Staying in the sect, controlling beasts and cultivating immortals

The frenzy of crystal explosions shattered behind Yu Changsheng, and corrosive crystal chips rained down on the Pure Lotus Barrier that Chen Xueqing was struggling to maintain, producing a hissing sound that made one's teeth ache.

The barrier trembled violently, cracks spreading like a spiderweb. Chen Xueqing's face was deathly pale, and the blood spilling from the corner of her lips was a shocking sight in the hazy light.

She poured all her will and remaining spiritual power into this small space, just to protect the figure in front of her who had shielded her from the deadly bone spear with his own flesh and blood.

Yu Changsheng was in excruciating pain in his right arm!
The Black Wind Bone Vulture Cavalry leader's Bone-Corroding Spear, wreathed in ghostly flames, contained the violent power of a peak late-stage Void Refinement cultivator and the corrosive power of evil, making it by no means easy to block.

Dark golden imperial blood, imbued with a chaotic aura, was continuously gushing from the deep, bone-revealing gash in his arm, sizzling and steaming as it was burned by the chilling ghostly fire on the spear tip.

He gripped the spear tip tightly in his palm. Dark gold imperial blood and silver-blue star-annihilation Dao patterns flowed, clashed, and annihilated wildly beneath his skin. Each collision was like detonating a miniature star within his body. His meridians were like a bowstring about to snap, and his bones groaned under the unbearable burden.

Half of his body was convulsing uncontrollably, and the chill of death crept in along the spear shaft.

"Longevity!" Chen Xueqing's voice was choked with sobs as she desperately tried to activate the Azure Lotus's essence to heal him, but the violent backlash caused her to spit out another mouthful of blood, and the illusory image of the lotus platform instantly dimmed.

"Don't move!" Yu Changsheng roared, his voice hoarse, each word seeming to be squeezed out from blood and foam.

The excruciating pain acted like a heavy hammer, shattering the chaotic fog in his mind.

Stimulated by the excruciating pain, the Guixu Star Orbit Compass began to spin with unprecedented brightness, and the extinguished silver-blue starlight at its core almost pierced through the barrier of the sea of ​​consciousness!
The desolate furnace... using chaos as its furnace and annihilation as its fuel... the Dharma he comprehended on the verge of death in the stone chamber exploded in his mind.

But at this moment, he is facing not only the conflict of his own power, but also the destructive energy from the outside world that is deadly enough—the ghostly fire at the tip of the spear and the bone-corroding power unique to Bone Prison City!
"Not enough! The furnace isn't strong enough, the fuel is too violent!" A crazy thought was growing on the verge of destruction, carrying a desperate determination to survive.

"The furnace... needs a stronger furnace! The Chaos Emperor's Blood can contain ten thousand paths, but now it needs a more robust 'furnace wall'... Star Core Fragments! Star Dao Pattern Stones!"

"Mo Heng! Star Core Fragment!" Yu Changsheng's consciousness pierced his companion like a blade.

Mo Heng was using the Myriad Transformations Returning to the Void Furnace to try his best to stabilize the spatial fluctuations that were caused by the crystal explosion and the pressure from the powerful figures. The runes on the surface of the furnace were flickering.

His pupils contracted upon hearing the sound, and he instantly understood Yu Changsheng's intention—a gamble a thousand times more dangerous than the one in the stone chamber!

Without the slightest hesitation, Mo Heng slammed his hand on the furnace. A fist-sized, dazzling fragment that seemed to contain a swirling nebula inside—a fragment of the star core obtained from the stone chamber—was enveloped by the power of the furnace and transformed into a stream of light that shot toward Yu Changsheng.

Almost simultaneously, Yu Changsheng reached into his robes with difficulty with his left hand and suddenly pulled out the Star Dao Pattern Stone, covered with mysterious natural patterns, that Gui Yinzi had given him!

