Arc 63The Star Continent’s Hidden Powers

Ye Han and his companions hunted Star Crystals, uncovered the Ancient Dragon Divine General’s stolen body, and advanced their cultivation as rival powers emerged. They learned Elder Liu had vanished inside the Central Star Palace Temple, then weighed Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable’s offer to lead them toward a supreme treasure.

  • Ye Han and the three elders fought the Ancient Dragon Divine General, destroyed his weakened body, and discovered that someone had stolen his true body from the Water Spirit Coffin.
  • Guided by Ye Han’s Nine Dragons, the group explored the passages and gathered Star Crystals while Ye Han deciphered the Coral Map as the Nine Ancient Dragon Mysteries.
  • After four years of cultivating with the elders’ help, Ye Han reached the Nascent Soul late stage and the group went to investigate a distant Spirit Transformation tribulation.
  • They witnessed the Soul-Absorbing Poison Mosquito reach Spirit Transformation and joined Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable against the Divine Wind Demon God, whom Ye Han defeated and captured.
  • Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable told Ye Han that Elder Liu and Zhang Qingshan had entered the Central Star Palace Temple and never returned, then offered to lead the group to a supreme treasure.
  • Teacher Lan Qing, Saint As, and Wuxie Scholar debated the offer, while Ye Han proposed waiting until Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable sought their cooperation, and he returned as they prepared to leave and asked them to hear him out.
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Ch. 1551Star Spirit Beasts

Ye Han, Teacher Lan Qing, Wuxie Scholar, and Saint As fought through Star Spirit Beasts to collect their Star Crystals, which held star power and life force. Their pursuit led them into a clash with an Ancient Dragon Star Beast whose aura had reached the Spirit Transformation Stage.

  • Ye Han killed a Star Spirit Beast with his Thunderclap Gloves and collected its Star Crystal as Teacher Lan Qing, Wuxie Scholar, and Saint As slew other beasts.
  • The four men killed dozens of Star Spirit Beasts and pursued the survivors, hoping to obtain more Star Crystals for cultivation and longevity.
  • The fleeing Star Spirit Beasts abruptly turned and charged back at the four men, who killed several before sensing a powerful presence ahead.
  • An Ancient Dragon Star Beast emerged, crushed and swallowed several Star Spirit Beasts, then charged at Ye Han and the others.
  • Ye Han fired lightning at the Ancient Dragon Star Beast while Teacher Lan Qing, Wuxie Scholar, and Saint As attacked with spells and treasures.

Ch. 1552Ancient Dragon Star Beast

Ye Han and the other three Spirit Transformation Stage cultivators discovered that the Ancient Dragon Star Beast absorbed their attacks and reflected them with greater force. They trapped and struck it in the Starry Sky Great Hall, but it transformed into a humanoid figure and escaped their restraints.

  • The Ancient Dragon Star Beast absorbed the four cultivators’ attacks and blasted their spells back at them with stellar power.
  • Teacher Lan Qing led Ye Han, Wuxie Scholar, and Saint As toward the Starry Sky Great Hall, while the beast pursued them and devoured Saint As’s Divine Earth Strongman.
  • In the hall, Ye Han, Teacher Lan Qing, Wuxie Scholar, and Saint As prepared their trapping treasures and divine abilities.
  • The four bound the Ancient Dragon Star Beast with chains, golden rings, and ink characters before Saint As smashed it to the ground with his Copper Hammer.
  • The Ancient Dragon Star Beast transformed into a humanoid figure and slipped free of the four cultivators’ restraints.

Ch. 1553The Ancient Dragon Race?

The Ancient Dragon Star Beast broke free, revealed a powerful humanoid form, and seized the treasures of Ye Han, Wuxie Scholar, Saint As, and Teacher Lan Qing. As the four Spirit Transformation Stage cultivators struggled against its dragon soul and attacks, Teacher Lan Qing asked why Ye Han’s Nine Dragons had not reacted.

  • The Ancient Dragon Star Beast escaped, took humanoid form, and stole the four cultivators’ treasures.
  • The beast unleashed blood-red dragon souls, forcing Ye Han, Wuxie Scholar, Saint As, and Teacher Lan Qing to evade their attacks.
  • Ye Han used the Gods-and-Devils Hand to block a dragon soul, but the attack blasted him backward.
  • The Ancient Dragon Star Beast used the four stolen treasures to attack the cultivators with even greater power than their former owners could muster.
  • Teacher Lan Qing asked Ye Han why the Nine Dragons of his Ten-Thousand-Year Nine-Dragon Wall were not reacting to the beast.

