Stellar Transformation-Chapter 89 - 19 Decision

"Big Brother!"

Qin Yu also suddenly stood up from his seat, his eyes filled with excitement and agitation.

However, at this moment, Qin Feng’s shock far exceeded Qin Yu’s. When he first learned of Qin Yu’s death, Qin Feng had been in pain and sorrow for a long time. He approached this great battle with a heart set on avenging his younger brother. Yet now, his very brother was standing alive before him.

"Little Yu..." Qin Feng suddenly found himself at a loss for words.

"Feng’er, sit down quickly. You’ll learn about Yu’er’s story soon enough; stop staring. Yes, it’s your younger brother, and he’s indeed very much alive," Qin De said with a chuckle. How long had it been since Qin De had last smiled so happily?

Qin Feng shook his head vigorously. Who cares about the rest, as long as his younger brother is alive, it is a great joy.

Qin Feng promptly sat down, the five of them gathered in a circle. Qin De then said, "Yu’er, continue with your stories about the Primordial Wilderness." Just now, Qin Yu had only spoken about being struck by that beam of light and arriving in the Primordial Wilderness but had not yet finished the tale.

Qin Yu said with a smile, "After being transported to my Master’s residence in the Primordial Wilderness, I began to cultivate in peace. Soon after, I sensed the approaching Four-nine Heavenly Tribulations. However... Little Black faced the Four-nine Heavenly Tribulations even earlier than I did." Qin Yu said while looking at Little Black with a smile.

Qin De, Qin Feng, Feng Yuzi, and Xu Yuan all looked at Little Black, their eyes full of astonishment.

Qin Yu had taken a young eagle under his wing at the age of seven. Qin De and the others were aware of this and could naturally calculate the time Little Black had been cultivating. For a Demon Beast with relatively low Spiritual Wisdom to reach the Realm capable of crossing the Four-nine Heavenly Tribulations in just over a decade was almost unheard-of.

"Little Yu," Feng Yuzi exclaimed in admiration, "I couldn’t determine what kind of species your Black Hawk was at the beginning, but now it has entered the Golden Core Realm so swiftly. It seems this Black Hawk must be a very special kind of Demon Beast."

Little Black fluttered his feathered wings, looking very pleased with himself, yet he did not communicate with the others through Spiritual Communication.

"Haha, Little Yu and this Black Hawk are both freaks. It seemed incredible that I reached the Late Innate Stage at such a young age, but Little Yu, who isn’t even twenty yet, has already faced the Four-nine Heavenly Tribulations, and so has Little Black. This boy and eagle... what freaks, freaks!!" Qin Feng laughed heartily while drinking his wine.

Qin De also took a drink and said to Qin Feng, "Feng’er, your younger brother hasn’t simply crossed the Four-nine Heavenly Tribulations; Yu’er can now defeat Golden Core Stage experts. Not long ago, Brother Feng and I sensed Yu’er and this Black Hawk, their speed was many times faster than my Sword Control Flight."

Qin Yu cultivated "Star Transformation," where the Star Power circulated from the external Star Nebula to the internal Star Nebula, creating a loop. The Star Power continuously weaved through his muscles and bones, also refining them in the process. Qin Yu’s body was on par with a Spiritual Artifact.

Without a Flying Sword, Qin Yu, in the Middle Stage Star Nebula, flew faster than Qin De. Once mounted on a Flying Sword, his speed was even greater, and when performing the ’Human and Artifact Fusion’, surpassing Qin De by dozens of times was only normal.

A Cultivator’s flight speed also reflects their strength from one aspect. Such rapid speed from Qin Yu convinced both Qin De and Feng Yuzi of his capabilities.

"Father, if you keep this up, I’m going to die of embarrassment. To think that [he can] defeat even those in the Golden Core Late Stage – and here I am, merely at the Late Innate Stage, even though I’m the Big Brother," Qin Feng said, though he was actually delighted.

Xu Yuan then interjected, "Enough with the modesty, all of you. Qin Feng, if you’re dying of embarrassment for reaching the Late Innate Stage so young, should I, who haven’t even reached the Innate Realm, go home and weep?"

The people present couldn’t help but burst into laughter upon hearing Xu Yuan’s words.

Xu Yuan’s aptitude in practicing martial arts was indeed average, as he had not reached the Innate Realm over the years.

"Alright, Yu’er, continue speaking. What exactly happened to you in the Primordial Wilderness?" Qin De asked with a smile, and everyone else also looked towards Qin Yu, curious about the mysterious Primordial Wilderness. Venturing a hundred thousand li into it, although not reaching the deepest parts, hardly any Upper Immortals had dared to do so before.

Qin Yu drank a cup of wine and spoke openly and candidly, "The Heavenly Tribulation faced by Little Black and me was actually more dangerous for Little Black, mainly because there were nearly a thousand Green Fire Wolves in a nearby forest. Even though none of those Green Fire Wolves was in the Golden Core Stage, the weakest among them were all in the Early-stage Innate. Additionally, they were in large numbers. Nearly a thousand Green Fire Wolves actually besieged us during Little Black’s Four-nine Heavenly Tribulations."

