Stellar Transformation-Chapter 449: Season 14, Episode 22, Soul Freeze

After some discussion, in the end, only Wu Lan and Ye Qu intended to enter the second layer of the Jiang Lan Realm. Meanwhile, Ao Wuxu, having already reached the status of a Ninth-level Demon Emperor, did not enter the second layer of the Jiang Lan Realm.

After sending these two into the second layer of the Jiang Lan Realm, Qin Yu left the Jiang Lan Realm.

Atop the Fifteen-star Emperor-level Dark Star.

Qin Yu appeared out of nowhere above this Dark Star and immediately rushed towards the Interstellar Transmission Array at extreme speed. Qin Yu was now able to make the Dark Star Gravity around his body increase by tenfold, so his speed was naturally extremely fast.

"Hmm? That woman from the Bai Xuan Sect." Qin Yu’s speed suddenly slowed down.

Because Qin Yu had spotted a woman in white clothes not far ahead of him, he had noticed this woman when he first entered the Fifteen-star Emperor-level Dark Star three thousand years ago. It was unexpected that after three thousand years had passed, this woman in white was still there.

The woman in white was only a few hundred meters away from the Interstellar Transmission Array, and Qin Yu had to pass by her to get there, which meant she would undoubtedly see him.

Without much hesitation, Qin Yu continued to move forward.

The surface of the Dark Star was extremely hot, with the ground being a dark red color. It seemed that even the space close to the ground was steaming with mist. However, the ground around the woman in white had turned dark black.

As Qin Yu approached the woman, he also felt the temperature around her begin to drop.

Suddenly turning around, the woman in white cast her cool gaze upon Qin Yu, her eyebrows slightly furrowed, "From the Golden Punishment Sect? I am Han Xue of the Bai Xuan Sect."

"Han Xue." Qin Yu nodded, "I’m called Liu Xing."

"The Golden Punishment Sect truly lives up to its reputation as the foremost among the three sects, not only the new Monarch, the new Deputy Sect Master, but even you, Liu Xing. There indeed are many hidden masters," Han Xue nodded and then resumed her cultivation, no longer giving Qin Yu another glance.

Such a cold woman, Qin Yu thought to himself, and then he headed straight for the Interstellar Transmission Array.

Upon stepping into the Transmission Array, the Power of Gold within his body poured directly into the entire array. As a misty light enveloped the entire formation, Qin Yu disappeared within the Transmission Array.

"Has the cultivation been successful? It’s only been three thousand years," the woman named Han Xue gazed towards the Interstellar Transmission Array and murmured softly to herself.

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A massive gathering of cultivators convened on the Trial Holy Star. Here there were the lofty members of the high echelons from the Bai Xuan Sect, Golden Punishment Sect, and Black Flame Sect, but also formidable solitary cultivators, quiet ascetics, and struggling underdogs striving hard.

At the Fifteen-star Emperor Level.

This was a watershed mark. Once one achieved the power of the Fifteen-star Emperor Level, one gained the qualifications to contend for the title of Monarch. One automatically became a candidate for Monarch, a status so exalted it went without saying.

Majestic structures of the Fifteen-star Emperor Level rose above the Trial Holy Star.

The entire Dark Star Realm could not know how many cultivators there were, all hoping one day to have the qualifications to step into that Fifteen-star Emperor Level Transmission Array. Yet, in the entire Dark Star Realm, there were not many who had such qualifications.

So many people were willing to pay a high price just to dine in the restaurant of the Fifteen-star Emperor Level building, mostly just to experience the atmosphere of the Fifteen-star Emperor Level for themselves.

On the spacious streets, many people who passed by the Fifteen-star Emperor Level building couldn’t help but look towards its main entrance. Their gazes passed through the entrance, clearly seeing the Transmission Array that led to the Fifteen-star Emperor Level Dark Star.

"Ah, the transmission array is lit up; look, that transmission array is lit up," a boy on the street exclaimed excitedly, pointing at the main entrance of the Fifteen-star Emperor-level skyscraper.

Suddenly, a large number of cultivators on the street rushed over here. Likewise, many cultivators dining inside the Fifteen-star Emperor-level skyscraper gathered around to watch. Anyone emerging from this transmission array must be coming from a Fifteen-star Emperor-level Dark Star.

That would be a Fifteen-star Emperor-level powerhouse!

Amid the crowd’s gaze, Qin Yu’s figure appeared inside the transmission array. Having just emerged, Qin Yu saw the scene and responded with a faint smile, not the least bit concerned. He understood the cultivators of the Dark Star Realm’s reverence for the strong, having been similarly scrutinized when he first emerged from the Fourteen-star Emperor-level transmission array.

"Lord Liu Xing," the Elder guarding the transmission array said with a hint of respect, "Lord Liu Xing has stayed in the Dark Star for three thousand years and is qualified to be awarded the Fifteen-star Emperor Token. Please wait a moment."

