Chapter 164: Continuously Growing Stronger, Spirit Stars Arrive in Succession

In space, as Lu Xun went full throttle, his body seemed to become a black hole, frantically absorbing the surrounding Dark Energy.

Inside his body, another Chaos Cell was filled with Dark Energy.

Filling one Chaos Cell requires roughly ten directions' worth of Dark Energy.

This time, Lu Xun deliberately calculated the approximate amount of Dark Energy needed.

Ten directions!

One cell requires a full ten cubic units of Dark Energy.

If this were said out loud, others would probably think Lu Xun had gone crazy.

Ten cubic units of Dark Energy, after absorption and refinement, would be enough to fill the qi sea of a Four Realm Master several times over.

Yet with Lu Xun, it can only fill a single cell!

At this rate, for Lu Xun to fill all his Chaos Cells with Dark Energy, the required amount would likely be an astronomical figure.

Although his Chaos Cells are not as terrifying as normal cells, they number in the millions.

He could first load a portion of Dark Energy... try concentrating the Chaos Cells in one part.

Lu Xun had an idea.

That is, don't fill the Chaos Cells completely, just load a portion.

Moreover, he could first select the Chaos Cells in one part; this would strengthen that part and let him see the effect.

Just the right hand.

Lu Xun decided to choose the right hand.

Thus, he began concentrating the absorbed Dark Energy toward the right hand area.

The Heaven Earth Meridian can connect heaven and earth; it should be able to speed up the absorption of Dark Energy.

Lu Xun fully activated his Chaos Divine Meridian.

Indeed, as soon as the Chaos Divine Meridian was activated, his speed of absorbing Dark Energy increased further.

Right, use the Heavenly Dao Eye to see where the Dark Energy is more abundant.

To further increase efficiency, Lu Xun used the Heavenly Dao Eye.

Good grief, the best spot is taken by the Moon and Jade Pivot City... Forget it, I'll go there.

Upon looking, Lu Xun made a discovery.

Within the Dark Energy Tide, not all locations have the same density of Dark Energy.

Some regions have Dark Energy that arrives more violently.

Absorbing Dark Energy in those regions yields a noticeably greater harvest.

Because Lan Xing is too large, ordinary cultivators cannot distinguish such regions.

Even Fu Xue cannot tell them apart.

Inside the Moon and Jade Pivot City, there are evidently top-tier experts who can discern them.

Thus, the best position on this eastern side was occupied by the Moon and Jade Pivot City.

Both are colossal beings.

The volume of Jade Pivot City is far larger than that of an ordinary space fortress.

As for the Moon, needless to say, it is a celestial body with a diameter exceeding a thousand kilometers.

However, there are still some regions where the Dark Energy density is also very high.

Lu Xun is just one person; he can certainly go.

Lu Xun mounted his flying sword and flew toward the sky.

Master, I've discovered a region where the Dark Energy brought by the Dark Energy Tide should be denser, over there, about two hundred kilometers from us.

Lu Xun didn't go alone; instead, he chose to notify Fu Xue.

He wanted to see if he could increase Fu Xue's favorability a bit.

Although Fu Xue is a Six Realms expert and not lacking in Dark Energy, who would complain about having too much Dark Energy?

In the previous battle, her consumption was not small; the Dark Energy Tide could conveniently replenish her.

For a Six Realms peak expert to fully replenish his consumption, the required Dark Energy is not small.

Especially, in the previous battle, she consecutively unleashed ultimate moves, consuming an extraordinarily large amount.

So, after Lu Xun pointed out the direction, Fu Xue immediately decided to go check it out.

She not only went herself, but also brought Lu Xun along.

The distance of two hundred kilometers was covered in no time.

In this area, the Dark Energy Tide's density is indeed somewhat greater.

In Fu Xue's beautiful eyes, a look of surprise inevitably appeared.

Lu Xun really did know.

His own disciple seems to have many secrets.

You stay here; I'll go to the other side.

Okay, Master.

Fu Xue didn't stay together with Lu Xun, to avoid Lu Xun being unable to absorb Dark Energy.

Thus, the two were separated by a distance of over ten kilometers, each absorbing Dark Energy.

Huh?

Not long after, Fu Xue suddenly sensed something was off.

Her absorption range is large, but she didn't expect Lu Xun's absorption range to be not small either; places a bit farther away were all snatched up by Lu Xun.

After giving Lu Xun a surprised glance, Fu Xue distanced herself further.

Now, the two of them no longer interfered with each other.

One day, two days, three days.

The Dark Energy Tide continued.

In Lu Xun's right hand, a large number of chaos cells welcomed the Dark Energy.