"Roar—!" Seeing that Yu Changsheng was distracted in his desperate situation, the leader of the Bone Vulture Cavalry's eyes blazed with ghostly fire, his bones cracked, and he poured all his cultivation into his spear, determined to pierce through this stubborn ant along with the woman he was protecting!
A close call!
The last trace of hesitation in Yu Changsheng's eyes was replaced by madness. He gripped the Starry Dao Stone tightly in his left hand and slammed it hard against the wound on his right arm, which was a bloody mess, a testament to the fierce clash between his Emperor's blood and the Dao of Annihilation, where he had been gripping the spear tip!

At the same time, the star core fragment containing the vast origin of stars was also drawn by his will and crashed heavily into the star Dao pattern stone!
"Melt it!"

Boom——! ! !
An indescribable burst of brilliant light erupted from Yu Changsheng's right arm! It was no ordinary explosion, but a violent transformation and fusion at the level of matter and fundamental laws!

The moment the Starry Dao Stone came into contact with his Chaos Emperor Blood, the natural Dao patterns on its surface seemed to come alive, frantically drawing in the Emperor Blood gushing from the wound and greedily enveloping the Star Core fragments.

The star core fragments are like the core of a supernova that has been ignited, releasing primal heat and terrifyingly vast stellar power that are enough to incinerate stars!

The Chaos Emperor's Blood—encompassing all things and evolving into all paths—was now fully activated, transforming into an invisible furnace phantom that melts all things, instantly enveloping the right arm!

The laws of annihilation of stars—the power of coldness, termination, and return to nothingness—were attracted and squeezed by this sudden, more powerful "furnace" and more violent "fuel"!

It was no longer in conflict with the Emperor's Blood, but was forcibly drawn into this terrifying forging field composed of the Emperor's Blood Furnace, Star Core Fragments, and Star Dao Pattern Stones, becoming the most core and most intense "spark" within the furnace!
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The tip of the bone-corroding spear was the first to be hit! The ghostly flames that were powerful enough to corrode bones and marrow melted and vanished like ice and snow in the face of this terrifying energy that combined the inclusiveness of chaos, the origin of stars and the end of annihilation.

The incredibly sturdy spearhead emitted a piercing, mournful cry, and before the incredulous gaze of the cavalry leader, it shattered, disintegrated, and turned to ashes!

"Impossible!" The cavalry leader roared in shock and anger. An overwhelming backlash, carrying the aura of destructive star destruction, surged upwards along the broken spear shaft and slammed into his body!
"Pfft!" The cavalry leader was struck head-on by an ancient star. His chest, covered with hard bone armor, collapsed instantly, and the sound of bones shattering could be clearly heard. Most of the ghostly flames that were wrapped around him suddenly went out. He and the huge bone vulture he was riding were blasted backward and crashed into a cluster of jagged crystals behind him, which exploded with a bang.

This shocking scene brought the entire chaotic battlefield to a standstill!
The leader of the Blood Fang Guards, a red-haired late-stage Void Refinement expert, had his greedy killing intent instantly replaced by extreme horror.

He stared intently at Yu Changsheng's right arm, which was now enveloped in an indescribable light, a mixture of dark gold, silver-blue, and nebula-like brilliance—the wound was healing at a visible speed under the tempering of the three supreme powers. Beneath the newly grown flesh and skin, there were faint swirling star rivers and Dao patterns, emitting a terrifying fluctuation that made him feel a chill, as if it could annihilate the stars!
This is no longer a human arm; it is clearly a newly born, yet destructive, source!

"Star Core Melt... Annihilation Dao Weapon?!" A taboo word he had only heard of in ancient legends flashed through the red-haired leader's mind, making the hairs on his body stand on end.

"Seize it! Seize his opportunity while he's still unsettled!"

On the Bone Prison City side, another Bone Vulture Cavalry Guard at the late stage of Void Refinement had his eyes bloodshot as he watched his leader being blasted away. He roared and urged his Bone Vulture to move, which, wrapped in rolling Netherworld Ghost Fire, transformed into a pale white stream of death light and rushed straight towards Yu Changsheng at the center of the light.

They could not tolerate their prey transforming under their noses, much less the humiliation of their leader being severely wounded!

