Gazing at the Distant Shore

"So this is Devouring Moon? Wherever my eyes reach, the stars are extinguished, and Eternal Night descends. The Bright Moon Light boils!"

Chen Fusheng's body and mind rose infinitely higher, giving birth to the conviction of a powerhouse. Gazing into the starry sky, he drew his blade in an instant. The firmament fell silent and perished, and only he remained eternal.

What kind of overwhelming might was this? He had never witnessed a Top Grade Star Artifact displaying its power, but just how terrifying could a Top Grade Star Artifact be?

"Looks like Grandpa really does have a story. Once I grow strong, I'll be able to hear about all those people and events I've never touched before."

Chen Fusheng continued contemplating the pattern of light points. The deeper he looked, the stronger the pressure Devouring Moon brought him. Most of all, the blade condensed from the pattern reflected increasingly surging blade light.

He always felt as if he were being cleaved in two. This heart-rending pain filled him with dread, and he wanted to withdraw from the inheritance space immediately.

"Furnace Contemplation Method!"

Chen Fusheng's will was tenacious. He steadied his trembling body, Five Hearts Facing Heaven, maintaining his state of contemplation.

Because he had initially resisted Devouring Moon's might, he established a connection with the Heavenly Blade pattern. In a state of visualization, he contemplated another version of himself, gripped this long blade that pierced Heaven and Earth, and swung it violently.

"Boom!"

Even the starry sky within his visualization exploded. It was simply outrageous, as if he had seized the stars filling the heavens and, by dancing them through the air, destroyed all living beings!

Unfortunately, even when he tried to experience it within his visualization, this unreal scene was destroyed as well. He could not enter such a state for the time being.

"This is only visualization. If I truly swung the blade, what would that scene look like?"

Chen Fusheng sighed at the allure of cultivation. Whether meditation or contemplation, both allowed one to visualize magnificent scenes of the starry sky and practice or comprehend them within the body.

"Devouring Moon Star Art. The Devouring Moon Star Art I just visualized—the blade swing in that hypothetical state... This move? It was merely Devouring Moon's opening stance!"

The densely packed light points—he had only glimpsed one of them!

The Devouring Moon weapon and Devouring Moon Star Art clearly required him to cultivate the opening stance before he could unleash Devouring Moon's might.

He believed that once he reached the Distant Shore, everything would fall into place naturally!

Chen Fusheng calmed his mind and pondered the opening stance, committing the experience he had studied to memory. Only then did he realize that dawn had arrived.

The Sun Star slowly leaped into the sky. Chen Fusheng sat quietly, facing the Sun Star as it emerged and absorbing the morning glow and vital energy.

"Hm?"

Just as he began cultivating, the residual moon energy in his body suddenly collided with the sun energy. In an instant, he experienced something terrifying, as if two great stars had crashed together inside him, giving birth to unparalleled material energy!

The material even contained countless energy attributes—metal, wood, water, fire, earth, lightning, and so on...

"So that's how it is. Yin and Yang, the Two Energies, give birth to all things. This is the truth of the Great Dao!"

Chen Fusheng thought of the body-tempering path Mu Zhen had shown him. It had emphasized these matters, but he had been unable to see through them then. He had never expected to experience them personally.

This was also because of the uniqueness of the path of contemplation. If one took the path of meditation, early-stage cultivation could only receive the aid of a single Natal Star. How could Yin and Yang work together?

Though there were rare prodigies with dual-system potential, the odds of controlling star-body attributes that were one Yin and one Yang were one in hundreds of millions!

"That brief cultivation just now felt like I had cultivated for ten days or half a month. What a pity the Moon Star has retreated."

Chen Fusheng was secretly exhilarated. If he worked hard every morning from now on, with time and accumulated effort, who knew what he might achieve?

Chen Fusheng suddenly fell silent. His progress was so rapid because of the Star Chart Heavenly Pillar, but how much time would ordinary people need to cultivate a contemplation method?

"But for mortals, even a one-in-ten-thousand chance of hope must be seized and followed to the end!"

At that moment, he took out the Five Organs Source Medicine Xu Changfeng had sent him and simultaneously absorbed five high-grade spirit pills!

The spirit pills entered his organs. His five organs grew scorching hot, erupting with the radiance of the Five Energies and nourishing his fleshly body in return. The vitality within him climbed steadily.

He smoothly completed his breakthrough and advanced toward the Ninth Heaven of the Star Guiding Realm. If the energy had not been stored in his sea of qi, its eruption alone would have blasted the room apart.

"Although I don't know how strong I am at this stage, the Teng Xiong of the past could be suppressed with a turn of my palm."

Chen Fusheng felt the urge to have a hearty battle, exchanging flesh-to-flesh blows and venting his energy.

At present, Chen Fusheng could constantly detect the trajectories of the stars' movements. It was as if he stood upon a bridge reaching the heavens, following it toward the Distant Shore.

