Feng Jun also had similar speculations, but he was increasingly puzzled, "I’m only charging a magical treasure, can that also interfere with Domain Karma?"

The Guardian answered without hesitation, "I don’t care if you’re pretending to be ignorant, I can only tell you that other people’s magical treasure issues aren’t a big deal, but this one on you... it truly can!"

Then let it be! Feng Jun pouted in frustration, but he was somewhat relieved that he had been alert and hadn’t absorbed much Spirit Stone from Earth; he stopped when he realized something was wrong.

However, after relief came endless frustration; for someone with mild obsessive-compulsive tendencies like him, not being able to figure out the bottom limits of either the new Five Rings or Five Flowers really made him itch with anxiety.

But no matter how anxious he felt, he had made up his mind that he absolutely couldn’t use the remaining hundred thousand Spirit Stone; he must preserve a certain stock for the Earth Realm—does he even need a reason for keeping a stockpile?

After all, this is a kind of crisis awareness; almost all Huaxia citizens have the habit of saving for unforeseen needs.

How many Spirit Stones do I have in the Kunhao Realm? Feng Jun thought about Kunhao’s assets, remembering there might be over two million Spirit Stones, but expenses over there are also high, after all, every day expenses use Spirit Stones, which is different from on Earth.

So, even though he was very reluctant in his heart, this matter could only stop here; he definitely couldn’t use mid-grade Spirit Stones to refill the Stone Ring’s energy points.

In the following days, Feng Jun constantly thought about which two individuals should be entrusted with the pair of interdimensional gates.

The first choice was easy, Sister Hong, whose cultivation level was not high and ambition not overly strong, and who had a certain method in handling affairs, though not as good as those thousand-year-old monsters, but not much worse; the principles of dealing with people and matters are just those few.

The second one was a bit more difficult, Zhang Caixin was certainly impossible, she was focused on aggressive advancement, and others were even less suitable; though Feng Jing was suitable to stay on Earth due to her relationship with her mother, she also had the spatial attribute.

Gazi was also trustworthy, but considering his relationship with Luo Yuhuan, Feng Jun got a bit of a headache, plus it’s a bit... inappropriate for paired treasures to be controlled by people with entirely different affinities.

In the end, Feng Jun hadn’t decided whom to entrust, so he simply called several women together to gather their opinions.

Holding the Earth side of the interdimensional gate seemed enticing, but after thinking about it, none of the women spoke up.

Finally, Li Shishi commented, "If no one else is going to manage it, I might as well take responsibility, considering I’m not daring enough to go to Kunhao."

She was the only female cultivator among Luohua’s core members who wasn’t close to Feng Jun, and indeed her courage wasn’t high.

Feng Jun was moved when he heard this, but Sister Hong quickly sent out a Divine Sense, "Boss, she has a significant flaw, which is she loves to engage relatives and friends from her village; with something as important as this, if something goes wrong, it won’t be good... I suggest picking Mi Yunsan instead."

Hmm? Feng Jun also realized his thinking was in a dead end, people in Kunhao Realm indeed were not entirely untrustworthy, especially Mi Yunsan; besides, Feng Jun was her guide, and the Mi Family had a few good seedlings practicing cultivation with him at White Pebble Beach.

One must admit, what Sofia said made sense too, with mutual interests at stake, collaboration wouldn’t be difficult.

In fact, from the moral standpoint of Kunhao Realm, if the Mi Family dared to betray Feng Jun, the entire clan would be notorious.

After understanding, Feng Jun nodded, "Forget about Shi Shi, I’ll teach Sister Hong the control method later, and others remember to keep it confidential."

He spent only an hour teaching Sister Hong how to control the jade-colored Stone Ring, but charging the Stone Ring wore him out for a day; initially, the Spirit Stone just wouldn’t charge it, and as a last resort, he had to use electricity as a primer.

Sister Hong groaned from being tormented by him, and she didn’t let him off that night—everyone knows he’s about to leave.

Feng Jun didn’t enter Kunhao but went directly to the Insect World, and he went to a star system currently in battle.

Being not particularly stubborn, knowing he was targeted by a Divine Master, even after cutting off Karma, he wouldn’t descend to Xingzheng Star but hid in the resting place crafted by True Sage Yusing Angle.

Ren Tu True Sage had been sensing Feng Jun’s presence, but because Golden Cicada Supreme God had a wisp of Divine Sense remaining, he couldn’t boldly detect him, after a while he discovered this and couldn’t help but sigh, "Feng Xiaoyou’s Blink technique is indeed remarkable."

Even he couldn’t recklessly use his Divine Sense, so Yi Jue dared not either, "Where has Mountain Master Feng gone?"

"Inside that stone," Ren Tu casually replied, "It seems that rascal’s Divine Sense is about to leave too, so the slaughter can continue."

The rain in Xiajing City kept pouring down, and the slaughter continued, both sides fighting more fiercely, allowing Nascent Soul True Immortals like Yi Jue to deal deadly blows more easily, like specters lurking in the night, silently reaping the lives of the Insect Race.

Another two days passed, and the Insect Race suddenly realized something was wrong. The Nascent Souls on the Xiajing side were all dead?

