The Incident

Xiang Yang's martial arts were a mixed bag. Besides those from Hong Kong martial arts novels and comics, he also possessed divine skills from this world. One representative was the Heavenly Star Protective Aura.

Ever since Xiang Yang had cultivated this technique to the beginner level, its performance had been anything but remarkable. It could only bully weaker opponents; against anyone a little more formidable, it would break after holding them off for a mere moment. It truly failed to live up to that earth-shaking opening description—that thunder from heaven and fire from earth could not harm its wielder was utter nonsense.

Yet one had to judge matters fairly. This divine skill was itself a Xiantian technique. Like the Three Points Returning Energy, only upon reaching the Xiantian realm could its unmatched power truly be unleashed. It was not that the technique was inadequate, but that Xiang Yang's realm was insufficient.

Furthermore, this divine skill required slow, painstaking work. There were three hundred and sixty-five stars in the heavens, and this technique had three hundred and sixty-five nodes. The Taiyin and the Sun formed its twin cores, yet even now, Xiang Yang had not truly completed the Taiyin Star Gate.

And what was drawing in the moonlight from within the Night Flower Pearl was precisely the Taiyin Aura inside his body—or perhaps the Heavenly Star Protective Aura. This moonlight was a form of energy even higher than Taiyin Aura, and it was of enormous benefit to the technique.

"Perfect. Spiritual energy will increase my cultivation, while moonlight will cultivate the Heavenly Star Protective Aura. The resources can be put to perfect use."

Not only was Xiang Yang not alarmed, he was delighted. The Heavenly Star Protective Aura was undoubtedly a martial art with tremendous potential. Naturally, the deeper its foundation,