Chen Fusheng was startled by the pulsing rhythm of the Black River, and he sensed its life force as well—desolate, vast, and ancient. It shook his soul.
"I think I understand now."
Chen Fusheng gazed at the crystal floor beneath his feet. "The palace was built atop the Black River's Dragon Vein. This is the dragon's head region. Through the Dragon Vein, I can sense the changes in the Black River!"
To ordinary people, Dragon Veins were the stuff of myths, while the Star Gazing Manor possessed only spirit veins.
Spirit veins were branches of Dragon Veins.
Dragon Veins contained a unique energy. Unlike the power of the stars, it was the essence of the earth, gathering within the Dragon Vein like rivers flowing into the sea.
The branches split from the Main Branch were spirit veins. As for the Black River, it had continued from the ancient past until today, and the Dragon Vein beneath Chen Fusheng's feet had a history of tens of thousands of years!
Dragon Veins could naturally grow. It depended on the greater environment: when the environment was strong, so was the Dragon Vein. If the greater environment declined, the Dragon Vein would wither, and the land would become barren.
He had once heard that cultivating while seated atop a spirit vein was like putting down roots in the earth. One's cultivation speed would increase severalfold, and one could more effectively capture the trajectories of the Demonic Horde.
What did that amount to? It was equivalent to standing atop a territorial springboard, making it easier to patrol the heavens and dot the stars.
"The fighting is still ongoing. I still have time to cultivate here."
Chen Fusheng sat directly on the ground. Because of the Dragon Vein, he felt as though he were suspended high above the Black River's summit, seated upon the boundless earth and resonating with the stars of the heavens.
He could determine that his perception had surged five or six times!
As he circulated the Contemplation Method, his physical body absorbed the Dragon Vein's essence, and tremors of excitement ran through his entire body.
The energy's attributes were all-encompassing. As they nourished his body, his bones crackled, and for a brief moment, they were strengthened!
His five organs thundered as well, greedily absorbing the Dragon Vein Essence and strengthening the foundation of his physical body from the inside out!
"Awesome! This feels incredible!"
As Chen Fusheng cultivated in deep seclusion, he vaguely sensed the Dragon Vein's reserves. They were like a vast jade sea, inexhaustible and unending!
Compared to it, his qi sea was like a firefly beside the bright moon.
However, the Dragon Vein possessed a unique spirituality, making it difficult to plunder its energy on a large scale to strengthen himself.
And because his Physical Roots were so tough, he suddenly sensed that there was a unique substance within the Dragon Vein—something whose quality surpassed that of the Dragon Vein itself!
"Could it be the essence precipitated by the Dragon Vein? Could it be an earth treasure?"
Heavenly treasures and earthly treasures—ordinary medicinal herbs and Star River energy were unworthy of the name.
An earth treasure was a treasure formed from the sedimentation of the earth's essence. Only medicinal herbs that had existed for ten thousand years or more qualified to be called earth treasures.
He worked hard to communicate with the Dragon Vein Essence. As the Contemplation Method reached its peak, he suddenly lured it out, and it poured over his physical body like Golden Liquid.
An indescribable sense of being enveloped made him feel as though he had returned to the earth's womb. Life began anew, and his roots began to be reforged!
The substance even possessed an extraordinary aura—ancient and enduring, as though the years were changing and the seas were turning into mulberry fields.
The essence deposited by the Dragon Vein was like a supreme medicine from the immemorial age, nourishing his physique. Unfortunately, there was only a single strand.
When Chen Fusheng finished absorbing the substance, the feeling of Nirvana Rebirth swept over him. After briefly losing his hearing, his body began to shine, and his aura turned sacred. It was an outward manifestation of his body and soul!
Everything was different. Everything had changed!
Chen Fusheng sat in silence, his aura sacred, as if he had merged with heaven and earth. From a distance, he seemed tall and imposing, radiating a unique charm of transcending the mortal and entering sainthood.
"I broke through the shackles and reached a height never seen before. There are no chains, no obstacles, and no restraints."
Chen Fusheng felt refreshed in body and mind. He felt as though he were roaming across heaven and earth, free and unfettered, cultivating to an unimaginable height.
The limit of the Star Guiding Realm? How could it be defined?
It was difficult to say. He had never witnessed a Heavenly Star Master, nor had he ever seen an Innate Treasure Body.
At present, his resonance with the stars in the heavens was like observing patterns in his palm. He could even plunder the power of the stars to temper his physical body.
He understood. The path to the Other Shore had opened!
His physical body was the bridge. It could be understood as the heavenly river leading to the starry sky. He could communicate with any star, delve into the mysteries of the stars, and observe the fine details of their trajectories.
Since everything had fallen into place, and the battle aboard the Flood Dragon Ship was still underway, what did Chen Fusheng have to hesitate about? He immediately unleashed his potential and charged into the next realm!
