor within the Star Force Mystic Realm, so you generally knew the direction of the Tranquil Divine Hall.

As you passed over the heads of the assembled Shen clan members.

Everyone bowed deeply, not daring to meet your gaze.

Shen Yufeng in the crowd was rather bold, taking a glance at you.

Her expression was strange as she whispered to her grandfather Shen Linfeng, who stood in front of her, also bowing respectfully with a slight bend.

"Grandfather, is this really the Founding Ancestor? Why do I still feel like it's that uncle?"

Shen Linfeng immediately reprimanded her in a low voice.

"Silence! Who allowed you to speak! Being disrespectful before the Founding Ancestor, do you want to be sent down to join the Dust Lineage?"

Shen Yufeng was terrified and quickly lowered her head, not daring to utter another word.

During the flight to the Tranquil Divine Hall, you noticed the higher-ups of the Shen Family had all followed.

These few dozen individuals were all experts at the Martial King Realm or even higher.

Although they were extremely respectful, their formation and positioning were exactly the same as when they "escorted" you into the Star Force Mystic Realm.

The Shen Family was just too cautious...

Their respect was genuine.

Because no matter what anomalies you displayed, before the identity verification was complete, they had to treat you as the Founding Ancestor.

What if it was real? Showing disrespect and doubt towards the Founding Ancestor—did they want to be sent down to join the Dust Lineage?

But defensive measures couldn't be omitted.

Once the identity verification results came out and you weren't the Founding Ancestor, they would subdue you instantly!

Ahead in the void, a pale red palace floated, slowly rotating.

This was the Tranquil Divine Hall.

Once you entered this hall, escaping would likely be even more difficult.

It seemed the only option was to act now and leave everything to fate!

Just then, you noticed in a region not far away, a group of people was cutting horizontally through the air, heading downwards from the Starry Domains. Several Shen Family members were leading the way, appearing to be preparing to leave the Starry Domains.

They wore identical attire, as if from the same martial sect.

You actually recognized this sect's clothing.

Among the Five Regions, there were eight top-tier martial sects, collectively called the Eight Pillars of the Five Domains. The Limitless Sword Sect of the Eastern Wastes was one of them.

The Myriad Methods Sect, located in the Central Plains, was also one of the Eight Pillars.

The attire worn by the martial artists ahead was precisely the formal wear of the Myriad Methods Sect's higher-ups.

"These people are from the Myriad Methods Sect, correct?"

Shen Yue hurriedly replied.

"Reporting to the Founding Ancestor, some days ago, the Myriad Methods Sect Master brought his sect's elders and this generation's outstanding disciples to our Starry Domains for martial arts exchange.

They were supposed to return last month.

But one disciple unfortunately fell into demonic deviation during training, causing some delay.

Today is the day the Founding Ancestor emerges from seclusion. Having outsiders present would be inappropriate.

I urgently ordered our clansmen to escort them down some days ago. I don't know why they haven't left yet; perhaps they encountered another unexpected delay."

It matches up.

You remember from the last simulation, when the Nine Provinces Cauldron emerged.

The Myriad Methods Sect Master mentioned that he had visited the Starry Domains and nearly got sent into a spacetime rift by the Qiankun Mirror! (See Chapter 54)

This indicates that in the last simulation, the Myriad Methods Sect encountered the Qiankun Mirror's episode during their visit, but it might not have been at this exact time of the Shen Family Founding Ancestor's emergence.

"Since they are juniors from the Myriad Methods Sect, I happen to have a message for their Supreme Ancestor. Let him relay it. Call him back."

"Founding Ancestor..."

"Is there something improper?"

Facing a founding ancestor who had lived for over thirty thousand years, Shen Yue's heart was filled with trepidation.

Even though his spiritual sense could tell that you only had Spirit Sea fifth layer cultivation, he couldn't determine if it was due to a failed soul possession or because the possession had just stabilized and your cultivation hadn't recovered yet.

Both scenarios were possible.

After some thought, Shen Yue complied.

He dispatched an elder who swiftly flew over, intercepting the Myriad Methods Sect group about to leave the Starry Domains, informing them that the Shen Family Founding Ancestor requested their presence.

For forces at the level of the Eight Pillars of the Five Domains, the existence of the Shen Family Founding Ancestor wasn't a secret, so there was no need to hide your identity from them.

The group of Myriad Methods Sect higher-ups flew over.

The Myriad Methods Sect Master was a middle-aged, stout man with a simple, honest appearance. When he smiled, his eyes practically disappeared, bearing some resemblance to Da Chun.

"I never imagined that on this Starry Domains trip of mine, Wan Sanqian would have the honor of witnessing the esteemed presence of the Shen Family Founding Ancestor! Truly a fortune spanning three lifetimes! The Founding Ancestor is indeed a dragon among men, a phoenix among fowl, with an extraordinary bearing and imposing aura!"