Arc 83The Great Trend Descends

Lu Ye dismantled the Blood Race’s alliance with the Insect Race, gathered Fire Element resources on Crimson Giant Star, and returned to find the Insect Race opening a breach into Myriad Phenomena Sea. The Star Constellation Hall sealed the vortex and weakened the attackers, leaving Lu Ye poised to fight them and uncover more about the approaching Great Trend.

  • Lu Ye and Ma Shangsi infiltrated Blood Jade Realm, recruited six Blood Attendants, then killed Ling Ze and Tian Yu before Lu Ye impersonated Ling Ze with Yumeng’s help.
  • At Tianya Pavilion, Lu Ye ambushed the Blood Race gathering with the Little People Race, killed its Sunlight cultivators, captured Shilong, and brought Blood Jade Realm to Western Square Inch Mountain.
  • Lu Ye returned to Nine Provinces, learned from Ma Bin about the Heaven’s Mystery Disk and a possible breakthrough, then traveled to Crimson Giant Star to cultivate Fire Element energy.
  • Lu Ye defeated Ji Boyun and spared the Sunflame Beast King, using the gathered beasts to obtain Essence of Fiery Sun and nurture Mystic Fire until his Fire Seed transformed.
  • Lu Ye returned to Three Realms Island as cultivation improved across Myriad Phenomena Sea, then rushed to Jade Sword Island after the Insect Race attacked it.
  • Lu Ye and Nine Radiance fought the Insect Race attackers after a clay jar opened a blood-colored vortex, and an Ox Demon emerged and proved too strong to defeat.
  • The Star Constellation Hall’s projection sealed the vortex and weakened the Ox Demon and the other attackers, so Lu Ye charged back into battle expecting to learn about the Great Trend Descends.
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Ch. 2054Blood Jade Realm

Lu Ye guided Western Square Inch Mountain through an unstable Insect Path to the Blood Jade Star System, where the Little People Race prepared to attack Blood Jade Realm. After discovering an Insect Nest beside the realm, Lu Ye and Ma Shangsi entered to gather intelligence, and Ma Shangsi encountered Sacred Venerate Tianyu, who mistook his submission for genuine loyalty.

  • Lu Ye took control of Western Square Inch Mountain, guided it through an unstable Insect Path, and directed it toward the Blood Jade Star System.
  • Western Square Inch Mountain reached Blood Jade Realm, where the Little People Race discovered a large Insect Nest and brought additional Sunlight Realm cultivators over to prepare for the attack.
  • Lu Ye and Ma Shangsi entered Blood Jade Realm to investigate the Insect Nest, with Lu Ye disguised as a Moon Jade Realm cultivator and posing as Ma Shangsi's servant.
  • A Blood Race cultivator recognized Ma Shangsi and was surprised that he had advanced to the Sunlight Realm.
  • Tianyu reprimanded Ma Shangsi for forgetting his place, then offered to make him a Blood Attendant if he followed him loyally.
  • Ma Shangsi concealed his disgust and pledged to serve Tianyu.

Ch. 2055Ma Shangsi, Loyal and True

Ma Shangsi joined Tian Yu’s territory as a follower and learned that the Blood Race and Insect Race would discuss the coming Great Trend Descends at Tianya Pavilion in five days. Lu Ye and the Little People Race planned to strike during the gathering, while Ma Shangsi asked Lu Ye to take in talented Blood Race friends as Blood Attendants.

  • Tian Yu took Ma Shangsi and Lu Ye to his territory and explained that the Insect Race envoys had come to discuss how the Blood Race should respond when The Great Trend Descends.
  • Tian Yu promised to bring Ma Shangsi to the Sunlight cultivators’ meeting with the Insect Race envoys at Tianya Pavilion in five days.
  • Lu Ye told the Little People Race Sunlight cultivators that The Great Trend Descends was a calamity linked to the Blood Ancestor’s destruction of Square Inch Mountain, and they agreed to attack during the gathering.
  • Ma Shangsi told Lu Ye about his history with Tian Yu, and Lu Ye promised that Ma Shangsi could deal with Tian Yu when they made their move.
  • Ma Shangsi offered to find talented Blood Race clansmen for Lu Ye to recruit, and Lu Ye approved up to nine candidates.

