Arc 12The Star-Devouring Secret Realm

Ying Huaixu and his companions uncovered a plot to frame the Divine Firmament Sword Sect and entered a secret realm controlled by the Star-Devouring Clan. They regrouped against enemies strengthened by death, but Ye Ningshuang was teleported away and the clan surrounded Ying Huaixu's party.

  • Ying Huaixu supplied Huang Ergou with laws origin to refine revival pills, and Li Chunfeng used the pills to survive tribulation and reach the Spirit Sea realm.
  • Ying Huaixu rescued the Star-Seizing Sect's Holy Son and Saintess and uncovered evidence that three sacred lands had tortured them and planned to frame the Divine Firmament Sword Sect.
  • Ying Huaixu prepared revival pills and crafting tools while Huang Tianqi made Spatial Bracelets for the group's expedition into the Star Sea Secret Realm.
  • Ying Huaixu entered the realm, lost his carried pills and talismans, and advanced to the Dao Seal realm after being separated from his companions.
  • Ying Huaixu reunited with He Xiuyuan and learned that the Star-Devouring Clan inherited attributes from its dead and stole its enemies' Divine Abilities.
  • Ying Huaixu traded the revival method for the Dragon Transformation Pool formula and a Dao Stone, then gathered his scattered companions while crafting replacement supplies.
  • Ye Ningshuang absorbed Star-Devouring clanspeople and fought a Star-Devouring Ancestor before the Ancestors teleported her to ancient ruins.
  • The Star-Devouring Clan Chief launched the Star-Devouring Plan under the Mile-High Heaven Clan's orders, and countless clanspeople surrounded Ying Huaixu's party as he sent Ye Ningshuang pills through Party Trading.
Chapters 276–300 Vol. 3 Read

Ch. 276Low-quality pills

After learning that the Divine Firmament Sword Sect was in danger in the Star Sea Secret Realm, Ying Huaixu worried about his weaker teammates and found a way to make life-saving pills with Huang Ergou. He distributed the pills to his companions, preparing them for the dangers ahead.

  • Little Dragon Girl and the Third Prince told Ying Huaixu that the Divine Firmament Sword Sect was the only sect they knew to be in danger, and Ying Huaixu fretted that he had not yet reached the Dao Seal Realm.
  • Ying Huaixu remembered that Lü Qingyi had deciphered a Pill Formula and contacted Huang Ergou, who said he and Li Chunfeng still lacked healing laws to make the intended pills.
  • Ying Huaixu sent Huang Ergou ten Spirit Leaves containing laws origin, and Huang Ergou refined Low-Quality Spring-Return Pills that could revive someone after death.
  • Huang Ergou sent Ying Huaixu more than three hundred pills, which Ying Huaixu distributed among Ye Ningshuang and the others while explaining their effect.
  • Xu Yaoyang asked for a pill because he was helping Ying Huaixu, so Huang Tianqi and the others each gave him one.

Ch. 277The Pill Peddler Goes Online!

Ying Huaixu used a Low-Quality Revival Pill to demonstrate its power, and the Third Prince bought out Li Chunfeng’s stock of Healing Pills and Spirit-Replenishing Pills for Little Dragon Girl. Li Chunfeng left with more than thirty million Supreme Spirit Stones, while Little Dragon Girl still wanted to buy more.

  • Ying Huaixu recalled that the Divine Firmament Sword Sect’s Low-Quality Revival Pills had been expensive even in the game, though he had helped create them.
  • Li Chunfeng arrived with He Xiuyuan and Qin Erniu, and He Xiuyuan mocked Ying Huaixu for being weak.
  • Ye Ningshuang gave He Xiuyuan a pill and cut him in half with Black Sword Qi, then watched the pill revive him.
  • Little Dragon Girl asked the Third Prince to buy the pills after sensing that He Xiuyuan’s divine soul had also been restored.
  • Li Chunfeng showed the Third Prince his pill selection, and the Third Prince bought hundreds of thousands of Healing Pills and Spirit-Replenishing Pills, spending all his money.
  • Li Chunfeng sold out his stock and earned more than thirty million Supreme Spirit Stones, while Little Dragon Girl watched him and urged the Third Prince to keep buying.

Ch. 278Heavenly tribulation perfected

Li Chunfeng sold pills to the Third Prince and Xu Yaoyang, then underwent tribulation transcendence using revival pills and Ying Huaixu’s Thunder-Attracting Talismans. He emerged in the Spirit Sea realm with a soul-spirit body and a new way of fighting, while Ying Huaixu postponed his own breakthrough.