They thought the Human Race had developed some new weapon, and in a panic, the Nascent Soul Insect Race retreated further away from Xingzheng Star, while only the Golden Core Insect Tribe was dispatched from a distance to continuously charge, aiming to deplete the Human Race’s war potential.

For the Insect Race, the swarm tactics were most common; it didn’t matter if it was cruel or not, such a large population was meant for consumption, wasn’t it? If they weren’t deployed to the battlefield, the resources at the back of the Insect Race couldn’t sustain the consumption.

However, once the Nascent Souls retreated, it became advantageous for those like Yi Jue who were hunting on Xingzheng Star, and some even started setting up the Rain Prayer Arrays in other cities by example.

Those Rain Prayer Arrays weren’t at the Nascent Soul Level, but it didn’t matter, as long as there were no Nascent Souls holding the line, Golden Core Level Rain Prayer Arrays were sufficient. Ren Tu True Sage felt uncomfortable competing with the juniors for Golden Core Insect Tribes here, so he went to the other three stars to kill.

Xingzheng Star initially had some air defense problems, but overall, it could still hold on. Because of their frequent interventions, the invasions by the Insect Race were delayed. Later, the Human Race began to counterattack, even showing signs of driving the Insect Race out of Xingzheng Star.

But the situation on the other three planets continued to deteriorate.

The Fourth Star had been completely occupied by the Insect Race; the Sixth Star only had the last ring-shaped defense zone left, over three-quarters of the hundred satellite fortresses outside the ring had been lost, with fewer than thirty fortresses left to assist in the defense.

The battle on the Eighth Mining Star was extremely sticky. In fact, in terms of mortality rate, it was higher here—because this star wasn’t suitable for human habitation, with only a small number of mining workers and a large number of stationed troops.

These troops were stationed here to protect the mining resources, and also to defend against the Insect Race on a star relatively far from the star system. Even if the Insect Race used "island hopping tactics," they would face the encirclement of the Human Race army.

Who would’ve thought that this time the Insect Race launched a massive attack, hitting four planets simultaneously, and the Eighth Mining Star couldn’t be supported.

In fact, don’t even mention support, their battle casualties have exceeded seventy percent. If it were a war between the Human Race, this mortality rate would have forced most of the armies to surrender.

But in warfare between different races, surrender wasn’t an option, not to mention the Insect Race treated the Human Race as food.

As it was, the Fourth and Sixth Stars originally didn’t have many people. The technology of the Human Race in this world far surpassed that of Earth, and the farming on the plantation stars was done mostly by high-tech machinery, with little need for people.

Feng Jun stayed in the stone for two days. On the third day, Yi Jue returned to rest—being a Nascent Soul True Immortal, she could fight without food and drink for half a year with no problem, but being in the Insect World, a bit of caution wouldn’t hurt.

Upon seeing Feng Jun, she recounted the situation from that day again, and apologized, "I was in such a rush that I forgot about you. Thankfully, you dodged in time... It seems you also evaded the incense track?"

"I’ve already said, I’m very good at running away," Feng Jun replied indifferently, then asked, "I heard from Elder Qing Ji, the battle on the Eighth Mining Star is very intense... I’ve proven my ability to escape, can I go take a look?"

Ren Tu True Sage originally intended to pay attention here, supposedly he should speak out against it upon hearing this, but instead, he just twitched the corners of his mouth and ignored it—feeling embarrassed to show up.

The Fishing Elder True Sage also noticed, but he too couldn’t say anything—he and Ren Tu often had arguments, but that was the way peers with the same cultivation level communicated. Undermining each other over some junior would be too disrespectful to the True Sage status.

So he could only secretly signal to the True Immortal of Xuanshui Sect, "Keep an eye on Feng Jun, persuade him to leave the battlefield when the opportunity arises."

The battle on the Eighth Star was intense, with a large number of Tianqin cultivators gathered here. Apart from being of the same Human Race, there was fighting everywhere, with chaotic electromagnetic signals, making it ideal for the cultivators to fish in troubled waters.

As for the cold weather here? Jinwu Sect said it was no big deal, Xuanshui Sect stated they were adept at playing with ice and water, and Xuanhuang Sect, known for their "Qi", feared none of these.

Yi Jue didn’t know how to respond to him either; persuasion was impossible knowing full well his pride.

After contemplating for a moment, she finally replied, "Let me recover my Spiritual Energy, then I’ll go with you. The battle on Xingzheng Star isn’t very intense anymore, and I’m also looking for a change of pace in hunting."

Feng Jun let out a faint sigh, "Sigh, boring, I really don’t like being protected like this, so bored I even started creating Divine Sense carvings for mundane communication devices."

Having nothing to do in the past two days, he made another batch of Divine Sense Plaques, thinking about teaching a few people some relatively simple knowledge in the future, which could also reduce Gu Jiahui’s workload.

But it was precisely because he was making Divine Sense Plaques that he discovered that here too one could use a Jade Slip to carve Divine Sense, though it was much more difficult than in the Earth Realm.

This suggested that his guess might be correct, that the same substance under different rules in different planes would cause functional changes.

(Updated, calling for monthly votes.)