Ch. 2056Do You Want It?

Ma Shangsi recruited six old friends from the Blood Jade Realm and used Lu Ye’s Treasure Blood to help them become Sacred Venerables. The six became Lu Ye’s new Blood Attendants, though Shen En and the others still wondered where the Treasure Blood came from.

  • Ma Shangsi invited six old friends—Shen En and five Moon Jade Realm cultivators—to Spirit Peak after receiving them in response to his message.
  • Ma Shangsi revealed his powerful Sacred Nature in a sealed chamber and offered each visitor a drop of golden Treasure Blood.
  • The five Moon Jade Realm cultivators and Shen En each swallowed a drop and began refining it despite the agony.
  • Shen En finished first and learned from Ma Shangsi that the Treasure Blood was not genuine Sacred Blood and posed no danger to their lives.
  • Lu Ye met the six newly made Blood Attendants after Ma Shangsi brought them to him.

Ch. 2057Ling Ze Sacred Venerable

Lu Ye’s new Blood Attendants learned that he was both the Human Race cultivator Lu Yiye and a Blood Race Sacred Venerable, then left to prepare for an impending conflict. As Lu Ye waited for the Tianya Pavilion discussion, Tian Yu brought Ma Shangsi to his father Ling Ze, who offered to make Ma Shangsi his Blood Attendant, unaware that Ma Shangsi already belonged to Lu Ye.

  • Ma Shangsi told Shen En and five Moon Jade cultivators that Lu Ye had bestowed the Treasure Blood that made them his Blood Attendants.
  • Lu Ye revealed himself as Nine Heavens Lu Yiye and explained that he was also a Blood Race Sacred Venerable, then gave the six new Blood Attendants their orders.
  • After the Blood Attendants departed, Tian Yu arrived and took Ma Shangsi and Lu Ye to his father Ling Ze’s palace.
  • Ling Ze welcomed Ma Shangsi as a newly discovered Sunlight cultivator and offered to take him as a Blood Attendant.
  • Knowing that refusing could provoke Ling Ze, Ma Shangsi tearfully agreed, despite already being Lu Ye’s Blood Attendant.

Ch. 2058Please Die, Sacred Venerable

Lu Ye and Ma Shangsi ambushed Ling Ze when he tried to make Ma Shangsi his Blood Attendant, killing Tian Yu and shattering Ling Ze’s Blood Crystal. Lu Ye defeated Ling Ze’s soul in his Divine Sea and absorbed his memories, giving him a path to infiltrate Tianya Pavilion.

  • Ling Ze gave Ma Shangsi Treasure Blood to refine, but Ma Shangsi and Lu Ye used the moment to launch their attack.
  • Ma Shangsi suppressed Ling Ze with Sacred Nature and killed Tian Yu, while Lu Ye shattered Ling Ze’s Blood Crystal.
  • Lu Ye broke through Ling Ze’s soul barrier with the Sharpness Divine Pattern and began searching his memories.
  • Ling Ze ejected his soul and attacked Lu Ye, but Lu Ye opened his Divine Sea and summoned the Ghost Ship to destroy him.
  • The Seven-Colored Divine Lotus devoured Ling Ze’s scattered Blood Light, and his memories surfaced in Lu Ye’s mind.

Ch. 2059Did My Disguise Not Look Convincing?

Lu Ye used fragments of Ling Ze’s memories to impersonate him, but Yumeng recognized that something was wrong. After turning her into his Blood Attendant, he used her guidance to perfect his disguise and headed to Tianya Pavilion for the meeting with the Insect Race envoys.

  • Lu Ye learned that Ling Ze’s soul fragments had strengthened the Seven-Colored Divine Lotus and gained scattered memories from them.
  • Yumeng entered Ling Ze’s hall, noticed Lu Ye’s disguise, and tried to conceal her suspicion.
  • Lu Ye gave Yumeng Treasure Blood, making her his Blood Attendant, then asked her to identify the flaws in his impersonation.
  • Yumeng taught Lu Ye to correct his expressions, posture, and tone until she could no longer detect any flaws.
  • Lu Ye, Ma Shangsi, and Yumeng traveled to Tianya Pavilion, where Blood Race Sunlight cultivators had gathered to receive the Insect Race envoys.