  • The Third Prince and Xu Yaoyang bought Li Chunfeng’s pills at high prices, drawing attention from the other cultivators.
  • Qiu Shiyi and the others compared their combat strengths by how many times they could defeat He Xiuyuan, while Qin Erniu resolved to train harder.
  • Ying Huaixu had Huang Tianqi give Li Chunfeng a Revival Pill and urged him to undergo tribulation transcendence.
  • Li Chunfeng repeatedly revived through the lightning, absorbing its power and rebuilding his body and soul with help from pills and Ying Huaixu’s talismans.
  • Li Chunfeng endured the final bolt and reached the Spirit Sea realm with a soul-spirit body that let him control divine sense and soul power freely.
  • After learning Li Chunfeng could directly attack souls and healed wounds by spending mana, Ying Huaixu decided to wait before breaking through himself.

Ch. 279I'm Done With This

Ying Huaixu led the group to rescue the Star-Seizing Holy Son and Saintess while the Star-Seizing Sect struggled to contain a black hole and the Star-Seizing Ancestor fought his grandfather. The chapter ended with the sect learning that the secret realm’s inhabitants had turned into the Star-Devouring Clan.

  • Ying Huaixu praised Li Chunfeng’s progress, then delayed advancing after a prompt advised rescuing the Star-Seizing Holy Son and Saintess first.
  • Ying Huaixu tracked the quest and led everyone toward the rescue, while Old He followed behind and was ignored by the group.
  • The Star-Seizing Sect Master and elders tried to seal the secret realm’s black hole as the Star-Seizing Ancestor battled his grandfather in the starry sky.
  • The Star-Seizing Ancestor’s grandfather said he acted because of “her,” then continued fighting despite the Ancestor’s demands that he stop.
  • The Star-Seizing Sect Master fired the Star Bow to annihilate the black hole’s surroundings, weakening himself as the Ancestor survived the blast.
  • An elder reported that the secret realm’s inhabitants had become the Star-Devouring Clan, and the Sect Master blamed the Ancestor’s indecision.

Ch. 280What Now?

The Star-Seizing Ancestor and Star-Seizing Sect Master discovered that the Star Sea Secret Realm was a vast world with clear laws and powerful Star-Devouring Clan members inside. A woman from another faction claimed the realm would benefit the Star-Seizing Sect but warned them not to destroy it, while the sect master concluded the scheme was designed to endanger Ying Huaixu and Ye Ningshuang and provoke war with the Divine Firmament Sword Sect.

  • The Star-Seizing Ancestor and Star-Seizing Sect Master examined the transformed Star Sea Secret Realm and found its laws unusually clear and its Star-Devouring Clan members frighteningly strong.
  • The Star-Devouring Clan leader told the Star-Seizing Ancestor that their purpose would be explained later.
  • A woman appeared through a Dharma Aspect, explained that the secret realm held clear laws and Star-Seizing Sect inheritances, and warned that destroying it would bring consequences.
  • The Star-Seizing Sect Master argued that hidden enemies were using the secret realm to target Ying Huaixu and Ye Ningshuang and frame the Star-Seizing Sect for starting a war with the Divine Firmament Sword Sect.

Ch. 281Do They Think Everyone Is an Idiot?

The Star-Seizing Sect master persuaded the Star-Seizing Ancestor that hidden enemies were targeting the Divine Firmament Sword Sect and urged him to reveal what was happening. After the sect master headed into the Starry Sky to hunt traitors, Zhuang Mu discovered that an invitation to the Star-Seizing Secret Realm had been altered, and Ying Huaixu warned that the sect could not simply avoid the expedition.

  • The Star-Seizing Sect master argued that the secret realm's escalating dangers were meant to target the Divine Firmament Sword Sect and reminded the Star-Seizing Ancestor that Lü Qingyi was still alive.
  • The Star-Seizing Sect master told the Star-Seizing Ancestor to reveal the truth, then left for the Starry Sky with the Star Bow to kill the traitors.
  • The Star-Seizing Ancestor contacted Zhuang Mu, who received an invitation urging the Divine Firmament Sword Sect to send disciples to the Star-Seizing Secret Realm.
  • Zhuang Mu found that the invitation had been altered in transit and warned Ying Huaixu that the expedition was likely dangerous.
  • Ying Huaixu said the Divine Firmament Sword Sect could not simply stay away and revealed that the Star-Seizing Holy Maiden had already been crippled to suppress news of the secret realm.