Ch. 1554Ancient Dragon Divine General

Ye Han and the three Spirit Transformation cultivators fought the Ancient Dragon Divine General in the Spatial Great Hall, but the creature’s flickering runes suggested its true body was under attack elsewhere. The Divine General broke through Teacher Lan Qing’s barrier and charged for the cavern passage.

  • Ye Han defended himself against the Ancient Dragon Star Beast’s barrage with his five elements spell power and Thunderous Five-Element Golden Cudgel, then told Teacher Lan Qing that the Nine Dragons in his Divine Sense Sea had not reacted.
  • The creature declared that he was the Ancient Dragon Divine General and attacked Ye Han from behind, but Ye Han blocked his Copper Hammer Treasure strike with his cudgel.
  • Teacher Lan Qing, Saint As, and Wuxie Scholar joined forces against the Ancient Dragon Divine General, forcing him back and making the runes on his skin flicker.
  • The Ancient Dragon Divine General unleashed Dragon Soul Bloodlight, blasted all four cultivators away, and charged toward the cavern passage, shouting that he had been tricked.
  • Teacher Lan Qing sent his Bronze Bell Treasure to block the passage, but the Ancient Dragon Divine General smashed it aside and continued his escape.

Ch. 1555Block the Passage!!

Ye Han used the Cold Art and the Thunderous Five-Element Golden Cudgel to stop the Ancient Dragon Divine General from escaping through the passage. The three cultivators joined his attack and shattered the dragon's body, but they watched it warily as its aura seemed to vanish.

  • Teacher Lan Qing, Wuxie Scholar, and Saint As attacked the Ancient Dragon Divine General and forced him back from the passage.
  • Ye Han charged into the passage and channeled frost, star power, and his nascent soul into the Thunderous Five-Element Golden Cudgel.
  • Ye Han used the Cold Art to freeze the Ancient Dragon Divine General and struck his head, blasting him out of the passage and into the Spatial Great Hall.
  • Saint As smashed the Ancient Dragon Divine General's head into the ground, Wuxie Scholar pierced his throat with a flaming frost sword-ray, and Teacher Lan Qing struck him with Green Lightning.
  • The Ancient Dragon Divine General's body cracked apart and collapsed, while the four cultivators remained grave as his aura seemed to disappear.

Ch. 1556Did someone just come and tamper with his true body?

Ye Han and the three Spirit Transformation Stage cultivators killed the Ancient Dragon Divine General and found only a Dragon Soul Star Crystal, then followed the signs of trouble to a damaged coffin. They realized the General had been a Dragon Clan cultivator hiding in a Water Spirit Coffin and suspected someone had tampered with his true body and fled through a side passage.

  • Ye Han and the others destroyed the Ancient Dragon Divine General's Ancient Dragon form after his power suddenly weakened, leaving behind a Dragon Soul Star Crystal.
  • Wuxie Scholar questioned Ye Han about his hidden ice abilities, and Ye Han played up his strength; Teacher Lan Qing gave him the Star Crystal.
  • Teacher Lan Qing, Saint As, and Wuxie Scholar decided to investigate what had made the General rush back, and Ye Han failed to contact Elder Liu through his sect token.
  • The four sent out scouts and raced through a long passage to a hall containing a shattered crystal coffin surrounded by fresh damage.
  • Teacher Lan Qing identified the coffin as the hiding place of the General's true body, and Ye Han pointed out the side gate where the intruder had likely gone.

Ch. 1557What a stroke of luck!

Ye Han and the others found the Ancient Dragon Divine General’s original body missing from a Water Spirit Coffin, and pursued the unknown thief through a corroded hole in the stone gate. Ye Han took the valuable coffin and a coral chart before catching up with the others.

  • Ye Han and the others discovered a fresh hole in the stone gate and found the Water Spirit Coffin empty.
  • Teacher Lan Qing concluded that someone had taken the Ancient Dragon Divine General’s original body while they fought his soul.
  • Wuxie Scholar urged the group to pursue the thief, and Ye Han suspected the same person had controlled the poisonous insects that attacked them outside.
  • Teacher Lan Qing, Wuxie Scholar, and Saint As passed through the hole, while Ye Han collected the Water Spirit Coffin and found a coral chart beneath it.
  • Ye Han followed the others through the gate, and Teacher Lan Qing asked whether he had found anything.

