Turning the Tide

Even without Barrett saying anything, Ron could tell from the blazing suns emerging from the sunflower spirit root above his head that the arrival was not what he had imagined.

The area around them, which had only just glimmered with a faint blue light from the protective barrier, suddenly became as bright as day.

The leading female cultivator riding toward them atop billowing black smoke bore the mark of the Great Dark Magic Curse on her forehead, and Ron recognized her identity at once.

"Dark Star Witch Bu La!"

Bu La, my ass. The Bu Clan here was the Star God Clan—so she was Black, huh!

Even though Basil had learned this information beforehand, he could not help but complain internally.

This Bu La was Bellatrix.

She was called the Dark Star Witch because her Natal Star was inconspicuous and difficult to discover. It had never even been named.

That billowing smoke was the manifestation of her Star Power.

He also recognized the star—it was Ophiuchus, a member of the Guiding Star Clan.

Xuanyuan Fourteen, also known as Alpha Leonis.

By zodiacal division, it belonged to Leo and sat precisely at the heart. In the spring sky, where great stars were scarce, it was also known as the King of Spring.

By the Three Enclosures and Twenty-Eight Mansions, it belonged to the Xuanyuan Constellation, to Zhang Mansion among the Twenty-Eight Mansions. It was the brightest star in Xuanyuan and was also called the Yellow Emperor Star.

No matter how it was classified, it belonged to the Heart of the Royal Path.

Its stellar nature was benevolence: compassion for all living beings, gentleness giving rise to virtue. It belonged to earth among the five elements and transformed all things through saltiness.

Logically speaking, a mere Ophiuchus should have been nothing before