Chapter 563: Having conquered everything, yet feeling both indignant and helpless

Don't keep a straight face, come on, shout.

Look, you're clearly moved...

In the palace.

While Lu Xun was doing his homework, he didn't forget to tease Gu Yao.

After conquering the Demon Star,

Gu Yao fulfilled her promise, accompanying Lu Xun for a full month.

However,

It's hard to get her to cooperate willingly.

Gu Yao is especially patient.

Even though she's clearly moved, she doesn't make a sound.

Such a Gu Yao actually makes Lu Xun find it interesting.

So,

And then he bullied her for another full month.

Not a day more, not a day less.

He bullied Gu Yao to the point of almost crying.

She, a mighty mortal realm immortal, has never been like this, being bullied by Lu Xun over and over.

Fortunately,

The gains the Yao Star obtained from the Demon Star this time allowed it to recover to its peak, even becoming stronger.

Gu Yao is confident she can break through to the Tenth Realm.

"I'm preparing to chase those few Spirit Stars; do you want to come along?"

One month later, Lu Xun proposed.

Gu Yao naturally wanted to join.

As the master of the Yao Star, the stronger the Yao Star, the greater the benefit to Gu Yao.

But she was also a little afraid.

Because Lu Xun's proposal surely comes with conditions.

Surely,

Lu Xun's condition is that for each Spirit Star captured, Gu Yao must accompany him for a month.

Moreover, this month can be split up—that is, Lu Xun can seek her whenever he wants, until he uses up the month's time.

Gu Yao was about to cry.

She felt helpless.

But there was nothing she could do.

With the Yao Star's strength, fighting alone could actually capture other Spirit Stars, but the losses would not be small.

Moreover, after taking the Demon Star, those Spirit Stars became wary and fled in advance.

Gu Yao couldn't find them.

Indeed, she really needed Lu Xun.

Therefore, to make the Yao Star stronger, Gu Yao had no choice but to agree to Lu Xun.

"Lift your butt... be good..."

Lu Xun immediately collected a bit of interest.

In the starry sky.

A chase across countless light-years began.

The ones fleeing are the other Spirit Stars.

The pursuers are the Blue Star and the Yao Star.

"Damn it, how did the Blue Star become so strong?"

"We should have joined the other Spirit Stars to destroy the Blue Star from the start!"

On the Blood Star.

The Blood Clan's Nine Realms experts were each shocked.

Each Spirit Star has some infiltration into the others.

For example, the Blue Star's underground hides many alien peoples.

Thus, they long knew about the Blue Star's conquest of the Demon Star.

They also knew about Lu Xun slaying the Tenth Realm Skeleton Angel.

Such a Lu Xun made the Blood Clan too afraid.

What's more, the Blue Star even roped the Yao Star into acting together.

So, the Blood Star is now fleeing with all its might.

Even if they gain less, it doesn't matter.

Preserving life is crucial.

But they can't keep fleeing forever.

The Spirit Stars' shuttling through the dark universe is not without consumption.

Upon reaching an ancient route node, they must spend some time to replenish.

This replenishment was just when the Blue Star caught up.

The Blue Star, possessing a starry-sky teleportation array, is finished once Lu Xun finds its location.

Well,

The Blood Star was hunted down.

"Hurry up and flee!"

The Blood Clan had long been prepared, leaving behind seeds in advance.

But the rest still couldn't escape.

As for this evil race, the Blood Clan, Lu Xun naturally didn't spare any, turning them all into fuel for the Southern Ming Separation Fire.

Next, he spent another ten or so years, and each of the other Spirit Stars was hunted down one by one.

Among these Spirit Stars, Lu Xun did not destroy some of them.

For example, the Barbarian Star.

The Barbarian Clan isn't overly evil, so Lu Xun dealt with them as he did the Demon and Blood Clans—not destroying them, but merely extracting the Barbarian Star's origin.

After settling each Spirit Star one by one, Lan Xing became unprecedentedly powerful.

The number of geniuses born each year surged wildly.

In this,

The East naturally gained the greatest benefits.

The number of geniuses, compared to before, increased severalfold.

Next, Lan Xing embarked on a wild surge.

That is, they no longer lingered in development; instead, after leaving one Ancient Road Node, they went straight to another, staying at each node for only a short time—at most a few months.

As for the exploration of these nodes, Lu Xun also changed his approach.

He slightly improved the Monster Clan's battle formations, making them usable by both martial cultivators and immortal cultivators.

Through these formations, cultivators acting together could unleash even greater terrifying power.

Then, the state uniformly organized sweeps of each Spirit Realm.

Yes, the East's current exploration of the Ancient Road Nodes has shifted from individual efforts to collective action.

This approach had been tried before, but when the state's overall strength was insufficient, it would cause some problems.

Now then,

With Lu Xun, this Divine Needle of Stabilizing the Sea, things could proceed.

"Damn it, the East has scooped up all the benefits—what are we to do?"

"If this continues, the East will only grow stronger!"

Although the West also gained enormous benefits.

But seeing the East become ever stronger, the West's strong ones are not very satisfied.

This is like,

Everyone is making money.

The West used to only make a hundred million; now, by hitching a ride on the East's fast train, they've made a billion.

But the East made ten billion.

They are dissatisfied.

Compared to their dissatisfaction,

The most depressed is Fusang.

The West is merely dissatisfied.

Fusang, damn it, basically got hardly any benefits.

Just the number of geniuses has increased a bit as well.

But it's still not as many as the East.

Their cultivators dare not leave Lan Xing at all, for they would be killed by Eastern cultivators.

Their Nine Realms cultivators dare not leave either, for fear that Lu Xun would kill them outside.

Killing them outside, the Heavenly Dao wouldn't intervene.

So, these folks are now both indignant and helpless.