"Dream on!" The Bloodfang Guard leader's red hair flew wildly, his eyes swirling with bloodlust, greed completely overwhelming his horror. The "extraordinary treasure" Yu Changsheng was displaying was worth far more than a few pieces of Star Origin Marrow!
His figure suddenly transformed into a viscous, blood-red rainbow, arriving first despite being behind. A giant claw covered in scarlet scales and with hooked nails tore through the air, carrying a thick stench of blood and filthy laws, fiercely grabbing at Yu Changsheng's arm as it was being forged, its target being the shimmering star core and Dao pattern stone!
He wanted to tear the arm off, skin and bone, along with the treasure!
"Protect Brother Changsheng!" Wang Cheng's roar was like a ferocious beast awakening.

The moment Yu Changsheng fused the star core Dao patterns, the rage and protective will that had been suppressed to the extreme due to Yu Changsheng's injury in his heart completely boiled over!

On the Chaos Bone Arm, the originally domineering and incomparable blood and qi suddenly subsided. The next moment, a deeper and heavier dark golden light emanated from the depths of the arm bone. Even the bone arm faintly showed extremely faint star patterns similar to Yu Changsheng's new arm - that was the sign that the fragments of star source ore marrow had been initially refined by his domineering blood!
Boom! Wang Cheng took a step forward, and the hard, crystalline ground beneath his feet shattered like a spiderweb. He neither dodged nor evaded; his chaotic bone arm, carrying the power to crush mountains, fiercely met the Bloodfang Guard leader's bloody claws! Dark gold and scarlet collided with a deafening roar!
Boo!
A deafening, heart-stopping bang erupted.

The violent energy shockwave spread out in a ring, instantly leveling all the protruding crystal clusters within a radius of tens of feet, filling the air with dust.

Wang Cheng trembled violently, plowing two deep furrows beneath his feet. Sparks flew from his Chaos Bone Arm, leaving several shallow white marks. His blood and qi surged, and a trace of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth, yet he managed to withstand an attack from a late-stage Void Refinement expert!
"How dare an ant block your way? Get out of here!" The Bloodfang Guard leader was both shocked and furious, and was about to increase his strength.

Om-!
A clear, melodious sword cry—no, a sharp sound of a dagger slicing through space—suddenly rang out!
Ling Wuying's figure was like a ghost blending into the shadows. In the subtle gap between the Blood Fang Guard leader and Wang Cheng's confrontation, when the old forces had just been eliminated and the new forces had not yet emerged, he appeared with perfect precision from their blind spot!

The newly acquired Shadow Dagger, forged from Silent Star Cold Iron, in his hand now flowed with a cold, silvery-blue starlight, as if it had captured a section of a frozen galaxy.

Where the dagger pointed, space was silently sliced ​​open with a tiny but absolutely deadly black crack!
"Shadow Erosion: Star Mark!"

This strike was swift, ruthless, and precise! It combined the ultimate concealment of the Shadow Law with the destructive sharpness of the Silent Star Cold Iron, aiming straight for the Bloodfang Guard leader's vital heart!

The deadly chill instantly made the red-haired leader's back go cold!

"You scoundrel!" The Bloodfang Guard leader was shocked and furious. He twisted his body forcefully, and his arm, covered in scarlet scales, blocked the attack at an incredible angle, causing a surge of bloody light.

Ding!
A piercing clang of metal clashing rang out. The starlight of the Shadow Dagger clashed fiercely with the scales of the Blood Claw, sparks raining down.

Ling Wuying groaned, thrown back by the immense force of the recoil, and disappeared into the shadows.

The Bloodfang Guard leader's arm scales were also slashed open with a deep gash, dark red blood seeping out. Wisps of silver-blue aura of annihilation swirled around the wound, hindering the self-healing of the Blood Path technique! His face was terribly gloomy.

"Azure Lotus Pure Land - Solidify!"

Despite the dizziness caused by the depletion of her soul and spiritual energy, Chen Xueqing once again activated the Purifying Lotus.

