Stellar Transformation-Chapter 71 - 1 Star Transformation

In the evening, as the sun set in the west, its light was not dazzling but it illuminated the entire land.

However, in a courtyard of the Prince Zhen Dong Mansion, there was a cold and somber air.

Qin Feng, Qin Zheng, Xu Yuan, and Feng Yuzi were all sitting next to the stone table, while Qin De stood in the courtyard with his hands behind his back, looking up at a willow tree. This courtyard was the private garden exclusive to Qin Yu within the mansion, and this willow tree was planted by both Qin De and Qin Yu when Qin Yu was a child.

Neither Qin Feng nor Qin Zheng, nor Xu Yuan, had a hint of a smile on their faces.

"Little Yu is dead."

When Qin Feng and Qin Zheng first received this news, they were simply stunned. They found it impossible to imagine that their youngest brother could just die like that, his body obliterated cleanly by a bolt of lightning.

Qin Feng and Qin Zheng still remembered their promise.

They had vowed to protect their younger brother, but now, they would never be able to fulfill that vow.

"Accelerate all plans. Half a year’s time. Zheng’er, in half a year, can we be fully prepared with the logistics, armor, weapons, and other materials?" Qin De’s voice suddenly broke the silence of the spacious courtyard.

Qin Zheng slightly knitted his brows in thought and after a moment, nodded and replied, "Half a year... Father, to fully prepare the materials like grain and supplies, half a year is enough. But to deliver these supplies to all the armies also requires time. Given some leeway, eight months would be perfect, but if we really need to rush, we can just manage to finish within half a year."

"Mm. Xu Yuan, in half a year, can the steps involved in the ’Flying Eagle’ plan all be completed?" Qin De continued to inquire.

After pondering for a moment, Xu Yuan responded, "Prince, according to the original plan, we should have had two more years to prepare. Accelerating it to be ready within half a year is a bit tight. However, we have been working on this for over a decade, so if we speed up the process, we can still barely activate all the plans within six months."

"Good!"

Qin De suddenly turned around and said to the others, "In that case, let’s give ourselves a slight extension. Launch a full-scale attack in seven months as per the plan, we must unite the entire Chu Dynasty within half a year." A chilling fierceness gleamed in Qin De’s eyes.

"Yes, Father (Prince)!"

Qin Feng, Qin Zheng, and Xu Yuan promptly stood up and bowed to take their leave.

"Feng’er, go back to the army immediately. Leave all matters of military supplies to Zheng’er, and I will take control of the overall coordination of the armies," said Qin De directly. "Now, everyone may go and attend to their tasks."

Qin Feng, Qin Zheng, and Xu Yuan bowed and left at once.

"Prince, you should take more care and rest. You still have injuries," Feng Yuzi gently shook his head and sighed.

Qin De turned around again, looking at the willow tree, "Rest and recuperate? Do I have the luxury to do so? How can I rest in peace without flattening the Western Regions Four Prefectures, exterminating the Xiang Family, killing Xiang Guang and Wood, and ensuring their souls are utterly destroyed?"

Feng Yuzi couldn’t help but give a bitter smile, though he was not too worried. With the spiritual medicine in the mansion and Qin De’s strength already at the Early Stage Golden Core, his internal injuries would be fully healed in a month.

"Prince, I will take my leave now. If you have any matters, you can send someone to find me," Feng Yuzi bowed slightly as he spoke.

"Brother Feng, please go ahead. I will not see you out," replied Qin De calmly.

Feng Yuzi nodded and then, stepping on his flying sword, broke through the sky and left.

"Seven months from now, we launch the attack, and within half a year, an army of a million will flatten the Western Regions Four Prefectures and wipe out the Xiang Family!" Qin De murmured to himself, his eyes emitting a murderous aura.

"Get out!"

A loud shout came from inside the house, causing Xiang Guang outside to tremble involuntarily.

Xiang Guang felt aggrieved. As soon as he heard that the Upper Immortal was back, he rushed over eagerly. He wanted to know whether Qin De was dead or alive, especially since Xiang Guang had been excited all along his journey from the Imperial Palace.