Ch. 2060Tianya Pavilion

Lu Ye attended a Blood Race meeting at Tianya Pavilion, where the Insect Race envoy Shilong explained that The Great Trend Descends might let the Blood and Insect Races escape their persecution and rule the starry sky. The meeting left Lu Ye wondering whether recent changes in the Myriad Phenomena Sea and the Insect Path were signs of this coming opportunity.

  • Lu Ye and Feng Wudi clashed at Tianya Pavilion until Jiu Tian intervened and ordered them to behave before the Insect Race envoy.
  • Lu Ye entered the meeting with Ma Shangsi and Yumeng, then argued with Feng Wudi after he mocked Lu Ye’s relationships with his Blood Attendants.
  • Shilong introduced himself and explained that The Great Trend Descends was an opportunity that came once in ten thousand years and could elevate the Insect and Blood Races above all others.
  • Shilong cited increased Starry Sky Energy and changes to the Rules within Starry Sky Spectacles as signs of the approaching Great Trend.
  • Lu Ye connected Shilong’s explanation to the changes in the Myriad Phenomena Sea and the Insect Path between Nine Provinces and Myriad Phenomena.

Ch. 2061You All Deserve to Die

Lu Ye pretended to reveal secret knowledge about the great trend to distract the Blood Race Sacred Venerables, then led a coordinated surprise attack that killed them all. Shilong was captured alive, while Lou Zhen and Li Wanning attacked the Insect Nest.

  • Shilong told the Blood Race Sacred Venerables that the Insect Race's Great Priest had sensed an approaching great trend and urged the Blood Race to gather its strength and wait.
  • Lu Ye claimed that Feng Rumuo had told him about the great trend, then used Blood Arts to shroud Tianya Pavilion and said that the Sacred Venerables deserved to die.
  • Lu Ye's prepared ambush suppressed the Blood Race Sacred Venerables as the Square Inch Mountain Sunlights attacked, killing every Blood Race Sunlight and their Moon Jade attendants.
  • Shilong survived the attack, but Lu Ye ordered the Little People Race Sunlights to capture him alive.
  • Lou Zhen and Li Wanning led elite Little People Race cultivators into the Insect Nest and confronted its lone Sunlight guard.

Ch. 2062No More Blood Jade (Thanks to Young Deer First for the Alliance Leader Reward)

Lu Ye led the Little People Race in wiping out the Blood Race in the Blood Jade Realm, then used an Ancestral Artifact to bring the realm along with Western Square Inch Mountain toward Nine Provinces. After learning that Shilong knew little about the looming Great Trend Descends, Lu Ye agreed to investigate through Myriad Phenomena Sea, while Chen Xuanhai explained why the Insect Emperor Realm was so difficult to enter.

  • Wu Qimo and Lu Ye captured Shilong and sent him to Western Square Inch Mountain, while Little People Race reinforcements swept through Tianya Pavilion and attacked across the Blood Jade Realm.
  • Lu Ye found a Spiritual Aperture beneath the realm and used it to sense and control the Blood Jade Realm as the Little People Race destroyed the Blood Race there.
  • Lu Ye used an Ancestral Artifact to make the Blood Jade Realm grasp Western Square Inch Mountain, which then carried it toward Nine Provinces.
  • Ran Dongsheng reported that the Blood Slaves had been relocated to Western Square Inch Mountain, and Xu Pu said Shilong knew little about the Great Trend Descends beyond what the Insect Race's Great Priest had told him.
  • Lu Ye agreed to seek information at Myriad Phenomena Sea, and Chen Xuanhai explained that the Insect Emperor Realm was a Primordial Magnetic Star whose field severely weakened outsiders.

Ch. 2063Little Nine's True Body

After securing Blood Jade Realm, Lu Ye returned to Nine Provinces and found Ma Bin visiting his homeland. Ma Bin revealed the Heaven’s Mystery Disk was a subsidiary treasure and said a recent change in the starry sky might offer him a path forward, possibly connected to the Insect Race’s warning about The Great Trend Descends.