This time, the bluish-green light field no longer expanded, but suddenly contracted, tightly enveloping the area within three zhang around Yu Changsheng and Wang Cheng.

The light field was as solid as glass, with vibrant lotus petal phantoms flowing across its surface, firmly blocking the filthy blood energy that the Blood Fang Guard leader was trying to infiltrate, as well as the several bone-corroding arrows shot by the Bone Vulture Cavalry from the other side.

Her delicate body trembled slightly, and her face paled even more, but her eyes remained incredibly firm.

"Hehehe... How lively! The mad dogs of the Blood Slaughter Hall and the skeletons of Bone Prison City, fighting and killing is so boring. Why don't I let my little darlings play with you?"

Ghost Yinzi's signature sinister laugh echoed amidst the chaotic energy storm.

He did not join the core battle group directly, but instead lurked on the periphery like the most cunning viper.

As his withered hands formed a dazzling array of hand seals, more than a dozen puppets, pieced together from the skeletons of various powerful demonic beasts and cultivators and shrouded in dense Yin energy, silently emerged from the shadows of the crystal clusters or the sand.

These puppets were not attacking Yu Changsheng and the others, but instead fearlessly pounced on the other Bone Vulture Cavalry and Blood Fang Guards who were temporarily forced back by Wang Cheng and Ling Wuying and were regrouping their formation a little further away!

These puppets were all "thoughtfully" smeared and inlaid with fragments of shimmering starlight by Gui Yinzi—the very fragments of star source ore he had received! The aura of the stellar origin held a fatal attraction for these cultivators who practiced sinister techniques, like a lighthouse in the darkness.

"Star Origin Marrow? It's on that puppet!"

"Take it! Don't let those scum from the Blood Slaughter Hall get their hands on it!"

In an instant, the eyes of the lower and middle-level cultivators on both sides, who had just been stunned by their leader's injury and Yu Changsheng's sudden change, were instantly stained red with greed! It was impossible to tell who made the first move, or whose sword flashed and whose people touched each other first. A fierce melee suddenly erupted on the outskirts of Yu Changsheng's core battle group!

The puppets detonated by Guiyinzi became the perfect fuse and disruptor. The cultivators of Bone Prison City and Blood Slaughter Hall frantically attacked each other and scrambled for the puppet fragments that shone with starlight. The shouts of killing, roars, and sounds of energy colliding were deafening, and the scene was completely out of control!

Mo Heng's pressure suddenly eased.

His eyes flashed with a sharp light, and his hands moved rapidly across the Myriad Transformations Returning to Nothingness Furnace like butterflies flitting among flowers. "Now! Furnace Induction - Chaotic Void!"

Buzz! The Myriad Transformations Returning to the Void Furnace erupted with intense spatial fluctuations, and countless twisted rune chains spewed from its mouth. They were not used for attack, but rather to frantically interfere with and distort the already extremely unstable spatial coordinates of this crystal cluster forest.

At the same time, his powerful spiritual sense spread out like a spider web, penetrating the chaotic battlefield energy and the smoke bombs created by Guiyinzi, instantly locking onto a node on the path that Ling Wuying had previously discovered, where the energy was relatively weak and the spatial folds were relatively gentle.

"Northeast, 370 zhang! Spatial node! Let's go!"

Mo Heng's voice resounded like a great bell in everyone's mind.

The smelting light on Yu Changsheng's right arm has stabilized. The dark gold, silver-blue and nebula-like brilliance no longer violently clash, but have formed a dangerous yet balanced symbiotic state. A desolate pressure that even peak Void Refinement cultivators find oppressive is faintly emanating from it.

The madness in his eyes faded, leaving only a cold, abyssal calm. He glanced at Chen Xueqing, whose face was deathly pale yet who was still doing her utmost to support Qinglian, then swept his gaze over Wang Cheng, whose mouth was bloodied but whose fighting spirit remained unwavering; Ling Wuying, who had blended into the shadows and was lurking in wait; and Gui Yinzi, who was stirring up trouble on the periphery. (End of Chapter)