Swallowing the Stars: Starting with a Meteor Tear

Chapter 290 Solo Journey

According to the cultivation philosophy of this world, what cultivators need to do is to comprehend the Dao of Heaven.

The deeper one's understanding of the Dao, the faster one's realm will advance, and the stronger one's abilities will become.

Furthermore, "Stellar Transformation" is an unparalleled path based on comprehending the evolution of the universe, and its understanding of the Dao of Heaven is exceptionally profound.

"Whoosh~~~"

Within a radius of two to three meters around Zhou Yang, streaks of golden, slightly silvery mist-like energy swirled around him in a mysterious trajectory, forming a blurry nebula shape.

Zhou Yang had been cultivating in the Devouring Universe for over five million years, and had seen countless nebulae, celestial bodies, secret realms, and wonders. Therefore, the nebula trajectory he formed was even more perfect than what was expected in the Stellar Transformation Technique.

As the hazy nebula continued to rotate and cycle, it drew in a trace of special and mysterious energy from this world—the power of the heavens and stars!

Originally, Zhou Yang's nebula was a pale gold color mixed with some silver mist. As the power of the stars was integrated, the color of the entire nebula began to change to a mixture of gold and silver.

Moreover, when the power of the stars circulated into his body along with the entire nebula, a portion of it was rapidly absorbed by Zhou Yang's muscles and bones, making his physical attributes increasingly stronger.

The remaining majority returned to his dantian, where it was devoured by the nebula vortex and transformed into nebula power unique to Zhou Yang.

Each cycle absorbs a large amount of stellar energy, which not only tempers the muscles and bones but also makes the energy within the Zhouyang Nebula increasingly powerful.

With each cycle, Zhou Yang was completely immersed in that wonderful feeling. Gradually, after an unknown amount of time, the color of the entire nebula had completely changed to a blend of gold and silver, and the energy of the nebula became increasingly pure.

At this moment, Zhou Yang's body was surrounded by faint golden and silver clouds. After being constantly tempered by the power of the stars, his physical body had become as tough and powerful as jade and diamond.

Within the dantian.

A perfect nebula was contained within, composed of countless golden and silver particles. These particles were distributed throughout Zhou Yang's dantian. These dazzling particles were the new essence of energy formed by the fusion of Zhou Yang's soul power, genetic energy, and a large amount of stellar power. In his perception, this new energy was essentially close to the 'world power' of a world lord!

This new energy will also be the source of Zhou Yang's energy in the future!

At the very center of the nebula, a pale blue flame was burning continuously.

This flame is fueled by the entire nebula particle, and its power is ridiculously strong.

Every cultivator possesses a true fire within their body. For immortal cultivators, it is generally called the "Samadhi True Fire," for demon cultivators it is generally called the "Demon Fiend True Fire," and for monster cultivators it is generally called the "Demon Soul True Fire."

Since "Stellar Transformation" is neither about cultivating immortality or demonic cultivation, nor about cultivating monsters, the true fire within the body is named "Stellar True Fire".

"The fusion of soul power, genetic energy, and a large amount of stellar power has allowed me to reach the late Nebula stage in one fell swoop!"

Zhou Yang, who had been sitting cross-legged, opened his eyes.

As soon as he stopped cultivating, the hazy golden and silver nebula around his body immediately receded back into his body.

"Late-stage Nebula Realm, but the energy within my body feels comparable to the peak of the Constellation Realm, which devours worlds. However, the fundamental laws of this world seem extremely obscure; I can't sense even the slightest fluctuation."

"Young Master, you've finally finished your cultivation!"

The moment he stood up, the seven figures that had been guarding him appeared beside him like a gust of wind.

"Young Master has just survived his tribulation and has already advanced to the late Golden Core stage in one fell swoop! It's truly unbelievable!"

Qi Ying's smile was very broad. The young master, who was originally considered incapable of cultivation, had now successfully passed the Four-Nine Heavenly Tribulation and even broke through to the late stage of the Golden Core Realm, which made him genuinely happy.

After all, although the two were master and servant, the young master was someone they had watched grow up, so they were naturally closer to each other.

"Master will be overjoyed to know that Young Master has successfully survived the Tribulation of the Forty-Nine Heavens!"

Seven Shadows said it as if it were unintentional.

However, Zhou Yang did not respond, but instead smiled and changed the subject.

"Uncle Qiying, please do me a favor."

"Oh? Young Master, please feel free to give any requests you may have!" Qi Ying hurriedly replied.

"Uncle Qiying, I feel that my cultivation can still be improved. There should be many demonic beasts in this Broken Moon Mountain Range. Could you please help me hunt down some demonic beast cores and nascent souls?" Zhou Yang said with a smile.

Whether human cultivators or demonic beasts, after breaking through to the Golden Core stage, a Golden Core will condense within their bodies. Upon reaching the Nascent Soul stage, a wisp of soul merges into the Golden Core, allowing it to further transform into a Nascent Soul.

For cultivators to advance their cultivation level, they need two things: first, to comprehend the Dao of Heaven and elevate their soul's realm; and second, to have sufficient energy to continuously strengthen their golden core or nascent soul.

Leaving aside the elevation of one's spiritual realm, which requires accumulated understanding and refinement over time.

There are many ways to obtain energy.

Most cultivators directly absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, accumulating it over a long period of time to obtain sufficient energy. This method is the most common and peaceful, and there are no hidden dangers involved.

In addition, one can also quickly acquire energy by taking elixirs or by directly devouring the golden cores or nascent souls of other cultivators.

Both the Golden Core and the Nascent Soul are the essence of a cultivator's cultivation. Even if a cultivator dies, the Golden Core or Nascent Soul will be preserved for a long time.

Directly devouring a cultivator's golden core or nascent soul is equivalent to directly absorbing the accumulation of a cultivator's long years, so the efficiency is naturally much faster.

Therefore, when cultivators fight, it is often a matter of life and death, and there is very little holding back.

However, whether it is taking pills or devouring a cultivator's golden core or nascent soul, there will be some negative backlashes, so one cannot devour too many within a certain period of time.

"Do you need some Nascent Soul cultivators?"

Qi Ying replied with a smile, "That's easy. There should be quite a few Nascent Soul stage demonic beasts in the Broken Mountain Range. Young Master, please wait here for a moment and be careful. I'll be right back!"

As Qi Ying spoke, without waiting for Zhou Yang's reply, she directly flew swiftly into the depths of the Broken Moon Mountains.

With his strength, dealing with a few Nascent Soul stage demonic beasts is a piece of cake. He can make it back in a short while, so there's no need to worry about the young master's safety.

However, he was unaware that shortly after he left, Zhou Yang summoned the top-grade spiritual weapon short sword and flew away rapidly in the opposite direction.

After being tempered by the power of the stars, his physical body was comparable to that of an ordinary spiritual weapon. In the state of man and sword as one, his speed soared to the extreme, and he disappeared into the horizon in the blink of an eye!

(End of this chapter)