"Three Souls Nine Refinements" was a unique cultivation method for the soul. Qin Yu had just merged with the "Meteor Tear," and from the "Meteor Tear," this cultivation technique was transmitted into his mind.

"This Meteor Tear is really too mysterious. Even now that it can fuse with my soul, I still know almost nothing about it," Qin Yu said with a helpless expression on his face.

"Master, how are you feeling now?" Shuo Yan couldn’t hold back and finally spoke up.

Just a moment ago, Qin Yu’s breath had disappeared entirely, just like a state of soul dispersal. This had given Shuo Yan and the others quite a shock. But after just a short while, Qin Yu opened his eyes again, and to Shuo Yan and the others, it seemed that their master’s gaze had grown even more piercing.

"I feel... very good," Qin Yu nodded as he spoke.

With the fusion of the Meteor Tear and his soul, Qin Yu’s control over his soul power had improved to the utmost extent. He could even withdraw all his soul power into the Meteor Tear, making it impossible for others to sense even a trace of his presence.

Fully controlling every bit of energy within his body, whether it was the "Dark Star" in his Dantian, his soul, or his physical body, the feeling of full control was truly marvelous.

"You all rest over here for now, I need to familiarize myself with the energy I have now," Qin Yu told Shuo Yan and the others.

"Yes, Master."

Shuo Yan and the others bowed and immediately stepped aside.

Qin Yu’s muscles tensed instantly—"Hum," space trembled lightly. Qin Yu’s right hand suddenly struck out, and in an instant, one could see him hitting the same spot thousands of times in rapid succession.

"Pfft!"

Qin Yu’s figure flew backward, and the point in space where he had just struck actually shattered open.

"Master’s physical energy is so strong," Shuo Yan and the others exclaimed in shock after seeing the intense physical explosive power they had just witnessed, even they, the four Ninth-level Heavenly Demons, dared not withstand such a punch directly.

Qin Yu looked on satisfied at this scene.

"Nurtured by more than one hundred fifty years of life essence power, my physical abilities are indeed much stronger than before."

This time, he had closed off and cultivated for a total of more than one hundred fifty years, and his cultivation on Zixuan Star to the Constant Star Stage had taken less than a hundred years. It was not surprising to achieve such accomplishments in one hundred fifty years.

"Based solely on physical strength, I guess I could compare with a Seventh-level Heavenly Immortal," Qin Yu speculated in his heart.

Exactly how strong Qin Yu’s physical body was, he was not very sure himself, perhaps only by fighting against a Seventh-level Heavenly Immortal expert face to face would he know. However, compared to his physical body, Qin Yu was confident in the energy of his "Star Transformation" Seventh Realm, "Dark Star Stage."

"A Ninth Tribulation Independent Practitioner’s Nascent Soul, equivalent to a Sixth-level Heavenly Immortal’s Nascent Soul, plus my own Constant Star. After this Constant Star’s collapse ultimately formed the ’Dark Star,’ the total energy might not compare to an Eighth or Ninth-level Heavenly Immortal, but the attack power is definitely not lacking," Qin Yu thought confidently.

After all, the "Dark Star Stage" is all about extreme condensation of power.

"Alright, now let’s test the strength of the Dark Star Stage," Qin Yu felt somewhat excited in his heart. This was his first time applying the true attack power of the "Star Transformation" Seventh Realm!

He drew his fist back to his waist—

He punched out!

Like a thunderbolt cleaving through the night!

The space was torn open with a straight, long line, like paper being sliced by a razor. The strip-shaped space crack began absorbing the surrounding energy, while Qin Yu himself had already retreated as soon as he threw the punch.

"Just one punch’s power, yet it matches the power of so many punches I threw with my physical strength just now," Qin Yu was very satisfied in his heart.

While Shuo Yan and the others were extremely startled.

In the Mortal World, breaking through the void wasn’t considered something difficult, but what surprised them was... the punch Qin Yu threw just now didn’t affect the others around him at all, the attack’s concentration was simply to the extreme.

