The supreme administrator of White Bird Administrative Star is not necessarily the strongest cultivator on the planet, but he is certainly no weakling!
On an ordinary administrative star, Starlight-tier beings are exceedingly rare.
"As far as I know,"
"White Bird Star has only eighteen Starlights. In terms of sheer power, my father ranks fifth!" Hugh Yu's eyes were full of shock and turmoil. "To randomly encounter a native Starlight-tier cultivator who is actually Third-Order Constant Light—and a Composite Starlight-tier at that?"
There was no need to even think about it.
His own father could never hope to match Lord Andrew Han.
To ordinary civilians, a Composite Starlight-tier is nothing but legend. To citizens, it is a near-mythical genius, spoken of on the star-net as an unattainable pinnacle.
The star-net itself is strictly stratified.
Slaves can only browse, never post. Commoners may browse and comment on most content, but face significant restrictions.
Only citizens enjoy full rights.
As a citizen, Hugh Yu is authorized to access all Chenriver Empire web pages.
The more Hugh Yu learned, the more he yearned for it, the more he admired it.
In turn, these aspirations drove Hugh Yu to pay close attention to cultivation geniuses in the surrounding region... Across thousands of planetary systems, there was only one Composite Starlight-tier!
"My heavens."
Hugh Yu was utterly stunned; he understood deeply what such power in Andrew Han truly meant.
At that moment—
Andrew Han, already at the door of the Household Registration Center, turned back to glance at Hugh Yu. "What's wrong?"
As a Starlight-tier soul cultivator, he could sense the massive shift in Hugh Yu's emotions, though he did not know the cause.
Hugh Yu shivered all over, hurried to Andrew Han's side, and awkwardly said, "It's nothing, I was just thinking about family matters. Sorry to keep you waiting."
"Is it urgent?" Andrew Han asked considerately.
The two of them had already discussed this in advance.
As Andrew Han's recommender, Hugh Yu only needed Andrew to check the referral option on the Chenriver Empire application form and fill in Hugh Yu's name and ID serial number. Hugh would then guide Andrew through all the procedures.
"No rush, no rush," Hugh Yu said urgently. "You still have to register a star-net account, create a warp engine serial number—there's so much to do. How could I leave halfway?"
Of course.
How could Hugh Yu dare?
If he dared to play tricks on Lord Andrew Han, not even having a father as White Bird Star's administrator could save him.
Andrew Han paused, noticing that Hugh Yu's demeanor was far more reserved than before. He couldn't help but smile, "If you have things to handle, go ahead. It's fine."
Naturally, Hugh Yu didn't want to leave. "Thank you for understanding, sir, but really, there's no need."
He knew perfectly well that White Bird Administrative Star could never contain a cultivation genius as extraordinary as Andrew Han. In the future, he'd likely only see Andrew's name on the star-net.
"This way, sir," Hugh Yu said with a broad smile. "A star-net account is quite important. We citizens are restricted to the Chenriver Empire's internal network and can't access other nations' sites."
"But you are a noble."
"Once you register a star-net account, you can access networks beyond the Tianchen Stellar System. That's the true vastness of the starry sky."
Hugh Yu's face was full of envy.
Citizens enjoy basic rights, but only within the Chenriver Empire.
Beyond the Chenriver Empire, or even outside the Tianchen Stellar System, citizenship means nothing at all—it can be extremely dangerous.
"Mm."
Andrew Han nodded gently. Bailey had already explained all this starry sky common sense to him.
In the vast universe, only power matters!
In other words, once Andrew Han left Earth, he no longer needed to worry about any legal restrictions.
Some Starlight-tier cultivators enjoy killing, buying a planet just to slaughter at will... Or keeping three thousand concubines, using a life planet for experiments, ruling over countless planetary systems—these are all commonplace.
As long as you pay the interstellar tax, the Chenriver Empire doesn't care about any of this.
Even the laws of the Chenriver Empire serve the strong... Unless it's something as severe as planetary genocide, the Empire won't interfere with the actions of the noble class.
Power means freedom!
No legal constraints—the freedom of the cosmic starry sky is unconventional, willful, and also a kind of cold cruelty.
Of course, none of this concerned Andrew Han.
"With the universe so vast, all kinds of things are bound to happen." Andrew Han mused, "Luckily I obtained the intelligent core Bailey and inherited the Mo-Tai legacy. Otherwise, if Earth were discovered, it would be a disaster."
Ordinary native life planets are either entirely enslaved or ruled and exploited by the nobles.
That's why Andrew Han was so urgent to make Earth a part of the Chenriver Empire as soon as possible.
...
In less than three hours, Andrew Han successively registered his star-net identity, the Green Mountain warp craft's serial number, and handled many other matters.
The only regret was—
The White Bird Administrative Star's life planet registration system had a glitch, so he would have to wait about three planetary rotation days.
At this moment, Andrew Han checked into the White Bird Hotel in the central city.
The hotel is named after the planet itself and is the official hotel of White Bird Administrative Star. The rates are high, and there are no commoners—only citizens of distinguished status.
Yet before Andrew Han, all these distinguished guests paled in comparison.
From check-in to riding the elevator straight up to the 923rd floor, Andrew Han drew countless awed glances.
A planetary-view room on the 923rd floor of the White Bird Hotel.
"I'm not in a hurry."
"Just three planetary rotation days. I can wait." Andrew Han brushed off his blue robe and tapped the center of the massive floor-to-ceiling window with his finger.
Ding!