Yet as soon as he Xiang Guang had barely begun to speak, he was scolded and sent away.

"Damn it, this Wood, didn’t I give them the Red Elixir? Could it be that he didn’t kill Qin De and just returned?" Xiang Guang fumed inwardly, but he knew one thing for sure—it was absolutely necessary not to offend an Upper Immortal, especially since the Upper Immortal was the pillar of the Xiang Family.

The Red Elixir was a reward for Wood and his companion to kill Qin De. If Qin De had not been killed, Xiang Guang was naturally frustrated and helpless.

"Your Majesty!" the eunuch beside him immediately bowed next to Xiang Guang.

"Get out of my sight!" Xiang Guang waved his large sleeve and pushed the eunuch aside, then forced a smile and said, "Upper Immortal..."

"Xiang Guang, child, my mood is not good today, do not bother me," Wood scolded coldly.

Swallowing hard, Xiang Guang managed a dry smile and said, "Upper Immortal, remember the Red Elixir I gave to the senior, requesting your help in killing Qin De? May I know whether Qin De is alive or dead?" Regardless, Xiang Guang still needed to ask this question.

Boom!

The door slammed open with great force, and the two halves struck the walls as the long-haired Wood, furious and full of resentful anger, stepped out, fixing his gaze on Xiang Guang. Xiang Guang was so frightened by Wood’s demeanor that he kept stepping back.

"Don’t talk to me about Qin De. This time, taking up this task caused even my junior brother to lose his life. You talk to me about the Red Elixir, about Qin De. Get lost. Don’t think that just because you are a descendant of the Xiang Family, I, Wood, would not dare to lay a hand on you," Wood’s anger seemed tangible, pressing down on Xiang Guang.

His junior brother and he had shared a deep bond for hundreds of years. The death of Wu Xing was a tremendous blow to Wood. Moreover, the five middle-grade spirit short knives that Wu Xing had collected were destroyed by a sudden beam of light at the end.

Wood gained nothing from this venture and even lost his junior brother, how could he not be furious?

"Upper Immortal, please calm your anger. I will leave at once and not disturb your rest any longer. Please calm your anger..." As he said this, Xiang Guang, scared out of his wits, quickly took his men and fled from Wood’s residence, the scene of their departure was extremely embarrassing.

Looking back at Wood’s residence from a distance, Xiang Guang snorted coldly and immediately hurried back to the Imperial Palace.

The boundless Primordial Wilderness to this day still cannot be accurately described in terms of size. The deeper into the Primordial Wilderness one goes, the denser the nature’s spiritual energy becomes, and likewise the more formidable the demon beasts are, in a certain place almost a hundred thousand miles away from the Primordial Wilderness border.

Of course, this one hundred thousand miles is but a short distance in the vastness of the Primordial Wilderness, after all, the Primordial Wilderness is truly immense.

Here, there is a huge lake, and next to the lake there is a massive mountain structure. The building is only two stories tall, about eight or nine meters, but it covers a terrifyingly large area, both in length and width over a hundred meters. Inside the building, each room is lavishly decorated with various kinds of lighting that emit a variety of colors, the likes of which are unseen on the Hidden Dragon Continent.

In a spacious hall within this building, the floor is pure silver.

On this silver floor lies a young man with a wound in his abdomen, a middle-aged man with white at his temples, and a Black Hawk; it was the missing Qin Yu, Wu Xing, and Black Hawk.

Under Qin De’s gaze, Qin Yu’s eyes completely dimmed, his heartbeat and pulse were gone, and he had stopped breathing.

"Is this what it feels like to be dead?"

Qin Yu vaguely remembered the mournful cry of Little Black, but now he was completely unable to make a sound, he could not even move a finger. Yet his soul consciousness still existed. As his body’s functions stopped, Qin Yu’s soul began to quiver.