Ch. 1558An Ill-Omened Thing

Ye Han persuaded Teacher Lan Qing, Saint As, and Wuxie Scholar to follow the Nine Dragons’ guidance through the left passage instead of pursuing the thief who took the Ancient Dragon Divine General’s body. Meanwhile, the fleeing blood-red figure prepared a soul-poison trap, then noticed something strange.

  • Ye Han claimed the broken Water Spirit Coffin as a treasure, while Teacher Lan Qing, Saint As, and Wuxie Scholar rejected it as ill-omened.
  • The group replenished their spell power and followed traces to a fork, where the others chose the right passage and Ye Han sensed the Nine Dragons pointing left.
  • Ye Han revealed the Nine Dragons, and Teacher Lan Qing convinced the group to follow their guidance rather than pursue the thief.
  • A blood-red figure followed a swarm of Soul-Absorbing Poison Mosquitoes and used a gourd to conceal runes in the passage walls as a soul-poison trap.
  • The blood-red figure suddenly widened his eyes and exclaimed that something was strange.

Ch. 1559I'm Not Worrying About Anything Else!

Ye Han and the three Spirit Transformation Stage cultivators opened a stone gate and fought the starry sky spirit beasts beyond it. After the group defeated the last beast, Ye Han let the others divide its Star Crystal and began absorbing the stronger Ancient Dragon aura in the Astral Formation.

  • The blood-red figure considered returning to confront Ye Han and the others, but decided to protect the Ancient Dragon Divine General's body and his Soul-Absorbing Poison Mosquitoes instead.
  • Ye Han sensed a stronger Ancient Dragon aura beyond a stone gate and forced it open while Teacher Lan Qing and the other two Spirit Transformation Stage cultivators guarded him.
  • Several starry sky spirit beasts charged through the opened gate, and Ye Han and the three cultivators fought them for their Star Crystals.
  • After an hour, the four joined forces to kill a Phoenix-shaped starry sky spirit beast and obtained its powerful Star Crystal.
  • Ye Han offered the Phoenix beast's Star Crystal to the three seniors, then sat on the Heaven and Earth Five Elements Meditation Cushion and used the Nine Dragons to absorb the Ancient Dragon aura.

Ch. 1560Nine Ancient Dragon Mysteries

Ye Han cultivated with Teacher Lan Qing, Saint As, and Wuxie Scholar in the Starry Sky Formation while deciphering an Ancient Dragon technique called the Nine Ancient Dragon Mysteries. He suspected the technique and his growing command of ancient dragon power might help find a way to reach the Upper Realm without unsealing the Nine Dragons Locking the Sky Formation.

  • Ye Han used the Nine Dragons to absorb the power of the stars and ancient dragon while Teacher Lan Qing, Saint As, and Wuxie Scholar cultivated with their Star Crystals and exchanged insights.
  • Ye Han deciphered part of the Coral Map and identified its technique as the Ancient Dragon Nine-Layer Cultivation Technique, which he renamed the Nine Ancient Dragon Mysteries.
  • Ye Han realized the technique could strengthen his control over the Nine Dragons and help him use the ancient dragon power he had absorbed.
  • Ye Han considered the danger of unsealing the Nine Dragons Locking the Sky Formation and proposed finding a way for cultivators to ascend without breaking its restriction.
  • Teacher Lan Qing, Saint As, and Wuxie Scholar agreed with Ye Han's idea, but they lacked the knowledge and clues needed to put it into practice.

Ch. 1561A Humiliating Feeling

Ye Han continued studying the Nine Dragons and the power of ancient dragon, while Teacher Lan Qing recognized how far Ye Han had surpassed his expectations. Elsewhere, Ye Tianyu hid in a ravine as a furious Mountain Giant searched for him and destroyed the area.

  • Ye Han reasoned that mastering the Nine Dragons could help him survive the Star Continent’s dangers and the mysteries surrounding the Eternal Restriction.
  • Ye Han drove the Nine Dragons to absorb ancient dragon power and compared the auras with the Nine Ancient Dragon Mysteries, beginning to find clues to its true cultivation technique.
  • Teacher Lan Qing watched Ye Han’s rapid progress and privately admitted that Ye Han’s abilities might give them a chance.
  • Ye Tianyu fought off a ten-thousand-zhang Mountain Giant while clutching a Strange Statue and repeatedly evading its club.
  • Ye Tianyu concealed himself in a ravine, but the Mountain Giant searched the area, devastated the ravine, and moved on to smash another valley.

Ch. 1562Where Did That Old Thief Go?