Qin Yu nodded.

The Elder then took out a triangular crystal pillar, which shone brightly upon Qin Yu’s entire body, and then said apologetically, "Lord Liu Xing, please return your Fourteen-star Emperor Token."

Knowing the rules, Qin Yu understood that upon being granted a higher token, he must return the previous one.

After releasing the Blood Contract, Qin Yu handed back the Fourteen-star Emperor Token. The Elder, after receiving it, respectfully presented the Fifteen-star Emperor Token to Qin Yu, saying, "Lord Liu Xing can now perform Blood Recognition on it."

Compared to the Fourteen-star Emperor Token, this token was made of the same material, still somewhat transparent, exuding three kinds of colors. The front of the token still bore the character ’Emperor,’ only on the back, the number ’fourteen’ had changed to ’fifteen.’

After performing Blood Recognition on the token and storing it in his body, Qin Yu was about to leave when the Elder stopped him, saying apologetically, "Lord Liu Xing, I have a message here from His Excellency Golden Punishment Monarch for you."

"Golden Punishment Monarch?" Qin Yu couldn’t help but feel puzzled.

He had no acquaintance whatsoever with this Golden Punishment Monarch; why would he leave a message for him?

"Lord Liu Xing," the Elder bowed slightly and handed over a Jade Scroll. After Qin Yu took it and swept his Soul Power over it, he found the message left by the Golden Punishment Monarch — "Liu Xing, as a cultivator of my Golden Punishment Sect, since you have reached the Fifteen-star Emperor level, I hereby inform you that you are now a candidate for the next Golden Punishment Monarch. You are eligible to compete for the position of the next Monarch."

This was one of the two messages the Golden Punishment Monarch told Qin Yu, and this alone astonished him.

Reaching Fifteen-star Emperor-level automatically made one a candidate for the Golden Punishment Monarch? Who had made such a rule?

Besides this message, there was another — "Also... your strength has been recognized by the entire Golden Punishment Sect. Therefore, the sect invites you to be a Tributor. Of course... you can refuse. Liu Xing, I am not far from Crossing the God Tribulation and I hope you will cultivate diligently to strive for the position of the next Monarch. "

Qin Yu promptly stored the Jade Scroll away.

He knew the strength of the current Golden Punishment Monarch, ’Xing Yuan,’ a powerhouse who reached Eighteen-star Emperor Level; the Divine Tribulations could come at any moment. He didn’t expect that, even after three thousand years, he still had not faced the Divine Tribulations.

"This Divine Tribulation’s timing is indeed strange; the Hidden Emperor, Lin Yin, reached the Ninth Level Immortal Emperor long ago, and even though years have passed, while the Green Emperor has faced the Divine Tribulation, he has not. There’s also no telling when the new Golden Punishment Monarch will face it," Qin Yu lamented, "I wonder when the new Monarch will confront the Divine Tribulation."

Qin Yu had no idea.

Although the Green Emperor had publicly claimed he was of Eighth Level Immortal Emperor strength, his Soul Realm had already reached Great Perfection and solidified into a Soul Golden Core. Once the Green Emperor succeeded in his cultivation and ceased to suppress his power... it was quite normal for his Divine Tribulation to descend so swiftly.

As for a regular Ninth Level Immortal Emperor, waiting for the Divine Tribulation was a matter of tens of thousands of years.

"A Tributor?" Qin Yu smiled and then walked straight out of the main entrance.

The large number of cultivators observing from the outside all consciously and respectfully cleared a path, yet Qin Yu’s next move puzzled many, because...

Qin Yu entered a Fourteen-star Emperor-level high-rise building and stepped onto its Transmission Array.

"Already a Fifteen-star Emperor-level powerhouse, what’s he doing entering the Fourteen-star Emperor-level Dark Star?" This was the question on everyone’s minds, but no one could figure it out.

In the midst of the crowd’s confusion, Qin Yu commanded the Elder to activate the Transmission Array.

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On the Fourteen-star Emperor-level Dark Star, Qin Yu’s silhouette appeared within the Transmission Array.

"Increase the speed."

Power of Gold effused from Qin Yu’s body surface, waving gently. And the space around Qin Yu seemed to distort as he weakened the Dark Star’s gravity by more than tenfold.

Afterward, Qin Yu’s entire body burst forth with astonishing power, leaping forward and landing continuously. He moved like a sharp arrow... Covering the distance of three hundred li in just ten breaths.

"It’s still so refreshing here." Feeling the cold around him, Qin Yu’s face was filled with a smile, "The other places in the Dark Star are simply too scorching. Now that I’ve reached the Ninth Layer of the Nine-Transformation Dark Gold Body, I should be able to approach it."