Ch. 282Truly Inhuman

Ying Huaixu rescued the Star-Seizing Sect's Holy Son and Saintess, only to discover they had been abused by people from three sacred lands and framed evidence had pointed toward them. Little Dragon Girl revealed the perpetrators’ plan, leaving Xu Yaoyang and He Xiuyuan to face the fallout from the Great Sun Sacred Ground’s involvement.

  • Ying Huaixu and his companions easily found and rescued the Star-Seizing Sect's Holy Son and Saintess, who were mentally shattered and in terrible condition.
  • Huang Tianqi and Xu Yaoyang found traces of the Ten Thousand Demons Sacred Land, the Great Sun Sacred Ground, and the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sacred Land at the confinement site.
  • The Ancestral Dragon Sacred Land's little princess confirmed the clues were real and used a bottle of liquid to reveal what had happened.
  • The mist showed that the three sacred lands had forced the Saintess to make deductions, tormented both captives, erased their memories, and planned to frame the Divine Firmament Sword Sect.
  • The mist revealed that the perpetrators had left misleading clues and planned to testify against Ying Huaixu, while Xu Yaoyang fell silent and He Xiuyuan distanced himself from the Great Sun Sacred Ground's members.

Ch. 283Special commission

Ying Huaixu prepared his group to enter the Star Sea Secret Realm, suspecting that unseen forces were manipulating its difficulty to target his Divine Firmament Sword Sect. After the Star-Seizing Ancestor commissioned him to avenge the Holy Son and Saintess, Ying Huaixu reached the realm entrance and found a warning that his level was too low to enter safely.

  • Ying Huaixu told Zhuang Mu about the suspected slander and confirmed that he would enter the newly opened Great Sun Sacred Ground secret realm.
  • Ying Huaixu told Huang Tianqi and the others to kill members of other sects inside the realm, while agreeing to spare the Dragon Clan.
  • Ying Huaixu sent Xu Yaoyang and He Xiuyuan to carry the injured Holy Son and Saintess to the Star-Seizing Sect, and Ye Ningshuang spotted the Thousand-Mechanism Saintess in the cave.
  • The Star-Seizing Ancestor welcomed the Holy Son and Saintess without demanding an explanation, gave Ying Huaixu information about the Star-Devouring Clan, and issued him a lucrative commission to avenge them.
  • Ying Huaixu led the group to the Star Sea Secret Realm entrance and saw that its difficulty was marked with a flaming skull and warned that his level was too low.

Ch. 284Looking into it

Ying Huaixu studied the Star-Devouring Clan and revised his preparations for the dangerous Star Sea Secret Realm, uncertain whether the group could bring their supplies inside. He bought tools for crafting pills and talismans from materials they might find there as the Star-Seizing Sacred Land filled with entrants.

  • Ying Huaixu studied the Star-Devouring Clan's scant information and concluded its members had formidable bodies, high-quality spiritual power, and support-oriented Dao Seal abilities.
  • Ying Huaixu told Ye Ningshuang, Huang Tianqi, and the others to prepare Revival Pills before entering and keep one ready to use.
  • He Xiuyuan pretended to have a stomachache and tried to back out, but Chen Zhiyuan asked him to leave his Revival Pills behind, prompting him to change his mind.
  • Ying Huaixu warned that the secret realm might prevent them from bringing pills and talismans, so he told the group to leave half their supplies behind while prioritizing revival pills.
  • Ying Huaixu went to the Star-Seizing Sect's Commercial Building and bought an alchemy furnace, a Spirit Brush, and a Carving Knife so they could make supplies from materials found inside.

Ch. 285A strange sense of déjà vu

Ying Huaixu prepared his group for the Secret Realm by planning how to study the Star-Devouring Clan and coordinate despite being separated. Huang Tianqi created Spatial Bracelets that let him serve as a communication and positioning hub, while Ying Huaixu worried they would need many Revival Pills for the coming challenge.