An irresistible force of suction came from the outside world, acting directly on Qin Yu’s soul as if it were about to draw his soul away.

"Am I dead, and is my soul about to enter the cycle of reincarnation?" Qin Yu was unable to resist at all. His soul consciousness could only feel this force of attraction, which was domineering and extremely strong. Qin Yu’s soul drifted lightly, beginning to float as if it were about to leave his body.

Suddenly—

A warm stream burst forth from the position of the Meteor Tear imprint on his chest, enveloping Qin Yu’s soul consciousness.

"So warm, as if being wrapped in warm water." Qin Yu’s consciousness only had such a feeling, and the warm stream insulated him from that attracting force. Qin Yu’s soul remained in his body, not drawn away.

Qin Yu’s soul was shrouded in the warm flow of the Meteor Tear, leaving him completely unaware of what was happening outside. He didn’t even feel a fiery red column from the sky that struck his body.

The Meteor Tear was simultaneously sending a stream of clean water into Qin Yu’s wound. The injuries on Qin Yu’s body were healing steadily, and although the wound where his heart had been pierced healed very slowly, it was nonetheless knitting together.

Time passed minute by minute.

Qin Yu’s soul was basking in the warmth, absorbing the warm energy much like a baby, gradually becoming more substantiated. His soul took the form of a seven-colored disk, dazzling and captivating, with energy continuously flickering around it like lightning. As the soul absorbed the warmth, the ’lightning’ flickered with increasing power.

In the blink of an eye, seven days passed.

The massive wound in Qin Yu’s abdomen had completely healed without even a scar remaining. The reason it took seven days was due to the heart being particularly difficult to repair. Ordinary flesh wounds would disappear within half a day, but the heart required seven days.

Qin Yu’s soul remained in the warmth.

Suddenly, Qin Yu felt the warmth fade away, and a familiar sensation slowly returned. He relished that feeling—it was the sensation of having full control over his body, the complete connection of soul and flesh.

Qin Yu’s eyes abruptly opened, his hands still embedded in Wu Xing’s chest—who was, of course, irrevocably dead. Qin Yu forcefully withdrew his hands and with a shake of his arms, his muscles vibrated rapidly, shaking off the blood.

"Huh!"

Qin Yu sprang to his feet and looked around. He immediately spotted Little Black not far from him—Little Black was staring blankly at Qin Yu, then burst into excited cries. The eagle’s calls resonated as it rushed over, embracing Qin Yu with large wings, still calling out unrestrainedly.

"Haha, Little Black, it’s okay now, whoa, you got your saliva all over me."

Qin Yu and Little Black playfully frolicked together.

"Welcome back, master. To think you could be resurrected even with a pierced heart is truly astonishing to ’Little Star,’" a clear, bell-like child’s voice echoed throughout the vast hall, catching both Qin Yu and Little Black by surprise.

Qin Yu extended his spiritual sense throughout the strange architecture, which was entirely different from the buildings of the Hidden Dragon Continent. However, he found no one else around.

"Who are you?" Qin Yu immediately asked, "Was it you who saved me?"

"I’m Little Star, but I did not save you. It was you who saved yourself," the pleasant childlike voice replied once again.

Qin Yu furrowed his brows slightly, remembering the moment Wu Xing pierced his heart. It seemed that the Meteor Tear emitted a clear stream that continuously repaired his heart, albeit slowly, and when his bodily functions had stopped altogether, his soul was about to be absorbed—yet once again, a warm flow enveloped his soul.

"Could it have been the Meteor Tear that saved me?" Qin Yu inwardly speculated.

The Meteor Tear was truly miraculous, at least beyond Qin Yu’s current understanding—how could one survive even after their heart was pierced? It is well known that if a cultivator below the Cave Void Stage suffers a pierced heart, it invariably leads to death.

If one is of the Cave Void Stage or higher, and their heart is pierced, their physical body would be destroyed, and they would have to rely on the Nascent Soul to cultivate as an Immortal. There has never been a case where someone with a pierced heart could return to life.

