Testing the Painting Scroll's New Ability

Upon hearing this, Su Mu's expression hardened:

"A barrier constructed from the power of spacetime—where did you get this information, Steward Liu?"

Although Taiyi Dao Sect and Tianxuan Holy Land are both top forces in the surrounding star field, the two forces are very far apart, so the transmission of information is not smooth.

The Taiyi Sect was aware of the Tianxuan Holy Land's attack on the barrier.

The Taiyi Dao Sect was not surprised by this, as they also frequently explored unknown star regions and encountered some barriers that were difficult to break through.

However, a barrier constructed from the power of spacetime is no ordinary barrier.

Although Su Mu was only at the half-step Dao Integration stage, he knew what the power of spacetime represented—it was a higher level of power.

The Realm of Emptiness is formed by the power of spacetime.

Liu Qian said:

"We learned of this by chance, and I don't know the specifics, but the Heavenly Profound Holy Land must attach great importance to that barrier, otherwise they wouldn't have sent a fifth-step Dao Integration cultivator to our Nine Star Regions to find someone who could break the barrier."

Liu Qian informed Su Mu of this news, hoping that the Taiyi Dao Sect would investigate the Tianxuan Holy Land.

It would be best if the two sides could directly clash.

This would naturally benefit Xingfeng Sect, at least Tianxuan Holy Land wouldn't have the time to cause trouble for the Xingfeng Sect anymore.

Su Mu cupped his hands in thanks. "Thank you for informing me of this, Steward Liu."

Su Mu knew this matter was far from simple, and she had to report it to the sect as soon as possible.

The fact that the Heavenly Profound Holy Land went to such lengths to break through the barrier shows just how valuable it is.

Su Mu then chatted with Liu Qian for a while before leaving to find Ma Hong and the others.

After Su Mu left, Beaver walked in from the side and asked Liu Qian:

Do you think the Taiyi Sect will send anyone to the Tianxuan Holy Land?

Liu Qian smiled slightly, "These two forces have been fighting for no less than ten thousand years. The Heavenly Profound Holy Land is clearly secretly developing that barrier. The Taiyi Sect will definitely investigate what that barrier is."

"By the way, where are our intelligence agents now?" Liu Qian then asked.

During this period, Xingfeng Sect dispatched over a hundred antimatter warships to other star systems.

The people on these antimatter warships are all intelligence personnel from the Xingfeng Sect.

They are specifically responsible for collecting intelligence from various star systems.

Furthermore, to facilitate communication with the Xingfeng Sect, these intelligence personnel were equipped with the Xingfeng Sect's latest technological products, quantum communication bracelets.

This communication wristband can guarantee the real-time transmission of information within a 30-light-year range.

This is what Chen Feng brought to the Xingfeng Sect last time.

The Moro people's bloodline is used to create this quantum communication bracelet.

The beaver replied:

"Our people have already gone to more than forty star systems, and the rest are heading to even more distant star systems. There is still no new information from the Heavenly Profound Holy Land."

The information that Liu Qian told Su Mu earlier was given to him by an intelligence agent from the Tianxuan Holy Land.

With the speed of the antimatter warship, the Xingfeng Sect's intelligence personnel are safe unless they encounter a Dao Integration level expert.

Liu Qian nodded. "Tell them to be careful and try not to expose themselves."

Beaver smiled and said:

"Don't worry, the intelligence personnel selected this time are all professionally trained, there definitely won't be any problems."

As if remembering something, Beaver said with a serious expression:

"I wonder how the sect leader's tribulation will go this time."

Beaver and Liu Qian both knew about Chen Feng's tribulation; Chen Feng had already told them about it beforehand.

Liu Qian said with a smile:

"After all these years, don't you still have faith in the sect leader? He'll definitely succeed in overcoming his tribulation."

Liu Qian had complete confidence in Chen Feng's ability to overcome the tribulation, a trust built up over many years.

Countless times, Chen Feng has progressed from Foundation Establishment to the current Half-Step Dao Integration stage.

Chen Feng had successfully overcome every tribulation before, and Liu Qian was already used to it, so he was certain that there would be no surprises this time.

Hearing Liu Qian's words, Beaver relaxed.

The two then discussed the development of the Xingfeng Sect.

A month passed in the blink of an eye.

Su Mu, Ma Hong, and the others left Xingfeng Sect after staying there for seven days.

For the past seven days, they have been wandering around the Xingfeng Sect. The group first went to Xingfeng City, and then visited the weapons exhibition set up by the Xingfeng Sect.

Before they left, these people purchased a large quantity of weapons and goods from the Xingfeng Sect.

The various weapons and goods in Xingfeng City brought them a great surprise.

Although many of these products are only suitable for low-level cultivators, they are still very valuable.