  • Ying Huaixu reunited with Huang Tianqi and the others after buying tools and explained that they would regroup in the Secret Realm and use its materials.
  • Ying Huaixu instructed everyone to observe the Star-Devouring Clan’s abilities, attacks, recovery, and treasures, and to test whether its members could revive.
  • Ying Huaixu asked Huang Tianqi to devise a way for the group to communicate after entering the Secret Realm, since signals might be blocked and they could be separated.
  • Huang Tianqi made Spatial Bracelets that let him detect the others and provide rapid communication and positioning through a miniature map.
  • Ying Huaixu reflected on how Huang Tianqi’s cultivation could manifest game-like systems, then decided to focus on stabilizing the world and obtaining the Revival Pill formula.

Ch. 286Make more preparations

The Star-Devouring Clan prepared its secret realm defenses against Ying Huaixu and the Divine Firmament Sword Sect, while its Chief explained the Mile-High Heaven Clan’s larger scheme. The clan planned to target the Sword Sect’s disciples while leaving other sects’ disciples unharmed, and the Chief warned that the enemy’s abilities after reaching the Dao Seal stage remained unknown.

  • The Star-Devouring Clan prepared annihilation qi, cut off contact with the outside world, assembled its army, readied twelve thousand Star-Destroying Crossbows, and activated the Rebirth Spirit Spring.
  • The Star-Devouring Clan Chief told the Star-Devouring Marshal that Ying Huaixu and his companions had become much more dangerous, and ordered the clan to uncover their Dao Seal abilities if they could not kill them immediately.
  • The Star-Devouring Clan Chief warned his people never to fight the Divine Firmament Sword Sect one-on-one, ordering them to surround their opponents or flee if outnumbered.
  • The Star-Devouring Clan Chief ordered the clan to spare and preferably help disciples from other sects, explaining that the Mile-High Heaven Clan aimed to make the Divine Firmament Sword Sect bear blame and eliminate the world’s future geniuses.

Ch. 287Then, begin the challenge

The Star-Devouring Clan completed its preparations for war against the Divine Firmament Sword Sect, while Ying Huaixu gathered Revival Pills and steeled his companions for a deadly Secret Realm challenge. Ying Huaixu and the others entered the vortex, but He Xiuyuan stopped Li Chunguang from following them.

  • The Star-Devouring Clan issued strict survival rules, forged weapons, fortified hundreds of cities, and concealed formations in their walls.
  • The Star-Devouring Clan Chief received reports that preparations were complete and ordered the Twenty-Four Star-Devouring Ancestors to prepare for battle.
  • Ying Huaixu bought ingredients and made hundreds of Low-Quality Revival Pills for each member of his group.
  • Chen Zhiyuan, Qiu Shiyi, and Xu Yaoyang vowed to face the danger and defend their world, encouraging Ying Huaixu to enter the Secret Realm.
  • Ying Huaixu charged into the vortex, and Huang Tianqi and the others followed; He Xiuyuan stopped Li Chunguang from entering because he could not revive.

Ch. 288Dual Dao Seals

Ying Huaixu entered the secret realm, broke through to the Dao Seal realm, and upgraded his Dao Palaces and Xiaoxue. After helping Xiaoxue adjust to her human form, he watched her suddenly attack an unknown person.

  • The secret realm destroyed Ying Huaixu's talismans and pills, separated the entrants, and let him land safely.
  • Ying Huaixu broke through to the Dao Seal realm and unlocked the Extreme Ice Dao Palace and Way Sword Saint Palace.
  • Ying Huaixu upgraded the Extreme Ice Dao Palace to heaven-grade and used a gift pack to raise Xiaoxue to Dao Seal perfection.
  • Ying Huaixu summoned Xiaoxue, dressed her in women's clothing, and tried to teach her to walk like a human.
  • Xiaoxue suddenly charged forward, bit through someone's neck, and dragged the person back to Ying Huaixu.

Ch. 289Gone mad?

Ying Huaixu and Xiaoxue were attacked by the Star-Swallowing Clan, whose members killed themselves to avoid capture and later surrounded him with overwhelming force. After discovering that defeating them earned Dao Stones, Ying Huaixu unleashed a powerful storm of Ice Swords against their army.

