Chapter 8: Star Body, Complete! (4/5)

Half a day passed in the blink of an eye.

The powerful aura on Zhang Taixuan's body flickered and vanished, then receded.

At this moment, he reached the Heaven-Man realm in the path of internal martial arts.

In the practice of national martial arts, he reached the Star Realm.

Next, naturally, he would unify internal and external, solidifying it into a divine physique.

Zhang Taixuan sat cross-legged, activated his cultivation method, and his true energy and blood qi began to recede, merging into his flesh and bones.

The very essence of his body began to strengthen.

By the time he fully merged his blood qi and true energy into his body, his flesh had transformed utterly.

His formerly pale skin now glowed like crystal jade, shimmering with a faint white light, radiating an impression of extreme resilience.

Within his body, the acupoints blazed like stars of the cosmos, flickering ceaselessly.

His meridians became vast roads, linking the stars into a river of constellations.

"Such immense power!"

After carefully sensing it, Zhang Taixuan couldn't help but be stunned.

His current strength was more than ten times what it had been, reaching hundreds of thousands of catties.

Of course, his current physique was strong only in power; it lacked any other divine traits found in other divine bodies.

For example, the Primordial Dao Womb is naturally close to the Dao, harmonizing with heaven.

Thus, his Star Body was still far from complete—it was merely forged from ordinary world cultivation methods, lacking true mystery.

"If I could cultivate this process nine times, the Star Body, though a postnatal physique, would not yield in divine traits to any other divine body."

"But now that my body is this strong, further enhancing it will likely take much longer."

Thinking of this, Zhang Taixuan recalled the alchemy techniques Huang Rong had gifted him.

【You recall the method of crafting the Nine-Flower Jade Dew Pill, and combining Taohuadao's medical arts and alchemy, you create the method for the Hundred-Flower Jade Dew Pill.】

Hundred-Flower Jade Dew Pill: At dawn, collect dew from a hundred flowers and refine it into pills. This pill focuses on healing and purifying the body.

Gazing at the many spiritual herbs in the spirit herb garden, Zhang Taixuan felt eager.

"The flower dew has gone unused—perfect for refining into pills."

Opened the chat group.

Zhang Taixuan: "Haha, I'm back!"

Lin Fengjiao: "Has your cultivation finally made progress?"

Yotsuya Miko: "From Zhang Brother's tone, it must have."

Zhang Taixuan: "No."

Ying Zheng: "Then it didn't work?"

Zhang Taixuan: "I've already succeeded! 【Lin Fengjiao Exclusive Red Packet】 【Huang Rong Exclusive Red Packet】"

【Lin Fengjiao received your red packet!】

Yotsuya Miko: "So fast?"

Ying Zheng: "Yeah, how much time has passed?"

Lin Fengjiao: "This… your cultivation method is too precious—I can't accept it!"

Zhang Taixuan: "Uncle Jiu, no need to be modest. This was created entirely from the fist and foot techniques you gave me."

Lin Fengjiao: "It's completely heaven and earth! The methods I gave you could only fight ordinary people—this method? Even a Flying Corpse would get slapped twice!"

Yotsuya Miko: "Flying Corpse? Isn't that the highest-level zombie?"

Lin Fengjiao: "Correct."

Yotsuya Miko: "Wow, that's incredibly powerful!"

In fact, Lin Jiu's world was in the Age of Daoic Decline.

Zombies, though outside the Six Realms, had their power greatly diminished and could not reach the Immortal level.

Ying Zheng: "Is it that strong?"

Lin Fengjiao: "I'll send you my realm divisions."

【Ming Jin: One against ten】

【An Jin: One against a hundred】

【Hua Jin: One against fifty armored soldiers】

【Dan: One against a hundred armored soldiers】

【Gang Jin: One against five hundred armored soldiers】

【Jian Shen: One against a thousand armored soldiers, able to move freely through ten thousand troops】

【Star Realm: Unrivaled on Earth, one person secures a nation】

Ying Zheng: "One against a thousand armored soldiers? Are you sure?"

As an emperor, Ying Zheng understood armor's role all too well.

In feudal times, armor was long a prohibited item, more strictly controlled than swords and spears.

A soldier clad in armor could easily face ten, even dozens, of ordinary soldiers on the battlefield.

If a common person's combat power reached one against a thousand armored soldiers, it meant one person could slaughter an entire army of tens of thousands.

To Ying Zheng, this was terrifying.

Yotsuya Miko: "Is this derived from ordinary martial arts?"

Lin Fengjiao: "Don't doubt it—that's why I say this is so precious. @Zhang Taixuan, can I give the first three realms to Ying Zheng so he sees I'm not exaggerating?"

Zhang Taixuan: "Of course. I gave it to you—you can teach anyone you want."

Lin Fengjiao: "I always feel like I'm getting the better end of this deal. 【Ying Zheng's Exclusive Red Packet】"

【Ding, Ying Zheng has claimed your red packet.】

In Xianyanggong.

Ying Zheng claimed the red packet, and with doubts in mind, came to an empty plot of land and began to cultivate according to the secret manual.

In fact, the secret manual Zhang Taixuan had sent to Ninth Uncle carried his own insights.

The secret manual Ninth Uncle sent to Ying Zheng also contained insights on the first three realms.

Because of this, Ying Zheng found cultivating extremely easy.

Half an hour.

"Pa!"

One saw Ying Zheng wave his arm, and the air let out a burst of explosive sound — the very hallmark of Ming Jin.

A single crack worth a thousand gold.

"He cultivated it just like that?"

Walking to one side, he grabbed a stone lock, and the hundred-catty stone lock was lifted with ease.

He switched to a two-hundred-catty one and lifted it again.

It was only at a thousand catties that Ying Zheng felt a little strain.

"Unbelievable, simply too unbelievable!"

Ying Zheng was very clear about his own strength.

Now that his strength had suddenly reached a thousand catties, it truly exceeded his expectations.

"If I cultivate to An Jin and Hua Jin, my strength can still increase — just how terrifying would it become?"

"If only there were techniques for the latter four realms, perhaps one man guarding a nation would be no idle boast!"

Ying Zheng's heart surged with emotion, yet he felt a touch of regret — his Great Qin had nothing particularly good to send to Zhang Taixuan.