So the group made a large purchase and also discussed trade cooperation with Liu Qian. In the future, these star regions will purchase a large amount of these goods from the Xingfeng Sect.

In fact, not only Su Mu and his group, but all the forces that visited Xingfeng Sect during this period have reached trade cooperation agreements with the Xingfeng Sect.

Following Chen Feng's strategy, Liu Qian only traded with these forces and did not engage in any external expansion.

For the Xingfeng Sect today, keeping a low profile is the most important thing.

The Nine Star Regions are a vast territory, more than enough for the Xingfeng Sect to develop.

If needed, Xingfeng Sect can certainly trade with other star systems.

Meanwhile, the nine star regions have remained peaceful, with all the major powers within them dutifully abiding by the regulations promulgated by the Xingfeng Sect.

On this day, in a starry sky at the edge of the nine star regions.

Chen Feng appeared here, sitting cross-legged in the starry sky, surrounded by countless primordial divine lightning bolts.

These primordial divine thunders covered an area spanning tens of thousands of miles.

This area, spanning tens of thousands of miles, was instantly transformed into a hellish hell.

The aura of calamity surrounding Chen Feng was even more terrifying, spreading directly to the starry sky within a radius of over 300,000 miles.

At this moment, Chen Feng had almost no vital energy or Dao seed left in his body, and his Divine Sense had also completely dissipated.

The weakening effect of the self-inflicted damage is several times stronger than it was a month ago.

Chen Feng is currently only relying on his physical body to withstand his own tribulation.

But the biggest changes are happening inside his body.

First, there's his Dao Seed. Under the constant bombardment of the Primordial Divine Thunder, his Dao Seed has transformed into a Dao Fruit, which radiates starlight.

This is precisely the Star Dao Fruit that evolved from Chen Feng's Star Dao Seed.

After a cultivator reaches the Dao Integration stage, the power of their Dao Fruit is different for each person, which is related to the attributes of the Dao Fruit they have condensed.

Chen Feng's Dao Fruit contains immense stellar power.

Secondly, there's Chen Feng's Primordial Spirit. After being constantly refined by the heavenly tribulation, his Primordial Spirit is also undergoing a qualitative change.

Time passed slowly, and three days quickly went by.

The aura of calamity surrounding Chen Feng was slowly dissipating, and the amount of Primordial Divine Thunder was also decreasing.

When the tenth day arrived...

The strange phenomena that had caused Chen Feng's personal tribulation had completely disappeared, and the entire starry sky had returned to its usual tranquility.

Although the tribulation itself is terrifying, it will not cause any damage to the starry sky.

This is the result of the evolution of the rules governing the universe.

Chen Feng left the vicinity of Canglan Star earlier because he was afraid that the calamity would affect Xingfeng Sect.

Although his own tribulation had disappeared, Chen Feng still sat cross-legged in the starry sky.

He was completely still, like an old monk in deep meditation, with no trace of his own energy.

If an outsider were present, they would notice that Chen Feng seemed to have merged with the surrounding starry sky, as if he were a part of this starry sky.

Several more days passed, and Chen Feng's body began to emit a faint starlight.

The body sometimes felt ethereal, and sometimes solid.

Just then, Chen Feng suddenly opened his eyes.

The instant Chen Feng opened his eyes!

The starry sky within a radius of 100,000 kilometers rippled like water in an instant.

"Is this the first step towards achieving Dao?" A smile appeared on Chen Feng's face.

He felt a wave of comfort wash over him.

This is because after reaching the Dao Integration stage, his Primordial Spirit has completely integrated with his current physical body, and he no longer experiences the discomfort he previously felt.

Upon reaching the Dao Integration stage, Chen Feng's appearance remained unchanged, just as before.

The changes that occur after merging with the Dao take place within the body.

At this moment, within his Primordial Spirit, there was a Dao Fruit radiating dazzling starlight.

Chen Feng attempted to mobilize the power of the Dao Fruit, and in an instant, the surrounding starry sky was covered by a vast stellar power.

This stellar power directly suppressed all the Principle of the surrounding starry sky.

"This is the true power of origin."

Chen Feng did not unleash the full power of the Dao Fruit, but only released a small portion. However, this small portion suppressed all the Principle in the surrounding starry sky.

Long ago, Chen Feng was puzzled as to why the power of stars was a kind of primordial power, because apart from enhancing his physical body, he did not feel any greater use for it.

Now that he has condensed the Star Dao Fruit, he finally understands what the power of origin is.

This power transcends many Principle.

The stellar power he previously enhanced his physical body was, in essence, merely drawing upon the power of the stars in the heavens; it couldn't truly be considered his own.

Now that he has condensed the Dao Fruit, he finally possesses the true power of the stars that belongs to him.