  • Ying Huaixu washed the blood from Xiaoxue’s face, then dodged an unseen archer’s attack and rushed toward the source of the arrows.
  • The remaining Star-Swallowing Clan members killed themselves before Ying Huaixu could catch them, and he realized they could apparently resurrect and that he had gained no experience from their deaths.
  • Ying Huaixu upgraded his skills and Frost Annihilation, gathered Spirit Herbs and Spirit Medicines, and tried to find his companions using the Spatial Bracelet’s minimap.
  • A large Star-Swallowing Clan force blocked Ying Huaixu’s path, using their bodies and Stellar Flame to resist his Ice and Snow Intent while archers fired powerful volleys.
  • Ying Huaixu’s Frost Sword Qi pierced the clan’s Defensive Magic Treasure, earning him experience and a Dao Stone, so he unleashed a sky full of enhanced Ice Swords.

Ch. 290Far too ridiculous

Ying Huaixu fought the Star-Devouring Clan, whose surviving members grew stronger by absorbing the dead and learning from their attacks. After realizing He Xiuyuan’s kills were strengthening the entire clan, Ying Huaixu fled the battlefield, unwilling to keep fighting an enemy that seemed to grow stronger with every death.

  • Ying Huaixu unleashed ice swords, a full moon, and his frost lotus to kill large numbers of Star-Devouring Clan Members, but their survivors grew stronger and increasingly resistant to his attacks.
  • Ying Huaixu noticed some Star-Devouring Clan Members using abilities like Ye Ningshuang’s black-mist arrows, then dodged their organized volleys and counterattacked with Frost Annihilation.
  • Ying Huaixu saw that each death strengthened the entire clan, while notifications credited He Xiuyuan’s kills with experience and Dao Stones.
  • Ying Huaixu recognized that the Star-Devouring Clan was adapting to his techniques and gaining resistance, then fled as its soldiers pursued him.

Ch. 291Old He on a Rampage

Ying Huaixu found He Xiuyuan rampaging through the Star-Devouring Clan’s forces in a powerful forbidden-technique form and learned that He Fangxu had stolen He Xiuyuan’s inheritance. He Xiuyuan asked Ying Huaixu to help him get justice, since He Fangxu’s suppression treasure prevented him from fighting back.

  • Ying Huaixu fled the Star-Devouring Clan’s soldiers, gathered spirit materials, and searched for He Xiuyuan after noticing that He Xiuyuan had been killing nonstop.
  • Ying Huaixu found He Xiuyuan transformed by his forbidden technique, slaughtering Star-Devouring clansmen with his swords while using only a few Revival Pills.
  • The Star-Devouring clansmen retreated, and He Xiuyuan tried to embrace Ying Huaixu before Xiaoxue kicked him away.
  • He Xiuyuan returned to his original appearance and told Ying Huaixu that He Fangxu had stolen his inheritance and forcibly activated his secret technique.
  • He Xiuyuan asked Ying Huaixu to get justice for him, explaining that He Fangxu’s Secret Technique Suppression Magic Treasure stopped him from fighting back.

Ch. 292I'll make him pay with his life

He Xiuyuan told Ying Huaixu about his abusive family and asked him to help kill He Fangxu, but Ying suspected the Great Sun Saint Lord had secretly arranged for He Xiuyuan to join the Divine Firmament Sword Sect. Ying then explained that the Star-Devouring Clan’s threat could kill the geniuses trapped in the secret realm, and he planned to use the fallout to make the other sects turn against the plotter.

  • He Xiuyuan asked Ying Huaixu to help kill He Fangxu and described how He Fangxu and He Shurong had bullied him while their father allowed it.
  • He Xiuyuan revealed that he and his siblings shared a forbidden technique inherited from their mother, and Ying questioned how He Xiuyuan had met a Divine Firmament Sword Sect disciple.
  • Ying Huaixu suspected the Great Sun Saint Lord had arranged He Xiuyuan’s departure and doubted the Star-Devouring Clan would let the secret realm’s geniuses survive.
  • Ying explained that the plotter might let the Divine Firmament Sword Sect take the blame for the deaths, and He Xiuyuan understood Ying wanted the other sects to demand compensation.
  • Ying decided to wait for someone behind the scheme to become impatient before acting.

Ch. 293Something was wrong

He Xiuyuan learned that his forbidden swords grew stronger by consuming power from the Star-Devouring Clan and no longer harmed him once fed. He and Ying Huaixu headed to find Ye Ningshuang and the others, but a spatial rift killed He Xiuyuan, who revived with a Revival Pill.