  • Lu Ye brought Chen Xuanhai and the reinforcements back to Square Inch Mountain, then left to continue his cultivation and resource gathering.
  • Lu Ye sensed Nine Provinces had grown after Jade Conch’s Realm Fusion and went to the Garrison Hall, where he found Ma Bin beneath the Cycle Tree Clone.
  • Ma Bin explained that he had returned because Nine Provinces could now protect itself, and he thanked Lu Ye for helping him recover from his injuries.
  • Ma Bin produced the Heaven’s Mystery Disk, prompting Little Nine to attack him and demand its true body back.
  • Ma Bin explained that the Heaven’s Mystery Disk was a subsidiary treasure of a Supreme Treasure, though neither he nor Little Nine could explain how it had gained intelligence.
  • Ma Bin said he planned to travel because the starry sky had seemed to change in recent years, and Lu Ye told him about The Great Trend Descends.

Ch. 2064Ma Bin's Guidance

Lu Ye learned that The Great Trend Descends was loosening the cultivation bottlenecks of powerful cultivators and improving Spirit Islands, while the Insect and Blood Races planned to exploit it. He ordered the news spread, then sent his Talent Tree Clone to nurture Mystic Fire as he cultivated in Myriad Phenomena Sea.

  • Ma Bin told Lu Ye that his bottleneck had begun to loosen and suggested seeking Fire Element resources in the Hengyue Star System, the former location of Nine Provinces.
  • Lu Ye learned that Chen Xuanhai had not forged a Dao Foundation like Ma Bin and was therefore much weaker despite their equal cultivation levels.
  • He Baichuan told Lu Ye that Tang Jun had sensed a chance to break through, and Tang Jun confirmed that the feeling was growing stronger.
  • Tang Jun and He Baichuan reported that Imperial Spring Island had become a top-tier Spirit Island and that other islands were improving as well.
  • Lu Ye told Tang Jun and He Baichuan about the Insect and Blood Races’ plans, and they left to spread the news.
  • Lu Ye left his Talent Tree Clone with the Fire Gourd and Fire Element resources, then went to cultivate in Myriad Phenomena Sea.

Ch. 2065Hengyue Star System (The Previous Chapter Was Posted Incorrectly; Refresh to See the Update)

After a year of cultivation, Lu Ye left Three Realms Island for the declining Hengyue Star System to search for Fire Element resources. He rescued a pair of Fire Element cultivators from a star beast and learned they were heading to the Crimson Giant Star.

  • Lu Ye left Three Realms Island with cultivation supplies and entered the Insect Path to the Hengyue Star System.
  • Lu Ye found the star system bleak and sparsely populated, then encountered a Moonlight Realm man and a Star Constellation Realm woman emerging from the Insect Path.
  • Lu Ye traveled through the star system and spotted the couple fleeing an oval-shaped star beast.
  • The man asked Lu Ye to save him and his wife, and Lu Ye killed the Moonlight Realm Late Stage star beast with a single strike.
  • The couple thanked Lu Ye and presented him with a five-star Magic Treasure and the beast's Core Crystal.
  • The man asked Lu Ye whether he was also heading to the Crimson Giant Star.

Ch. 2066Crimson Giant Star

Lu Ye traveled to Crimson Giant Star, where its Solar Wind and abundant Fire Element energy allowed him to cultivate by drawing on the Talent Tree. He landed on the star and was challenged by an unnamed Great Sun Late Stage cultivator to prove he could endure there.

  • Fei Zhuang and Hong Yan guided Lu Ye, traveling under the name Li Taibai, toward Crimson Giant Star after he learned it aided Fire Element cultivation.
  • Lu Ye noticed a missing, fragile stretch of space near the star and suspected it was connected to the former Nine Provinces and the Heaven's Mystery Disk.
  • Fei Zhuang and Hong Yan stopped at the outer cultivation area when Hong Yan could not endure the Solar Wind, while Lu Ye continued inward alone.
  • Lu Ye passed other cultivators and found that his Talent Tree could devour the Solar Wind and Fire Element energy while also helping him cultivate.
  • Lu Ye landed on Crimson Giant Star, where an unnamed Great Sun Late Stage cultivator told him to remain there for a while before asking the cultivator's name.