Ye Tianyu escaped the Mountain Giant and decided to seek out Ye Han, while Wu Xuantian received unexpected help from the Old Ancestors. As Ye Han cultivated the Nine Ancient Dragon Mysteries, he asked Saint As where the Old Thief had gone.

  • Ye Tianyu crawled out from beneath the rocks, then chose to find Ye Han rather than cultivate alone.
  • Wu Xuantian and the four Old Ancestors rested in the great hall, where an Old Ancestor gave him a technique for refining the power of the stars.
  • The Primordial Ice Beast charged across the Boundless Sea with the Gray-Light Figure, who said they were nearing their destination and awaited Nine Dragons Locking the Sky.
  • Ye Han cultivated the Nine Ancient Dragon Mysteries, and Saint As asked him where he had found the Dragon Clan technique.
  • Ye Han claimed he had found the technique in Earth Realm ruins, then asked Saint As where the Old Thief had gone.

Ch. 1563Ye Han Had Truly Struck It Lucky!

Ye Han cautiously discussed the Starry Sky Formation with Saint As while the group exchanged cultivation insights and theories about the Star Continent. They recognized that other races had become stranded there, and Ye Han benefited from the potent energies in the Spatial Great Hall.

  • Ye Han asked Saint As about the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race fellow, and Saint As said the fellow had come with them but had not entered the passage.
  • Ye Han told Saint As through voice transmission that the great hall stood above a formation eye in a vast formation disk, but concealed his other suspicions.
  • Teacher Lan Qing and Wuxie Scholar joined their conversation and questioned Ye Han about his Ancient Dragon Race aura-controlling technique.
  • Ye Han refused to let the others examine his technique, but he and the three elders exchanged cultivation insights and discussed the passage, its inhabitants, and the possibility that other races were trapped on the Star Continent.
  • The group considered how the Nine Dragons Locking the Sky and the Ancient Human Race's Eternal Restriction had drawn cultivators to the Star Continent, while Ye Han had access to potent Power of the Stars and Power of Ancient Dragon in the hall.

Ch. 1564Spirit Transformation Heavenly Tribulation?

Ye Han advanced to the Nascent Soul late stage after cultivating in a Spatial Great Hall with guidance from Teacher Lan Qing, Wuxie Scholar, and Saint As. When a Spirit Transformation Heavenly Tribulation appeared, Ye Han told them it was not his.

  • Ye Han absorbed the power of the stars and power of ancient dragon from several Spatial Great Halls, while Teacher Lan Qing and the others helped him search for more.
  • Four years later, Ye Han and the others killed a Dark Night Ghost Clan cultivator and found his Spatial Great Hall rich in cultivation energy.
  • Ye Han cultivated in the hall and, guided by the three Spirit Transformation Stage cultivators, broke through to the Nascent Soul late stage.
  • A heavenly tribulation rumbled through the world, and Teacher Lan Qing realized it was a Spirit Transformation Heavenly Tribulation.
  • Ye Han told Teacher Lan Qing, Saint As, and Wuxie Scholar that the heavenly tribulation was not his.

Ch. 1565It Really Wasn't My Heavenly Tribulation

Ye Han broke through to the Nascent Soul Late Stage while a terrifying Spirit Transformation heavenly tribulation appeared nearby, which he insisted was not his. He and the three Spirit Transformation cultivators suspected the tribulation belonged to the person who stole the Ancient Dragon Divine General’s true physical body, and they set out to investigate.

  • Ye Han and the three Spirit Transformation cultivators feared the immense heavenly tribulation might target him, but Ye Han assured them it was not his.
  • Ye Han advanced to the Nascent Soul Late Stage, astonishing Teacher Lan Qing, Saint As, and Wuxie Scholar with his powerful aura.
  • A massive tremor shook the Passage Great Hall as the nearby Spirit Transformation heavenly tribulation intensified.
  • Teacher Lan Qing suggested the person undergoing the breakthrough might be the thief who stole the Ancient Dragon Divine General’s true physical body, and Saint As and Wuxie Scholar agreed it was possible.
  • Ye Han proposed that they investigate, and the others agreed to go with him.

Ch. 1566All Sides Emerge

Ye Han and his companions watched a Spirit Transformation Heavenly Tribulation and debated what Wretched Old Heaven meant. As other powerful cultivators emerged nearby, they discovered that a strange insect was undergoing the tribulation.