  • He Xiuyuan explained that his forbidden swords had become life-bound weapons and grew stronger by consuming power from the Star-Devouring Clan.
  • Ying Huaixu tested a Dao Stone, and He Xiuyuan's swords immediately devoured its power.
  • He Xiuyuan and Ying Huaixu discussed how the Star-Devouring Clan grew stronger as its members died and could copy their enemies' techniques.
  • Ying Huaixu encouraged He Xiuyuan to believe they could defeat the clan by joining forces with Ye Ningshuang and the others.
  • After He Xiuyuan boasted that he would subjugate the heavens, Ying Huaixu ran away as a spatial rift tore He Xiuyuan apart.
  • The Revival Pill brought He Xiuyuan back to life, leaving him dazed on the ground.

Ch. 294Stifled

Ying Huaixu and He Xiuyuan fought increasingly coordinated Star-Devouring Clan forces that had copied their abilities and learned from each encounter. He Xiuyuan grew desperate to find Ye Ningshuang and the others before the enemy adapted further, but the chapter left him battered and frustrated after a Star-Devouring General’s group attacked and retreated.

  • The Star-Devouring Clan copied Qin Erniu’s Berserk ability, but Ying Huaixu’s stacked great moons killed many attackers despite He Xiuyuan suffering from the friendly fire of Ying Huaixu’s frost.
  • Ying Huaixu and He Xiuyuan discussed how the Star-Devouring Clan’s soldiers might communicate through a shared mind and use their deaths to gather intelligence on their enemies.
  • He Xiuyuan was badly injured while fighting thousands of increasingly coordinated Star-Devouring Clan soldiers, then returned to Ying Huaixu with materials and warned him that the enemy was adapting quickly.
  • Ying Huaixu continued crafting pills and talismans while telling He Xiuyuan to keep searching for Ye Ningshuang and the others.
  • A Star-Devouring General and three foot soldiers overwhelmed He Xiuyuan and killed him three times, then vanished when he prepared to fight back desperately.

Ch. 295So Insidious

Ying Huaixu and He Xiuyuan realized the Star-Devouring Clan was deliberately sacrificing soldiers to strengthen its fighters and copy Divine Abilities. The Heavenly Dragon Princess gave Ying Huaixu a map to the missing group and intelligence confirming the clan’s Reflection talent.

  • Ying Huaixu and He Xiuyuan noticed Star-Devouring soldiers throwing themselves into Divine Abilities, while their generals watched and withdrew after each attack.
  • He Xiuyuan and Ying Huaixu concluded the Star-Devouring Clan was using repeated deaths to build attributes and steal their Divine Abilities, and decided to stop killing its soldiers until they reunited with the others.
  • Ying Huaixu summoned the Heavenly Dragon Princess with the Third Prince’s severed arm, and she marked him, shared 30% of his attributes, and explained the restrictions of her ability.
  • The Heavenly Dragon Princess gave Ying Huaixu a map showing where Ye Ningshuang and the others were, along with a booklet about the Star-Devouring Clan.
  • Ying Huaixu read that the clan could communicate through the stars, inherit attributes after death, and use its Reflection talent to learn and steal others’ Divine Abilities.

Ch. 296A deal

Ying Huaixu worried about protecting Ye Ningshuang and the others from the Star-Devouring Clan, then negotiated with the Dragon Clan Princess for the Dragon Clan’s revival secret. They agreed to exchange the Dragon Transformation Pool and Dao Stones for Revival Pills, which Ying Huaixu began refining from her materials.

  • Ying Huaixu took He Xiuyuan and the Dragon Clan Princess to find Ye Ningshuang and the others, and tested whether the princess could inherit He Xiuyuan’s power after he revived; she could not.
  • The Dragon Clan Princess revealed her Seek Good Fortune and Avoid Misfortune Divine Ability and proposed a deal with Ying Huaixu for the revival method.
  • The princess offered the Dragon Transformation Pool formula, then added a Dao Stone, and Ying Huaixu accepted the exchange on behalf of the Divine Firmament Sword Sect.
  • Ying Huaixu refined Revival Pills using the princess’s materials while taking a thirty-percent cut, leaving her unhappy with the cost despite recognizing the value of extra lives.

Ch. 297Not a good person

Ying Huaixu found Chen Zhiyuan, who defeated five strengthened Star-Devouring Generals with his formations after Ying supplied him with pills. The group began exchanging intelligence, though Chen Zhiyuan first mocked He Xiuyuan for still being weak.

