On the meteoroid asteroid, Tian Ji’s voice was melodious and distant.

"After the upgrade period is over, you can start a somewhat large-scale counterattack, and then just wait quietly for the situation to change... As long as your strength rises to surpass the middle level of a stellar enemy, you will gain a new breathing space. I hope in the future you can reach or even exceed an ordinary Domain Master, that way, you will have more time."

Tian Ji revealed some other information, some of which even shocked Jia Yan.

For instance, Tian Ji said he knew that Evolutionary Creatures could aid those at the later stage of the Star River level; otherwise, why would the mighty one who created the Evolutionary Creature species go to such great lengths to create this species?

Moreover, the Evolutionary Creature tribe is not a bloodline-related species but rather has Evolutionary Creature genes that have always existed inside the Orion Arm, and these genes appear randomly. Any living organism within the Orion Arm might become an Evolutionary Creature due to the activation of these genes.

Of course, as time has passed, the probability of Evolutionary Creatures appearing has decreased. Jia Yan was the result of a long interval before a new Evolutionary Creature emerged. You should know, in Tian Ji’s era, although Tian Ji was the most famous, another Evolutionary Creature existed but was annihilated because, without reaching the Star River level, it helped Tian Ji.

The legendary scenario where only one Evolutionary Creature appears at a time is actually a result of modern civilization forgetting the ancient times, just taking the recent appearance of Evolutionary Creatures as rule of thumb.

There are other things that Jia Yan didn’t know, like when he, in a great battle, exerted full power and killed quite a few Territory Masters but then had to retreat back to the Orion Arm due to a great decline in strength; he even created such a large area of defense energy that for a long time after his true body’s death, the external strong ones thought he was still alive and didn’t dare to attack the Orion Arm.

But once the outside world learned the truth of the Orion Arm, his body had long since been transformed into the energy consumption of various civilizations, or perhaps hidden throughout the universe, making it impossible for them to find him even if they wanted to.

Thus, many civilizations gave up attacking the Orion Arm because aside from Tian Ji, the overall strength of the Orion Arm was still pretty good, making attacks too costly without any benefits.

As time slowly passed, outside civilizations and strong ones gradually forgot about the matter of Evolutionary Creatures.

Even now, anyone who wanted to covet the Orion Arm would be blocked by Tian Ji’s energy, to the extent that initially, even those at the stellar level found it difficult to break through Tian Ji’s arrangement.

Afterwards, there was peace for hundreds of thousands of years until the appearance of Jia Yan.

"So that’s how it is, Predecessor Tian Ji, it must have been hard for you guarding the Orion Arm for so long."

Upon hearing everything Tian Ji recounted, Jia Yan was filled with deep respect for what Tian Ji had done.

Although there might be some discrepancies in memory during the process, the general facts of Tian Ji’s experience, as seen from Jia Yan’s study of ancient documents, are entirely accurate, and Jia Yan also learned much not found in the documents, which made it an extremely valuable listening experience for him.

"Haha, it’s no use now, my energy has significantly decreased, young one. It was your appearance that forced me to implement a lot of changes. Now I have less than one-tenth of my energy left, which was originally enough to last thousands or tens of thousands of years; unfortunately, now it might last at most a few decades. You really give me a bit of a headache."

"Uh, Senior, is there any way your energy can be recharged? If so, I am willing to serve you."

"It’s no use. If it could be recharged, wouldn’t I do it myself? Forget it, just go. I can remain quietly observing you for a few decades. I hope in these decades you will show me your development and progress. Although I’m practically long dead, the current me still counts as a complete personality. If I could see an outstanding existence as an Evolutionary Creature born, I could die without regret."

Tian Ji’s manifested body gradually became serene.

Jia Yan found his body still floating in the starry sky, and the meteorite in front of him remained suspended blandly above, appearing entirely lifeless.

With his front paws, he made a fist to show respect to the meteorite, and then retreated.

He knew he had to leave because he could no longer get any more information from this avatar of Tian Ji.

And he had already learned enough.

"I hadn’t realized Evolutionary Creatures have so many secrets, and thanks to Predecessor Tian Ji helping me unravel them; otherwise, I would have had no idea why Evolutionary Creatures possess such enticing secrets, nor understood why those Star River level beings suddenly attacked me."

Jia Yan pondered deeply, ultimately reverting his thoughts back to the certain space... no, rather a world-like sensation that Tian Ji had pulled him into earlier.

"That space-like, world-like place just now felt very mysterious. I previously experienced a similar sensation when I was weak and thought reaching the Star River level would uncover its principles, but even after reaching the Star River level, I still can’t quite understand the situation within."

Jia Yan reminisced about that enigmatic space or world.

"Could this be the ’domain’ of the Territory Masters?"