Ch. 2067The Road Ahead Is Long

Lu Ye gathered heat and star beast Core Crystals on the Crimson Giant Star to nurture Mystic Fire for the Talent Tree, but the first batch did not transform it. A powerful Sunlight-level star beast repeatedly ambushed him, and Lu Ye finally trapped it with a feigned opening and struck back.

  • Lu Ye found that the Fire Gourd could absorb only part of the Crimson Giant Star’s magma, so he waited while it slowly nurtured Mystic Fire.
  • Star beasts ambushed Lu Ye over the following weeks, and he fed their Fire-attribute Core Crystals to the Fire Gourd.
  • Lu Ye consumed the first portion of Mystic Fire, but the Talent Tree showed no sign of transformation.
  • A mid-stage Sunlight star beast began attacking Lu Ye and escaping into the magma, even following him when he changed locations.
  • Lu Ye let the star beast believe it had caught him unaware, then seized its arm and chopped down with his saber.

Ch. 2068A Steady Stream Flows Long

Lu Ye pursued a Sunlight Star Beast deep into the Crimson Giant Star and spared it after discovering it could produce Essence of Fiery Sun. The beast led him to a Moon Jade Realm companion that produced Essence too, leaving Lu Ye eager to gather more Star Beasts.

  • Lu Ye chased the wounded Sunlight Star Beast through the Crimson Giant Star for several days, while his Talent Tree absorbed enough heat to fill its fuel reserves.
  • Lu Ye defeated the Star Beast but stopped short of killing it when it offered him Essence of Fiery Sun, then collected two more portions from it.
  • Lu Ye realized the Star Beast could help him nurture Mystic Fire and spared it, threatening it against escaping.
  • The Sunlight Star Beast led Lu Ye back and called over a Moon Jade Realm Star Beast, which offered another portion of Essence of Fiery Sun.

Ch. 2069Get to Work, All of You

Lu Ye turned the Sunflame Beasts on the Crimson Giant Star into a source of Essence of Fiery Sun for his Fire Gourd. When Ji Boyun ordered him to join a hunt for the Sunflame Beast King, Lu Ye protected it instead and stayed behind as the hunt began.

  • Lu Ye gathered more than fifty Star Beasts and realized they could continually condense Essence of Fiery Sun for him.
  • Lu Ye let the Sunflame Beast King summon its kin, then treated the gathered beasts as a renewable source of Essence of Fiery Sun.
  • Ji Boyun visited Lu Ye and ordered him to help eliminate the Sunflame Beast King in three days.
  • Lu Ye warned the Sunflame Beast King about danger and kept it from leaving, intending to thwart Ji Boyun's plan.
  • When the three-day deadline arrived, Lu Ye stayed in his territory while Ji Boyun gathered with a red-marked man and a red-haired woman.

Ch. 2070A Helpless Move

Lu Ye interrupted Ji Boyun, Jiuse, and Liehuo’s plan to lure and kill the Sunflame Beast King, taking their Beast Attracting Incense to protect the Sunflame Beasts. After he offered an explanation and compensation, the Beast King ambushed Ji Boyun, and the three cultivators began their attack.

  • Ji Boyun lit Beast Attracting Incense to draw the Sunflame Beasts and their king into an ambush.
  • Lu Ye sensed the beasts leaving, discovered the incense, and took it away before the three Sunlight cultivators could complete their plan.
  • Ji Boyun, Jiuse, and Liehuo confronted Lu Ye, who asked them to spare the Beast King and offered compensation.
  • The Sunflame Beast King ambushed Ji Boyun from the lava, but Ji Boyun seized its wrist and pulled it out.
  • Jiuse cast the Sky Trapping Net toward the Beast King as Liehuo prepared to strike it.

Ch. 2071Reasoning Is No Match for Fists

Lu Ye saved the Sunflame Beast King from Ji Boyun, then faced an ambush when Ji Boyun tried to capture him and exploit his ability to command the beasts. With Jiuse and Liehuo joining the fight, Lu Ye drew the Sword Gourd, forcing Ji Boyun to merge himself with his Formation as a lethal threat bore down on him.