  • Ying Huaixu traded the Dragon Clan princess’s possessions for Revival Pills and brought her along as he searched for Ye Ningshuang and the others while fleeing Star-Devouring Clan pursuers.
  • Ying Huaixu and his companions found Chen Zhiyuan fighting five strengthened Star-Devouring Generals inside his formations.
  • Ying Huaixu gave Chen Zhiyuan a Spatial Ring of pills, allowing him to unleash overlapping formations that killed the five generals and erased their star-devouring aura.
  • The Dragon Clan princess was shocked by Chen Zhiyuan’s strength and grew more certain that allying with the Divine Firmament Sword Sect was the right choice.
  • After recovering, Chen Zhiyuan agreed to exchange intelligence with Ying Huaixu, then questioned He Xiuyuan about why he was still so weak.

Ch. 298It Wasn't Mockery

Chen Zhiyuan explained how the Star Sea Secret Realm’s clear laws could help He Xiuyuan refine his own Dao, while warning that the Star-Devouring Clan drew endless spiritual energy from the realm. The Dragon Girl discovered her Teleportation Token could not take her out and realized the secret realm was a trap, as Chen Zhiyuan and He Xiuyuan blamed He Fangxu for their troubles.

  • Chen Zhiyuan told He Xiuyuan to use the realm’s clear laws as a reference for his own Dao rather than change his path, and He Xiuyuan refined his laws of gold and rose from Dao Seal Level One to Dao Seal Level Three.
  • Chen Zhiyuan explained that the Star-Devouring Clan’s spiritual power was replenished by the realm and that even a Space-Sealing formation could not stop it.
  • Chen Zhiyuan questioned how the Star-Devouring Clan’s shared death attributes could have no weakness, and worried about the powerful figure who had enslaved them.
  • The Dragon Girl crushed her Teleportation Token, but it failed to teleport her out; she concluded that the secret realm was a trap meant to kill Hongmeng World geniuses.
  • The Dragon Girl explained that cooperation with the force behind the plot had failed because of her, and Chen Zhiyuan and He Xiuyuan blamed He Fangxu for their having to face the Star-Devouring Generals.

Ch. 299Still too powerful

Ying Huaixu searched for Ye Ningshuang after reuniting with his other teammates, who were fighting Star-Devouring Generals far above their cultivation levels. He found Ye Ningshuang battling a Star-Devouring Ancestor, where she devoured his clanspeople to grow stronger and nearly killed him with a projected version of Ying Huaixu before the ancestor escaped.

  • Ying Huaixu reunited with Qiu Shiyi, Huang Tianqi, and Qin Erniu, who were defeating Star-Devouring Generals without using Revival Pills.
  • The Dragon Girl sensed that Ye Ningshuang was in serious trouble, so Ying Huaixu led the others toward her.
  • Ye Ningshuang fought a perfected Dao Seal realm Star-Devouring Ancestor and absorbed his clanspeople, rapidly increasing her power and gaining control of starlight.
  • Ye Ningshuang's attacks pressured the Star-Devouring Ancestor, but he detonated himself and escaped after a white-haired figure froze him with a sword strike.
  • Ye Ningshuang realized her projected Ying Huaixu had drained both her spirit seas, while the other Twenty-Three Star-Devouring Ancestors sat bolt upright in alarm.

Ch. 300Blocked on Both Fronts

The Star-Devouring Clan feared Ye Ningshuang’s ability to devour its members and tried to separate her from Ying Huaixu, but both continued growing stronger. After Ying Huaixu sent Ye Ningshuang pills through Party Trading, a massive force of Star-Devouring Clan Members surrounded his group.

  • The Star-Devouring Ancestors ordered their clansmen to avoid Ye Ningshuang and teleported her to the former site of ancient ruins.
  • The Ancestors discovered that Ying Huaixu had advanced to Dao Seal Level Three and learned that Ye Ningshuang had entered the ruins.
  • The Mile-High Heaven Clan ordered the Star-Devouring Clan to kill Ying Huaixu and Ye Ningshuang, so the Star-Devouring Clan Chief launched the Star-Devouring Plan and prepared Star Cores.
  • Ying Huaixu gained two levels from experience earned by Ye Ningshuang, then watched her get teleported away just as they were about to reunite.
  • Ying Huaixu used Party Trading to send Ye Ningshuang pills and told her to kill more monsters in the Secret Realm.
  • Countless Star-Devouring Clan Members appeared around Ying Huaixu and his companions, leaving the Dragon Girl dismayed.
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