Setting aside that issue for now, Qin Yu composed himself and asked, "You’re Little Star, but who is Little Star? Why did you call me master from the start? Could you explain everything clearly? And what’s with the strange lighting here?"

Qin Yu looked up above.

It was a large square-shaped transparent object, radiating multicolored lights—it was incredibly dazzling.

"Little Star is the butler of this house, an artificial brain. This mansion was built by the first master, Lei Wei. I followed Master Lei Wei, drifting through the cosmos while the master continuously cultivated and comprehended in the universe. We originally belonged to a technologically advanced universe, where this mansion was refined by the master and then stored in a ’storage ring’. Once, the master ventured into a black hole, got sucked in, and miraculously came out alive, ending up in another universe. The master entered one of its planets, the one you are on now."

The crisp childlike voice said excitedly.

Yet, Qin Yu furrowed his brows.

Artificial brain? Mansion? Technology? Black hole? Planet?

Qin Yu didn’t understand at all, nor did he understand how he ended up here.

"This planet is entirely about cultivation. In our original universe, there were also cultivators, but in a universe dominated by technology, there were very few cultivators—extremely few. However, the cultivators on this planet are numerous, amounting to tens of thousands. After spending some time on this planet, the master needed to go through the Heavenly Tribulation. Worried about failing the tribulation, he left me in this Primordial Wilderness early, to wait for the second master. Sure enough, after so many years, the transmission array was activated and sent you, master," it said.

Qin Yu began to understand a little, but he was still clueless about certain technical terms.

"Little Star, why don’t you come out and talk to me?" Qin Yu, not understanding what an artificial brain was, said directly.

"Wait a moment, Little Star doesn’t have a physical form, only a virtual image!" Suddenly, an image appeared in front of Qin Yu—it was the figure of a small kitten. Qin Yu watched, astonished, and couldn’t help but reach out. However, his hand passed right through the kitten’s phantom body.

At first glance, this virtual image seemed as real as anything, only when touched one would find out it was merely an illusion.

"Hehe, master, you’re from the Hidden Dragon Continent and have no idea what technology is. The original Master Lei Wei had already prepared a book, written in the language of the Hidden Dragon Continent. Take your time reading it. Once you finish, you will understand everything. Just remind me when you want to turn the page," said the voice cheerfully.

A quaint-looking book floated in front of Qin Yu. Of course, this was also virtual.

Qin Yu gazed at it goofily, and after a long while, he cleared his throat and focused on reading intently. As Qin Yu read, a novel civilization, entirely different from the cultivation world, unfolded before him...

Lei Wei was a very intelligent man. A book of several hundred thousand words made Qin Yu understand the concept of a technological civilization, at least enough to know how to use this mansion.

"So that’s how... I was transported to this mansion," Qin Yu said, a smile appearing on his face.

He completely understood everything now.

To practice "Star Transformation," one must achieve the Innate Great Perfection in Outer Strength, which is to fully cultivate the "Tongtian Three Diagrams" to its ultimate extent. The sign of reaching the limit is when the body is covered by a three-colored armor formed by 108 Qi Columns.

Once the three-colored armor is formed, the miraculous huge transmission array will sense it and directly transport Qin Yu into this mansion preset by the array, and ’Little Star’ will then automatically take a drop of Qin Yu’s blood to lock in the recognition of its new master.

"Meow—Master, the first master left a segment of footage in which he has some things to tell you. Do you want to see it?" Little Star blinked those eyes and flicked its little cat tail.

Qin Yu couldn’t help but feel a shock in his heart; he held quite an admiration for Lei Wei.

Clearly, Lei Wei was the mysterious expert who had killed a cultivator at Great Success Stage, several Independent Immortals, and dozens of others at the Transcendance Tribulation Stage and Kongming Stage. This expert’s origins were even more bizarre, as he wasn’t even from this cultivation world.

To meet this senior?

"Little Star, grant Little Black access to the villa, and also, once I’ve disposed of this guy’s corpse, oh, what is this..." Just as he looked towards Wu Xing’s body, Qin Yu noticed something.