  • Lu Ye rescued the Sunflame Beast King from the three Sunlights and sent it back into the magma.
  • Ji Boyun realized Lu Ye could command the beast, then suddenly activated a prepared Formation and attacked him.
  • Lu Ye evaded Ji Boyun’s assault, but Ji Boyun urged Jiuse and Liehuo to help capture Lu Ye and control the Sunflame Beasts.
  • Lu Ye drew the Sword Gourd, and Ji Boyun, overwhelmed by terror, used the Array Merging Technique to fuse himself with the Formation.
  • Jiuse and Liehuo retreated as Ji Boyun’s Fire Giant continued to grow beneath the Sword Gourd’s lethal threat.

Ch. 2072Man Dies for Wealth

Lu Ye killed Ji Boyun with a Bound Treasure, then used the Fire Gourd to kill Jiuse after she tried to seize it. Liehuo survived and left, shaken by the discovery that Lu Ye carried multiple Bound Treasures.

  • Lu Ye pierced Ji Boyun's Formation and Fire Giant with a Bound Treasure, killing him.
  • Jiuse decided to take Lu Ye's treasure, while Liehuo refused to join her.
  • Lu Ye revealed the Fire Gourd and engulfed Jiuse in Mystic Fire when she attacked.
  • Liehuo killed the burning Jiuse with a punch after her pleas for help failed.
  • Lu Ye recalled the Mystic Fire, and Liehuo left after realizing Lu Ye carried at least two Bound Treasures.

Ch. 2073The Price of Hostility

Lu Ye forced Liehuo to refine Essence of Fiery Sun as compensation for his earlier hostility, then used the Sunflame Beast King and Beast Attracting Incense to expand his workforce and nurture the Fire Gourd’s Mystic Fire. As Lu Ye waited for the Talent Tree to transform, Liehuo asked about the Fire Gourd and eventually requested to learn how to command the Sunflame Beast King.

  • Lu Ye made Liehuo agree to refine one thousand portions of Essence of Fiery Sun, then collected Ji Boyun and Jiuse’s Storage Rings.
  • Lu Ye lit Beast Attracting Incense, drew in more than three times as many Sunflame Beasts, and taught the Sunflame Beast King to have them deliver their refined Essence of Fiery Sun.
  • Liehuo delivered one exceptionally pure portion every three days while Lu Ye used the Fire Gourd to nurture Mystic Fire and cultivated his abilities as he waited for the Talent Tree to transform.
  • Liehuo recognized the Fire Gourd as the One Origin Realm’s realm-suppressing treasure and asked whether Lu Ye came from the One Origin Realm, but Lu Ye did not answer.
  • Liehuo asked Lu Ye to teach him how to command the Sunflame Beast King when Lu Ye eventually left, promising compensation.

Ch. 2074Fire Seed

After three years on Crimson Giant Star, Lu Ye used the Essence of Fiery Sun to transform the Talent Tree into a Fire Seed, then returned to Three Realms Island. He learned that the Great Trend Descends had spurred major changes across the Myriad Phenomena Sea, including new breakthroughs and rising Spirit Islands.

  • Lu Ye completed the Fire Seed transformation after the Fire Gourd devoured a cluster of Mystic Fire, and he gathered more Essence of Fiery Sun before leaving Crimson Giant Star.
  • Lu Ye freed the Sunflame Beast King from his control, said goodbye to Liehuo, and flew back toward Three Realms Island.
  • Lu Ye returned to Three Realms Island and learned that Tang Jun had finally advanced to the Moonlight Realm Late Stage.
  • He Baichuan told Lu Ye that over a hundred island residents had advanced to the Moon Jade Realm and that Chou Wu, Yuxi, and Hua Ci were attempting to break through to Sunlight.
  • Tang Jun and He Baichuan reported that cultivation was becoming easier across the Myriad Phenomena Sea, two new top-tier Spirit Islands had appeared, and Four Directions Island showed signs of developing a Spirit Jade Vein.

Ch. 2075Changes on Jade Sword Island

Lu Ye investigated the Myriad Phenomena Sea, helped Three Realms Island cultivators advance, and waited for the Talent Tree to transform. When an attack on Jade Sword Island triggered a blood-red curtain across the island, he arrived and discovered the Insect Race.