"Shuo Yan, how do you feel about my attack power?" Qin Yu asked.

Shuo Yan pondered for a moment and shook his head, "I’m sorry, master, but since this is the Mortal World, being able to break through space only means that your attack power is very strong, at least comparable to that of an eighth or ninth-level Heavenly Immortal. However, it’s still difficult to determine your true strength."

Qin Yu nodded.

"I remember, only when one reaches the strength of a Golden Immortal can the second layer of the Ten Thousand Beasts List be opened, right?" Qin Yu suddenly said with a smile.

"Yes." Shuo Yan nodded, then exclaimed in surprise, "Could it be, master, that you want to...?"

The other three spiritual beasts also looked towards Qin Yu.

Opening the second layer of the Ten Thousand Beasts List? Looking at Qin Yu’s current strength, it was really hard to say whether he could open it. If he really managed to open it, there would be a bunch of Demon King level spiritual beasts, and these spiritual beasts would really be at the bottom.

"Yes, the requirement initially stated for opening the second layer of the Ten Thousand Beasts List was—reaching the strength of a Golden Immortal. If you have that strength, that’s enough." Qin Yu immediately flipped his hand and took out the Ten Thousand Beasts List.

He had just broken through.

But the attack power of the ’Dark Star Stage’ was indeed astonishing; in terms of attack power, perhaps he could really match a Golden Immortal.

An utmost sharp and condensed energy flowed from Qin Yu’s body into the Ten Thousand Beasts List. The list emitted a faint light, Qin Yu’s face began to turn red, and after just a moment, Qin Yu gave up despondently. The Ten Thousand Beasts List returned to normal.

"Just a bit short!" Qin Yu felt helpless inside.

He could distinctly feel the extremely sharp forces of Star Power continuously surging, but it was still a bit short.

"It seems I’m still not up to the strength of a Golden Immortal," Qin Yu sighed and then shook his head with a smile.

Was he being too greedy?

He had just broken through to the ’Dark Star Realm’ and was already attempting to open the second layer of the Ten Thousand Beasts List.

In fact, having such attack power with the ’Dark Star’ energy now should already make him feel lucky.

"The Dark Star Stage corresponds to the Heavenly Immortal Realm, but since I created this Dark Star Stage, I should also subdivide it a bit." Qin Yu began to contemplate the positioning of the levels of this cultivation technique in his mind.

His breakthrough formed a dark red sphere inside his body, and the attack power was close to that of a Golden Immortal. What realm of the Dark Star Stage did this belong to?

"Early Dark Star Stage? No, if I hadn’t absorbed the Nascent Soul of that Ninth Tribulation Independent Practitioner during the collapse process, I guess the formed Dark Star would have been of the Early Dark Star Stage. As for now..."

Qin Yu started to feel uncertain inside.

In fact, Qin Yu was not very clear.

If he hadn’t absorbed the Nascent Soul of that Ninth-level Independent Practitioner from the beginning, his Constant Star would have still collapsed into a Dark Star, just that it would have been a ’red’ Dark Star. Currently, Qin Yu’s dark-red ’Dark Star’ had already reached the second stage.

This was thanks to the energy from the Nascent Soul of that Ninth-level Independent Practitioner.

"After all, my attack power is also close to that of a Golden Immortal, and I have absorbed the Nascent Soul of a Ninth-level Independent Practitioner, so let’s temporarily consider it as the ’Middle Dark Star Stage’." Qin Yu started to carefully subdivide the ’Dark Star Stage’ in his mind.

Early Dark Star Stage, energy comparable to that of levels 1–3 Heavenly Immortals, yet the attack power is comparable to levels 4–6 Heavenly Immortals.

Middle Dark Star Stage, energy comparable to levels 4–6 Heavenly Immortals, yet the attack power is comparable to levels 7–9 Heavenly Immortals.

Late Dark Star Stage, energy comparable to levels 7–9 Heavenly Immortals, while the attack power is comparable to levels 1–3 Golden Immortals.