This made those chaos cells feel reborn, like a child who had just eaten its first full meal after birth.

Lu Xun's body thus became joyful and lively.

This was the body's instinctive excitement.

In the far distance, a star suddenly flickered, then quickly fell silent and disappeared.

"Star flash?"

Lu Xun happened to notice this scene.

"Another spirit star has arrived!"

He knew that it was likely another ascended planet arriving.

With Lu Xun's current memory, although the starry sky had countless stars, he had long since memorized its appearance.

That star had appeared suddenly.

The reason it flickered and vanished was because it was a planet similar to Lan Xing.

When Lan Xing had just burst out of the Dark Universe, wasn't it also shining brightly then?

But that brightness didn't last long.

This is what a star flash is.

At its brightest moment, it could last only an instant before returning to dimness.

After all, Lan Xing is not a star.

Now, this star's situation is exactly the same as when Lan Xing first burst out of the Dark Universe.

"I don't know which clan's spirit star this is."

Lu Xun thought.

Recently, at several nodes of the Starry Ancient Road, a few spirit stars collided.

These spirit stars belonged to different races, and their relations with Lan Xing were mainly hostile, with few being friendly.

Between themselves, they were basically hostile as well.

Each ascended spirit star is a competitor; with different races, it's strange for them to be friendly.

That spirit star soon vanished, invisible to the naked eye.

Although unseen, at the moment it appeared, the experts on Lan Xing's side had likely already memorized its position.

Foreign race people caused trouble on the human side.

Humans, to curb the development of foreign race people, would likewise launch a counterattack.

It's only proper to reciprocate.

One can't always stay on the defensive and take hits.

However, overall, Lan Xing's offensiveness isn't as strong as that of other spirit stars.

This is mainly because human growth relies primarily on their own cultivation.

Rather than like the Demon Clan, who can take shortcuts by devouring others.

Humans also have such cultivators, and they are demon cultivators.

Demon cultivators are different from those who practice magic; here it refers to Demonic Path cultivators.

Such demon cultivators are hated by all, rejected by the heavenly Dao; on Lan Xing they have become quite rare, but still exist in numbers.

Since they are identical to humans, these fellows are hard to distinguish, and every so often they stir up some major event.

For example, there once was a demon cultivator who performed a blood sacrifice of a city overseas, then used that as a token to join the Demon Clan.

"A spirit star has arrived."

"Such red light, most likely it's the Blood Clan's blood star."

"Don't be afraid, Blood Clan, they prefer the blood of Westerners, haha."

The appearance of the spirit star was noticed not only by Lu Xun.

On Lan Xing's network, this matter had already spread everywhere.

Many people guessed which race this spirit star belonged to.

After that spirit star arrived, it quickly fell silent, with no movement at all.

It should also be absorbing Dark Energy.

This process will last for a while, until the spirit star has absorbed all the surrounding Dark Energy, then it will stop.

【Murong Wan opened the Hundred Breath Aperture, you gain forty times Murong Wan's harvest.】

After another two days, Murong Wan suddenly broke through.

She was opening the Nasal Aperture.

The first layer of the Three Realms is the Eye Aperture, the second layer is the Ear Aperture, and the third layer is the Nasal Aperture.

The Nasal Aperture has fewer divine abilities than the Ear Aperture.

Barely able to be named, there is only one divine ability called the Nasal Pass.

The first aperture of the Nasal Aperture is the Hundred Breath Aperture; once opened, the ability to discern smells becomes even stronger than a dog's.

Well, this isn't scolding people; it's genuinely stronger than a dog.

Of course, you can freely choose whether to use the Nasal Aperture, to avoid being overwhelmed by strong odors and making a face.

The second aperture is the poison-discerning aperture, which can easily sniff out large amounts of toxin.

If the ancient Shennong had opened his nasal apertures, he wouldn't need to taste; just by smelling he could tell the difference among all herbs.

Murong Wan's breakthrough this time was aided by the Dark Energy Tide.

Lu Xun had also long prepared the Secret Aperture Pill for her.

Therefore, Murong Wan's breakthrough went unusually smoothly.

One secret aperture opened after another.

In less than a day, she burst open all her nasal apertures and successfully awakened the Nasal Passage.

With Lu Xun, the Nasal Passage became the Heavenly Nasal Passage—just one character added, but far more powerful.

Once activated, all scents in the surrounding area can be distinguished clearly and distinctly.

Moreover, vast amounts of information can be obtained from these scents.

For example, the scent emitted by a sick person differs from that of a healthy person, and the Heavenly Nasal Passage can detect it with a single sniff.