Wu Xing was dead, and his flying sword, short knife, and the storage bracelet had naturally fallen to the side. Qin Yu didn’t care much for the flying sword and short knife, but he had never played with a storage bracelet before.

Picking up the storage bracelet, which now had no owner due to its former master’s death, Qin Yu immediately performed the blood recognition. A drop of fresh blood fell onto the storage bracelet and was completely absorbed by it.

"How magical, to think it holds a space as large as a room." As soon as he put on the storage bracelet, Qin Yu could fully sense the space within it.

Wearing the storage bracelet made Qin Yu quite joyful. With a thought, items from within the bracelet would appear in his hand and just as quickly could be returned to the interior; the convenience and mystery of it made Qin Yu marvel at the wonders of the storage bracelet.

"Little Black, from now on, you can roam freely inside this villa. Come, let’s go bury this guy’s body," Qin Yu said as he grabbed Wu Xing’s corpse and stepped out of the hall they were in before.

"Master, this way, please. What we just left was the martial arts hall. The silver walls and the floor around the martial arts hall were made from a type of ore that the former master refined after collecting it from a planet with particularly strong gravity during his interstellar travels. It’s extremely hard; even the so-called upper grade spiritual artifacts of the cultivation world can only leave a mark on it," Little Star said proudly.

Qin Yu couldn’t help but be amazed at the incredible hardness of the silver stone walls and floor of the martial arts hall. Unbeknownst to him, Lei Wei had wandered the universe and encountered many unique planets during his adventures, some with gravity so intense that even Lei Wei himself did not dare to enter.

Exiting the front door of the living room, there was a relatively large indoor swimming pool. Walking along the side of the pool, they left the villa.

"It really is beautiful."

Once outside, Qin Yu saw the curve of the Bibo Lake and the green grass beyond. The villa was situated beside the lake. Further out on the grassland was a huge forest where, at a glance, various wild animals could be seen.

Turning back to look at the villa, the building from the outside resembled a mountain. Qin Yu smiled and said, "The term ’villa’ really is awkward. Since this ’villa’ was built by Senior Lei Wei and resembles a mountain, from today onwards, this villa shall be called ’Thunder Mountain Residence’." Qin Yu chose a name that fitted the style of the Hidden Dragon Continent.

Afterward, Qin Yu buried Wu Xing’s body not far from there.

"Little Black, go play around but don’t go too far. This is the Primordial Wilderness; you never know when a powerful demon beast might appear. If you encounter any danger, come back immediately." Qin Yu gently patted Little Black’s head and said. Little Black flapped its wings excitedly in agreement.

Qin Yu smiled and headed straight back into Thunder Mountain Residence.

Thunder Mountain Residence was large, divided into two levels. The first level contained the martial arts hall, living room, artifact refining room, alchemy room, and storage room, with the swimming pool at the front and a garden at the back. The garden contained plants from various exotic planets.

The first level had no technological luxuries and was dedicated to cultivation and refining. The second level, on the other hand, was the opposite. It featured a bathroom, kitchen, entertainment room, bedrooms, study, and other areas for rest and leisure.

At this moment, Qin Yu was in the Martial Arts Hall.

"Little Star, didn’t you say that Senior Lei Wei left behind a video message? Open it up, let me have a look." Qin Yu stood in the Martial Arts Hall, his heartbeat slightly quickening; after all, the image he was about to see was of the mysterious Lei Wei.

"Meow—hold on a moment!"

Little Star’s cat tail swept across, and then it disappeared. Simultaneously... the walls of the entire Martial Arts Hall displayed images of cosmic stars. For a moment, Qin Yu felt as if he was in the cosmos, with the ground beneath his feet resembling an abyss, the actual floor nowhere to be seen.

"The cosmos, is this the cosmos?"

Qin Yu felt a tad curious, but at that moment, a figure suddenly appeared in front of him. At this point, the figure was standing with his back to Qin Yu, hands clasped behind him. After a long sigh, he turned around.

