Starstones crowded the surroundings, and sparks of starlight filled the air. Lotus Avatar sat as if amid a river of stars, watching oddly shaped starstones streak back and forth before him at astonishing speed.
His eyes seemed to have been stained by starlight. Before long, the glimmer in them began to spread outward, reaching his face and then his entire body. Lotus Avatar looked as though he were draped in starlight, dazzling to behold.
As time passed, the starlight around Lotus Avatar grew ever more brilliant. It gathered before him as if it had a will of its own, eventually forming a star sword. Lotus Avatar grasped the hilt and casually swung it. A beam of sword light cleaved into the river of stars, splitting apart the sparks, meteorites, and even the radiant starlight in its path.
The strike carried tremendous power, yet Lotus Avatar frowned. He did not look particularly pleased.
Lotus Avatar raised a hand, and a cracked turtle shell appeared in his palm. As he infused it with immortal essence, a faint figure began to emerge inside. The shell contained what seemed to be a mysterious space, where flying swords manifested in a variety of sword stances. The fifth stance was almost identical to the move Lotus Avatar had just used.
Lotus Avatar had obtained the shell after accidentally slaying a starfall beast upon arriving in the Chaotic Star Domain. The sword stances within it were incomplete, containing only the first half, but they were still astonishing. Even with Lotus Avatar's mastery of the sword, they stirred the thrill of a hunter who had found rare prey.
He began cultivating at the edge of the Chaotic Star Domain. Meanwhile, the immortal armies retreating from Nine Central City withdrew to the surrounding area in turn to regroup. Nine