  • Lu Ye visited Inch Island, learned Su Yuqing had returned to Square Inch Mountain, and drank with Wu Qimo.
  • Lu Ye took Three Realms Island cultivators to the Star Constellation Hall, where most advanced to the Moon Jade Realm, and checked on Hua Ci in secluded cultivation.
  • Lu Ye waited on Three Realms Island as the Talent Tree's transformation remained unfinished, while a middle-aged man and two Elders arrived near Jade Sword Island to carry out a mysterious plan ordered by their Great Priest.
  • Lu Ye sensed Sunlight Realm cultivators fighting near Merfolk Island and teleported there, where Yan Miao and Luan Xiao'e told him Jade Sword Island was under attack.
  • Lu Ye and the two women rushed toward Jade Sword Island as the sea trembled and a blood-red curtain enveloped the island; Lu Ye recognized the Insect Race inside.

Ch. 2076Blood-Colored Insect Path (Happy New Year, Dear Readers)

Lu Ye discovered that the Insect Race had sacrificed two Sunlights to open a blood-colored vortex on Jade Sword Island, which led to a passage from the Star Abyss. A powerful Ox Demon emerged and attacked, leaving Nine Radiance overwhelmed as Lu Ye faced an unknown threat.

  • Lu Ye found three Insect Race Sunlights on Jade Sword Island, where two were draining their foundations into an ancient clay jar, and his Mystic Fire vanished against the jar's scarlet light.
  • The two elderly Sunlights were absorbed when the jar shattered, opening a blood-colored vortex; the Cycle Tree sensed that a breach had been pried open and warned that the Insect Race had noticed the coming change.
  • Lu Ye and Nine Radiance helped capture the middle-aged Insect Race Sunlight, but he refused to answer questions, so Lu Ye left him gravely wounded for later interrogation.
  • Lu Ye and Nine Radiance reached the vortex, where Nine Radiance sensed an aura useful to her and Lu Ye recognized that something was coming through.
  • A Great Sun Late Stage Ox Demon emerged from the vortex, identified the surroundings as a slaughterhouse, and charged Lu Ye; Nine Radiance intercepted him but was sent flying by his strength.

Ch. 2077The Strange and Powerful Ox Demon

Lu Ye and Nine Radiance fought a powerful Ox Demon that emerged from the red vortex at Jade Sword Island, while other Sunlights rushed to help. The vortex then released an Insect Race cultivator, and the gathered defenders struggled to hold it back.

  • Nine Radiance fought the Ox Demon while Lu Ye used the Sword Gourd, but its Coiling Dragon technique trapped and shattered the sword light.
  • The enraged Ox Demon attacked Lu Ye, and Sui Lin was sent flying before Gu Tai rescued him.
  • Lu Ye warned the arriving Sunlights that the enemies were connected to the Insect Race and urged them to fight together.
  • Gu Tai and Sui Lin attacked an Insect Race cultivator emerging from the vortex, but it overwhelmed them until more Sunlights joined the battle.
  • The newcomer smelled its captured kin on Merfolk Island and declared that the captive was alive.

Ch. 2078The Star Constellation Hall Descends (Happy New Year to Everyone)

Lu Ye and Myriad Phenomena Sea’s Sunlights struggled against three powerful enemies until the Star Constellation Hall projected itself over the red vortex and trapped them. As the projection suppressed the vortex, the enemies weakened, and Lu Ye joined the others in pressing their advantage, hoping to learn more about The Great Trend Descends.

  • Lu Ye used Drawing Saber Slash to wound the Ox Demon, but the enemy quickly neutralized his Liao Power and remained too strong to defeat.
  • A tremor shook Myriad Phenomena Sea, and the Star Constellation Hall’s projection appeared over Jade Sword Island, sealing the red vortex.
  • The three enemies failed to return through the sealed vortex and tried to flee, so Lu Ye and the other Sunlights moved to intercept them.
  • Lu Ye and Nine Radiance fought the Ox Demon again and discovered that he, along with the other two enemies, was growing weaker as the projection suppressed the vortex.
  • Lu Ye realized the weakened enemies could be defeated and charged at the Ox Demon, expecting the battle might reveal clues about The Great Trend Descends.
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