Qin Yu strode toward the Emerald Liquid Cold Pond.

He was still three hundred meters away from the Cold Pond.

Now, Qin Yu’s muscles and bones were comparable to an Upper Grade Divine Artifact, so the temperature didn’t affect him much. Qin Yu continued forward... When he had come within ten meters of the Cold Pond, he felt his body numbing from the cold.

"It looks like this One-element Heavy Water Cold Pond will be mine," Qin Yu said confidently.

Although his body was now numbing from cold, it wasn’t to the point of needing Life Essence Power for restoration, so Qin Yu advanced further... When he was five meters away, the area was now shrouded in mist, which was Ice Soul Cold Qi.

Qin Yu already felt like his body could barely withstand it.

"Five meters, I should be able to collect this Cold Pond now, right?" Qin Yu attempted to gather the One-element Heavy Water Cold Pond into the Jiang Lan Realm, but no matter how he tried to control it, the Cold Pond remained immobile.

Normally, when Qin Yu collects people, they could be tens of meters away, and as long as they didn’t resist, he could easily bring them into the Realm.

But with this Cold Pond, even at a distance of only five meters, Qin Yu couldn’t bring it in. He understood... The harder something was to collect, the more extraordinary the contents of the Cold Pond must be.

He moved forward, one step, two steps!

Now, Qin Yu was only about three meters away from the Cold Pond, his muscles began to freeze and tear slowly, his Life Essence Power rapidly repairing the damage. Once again, Qin Yu tried to gather the One-element Heavy Water Cold Pond into the Jiang Lan Realm.

The emerald One-element Heavy Water started to shake, and a look of joy couldn’t help but appear on Qin Yu’s face.

"Collect." Qin Yu activated the Space Power of the Jiang Lan Realm, and saw the emerald liquid in the Cold Pond suddenly vanish. Qin Yu also sensed that the Emerald Liquid, the One-element Heavy Water, had appeared within the Jiang Lan Realm.

"Success!" A hint of joy appeared on Qin Yu’s face. However, he felt that the temperature around him didn’t seem to change much, and at this moment, he also saw the objects at the bottom of the Cold Pond.

At the bottom of the Cold Pond, there was a small pool of golden liquid, and within it, a golden orb that emitted a golden glow.

Qin Yu frowned, "After collecting the One-element Heavy Water, there’s hardly any change in the temperature here. It seems that the golden liquid and the golden orb are the real culprits for the surrounding temperature. I tried to collect the entire Cold Pond, successfully gathering the One-element Heavy Water, but I couldn’t collect the golden liquid and the golden orb. It seems they are even harder to collect."

Qin Yu gritted his teeth, "These items must be more precious than the One-element Heavy Water, and if the Heavy Water was so difficult to collect, I’m going all in."

"Whoosh!"

Qin Yu charged forward abruptly.

Three meters away, Qin Yu blinked, and just as he passed through, his body visibly froze at a rapid pace, and even his bones snapped instantly from the cold.

"Collect!" When half a meter away from the Cold Pond, Qin Yu utilized the Space Power of the Jiang Lan Realm.

Amidst extreme difficulty, the last bit of golden liquid and the golden orb were reluctantly taken into the Jiang Lan Realm, while Qin Yu collapsed to the side.

"That was close." Qin Yu gasped with relief.

In just a moment, ninety percent of Qin Yu’s muscles had completely frozen and died, and more than seventy percent of his bones had broken. The power of the golden liquid and golden orb was imaginable. And that was just from approaching; if he had touched them, the outcome was unthinkable.

Green Life Essence Power instantly merged into his broken bones and dead muscles. Qin Yu’s body was completely restored to perfect condition.

And with the loss of the Cold Pond, the temperature of the spot on the ground began to rise dramatically. Meanwhile, Qin Yu disappeared from the Dark Star and entered the Jiang Lan Realm.

The first layer of space within the Jiang Lan Realm.

Qin Yu had previously designated a small area to store the pool of One-element Heavy Water and the small pool of golden liquid along with the golden orb. He could only see the surface of the golden orb by controlling the Jiang Lan Realm.

Back in the Jiang Lan Realm, Qin Yu prepared to envelop the golden orb with his Soul Power for a closer examination.

Qin Yu’s Soul Power passed through the golden liquid, touching the golden orb, but just as his Soul Power made contact with the orb...

"Hiss!"

An intense chill instantly froze Qin Yu’s Soul Power, and then raced along it, reaching Qin Yu’s Soul Golden Core. The chill completely enveloped Qin Yu’s soul.

Soul Freeze!

Qin Yu became completely immobilized in that moment.

However, in the instant his soul froze, the somewhat smaller Meteor Tear merged with his soul, suddenly burst into a green light, like the melting thaw of spring, dispelling the intense chill.

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