Proud, sharp.

That was Qin Yu’s first impression of this Lei Wei. Lei Wei then smiled faintly and said, "Hello, if you are seeing this video, it means I, Lei Wei, truly failed in transcending the tribulation."

Qin Yu understood; if Lei Wei had not failed in transcending the tribulation, he would definitely have returned to this ’Thunder Mountain Residence,’ and there would not be the current scene. Lei Wei’s smile seemed approachable, so Qin Yu became less tense.

Lei Wei’s eyes looked somewhat misty, as if reminiscing about his life.

"I am a prince from an empire in the Milky Way, yet I had no love for royal power but rather for starship adventures and cultivation. Where we’re from, cultivators existed only on one planet, that was Earth, and I only learned of it after my cultivation had reached a certain level."

"I cultivated incessantly, later obtaining a secret book—’Tongtian Three Diagrams’. It was just three pages with thirty-six diagrams each. To cultivate ’Tongtian Three Diagrams’, one’s body had to reach the Innate Realm. I tried every possible method and cultivated tirelessly, overcoming numerous difficulties until finally, I succeeded. Abandoning my royal status and relying on my cosmic ship, I adventured between the stars while also continuously cultivating ’Tongtian Three Diagrams’. One day, the Four-nine Heavenly Tribulation arrived, and I was fortunate to transcend it. However... afterwards, I no longer had any cultivation techniques to continue with."

Lei Wei’s face revealed a hint of satisfaction and joy; he appeared to recall the days of adventure from years past.

"As I wandered and adventured through the universe, I heard about the concepts of Golden Core and Nascent Soul, but I never obtained any cultivation techniques. They were simply too precious. Without any cultivation techniques, I chose to create my own path. I knew cultivation was the pursuit of the Heavenly Dao... but what is the Heavenly Dao? Is it forming a Golden Core, cultivating a Nascent Soul?" Lei Wei’s face showed a hint of pride and confidence.

"No, that’s not quite what I think. I believe that the Heavenly Dao is the most primitive, most natural thing, not artificially defined by force. By observing the natural evolution of the cosmic stars, I gradually had insights, and I began to create a new set of cultivation techniques based on my own understanding, drawing from the evolutions of the cosmic stars. Therefore, it’s called ’Star Transformation’."

Qin Yu felt a stir in his heart, ’Star Transformation’, could it be that mysterious cultivation technique?

Lei Wei continued, "After a series of life-threatening adventures, I finally became aware of the stronghold for all cultivators in the universe—the existence of Earth. I spent a hundred years on Earth and also obtained a few cultivation techniques, but... in my view, they were simply incomparable to the ’Star Transformation’ I created."

Lei Wei exuded an air of natural loftiness.

"I left Earth and began adventuring ceaselessly in the universe. Ultimately one day, I was drawn into a black hole. The black hole was too powerful to resist by human strength. I came to a new space and soon discovered a nearby planet. This planet was enormous, ridiculously so, tens of thousands of times larger than the Earth in the Milky Way. Only upon entry did I realize that this planet had an overwhelming number of cultivators, measured in tens of thousands."

Lei Wei smiled wistfully: "Little fellow, there are some cultivation techniques in the library here, all belonging to cultivators. I’ve collected quite a few, including those from Earth as well as this world. If you wish to cultivate, you may choose to cultivate those."

Qin Yu furrowed his brow. Could it be that Lei Wei didn’t intend to impart to him "Star Transformation"?

"Little fellow, ’Star Transformation’ is an imperfect cultivation technique. It forges a path that none have traversed before. I wandered the cosmos for thousands of years and managed to create the initial six great realms—Star Nebula, Meteor, Star Core, Planet, Tribulation Crossing, Constant Star. And even the ’Constant Star’ is merely a figment of my imagination; I have nothing beyond that. If you follow my cultivation, even if you successfully transcend the tribulation and reach the ’Constant Star’ realm to ascend to the Immortal Realm, you will have no further cultivation techniques to practice," Lei Wei said, smiling faintly.