Everyone stopped eating and drinking.

The siege of nearly a thousand Innate Realm Demon Beasts, and they also knew that Qin Yu had not undergone his Tribulation Crossing at that time and was only at the peak of the Innate Stage. Although they saw that Qin Yu was still alive and well now, they still felt worried for Qin Yu at that time.

"Big Brother, don’t reveal the fact that I possess the ’Inheritance Memory’," Little Black’s voice suddenly transmitted in Qin Yu’s mind. With a smile, Qin Yu responded with Spiritual Communication, "Don’t worry, I won’t tell your secret to anyone else."

Qin Yu continued narrating the events of the past, "Luckily, I had the Flame Sword and the Flame Burning Gloves, so I fought with all my might. Little Black’s strength greatly increased after overcoming the Four-nine Heavenly Tribulations, killing many Green Fire Wolves in one go, only then did the pack of wolves leave."

Qin De and the others finally breathed a sigh of relief, but they also knew that Qin Yu described it simply, however, the scene must have been extremely tragic at that time. After all, nearly a thousand Green Fire Wolves besieging from all directions would be encircled by Green Fire Wolves.

...

After a long while, Qin Yu finally finished speaking about his journey in the Primordial Wilderness. Of course, he didn’t mention that his master, Lei Wei, came from a different cosmic space, and naturally, he also didn’t elaborate on some of the secret techniques of "Star Transformation".

"Divine Beast Dragon Rock Lion! Divine Beast Red Bird!" Feng Yuzi gasped.

Upon hearing the last part of Qin Yu’s account, even from his words alone, they could sense the might of these two great divine beasts. The reason why divine beasts are called so is that they have great innate abilities. Divine beasts are very weak when they are just born.

But a Nascent Soul Stage divine beast represented an absolutely invincible existence for Feng Yuzi and the others.

"At least the Nascent Soul Stage. And it’s the Dragon Rock Lion with ridiculously strong defenses and attacks, along with the Red Bird, which is similar to a phoenix. These two divine beasts, even if they are in the Nascent Soul Stage, are certainly on par with Cultivators in the Cave Void Stage," Feng Yuzi mentioned, as a Cultivator, he was knowledgeable about some Demon Beasts.

Qin De and the others were dumbstruck.

Cultivators in the Cave Void Stage?

This was beyond their imagination, as advancing from the Nascent Soul Stage to the Cave Void Stage required going through the ’Sixty-nine Heavenly Tribulations’, creating a substantial divide between the two. A mere early-stage Nascent Soul like Xiang Yang was already considered invincible in the eyes of Qin De and Feng Yuzi.

In front of a Cultivator in the Cave Void Stage, Qin De and Feng Yuzi were like infants before a giant.

"Thank goodness, thank goodness," Qin De also felt a surge of relief for his son.

Qin Yu said helplessly, "There was nothing we could do; they were simply too strong. Thankfully, the Red Bird made its appearance at the end, battling the Dragon Rock Lion. Otherwise, Little Black and I would have probably been eaten. The Dragon Rock Lion... it’s just too powerful."

Qin Yu recalled the incident and still felt a wave of oppression.

"Not only powerful, but the defense of the Dragon Rock Lion is even stronger than that of the dragons at the same level. A Nascent Soul Stage Dragon Rock Lion would require an Upper Grade Flying Sword for even a Cave Void Stage Cultivator to break through its defense. And if it’s a Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator, even with an Upper Grade Flying Sword, they wouldn’t be able to harm the Dragon Rock Lion in the slightest. As for the Red Bird, ordinary flying swords wouldn’t even get close before probably being melted by its Protective Body Flames." Feng Yuzi spoke with a hint of excitement.

Everyone fell silent.

Such Divine Beasts were something people like Feng Yuzi, who were still diligently cultivating in the Golden Core Stage, could only look up to.

"It’s alright. Such Divine Beasts won’t leave the Primordial Wilderness, so what’s there to worry about?" Seeing the expressions on everyone’s faces, Feng Yuzi rushed to comfort them but then shook his head and laughed, "No wonder, no wonder ah. With so many Demon Beasts in the Primordial Wilderness, even the Cultivators from the Overseas Immortal Islands hardly dare to venture deep into it, only daring to wander around the edges."

They hadn’t even reached the depths of the Primordial Wilderness yet when two Divine Beasts of at least the Nascent Soul Stage appeared. So what kind of beings would there be deep in the Primordial Wilderness?

"Venturing to the depths of the Primordial Wilderness? I reckon even those at Great Success Stage wouldn’t dare," Qin Yu thought to himself. He had also learned from some of Lei Wei’s books and notes about the horrors deep in the Primordial Wilderness. Even someone with Lei Wei’s strength, capable of killing those at the Great Success Stage, didn’t dare to get too close when he approached the deepest parts.