This was the result Qin Yu arrived at based on his own energy, having absorbed a Nascent Soul of a Ninth Tribulation Independent Practitioner equivalent to a Sixth-level Heavenly Immortal’s Nascent Soul, plus his own Constant Star energy. However, he lost more than half during the collapse process. He estimated that the overall energy was around five or six levels of Heavenly Immortals.

But due to the extreme refinement of ’Dark Star’ energy, the attack power was about eight or nine levels of Heavenly Immortals.

"Shuo Yan, come and spar with me to see," Qin Yu said to Shuo Yan.

"Ah, spar with you, master?" Shuo Yan was startled.

Qin Yu nodded with a smile.

Shuo Yan couldn’t help but feel troubled. After all, she was the leader of the first level in the Ten Thousand Beasts List, and although she was a ninth-level Heavenly Demon, her attack power was no less than that of a general first-level Demon King. Fighting her master, if she injured him, would be dreadful.

"Just make your move, don’t worry," Qin Yu said indifferently. With his greatly increased strength, plus the protection of the Meteor Tear, Qin Yu believed he could match Shuo Yan.

"Yes, Master."

With Qin Yu’s command, Shuo Yan could not resist.

"Be careful," Qin Yu shouted coldly, making his move!

Qin Yu’s body did not move, but a fierce Sword Qi shot towards Shuo Yan. At that moment, Qin Yu was holding a top-grade Immortal Sword, into which he channeled the ’Dark Star’ power from within. The Dark Star power was originally very refined, making this Sword Qi as fierce as one from a Sword Immortal of the eighth or ninth Celestial Immortal levels.

Qin Yu’s strength, combined with a top-grade Immortal Sword, made his attack power terrifyingly strong.

Seeing this Sword Qi, Shuo Yan immediately realized the formidable strength of her master and no longer held back. A green, curved blade appeared in her hand, with which she began to block the Sword Qi and counterattack.

"Good."

The top-grade Immortal Sword in Qin Yu’s hand suddenly transformed into a dagger, and Qin Yu himself turned into a shadow.

After reaching the Dark Star Middle Stage, his body had transformed, making Qin Yu’s speed even more astonishing. Multiple after-images charged toward Shuo Yan, and hidden within those countless shadows were the cold gleams of the dagger.

"Such incredible speed."

Shuo Yan’s true form being a fox, originally excelled in speed, yet she was outpaced by Qin Yu.

Energy concentrated to the extreme brought astonishing speed. Qin Yu’s powerful physical body lifted his speed to another level. He had anticipated overpowering Shuo Yan in speed.

"Fox Shadow Thousand Layers."

Out of nowhere, a fox tail sprouted behind Shuo Yan, which then split into a thousand tails. Witnessing the sky filled with illusionary fox tails, Qin Yu’s mind blurred momentarily before he regained clarity.

But in that blink of an eye, the green curved blade had already reached in front of Qin Yu.

"Meteor Strike!"

While Shuo Yan stood agape, Qin Yu completely disregarded the curved blade. Instead, he closed his eyes, and the Dark Star power within him rapidly formed a huge star nebula around him.

Closing his eyes?

Shuo Yan’s hand holding the curved blade trembled. Qin Yu was, after all, her master, and she dared not strike fatally.

"What a strange feeling?" Qin Yu suddenly felt his connection with the heavens and earth reach a terrifying realm.

Speed!

Speed!

Speed surpassing the limit!

"Shhh~~~"

With the top-grade Immortal Sword at the tip, Qin Yu, like a sharp cone, burst with unprecedented speed enhanced by the Star Domain and his attunement with the heavens and earth, passing by Shuo Yan.

Shuo Yan instantly disappeared.

"Whooo~~~"

A massive space rift appeared. This space rift was so large, at least a hundred meters in size. It frantically absorbed everything around it, causing sand and stones to fly, and even the surrounding rocks were consumed layer by layer; neither Qin Yu nor the Four Great Guardians could be seen anymore.

After a moment, the space rift disappeared, and Yellow Stone Star regained its tranquility.

After a long while, Qin Yu reappeared.

