Circle of Stars Diagram

Ye Jingyun was the first to react. He cried out, then covered his eyes and turned tail, bolting away.

"Oh no, oh no, we've ruined Esteemed Sect Master's good deed..."

Ye Xuan, who reacted a moment later, let out a strange shriek. His little heart hammered wildly as he vanished in a puff of smoke.

Lin Feng: "..."

Just then, something stirred in his arms. Lin Feng looked down instinctively and discovered that Xuanyuan Qingtian had somehow awakened. She was staring at him without blinking, her large, clear black-and-white eyes filled with confusion.

For a moment, the two simply stared wide-eyed at each other.

"Ah—"

Xuanyuan Qingtian screamed. "Y-you still haven't moved your hand?!"

"Ah?" Lin Feng's eardrums ached. Instinctively, his hand clenched. Huh? Why was it soft yet firm? He looked down subconsciously...

Good heavens, he was covering her two headlights!

Lin Feng was embarrassed. With an awkward smile, he said, "I, well..."

Before he could say more, he released Xuanyuan Qingtian at once and retreated three steps. "This was actually a misunderstanding. Mainly because you're too beautiful—it was an instinctive reaction, all instinctive reaction."

"Shut up! You're not allowed to mention this again!" Xuanyuan Qingtian's lovely face flushed with anger. She was truly furious. Was being beautiful somehow her fault? What nonsense!

The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. She glared fiercely at Lin Feng, then turned and ran toward the room.

"Qingtian, wait, wait..." Lin Feng slapped his own mouth hard. What the hell had he just said? He hurried after her, his face wreathed in smiles. "I still have something to give you."

"I don't want it!" Xuanyuan Qingtian glared at Lin Feng indignantly. "Move!"

"I won't!" As he spoke, Lin Feng grabbed Xuanyuan Qingtian's small hand, summoned the Xuanyuan Divine Sword, and placed it in her palm. "This is the Xuanyuan Divine Sword that goes with the Chaos Nine Forms. Together, their power is boundless. Keep it safe."

Having said that, Lin Feng immediately turned around and left quickly without the slightest hesitation.

"You..." Xuanyuan Qingtian was briefly unable to react. She called out as she watched Lin Feng's disappearing back.

Then a smile curved across her lips, and all the flowers around her lost their color in an instant.

A moment later, Xuanyuan Qingtian looked at the golden ancient sword in her hand and gently stroked it a few times.

Heaven-Defying Peak, the Sect Master's cultivation chamber.

Lin Feng sat cross-legged atop the Bodhi Meditation Cushion and slowly threw a punch. A sharp sonic boom rang out as a mass of energy fist force shot from his hand, slicing silently through the void.

This fist art was the Savage God Fist that Lin Feng had bestowed upon Ye Jingyun.

Just as the system had said, he only needed a thought to extract the martial techniques and magical treasures he had granted to his sect disciples.

Therefore, when Ye Jingyun achieved success in cultivation, it was equivalent to Lin Feng achieving success in cultivation. The same would hold true for all disciples afterward.

"I believe it won't be long before the Divine Sword Sect rises to power."

"I have to say, watching my disciples grow stronger one after another, watching the sect grow stronger step by step—it really feels damn good."

Lin Feng sighed, then cast aside the stray thoughts in his heart and devoted himself fully to cultivating the Heavenly Secret Art.

As for the Universe Divine Art, he felt that he had already reached a bottleneck. Forcing himself to cultivate it would do more harm than good.

He was merely at the Eighth Stage Form Manifestation Realm, only a mid-level Qi Refiner. He still had a long road ahead before he could be considered powerful.

As the sect grew stronger by the day, it would inevitably draw the attention of other forces. That also meant that the opponents he would face in the future would only become stronger and stronger.

Although he possessed an insanely powerful system, everything still depended on strength.

He had learned that lesson deeply within Xuanyuan Tomb.

Thus, Lin Feng did not dare slack off in the slightest.

Yanhuang Kingdom, Qingqiu Holy Land.