Chen Feng then tested the use of the power of the stars.

He looked out at the distant starry sky, where there was a barren planet, a full two hundred thousand miles away from him.

He pointed towards the desolate planet.

In an instant, the planet collapsed, turning into a vast expanse of cosmic dust.

This collapse was not caused by external forces, but rather by Chen Feng drawing out all the stellar energy of that planet.

Without the support of stellar energy, the planet naturally collapsed.

Chen Feng withdrew his hand, and at this moment there was a wisp of pure star power in his palm.

But before long, this wisp of star energy dissipated into the universe.

This is one of the abilities that Chen Feng discovered with the Starry Dao Fruit. The Starry Dao Fruit can directly sense the planets in the surrounding starry sky and then forcibly extract the stellar energy from the planets.

Moreover, extracting this energy will not incur any repercussions from the universe.

The only pity is that he cannot absorb this energy directly; instead, he must return it to this universe.

If he doesn't return it and forcibly absorbs it, he will inevitably be targeted by the universe.

The Dao Fruit of a Dao-Merging cultivator actually represents the highest authority of a Principle.

The Star Dao Fruit that Chen Feng possesses represents the authority over the stars, which is why he can instantly extract the energy of a planet's stars.

The power of the Starry Dao Fruit goes far beyond this; its ability to conceal itself has also been greatly enhanced.

Chen Feng is now confident that even when facing a Celestial Venerable-level monster, he can avoid being seen through by the opponent.

As for its other functions, we will need to study them further in the future.

This is only the ability of the Dao Fruit itself. The strongest ability of a Dao Integration cultivator is the Dao Fruit Divine Ability, but such Divine Ability needs to be created by oneself.

Everyone's Dao attainment is different; even those who follow the same Principle will have fundamental differences in their Dao attainment.

Therefore, cultivators who have achieved the Dao need to create their own Dao Fruits Divine Ability.

Creating one's own Dao Fruit Divine Ability would require a great deal of time, so Chen Feng had to give up on that for the time being.

There are still matters waiting for him to handle in the Xuanhuang Realm.

Chen Feng then looked into his sea of consciousness; what he cared about most was still the painting.

Each time a player advances to a higher realm, the painting will change.

Within Chen Feng's sea of consciousness, the scroll remained quietly suspended there, and the images on it had indeed changed once again.

The map representing the two worlds has been expanded from a range of twenty light-years to one hundred light-years.

Both images clearly record all galaxies and stars within a hundred light-years.

As Chen Feng gazed at the starry sky in the painting, he felt like an all-powerful god, with everything within the painting under his control.

He had never felt this way before.

This gave Chen Feng a jolt!

All the changes to the scroll had been limited to expanding its teleportation range; this was the first time he had made any other discovery.

Chen Feng immediately began to try it out.

He looked at the star chart that represented the Painting Scroll World. He wanted to control the star chart, but no matter how he tried, the star chart remained motionless.

Chen Feng was not willing to give up, so he began to narrow down the scope, from one star field to one planet, and finally to a certain area on one planet.

Until they reached a small hill on a planet.

Chen Feng discovered that he could actually alter the painting in this location based on his thoughts.

Subconsciously, Chen Feng chose to erase the drawing.

It felt like he was a painter who was dissatisfied with his work and erased it with an eraser.

But he accomplished it with his mind, not with tools.

As Chen Feng thought, the picture representing the small hill was instantly erased.

After doing all this, Chen Feng immediately felt a wave of weakness wash over him.

He immediately returned his consciousness to his physical body.

Then, to his astonishment, he discovered that the light emanating from the Dao Fruit within his body had dimmed.

The power of the Dao Fruit within it was almost completely exhausted.

Not only that, he also felt that his soul was extremely weak, as if it had been drained.

Chen Feng immediately sat cross-legged on the ground and began to recover.

He has only just advanced to the Dao Integration stage; if there is a problem with his Dao Fruit, he could very well fall back to a lower realm.

This is not an exaggeration; some cultivators who have just advanced to the Dao Integration stage still have only a rudimentary Dao Fruit.

If the power of the Dao Fruit is overused or damaged in some way, it may shatter, and the cultivation level will immediately drop.

Chen Feng immediately mobilized the power of all the stars in the heavens to accelerate the recovery of his Dao Fruit.

Time flies, and a full month has passed in no time.

A month later, Chen Feng stood up from his seated position.

His brows were furrowed at that moment.

After a full month of recovery, his Dao Fruit had only recovered to less than 30% of its original value, even though he had used the power of the stars in the heavens to accelerate the recovery.

But the fruit of the Dao remained dim and lackluster.

This immediately reminded Chen Feng of the painting. The act of erasing it just now must have consumed more than ordinary Dao Fruit power.