  • Ye Han, Teacher Lan Qing, Saint As, and Wuxie Scholar emerged from an underground passage to watch the distant Spirit Transformation Heavenly Tribulation and consider whether they could exploit the tribulation-taker.
  • Saint As and Teacher Lan Qing gave Ye Han different explanations of Wretched Old Heaven and the Heavenly Dao.
  • Wuxie Scholar spotted a Spirit Transformation cultivator wreathed in gray-black flames on a nearby mountain.
  • Ye Han and his companions saw Golden Armor cultivators appear and an enormous Water Spirit Coffin emerge from a lake, revealing other powerful cultivators on the Star Continent.
  • Bloodlight runes and a giant insect silhouette appeared beneath the thunderclouds, and Saint As realized that a strange insect was breaking through to the Spirit Transformation Stage.

Ch. 1567Someone Made a Move!

Ye Han and the others discovered that a Soul-Absorbing Poison Mosquito was undergoing a Spirit Transformation heavenly tribulation and considered whether to seize it after its breakthrough. Just as the insect began absorbing the remaining tribulation clouds, Teacher Lan Qing spotted someone making a move.

  • Saint As explained that a strange insect’s breakthrough gave the heaven and earth spiritual energy an insect aura.
  • The Soul-Absorbing Poison Mosquito withstood and absorbed the tribulation lightning as it grew to immense size and revealed its identity.
  • Teacher Lan Qing said the insect was about to reach Spirit Transformation, while Wuxie Scholar and Saint As discussed attacking it.
  • Ye Han urged the others to wait, warning that someone might be controlling the insect and could be a second Spirit Transformation opponent.
  • The Soul-Absorbing Poison Mosquito inhaled the collapsing tribulation clouds, and Teacher Lan Qing announced that someone had made a move.

Ch. 1568The Heaven-Shaking Divine Cult?

Ye Han and his companions watched Spirit Transformation Stage beings battle the Soul-Absorbing Poison Mosquito and its master, then were approached by a masked cultivator from the Heaven-Shaking Divine Cult. The masked cultivator urged them to join forces against the other races, but Ye Han's group remained wary.

  • At least three Spirit Transformation Stage beings attacked the Soul-Absorbing Poison Mosquito, but its black-and-red vortices blocked their assaults.
  • The mosquito's master counterattacked with blood dragons, and the attackers gained no advantage.
  • Ye Han, Teacher Lan Qing, Saint As, and Wuxie Scholar decided not to enter the battle amid the dangerous chaos.
  • A red-masked cultivator contacted the four and identified himself as a member of the Heaven-Shaking Divine Cult from the Heaven-Shaking Continent.
  • The masked cultivator urged them to attack the other races, claiming they had seized treasures belonging to the Ancient Human Race.

Ch. 1569Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable

Wuxie Scholar recognized the Red Mask cultivator as Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable, but the old cultivator’s enemies attacked before he could join the group. Wuxie Scholar and the others went to help him, while the Soul-Absorbing Poison Mosquito and its master fled.

  • Wuxie Scholar identified the Red Mask cultivator as Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable, and Teacher Lan Qing greeted the famous senior.
  • The Divine Wind Demon God attacked Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable, accusing him of taking his Longevity Immortal Herb.
  • Another demon cultivator joined the assault, leaving Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable struggling to defend himself with his flute treasure.
  • The Soul-Absorbing Poison Mosquito and its master retreated from their battle and fled toward the horizon.
  • Wuxie Scholar decided to help Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable, and he and the others charged into the fight.

Ch. 1570Divine Wind Demon God

Ye Han and Teacher Lan Qing fought the Divine Wind Demon God, whose strength far exceeded his apparent Nascent Soul Realm. They destroyed his body and caught his fleeing Spirit Transformation Nascent Soul, while their allies continued battling another demon cultivator.

  • Ye Han unleashed nine enormous Ink Dragons, which shattered the Divine Wind Demon God's storm attacks and overwhelmed him.
  • The Divine Wind Demon God summoned a gigantic white-furred rat with two pearls, but Ye Han's dragons devoured its power and sealed his control of the Life-Bound Treasure.
  • The Divine Wind Demon God fled underground, and Ye Han and Teacher Lan Qing pursued him while Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable, Wuxie Scholar, and Saint As fought the other demon cultivator.
  • Ye Han and Teacher Lan Qing clashed with the Divine Wind Demon God underground, then blasted him back onto the surface and tore apart his body.
  • The Divine Wind Demon God's Spirit Transformation Nascent Soul fled, but Ye Han's silver pillar of light caught it and golden skulls struck it down.

Ch. 1571Are You Elder Liu Head's Disciple?