...

After talking about Qin Yu’s journey to the Primordial Wilderness, the discussion turned to the Qin Family’s war efforts. After a long time, they had drunk plenty of wine and eaten many dishes, and now, there was a trace of daylight in the sky, as dawn was breaking.

This midnight feast still hadn’t come to an end.

"Father, why did you order us not to attack and only defend the cities? Now that we have taken over the Eleven Counties, we could easily break through Ba Chu County with a three-pronged assault," Qin Feng finally remembered the purpose of this gathering. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Upon hearing this, Qin De gave a wry smile.

Xu Yuan then said, "Qin Feng, you don’t know. Yesterday, Xiang Yang from the Xiang Family came."

"Xiang Yang!"

"Xiang Yang!"

Qin Yu and Qin Feng almost cried out in unison, with Qin Yu continuing, "Don’t tell me it’s that very first Emperor who founded the Chu Dynasty, Xiang Yang?" Qin Feng also turned to look at Xu Yuan and Qin De, his heart filled with shock.

"That’s right, it’s him," Qin De nodded, "and he has already reached the Early-stage Nascent Soul."

Qin Yu’s expression changed slightly, and he began to think to himself.

This Xiang Yang had reached the Early-stage Nascent Soul. He himself had killed a Golden Core Late Stage Black Wind Leopard when he was at the Early-stage Star Nebula and had since progressed further to the Middle Stage Star Nebula. Logically, he should be able to fight Xiang Yang.

But the gap from Golden Core Late Stage to Early-stage Nascent Soul wasn’t just in power but also in the understanding of the Dao. The gap in the realm was difficult to bridge, and Qin Yu felt uncertain at this moment.

"If Little Black and I join forces, and we each use our trump cards, maybe we could succeed," Qin Yu thought to himself.

"That Xiang Yang is quite arrogant; he actually has the audacity to demand that my Qin Family retreat directly back to the Eastern Domain Three Prefectures," Qin De said with a trace of coldness in his smile, "Humph, he thinks that as a Cultivator, he can make me submit with sheer force? How is that possible?"

Qin Feng stood up and said, "What’s there to fear? If our three forces attack together, no matter how strong he is, what can one person do?"

Qin De then sighed deeply, "Yes, he can’t deal with the army, but... he can massacre the Qin Family completely." Qin Feng fell silent upon hearing this; it wouldn’t be difficult for a Nascent Soul Early Stage expert, if truly determined, to kill the entire Qin Family.

"So... I had no choice but to compromise. I can only threaten him with the army. If he touches any members of my Qin Family, I am prepared to have my clan annihilated, but I will also make sure his Xiang Family is destroyed. This gave the old fellow something to think about," Qin De said with resignation.

Only then did Qin Feng understand his father’s predicament.

"Massacring the Qin Family might have been possible in the past, but not anymore," Qin Yu’s cold voice resonated.

Qin De, Feng Yuzi, Qin Feng, and Xu Yuan all looked toward Qin Yu at that moment, somewhat in disbelief that the authoritative words had come from Qin Yu. But Qin Yu’s sharp aura and the glint in his eyes already spoke volumes of his determination.

"Little Yu, you are no match for him!" Feng Yuzi chided sharply, "Though you can kill Golden Core Late Stage experts, the gap between that and Early-stage Nascent Soul is vast. It’s a gap in realm that is hard to fill with power alone. That person has been cultivating for nearly a thousand years, and you’ve only had twenty. How can you compare in terms of realm?"

Qin Yu understood what Feng Yuzi meant, but he did not reply.

The gap in realms was something Qin Yu wasn’t certain about for himself, but he knew one thing: the energy from the Meteor Tear was constantly nourishing his soul, and his understanding of the Dao was improving at every moment.

Although the progress was slow, it never stopped.

"Yu’er, don’t be hasty. We can be patient. I was helpless when you weren’t here, but now that you are, I have a way. Just bear with it for now. You reached your current realm in just twenty years. With your speed of cultivation, give it another ten or twenty years. When you are fully confident, then it won’t be too late to make your move," Qin De, knowing his third son Qin Yu’s temperament—that once decided, it was impossible to dissuade him—could only speak in this manner.

Qin Yu nodded but said nothing further, not wishing to worry his father.

"Little Black, do we stand a chance against an Early-stage Nascent Soul Cultivator if we join forces?" Qin Yu communicated with his Spiritual Sense.

"We didn’t die even when facing a Divine Beast like the Dragon Rock Lion, Big Brother. And now you’re actually scared by an Early-stage Nascent Soul Cultivator?" Little Black’s Spiritual Communication echoed in Qin Yu’s mind, and hearing this, Qin Yu couldn’t help but smile.

Naturally, Qin Yu had made up his mind.