"Boom!"
The sacred radiance spreading from within his body formed a special tunnel, one invisible to the naked eye.
Following the tunnel, he ascended into the starry sky, built a bridge, and sailed toward the end of fate.
What was there? At the end of the Other Shore were the great stars of the heavens!
Of course, all of this was merely an imagined scene. He had not truly ascended into the starry sky. Rather, the starry sky had entered his body!
Yet the moment Chen Fusheng imagined the great stars of the heavens, a major change occurred in the outside world!
The darkness of night abruptly dispersed. The stars filling the sky flashed in unison, illuminating the boundaries of the night in an instant!
This manifestation was terrifying. It had clearly been imagined by his physical body, yet the starry sky erupted with an anomaly. The stars grew increasingly dazzling, as if resonating around Chen Fusheng.
In his imagination, Chen Fusheng occupied the core of the starry sky. Celestial bodies revolved around him, radiating energy that flowed along his crown bone and poured into his physical body!
This manifestation was even more transcendent. Resonating with the great stars of the heavens, he was akin to a banished immortal nurtured by the starry sky, advancing toward a new height!
"That is..."
However, when Chen Fusheng charged into the Other Shore Realm, the commotion caused by the shining stars was somewhat earth-shaking.
Xu Changfeng's face was pale, and shock flashed through his eyes as he stared at the sudden Starry Sky Phenomenon. Various star attributes flickered within it. What was happening?
Even if an unparalleled genius were charging into the Other Shore Realm here, at most, they would become a Dual Attribute Star Master. Why were the stars flickering? This was abnormal.
The sudden Starry Sky Phenomenon also steadied the battle somewhat. Ink Flood Dragon gazed into the distance suspiciously. "The Contemplation Method? The Furnace Contemplation Method? Impossible. It makes no sense. Under the suppression of the Star Palace's grand power and the unified will of the highest level, who would dare defy the heavens so brazenly?"
Ink Flood Dragon possessed a terrifying intuition. This was the Furnace Contemplation Method, something even Xu Changfeng and the others could not see through.
Of course, there were other explanations. Could a Heavenly Star Master be approaching, triggering the Starry Sky Phenomenon while brewing a great killing technique?
Or perhaps it was something even more terrifying—a Dao Star Master secretly mobilizing the great stars of the heavens, preparing to capture him alive?
"Let the teammates die, but not this seat!" Ink Flood Dragon was chilled with fear. With a quick slip, he plunged into the Black River and fled wildly, swimming like a madman.
The drastic change left everyone horrified. The Demonic Horde, who had been shouting for blood and slaughter, were scared out of their wits. That damn Qiang-ge had abandoned them and escaped? He had not even bothered to say goodbye?
Blood flowed like a river aboard the Flood Dragon Ship. More than a thousand people had died or been wounded in the battle, and many cultivators had been swept into the Black River. They probably could not find even a single intact bone.
"How could Fusheng be gone? He swam back after falling into the Black River hundreds of kilometers away. He must still be alive!"
As the Demonic Horde fled, the Flood Dragon Ship was a scene of carnage. Wang Lie could not accept Chen Fusheng's death.
"Exactly. Fusheng has a tremendous life force. He must have escaped the battle's storm zone just now. He'll be back soon."
Liu Bai consoled himself, but everyone's spirits were poor. After the storm caused by the Black River's pulsing just now, could those unfortunate fools who had fallen into the Black River really have survived?
"My lord, something terrible has happened. That—that region where the Starry Sky Phenomenon appeared—the Star Palace actually, actually can't detect or analyze it!"
Far away, within the Star Palace of the Star Gazing Manor, an attendant nearly stumbled as he crawled before the star official on duty, speaking in utter panic.
It was practically like seeing a ghost. He had never encountered anything so bizarre. Even when a powerful Star Master seized the power of the stars, the Star Palace could still detect it.
Moreover, their Star Gazing Manor relied on this starry sky to survive, so outsiders were naturally forbidden from wantonly plundering stellar matter.
"What did you say? Have you lost your mind?"
The High-Ranking Star Official on duty thought he had misheard. Under the heavens, every starry sky fell within the Star Palace's sphere of supervision!
The Star Palace had the authority to mobilize the power of the stars, whether to seal it off or control it. That was why the Star Palace stood supreme!
Furthermore, the Star Palaces were closely connected to one another. It could be said that within the jurisdiction of the Heavenly Sun Star Palace, the hundreds of Star Gazing Manors held absolute dominion over the starry sky!
When the Starry Sky Phenomenon erupted just now, the Star Palace had followed standard procedure and attempted to register it. Yet it had repeatedly failed to establish communication with that region of the starry sky.
This—this was practically impossible!
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