Ye Han captured the Divine Wind Demon Beast's Spirit Transformation nascent soul with the Ghost Skull Mirror, then reunited with Teacher Lan Qing and the others after their opponent escaped. Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable mistook Ye Han for Elder Liu Head's disciple and asked whether he had come to rescue the Insect Saint Heavenly Venerable.

  • Ye Han used the Ghost Skull Mirror to capture the Divine Wind Demon Beast's nascent soul, and Teacher Lan Qing recognized the mirror as an evil object.
  • The tentacled demon cultivator escaped from Saint As, Wuxie Scholar, and Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable after a fierce pursuit.
  • Teacher Lan Qing and Ye Han joined the others, and Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable remarked on Ye Han's unusual strength for a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator.
  • Teacher Lan Qing told Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable that Ye Han was under Elder Liu Head, and Ye Han let the misunderstanding stand.
  • Wuxie Scholar suggested pursuing the distant battle, but Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable warned that the Insect Saint Heavenly Venerable had repeatedly escaped his pursuers.
  • Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable asked Ye Han whether he had come to rescue the Insect Saint Heavenly Venerable.

Ch. 1572A Cultivator's Final Resting Place

Ye Han and his companions learned from Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable that Elder Liu and his group had gone to the perilous Central Star Palace Temple over a century earlier. He led them to a hidden retreat and asked them to cooperate with him.

  • Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable revealed that Elder Liu and his companions had gone to the Central Star Palace Temple, warning that almost no one who entered had returned.
  • Ye Han and the others connected a surviving Ancient Dragon Race demon dragon to the Ancient Dragon Divine General and suspected that the Central Star Palace Temple had helped him gain immense power.
  • Teacher Lan Qing confirmed that finding Elder Liu was one reason they had come to the Star Continent, while Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable watched the distant battle and sensed that others were observing them.
  • Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable led Ye Han and the others through underground passages and spatial transportation sites to his concealed cultivation retreat.
  • At the retreat, Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable showed them his Water Spirit Coffin and asked them to cooperate with him.

Ch. 1573The Central Star Palace Temple?

Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable explained that cultivators stranded on the Star Continent faced either death in Water Spirit Coffins or one last gamble at the Central Star Palace Temple. He asked Ye Han and the others to cooperate in a secret venture that might lead to a key treasure for reaching the temple, but Ye Han asked a question before they agreed.

  • Teacher Lan Qing and Wuxie Scholar told Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable that they had come to the Star Continent determined to pursue a chance at advancement, and Saint As acknowledged he was trapped in the Earth Realm too.
  • Saint As asked whether Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable wanted them to go to the Central Star Palace Temple, but Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable said that was not his immediate proposal.
  • Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable explained that he had discovered another opportunity and believed it might yield a key treasure for reaching the Central Star Palace Temple.
  • Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable refused to reveal the details and asked the four visitors to decide whether they would cooperate.
  • Ye Han spoke up and asked Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable a question before the group accepted his offer.

Ch. 1574Six Hours

Ye Han questioned Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable about Elder Liu and learned that Elder Liu and Zhang Qingshan had entered the Central Star Palace Temple after agreeing to cooperate with him. Heaven-Shaking offered Ye Han and the others six hours to decide whether to join his search for a supreme treasure, and the group debated his proposal in private.

  • Ye Han asked Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable whether Elder Liu and his companion had gone directly to the Central Star Palace Temple.
  • Heaven-Shaking said Elder Liu and Zhang Qingshan had agreed to work with him, but entered the temple after an unusual event and never returned.
  • Heaven-Shaking told Ye Han and the others they needed five cultivators to reach a place containing a supreme treasure, and gave them six hours to accept his offer.
  • Wuxie Scholar, Teacher Lan Qing, and Saint As discussed whether Heaven-Shaking was trustworthy, then asked Ye Han for his opinion.

Ch. 1575Differing Opinions

Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable anxiously waited for Ye Han and the others to decide whether to cooperate, while they followed Ye Han’s plan to make him reveal his sincerity. When they pretended to leave, Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable asked them to hear him out.

  • Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable grew anxious as Ye Han and the others took longer than expected to decide.
  • Teacher Lan Qing and Saint As opposed cooperating, while Wuxie Scholar favored the opportunity, so they asked Ye Han for his view.
  • Ye Han proposed waiting out the three hours and making Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable seek their cooperation, and the others agreed.
  • Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable came out when the group appeared ready to leave, revealing his eagerness to cooperate.
  • Heaven-Shaking Divine Venerable asked Ye Han and the others to wait and hear him out.
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