Qingqiu Holy Land was a renowned major sect of Sword Cultivators in the Yanhuang Kingdom. Its legacy stretched back tens of thousands of years. Not only was its Sword Dao uniquely distinguished, but its forging techniques were also first-rate. Powerful experts filled the sect like clouds, and its elites were countless.

Countless martial artists dreamed of obtaining swords forged by Qingqiu Holy Land.

Countless favored sons of heaven dreamed of joining Qingqiu Holy Land.

At this moment, within the Holy Land's Holy Master Hall.

A woman dressed in a golden robe stood at the entrance to the great hall. Her features were cold and exquisite, her bearing extraordinary.

Suddenly, her curvaceous body trembled violently. Her expression changed drastically, and a surge of horror erupted in her eyes.

An incomparably domineering and razor-sharp aura swept out from her body.

The space around her was crushed and twisted by that aura. Before long, it could no longer endure and split open with several black fissures.

The great hall shook violently!

Even the entire Qingqiu Holy Land trembled!

So powerful!

"Bastard!"

"This is simply impossible!?"

"Back then, I saw with my own eyes as her soul scattered and vanished!"

"Why did I sense the aura of that damned master of mine today?"

"It has been a full three thousand years!"

"Could I have sensed it wrong? Or did someone else emit a similar aura?"

The woman in the long robe frowned tightly, a tangible chill bursting from her eyes. "No, I need to discuss this with him."

Then, with a flash, she vanished from where she stood.

Time flew like a white colt passing through a gap; half a month vanished in the blink of an eye.

Misty Peak, Divine Sword Sect.

Lin Feng had remained in secluded cultivation.

His realm had also smoothly broken through from the initial stage of the Eighth Stage Form Manifestation Realm to its peak. With only the slightest opportunity needed, he could break through in one stroke to the Ninth Stage Core Formation Realm and become a true high-level spirit-refining expert.

"Ding! The system has sensed an increase in the host's strength and is so excited that it cannot wait to present the host with an advancement gift package."

"Ding! Congratulations, you have obtained the Saint-grade Dharma treasure, the Circle of Stars Diagram!"

"Ding! Congratulations, you have obtained the Universe One Qi Fist!"

"Ding! Congratulations, you have obtained the movement technique, Soar Ninety Thousand Li!"

"Ding! Congratulations, you have obtained the sword technique, Nine Meridians Divine Sword!"

"Ding! Congratulations, you have obtained the finger technique, Meteor Finger!"

"Ding! Congratulations, you have obtained the cultivation art, Dragon Elephant Art!"

"..."

Hearing the system's voice in his mind, Lin Feng's lips curved into a smile.

The system was far too considerate. He felt gratified.

He rose, put away the Bodhi Meditation Cushion, and with a flash arrived at the summit of Heaven-Defying Peak, overlooking the entire Divine Sword Sect.

Lin Feng nodded slightly, then swept out his hand.

Boom!

Streams of hazy starlight appeared out of nowhere in the void, dreamlike and fantastical, wondrous beyond measure.

One could even see twinkling stars revolving on their own along profound trajectories, their sacred aura rushing forth as if to meet them.

It was as though they formed an incomparably vast Milky Way.

At that very moment, Xuanyuan Qingtian of Xuanyuan Peak, as well as Ye Jingyun and Ye Xuan from the Handyman Disciple side peak, all noticed the strange phenomenon appearing in the sky above the sect.

The three instinctively looked up.

They saw an enormous painting that blotted out the sky and covered the earth descend from above, enveloping the entire Divine Sword Sect within it.

The giant painting was crystalline and translucent, ablaze with starlight and overflowing with auspicious radiance. Inside were countless glittering stars in a riot of colors, mountains and rivers, vegetation and trees, lakes and seas—as though it had packed an entire world inside.

This enormous painting was none other than the Circle of Stars Diagram!

It was a supreme Dharma treasure that could both enhance the Divine Sword Sect's Sect Protecting Grand Array and suppress its fortune.