"Heavens, was it really necessary to try that Meteor Strike and create such a spectacle to scare me?" Qin Yu mocked himself with a smile, though a tremor of fear still lingered in his heart.

"Luckily, I reacted swiftly at the end, taking them all into the Ten Thousand Beasts List, and I also fled into the Qingyu Immortal Mansion. Otherwise, it really would have been a close call." Qin Yu had realized the danger immediately after unleashing that strike, promptly gathered the Four Great Guardians, and dove hundreds of meters underground while hiding inside the Qingyu Immortal Mansion.

Soon after, a smile appeared on Qin Yu’s face.

"Although it was risky, it also confirmed what I thought. During the Meteor Stage, the energy was still condensed. The power of the Meteor Strike was immense. Now, in the ’Dark Star Stage,’ it’s condensed to the extreme. Using the Meteor Strike now, the power is absurdly great. This strike might even make a Golden Immortal wary of taking it head-on," Qin Yu thought with satisfaction.

In fact, besides his strength, Qin Yu now also possessed Yanxuan’s Ring. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

With the three domains assisted by Yanxuan’s Ring, Qin Yu had enough power to defeat Golden Immortals at the first and second levels.

"Well, first resolve this maze array, then I should head back to Zixuan Star," Qin Yu sighed deeply.

Looking up at the starry sky, the celestial bodies in the endless space remained in place, and Zixuan Star was still so striking, that was his homeland, the place that nurtured him. No matter what, he would visit it once more before his ascension.

For the average person, instantaneous movement between two planets was almost impossible to achieve.

Because the routes between two planets cannot simply be judged by sight, as space within the cosmic space is twisted.

But Qin Yu was different. On Zixuan Star, both the Mo Qilin and Xuanbing Lion Beast Shi Xin were his spiritual beasts, linked to him by a soul connection, allowing Qin Yu to easily sense the location of Mo Qilin and Xuanbing Lion Beast.

Just by following that direction and continuously performing instantaneous movements, he could definitely make it back successfully.

"I’ll have to use up some energy from the top-grade elemental spirit stones first," Qin Yu thought momentarily, as Sword Immortal Lan Feng appeared out of thin air and then flew toward the various bases of the maze array. Breaking the array from inside was much simpler.

Within just a moment, the maze array was broken.

"Shuo Yan." With a thought from Qin Yu, Shuo Yan appeared before him, immediately bowing and saying, "My lord."

"Shuo Yan, how should this instantaneous movement be carried out?"

Shuo Yan respectfully said, "My lord, this instantaneous movement is a divine skill that all experts at the Heavenly Demon (Heavenly Immortal, Heavenly Demon) realm can perform. It merely requires the fusion of the soul’s power with the heavens and earth while sensing the location one wishes to move to instantly."

"Alright, you may return now," Qin Yu nodded, and after Shuo Yan bowed and retreated, he then vanished back into the Ten Thousand Beasts List.

Qin Yu looked towards Zixuan Star, sensing the location of Xuanbing Lion Beast Shi Xin in his heart.

"Instantaneous movement, a divine skill shared by Heavenly Immortals, let me give it a try," Qin Yu closed his eyes, and his soul power began to fully merge with the heaven and earth, but at that moment, an extremely comfortable sensation spread all over Qin Yu’s body.

It felt as if he were sleeping in his mother’s arms.

The image of Xuanbing Lion Beast Shi Xin suddenly appeared in Qin Yu’s mind, along with the courtyard he was in, and guided by that special, miraculous feeling—

Instantaneous movement!

Qin Yu completely vanished from Yellow Stone Star all at once.

When Qin Yu reappeared—

"Is it really instantaneous movement?" Seeing the shocked Xuanbing Lion Beast Shi Xin in front of him, Qin Yu was dumbfounded. Could instantaneous movement truly transport one directly from Yellow Stone Star to the Hidden Dragon Continent on Zixuan Star in an instant?

(Today’s Chapter was a bit painful to write, and it took a long time. The next Chapter will involve ascension to the Immortal Demon Demon World~~~)

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