The opening of the nasal apertures does not greatly increase Lu Xun's combat power.

But it also has many uses.

The next aperture is crucial.

After the nasal apertures come the foot apertures.

Once the foot apertures are opened, even without awakening any divine ability, the boost to combat power is still significant.

This allows certain movement techniques and martial skills to be executed more powerfully.

The foot apertures also possess some powerful martial divine abilities.

For example, Shrink Ground to an Inch and Divine Foot Ability.

As for Void Treading Steps and the like, they are basic foot-aperture divine abilities; as long as one is not too inept, they can be awakened, enabling a martial practitioner to tread steps and fly through the air.

【Chu Youqing broke through to the Seventh Layer of Condensed Essence...】

After Murong Wan's breakthrough, Chu Youqing on this side also refused to be outdone, achieving another breakthrough.

Lu Xun's strength is still steadily increasing.

"Another Spirit Star has arrived."

A few days later, a star in the night sky flashed briefly and then quickly vanished.

The position of this star is to the right of the previous one.

Obviously, this is another Ascending Spirit Star.

Lan Xing counts as having arrived early.

Arriving early confers an advantage, because after things quiet down, others won't know your position.

However, Lu Xun feels that there might yet be Spirit Stars that arrived even earlier.

Regardless of early or late, the people of each Spirit Star will eventually clash at the Ancient Road Nexus.

This time, there will surely be a bloodbath.

【Aodaili mastered the Thunderstorm, you gain forty times her harvest.】

【You have obtained the Wrath of the Thunder God (Taboo).】

Another day passed, and the return from Aodaili arrived once again.

"Nice partner, Taboo magic?"

After Lu Xun scanned it, his eyes lit up.

Immediately, he noticed the difference in the title.

"Isn't it a Forbidden Spell?"

Lu Xun originally thought it was Forbidden Spell magic.

Forbidden Spell magic is basically high-powered magic, usable only by Forbidden Spellcasters.

Forbidden Spellcasters correspond exactly to the East's Six Realms.

And Lu Xun's acquisition this time of the Wrath of the Thunder God belongs to Taboo magic.

"Taboo seems even more powerful, right?"

He recalled Aodaili's earlier introduction.

Taboo magic bears the name "taboo" largely because its power is too terrifying, so it is classified as taboo.

Taboo magic is basically considered a subset of Forbidden Spell magic.

But not all Forbidden Spell magic is Taboo magic.

Taboo magic is evidently more powerful.

"I'm still an Archmage; if you give me a Taboo magic, can I cast it?"

Lu Xun was curious.

A mage's rank is comprehensive and rather complex.

Generally, it is based on magic power level.

Lu Xun's current magic power level is at the Archmage tier.

It is still one rank—Title Mage—away from a Taboo Mage, a difference of two levels.

Well, the East's Five Realms correspond to the West's Archmage and Title Mage.

One realm corresponds to two Western realms.

This isn't actually an exaggeration; the exaggeration is that the East's Second Realm corresponds to three Western realms—namely Junior, Intermediate, and Senior Mages.

There's nothing to be done—who let the mage's realms be so numerous?

This is likely also a reason why there's no talk of mages breaking through limits.

Their realms are divided into far too many parts.

When cultivation reached a certain point, one directly advanced to the next realm; where does the idea of breaking limits come from?

He was two levels short, yet Lu Xun learned forbidden magic ahead of time.

It's just like when he was still at the third realm, gaining true intent thanks to Murong Wan's return.

It should be possible to cast it.

But its power will definitely be affected, because his magic power isn't pure enough.

It's like using 92-octane gasoline to drive a supercar: you can barely drive it, it's definitely not as powerful as 98-octane, and it will also cause problems for the supercar's engine.

【The host can cast Thunder God's Wrath; with the host's current magic power level, only one cast is possible, after which all magic power will be consumed.】

The system also gave the official answer.

Alright, it can be cast.

But it can be cast only once.

"Not having magic channels is a disadvantage; can Aodaili still open more channels?"

Lu Xun thought.

Since he lacks magic channels, after Lu Xun's magic power is exhausted he cannot replenish by absorbing Dark Energy; he can only use the magic potion provided by Aodaili to replenish.

That magic potion... unless absolutely necessary, not to mention drinking, just looking at Lu Xun makes one not want to glance more.

The taste is really indescribable.

Especially after opening the nasal apertures, the taste of the magic potion will only torment more.

"Here it comes again!"

After a few more days, new spirit stars arrived.

These spirit stars flashed briefly then disappeared; only their approximate direction could be seen.

Their actual distance is still extraordinarily far.