"So this is the Distant Shore. It's already within sight, but something is still missing."

Chen Fusheng felt an intense desire to possess the Gathering Star Pearl.

In truth, what Chen Fusheng worried about most was that if the commotion became too great while he plundered the stars' energy, it would inevitably cause some kind of disturbance.

He could either find an uninhabited area to break through or use the Gathering Star Pearl to cover it up!

"If I win the wager, the Gathering Star Pearl won't belong to me either."

Chen Fusheng shook his head. The wager between Xu Changfeng and Xuan Yuanchang was the main event. How could the price of his young fish compare with the Gathering Star Pearl? It would not be difficult to borrow it for a few days after winning the wager.

"Bang, bang, bang..."

The room door clanged repeatedly. Chen Fusheng frowned. Were they kicking it?

He swept out his sleeve, and a fierce wind howled. The door burst open, and Ling Chen stumbled, failing to control himself as he dropped to one knee on the ground.

"We're peers of the same generation. Why perform such a grand courtesy?" Chen Fusheng asked while sitting calmly.

Ling Chen climbed back up, his face alternating between green and red. He wished he could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

"Chen Fusheng, you did that on purpose, didn't you?" Ling Chen roared furiously.

Ling Yao's face was gloomy. He had smelled the scent of Foundation Establishment Liquid in the room!

"Was my Foundation Establishment Liquid effective?"

"Just so-so. It was passable."

"Then that Foundation Establishment Liquid was rather inferior. It can't compare to the one His Highness gave me." Ling Yao bragged, feeling that he had latched onto the thigh of the Heavenly King himself.

"Then congratulations are certainly in order. Of course, if it's free, there's no reason not to use it."

Chen Fusheng smiled faintly. It seemed the Ling Family had already reached a cooperation agreement with Xuan Yuanchang. He guessed it was because of Xu Changfeng. Could this be a struggle for power within the Star Gazing Manor?

It seemed that the imperial family of Tian Yuan Kingdom also found it difficult to control the power structures within the various Star Gazing Manors, and had to obey the orders transmitted from the depths of the Heavenly Sun Star Palace.

Chen Fusheng had seen somewhat deeply into the matter. The Heavenly Sun Star Palace was the true behemoth. Once its orders descended, they were carried out with thunderous speed. Imperial ambitions and hegemonic dreams were nothing but waste paper before it.

No wonder everyone wanted to go to the Heavenly Star Manor. That was the true core level, where what the disciples came into contact with was the vast land of the Abyssal Realm.

Rarely did Ling Yao lose his temper. He looked deeply at Chen Fusheng. "Now that you have strength, you should be arrogant. I hope you can still laugh later. Please."

Ling Chen could barely suppress the wild joy in his heart. He already knew the inside story. With the Scented Bait brought out by the Imperial Grandson, how could Chen Fusheng respond?

Xuan Yuanchang had even promised that as long as the Ling Family helped him ascend to the position of Manor Lord, the Star Cloud Bag would belong to their family!

The deck was packed with people, and everyone craned their necks in anticipation.

Xu Guifen was somewhat anxious. In recent days, Xuan Yuanchang had publicly declared that he would succeed to the position of Manor Lord. The Ling Family had come forward to pressure the various Star Officials into taking sides, and had already recruited a large contingent!

The Tian Yuan Star Observation Manor had undergone a great upheaval. More than half of the Star Officials had begun to follow Xuan Yuanchang's lead. If Xu Changfeng lost this round, his deterrence would certainly decline even further.

"They're here! Ling Yao and Chen Fusheng are here!"

"The Flood Dragon Ship has gone 3,500 li into the Black River. The Eight Extremes Star Light Net has been cast six times, and only the Golden Sword Fish and Dragon Beard Fish—these two rare catches—have appeared. Hopefully, a miracle will happen with them."

Countless gazes turned toward the approaching figures. Everyone was astonished that this menial servant's bearing was actually even more radiant than Ling Yao's.

"Since the contestants are ready, how do you want to conduct this?" A Second Order Star Official, serving as referee, asked for their opinions.

"You decide." Ling Yao cast an arrogant glance at Chen Fusheng.

"Since Senior Brother is willing to yield, I won't stand on ceremony. Let's have a water-proficiency contest."

"?" Ling Yao.

"??" The entire crowd.

The referee nearly dropped his jaw. Had he gone mad? A water-proficiency contest over 3,500 li? If they encountered demonic beasts, would they even survive?

Water proficiency was not the same as holding one's breath. After selecting the endpoint, whoever completed the round trip faster would win!

It tested the body's quality, with endurance being even more important. They also had to accurately avoid areas inhabited by demonic beasts and regions filled with enormous schools of fish. Otherwise, they would not keep their lives.

Mu Zhen was stunned. She knew Little Chen was bold, but she had never expected him to be this bold—this, this bold.