Qin Yu had understood the drawbacks of "Star Transformation."

Cultivating to the Tribulation Crossing Stage was still manageable, as Lei Wei had cultivated it himself. The ’Constant Star’ realm was just Lei Wei’s own conjecture. Beyond that, there were no more techniques. If he started on this path and cultivated to the ’Constant Star’ realm, he would have to create the subsequent steps himself, because other cultivators cultivated the Nascent Soul, and their methods would be of no help to him.

But was creating one’s own cultivation techniques really that easy? If the creation failed and led to demonic possession, it meant complete annihilation—both body and soul would be destroyed.

"’Star Transformation,’ haha... Whether cultivating it is a blessing or a curse is hard to say. Well, little fellow, it’s for you to decide. If you choose not to cultivate it, should you ever get the chance later, help me find a successor. Unfortunately, ’Star Transformation’ requires one’s Outer Strength to reach Innate Extreme, based on the foundation of the ’Tongtian Three Diagrams,’ finding a successor will not be easy. But that... is for you to consider in the future," Lei Wei said with a wistful smile and a soft sigh. "The Milky Way, the Dream Planet..."

Then Lei Wei’s figure completely vanished.

Qin Yu pondered for a brief moment, then with a sharp gleam flashing in his eyes, he quickly left the Martial Arts Hall and dashed upstairs to enter the study. Inside the study were many paper-bound books, among which some were on astronomy and geography, and others on cultivation topics. Lei Wei was an odd one, writing various cultivation methods into paper books.

The very top one was "Star Transformation."

"Blessing or curse? Reaching the Constant Star Realm would mean one could ascend. Even if there were no methods to cultivate later, couldn’t I create if Lei Wei, my master, could? If there’s no challenge, it’s too uninteresting. Only such a cultivation technique can make one’s blood boil with excitement!" Qin Yu, sitting in his chair, flipped open "Star Transformation."

"Golden Core Nascent Soul—Is it truly the proper path of cultivation? What is the pursuit of the Heavenly Dao? What is the Heavenly Dao? Observing the evolution of the universe, my creation of this technique is also a path in cultivation. This technique is divided into six great realms, starting with the first Chapter—Star Nebula Chapter."

"Standard cultivators, after successfully crossing the tribulation, would have their boundless Dantian’s Innate True Qi become liquid. It must then be condensed together into a ball like a water ball, and then refined into a Golden Core. But does it have to be this way? Must it condense? The first principle of my ’Star Transformation’ is dispersion, turning Innate True Qi back into its gaseous state, spreading it not only throughout the Dantian but even beyond the body. With the Dantian at the core, and the body as the bridge, it connects the universe with one’s own heart, together evolving towards the natural Heavenly Dao..."

Reading this technique, Qin Yu couldn’t help but feel a surge of excitement.

Those cultivators, endlessly absorbing spiritual energy and then refining it in their Dantians—it’s very stingy indeed. To achieve unity with the heavens and earth, one probably has to reach the Cave Void Stage, where the Nascent Soul can leave the body to truly feel it, perhaps.

However, "Star Transformation" began with dispersing, turning into a gaseous state that spread from the Dantian outwards, with the body serving as a bridge, absorbing the power of cosmic stars into oneself...

"Alright, Master Lei Wei, I will continue to cultivate ’Star Transformation.’ Even if I finish the last Chapter, Constant Star, and there is no method to practice, I will continue to create and improve it further. Even if I fail, I will have a successor to continue cultivating it, from one generation to the next, until someone eventually succeeds."

Qin Yu’s eyes sparkled, and he gripped the book "Star Transformation" even more tightly.

To cultivate this "Star Transformation," one must be prepared mentally for the creative failure and demonic possession that may lead to death. But would Qin Yu ever fear such an outcome? Being timid and fearful of death was unlike him. Coming close to death, Qin Yu felt an exhilarating rush instead; such a life was filled with passion and was a life without regrets.