[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-starlight-professional":3,"chapter-starlight-professional-starlight-professional-chapter-511":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Starlight Professional",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2309171,4512,"Chapter 511: Ding Spirit","starlight-professional-chapter-511",511,"\u003Cp>Tianyuan City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the cave dwelling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Xing expressionlessly pulled out a ten-thousand-year spiritual herb and tossed it into the Wan Hua Ding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Breaking through to the Great Ascension realm is a heavenly chasm for any cultivator, no less daunting than a carp leaping over the Dragon Gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, if his condition deteriorates after the breakthrough, he’ll need some pills to restore his state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He still had some ten-thousand-year herbs left, so he planned to refine several kinds of pills rumored to greatly aid Great Ascension cultivators in recovering their spiritual power and healing injuries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if he didn’t use them, preparing in advance was certainly correct.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without exaggeration, this cultivation avatar of Fang Xing’s power had been built up entirely by pills!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, in pill-refining techniques, he was utterly at ease—now undoubtedly a master rare in the cultivation world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even refining pills for the Great Ascension realm, he remained utterly confident.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Xing continuously controlled the flame, and the Wan Hua Spiritual Flame within the cauldron responded to his will as if it were an extension of his own limbs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the entire chamber filled with the scent of pills, he unleashed a series of pill-retrieval incantations—then suddenly his expression changed: “Huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Wan Hua Ding, once lifeless, suddenly roared to life!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An unusual vibration emerged, causing several pills already formed inside the furnace to instantly spoil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Xing paid no attention to those ruined pills; he cast a spell, shrinking the Wan Hua Ding and holding it in his hand: “Old friend… what are you sensing?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over the years, he had partially subjugated the Wan Hua Ding; now, through its body, he faintly sensed a call coming from a certain direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Could this be… the Ding Spirit?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Xing’s gaze grew profound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Wan Hua Ding was incomplete—missing only its Ding Spirit, which he had long suspected had been taken to the Upper Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he had assumed it was in the Demon Realm or the Beast Realm… never imagined it was right here in the Spirit Realm!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“With the three realms converging now, could demons or beasts have brought the Ding Spirit ahead into the Spirit Realm?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Xing held the Wan Hua Ding and sensed again—then a cold expression surfaced on his face: “It’s still moving toward me… truly bold.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The innate instinct of a celestial treasure yearned for wholeness!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, not only could the Ding’s body sense the Ding Spirit, but the Ding Spirit could sense the Ding’s body too!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That direction… is Tianyuan City?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tian Ge stared at the “Demon Spirit Ding” in his hand, a look of astonishment crossing his face: “This artifact is said to originate from the Lower Realm… so another part has been brought to the Upper Realm? Ha! What a gift—if I hold a complete celestial treasure, wouldn’t that surpass blood-sacrificing several Combiner cultivators?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, Tianyuan City is a cultivator-free city—no Great Ascension cultivator exists there!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Fang Xing’s whereabouts, due to how humiliating the truth would be, remain a top secret known only to a handful of human high-ranking officials.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tian Ge, of course, had no knowledge of this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He immediately turned his demonic light and headed for Tianyuan City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh! Whoosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Demon Light technique was extremely fast, but halfway there, Tian Ge suddenly stopped, his expression strange: “It’s out… and coming from my direction? Ha! Does this human cultivator think he can kill me and steal the treasure?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Go!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet he wasn’t foolish—he bit down on a finger, chewed fiercely, then spat it out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The clump of flesh rapidly multiplied into a winged, giant eye demon that flew toward Fang Xing’s location.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through this technique, he could see and feel everything the demon eye saw!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perfect for checking if it was a trap!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Toward Tianyuan City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Xing floated slowly, carefully controlling his speed, afraid that moving too fast would scare the opponent away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After an indeterminate time, his vision shifted—he spotted a winged eye demon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm, clever enough…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Void, the Ragged Iron Sword suddenly appeared and pierced the eye demon with a single strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same moment, Tian Ge’s face turned pale: “That man… he’s the ascended cultivator rumored to have shattered the Nine Fragrance Palace’s sealing!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His face hardened; a black “Great Teleportation Talisman” materialized in his hand. He bit his tongue, spat a mouthful of essence blood onto it, and unleashed it at all costs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the next instant, Fang Xing—having already calculated the distance and pinpointed his location—teleported directly before Tian Ge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tian Ge’s eyes bulged—he simply could not fathom how an enemy so far away had instantly appeared before him!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Xing smiled lightly: “Playing teleportation tricks on me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Between teleports, there must be a brief interval—and his current teleportation has a limit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s why he slowly closed the distance, striking only when he was certain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, Tian Ge might have escaped during the gaps between his teleports by activating the Great Teleportation Talisman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, Fang Xing simply reached out and grabbed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His fingers turned ethereal, piercing through the Void Layer, the Illusory Layer… and directly touching the spatial coordinate pre-set by the talisman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spatial force surged, annihilating that coordinate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Great Teleportation Talisman, wrapped in essence blood, ignited spontaneously—and nothing happened…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tian Ge stood frozen, nearly convinced the Demon Ancestor had deliberately tricked him—his life-saving artifact was fake!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he had no time to rage; a blade of light had already descended before his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was all one word—fast. Not merely swift as lightning, but the blade tip already pressed against his forehead!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had the Void Flying Sword Art been able to penetrate this demon’s body, Fang Xing wouldn’t have minded using an “Internal Sword Explosion Technique!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ahh!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tian Ge’s eyes turned blood-red; black scales erupted across his forehead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simultaneously, countless black scales burst from his body, forming a terrifying, demon-charged demonic armor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hiss!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ultra-condensed sword qi erupted, barely piercing the demonic armor, then slashed across his nose bridge, lips, leaving a bloody line across his chest…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It felt as if another inch deeper would split him open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, it fell just short.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tian Ge retreated dozens of miles—only then did Fang Xing’s calm voice reach his ears: “You’re impressive… your physique is nearly Great Ascension-tier… otherwise, that one sword would’ve killed you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Xing had to admit one thing: his combat power had surged beyond his current realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was, of course, due to his true body’s existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Precisely because of that, tools like the Ragged Iron Sword and Zi Qing Divine Flame seemed somewhat inadequate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In truth, these two techniques were already among the deadliest in the Combiner realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you, demon, survive, you’ll surely ascend to Great Ascension.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Xing did not hesitate to praise a foe who could survive his sword strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re merely a Combiner peak cultivator.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tian Ge roared, forming hand seals; dark light surged, forming twelve black coffins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom! Boom! Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black coffins exploded one after another, revealing twelve corpse warriors—ferocious demonic corpses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simultaneously, he cast a spell upon the Demon Spirit Ding, overturning it; a sea of blood engulfed ten thousand li in every direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blood sea and demonic corpses intertwined, forming a demonic array.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Demon Blood Transformation, One Slash to Steal Life.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tian Ge muttered incantations, reaching into the Demon Spirit Ding to draw forth a dark red demonic blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless ancient seal characters appeared, swirling around him and the blade, their power reaching Great Ascension levels!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wan Hua Ding… the power of creation isn’t used this way.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Xing shook his head and swept his sleeve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiong Xiong!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zi Qing Divine Flame surged violently, burning through the blood sea, carving out a barren white zone within the endless crimson.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, twelve Zi Qing fire dragons emerged, lunging at the hidden demonic corpses within the blood sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ragged Iron Sword roared, flying into his hand, unleashing an unimaginably brilliant sword light to meet the demonic blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blade and sword light clashed; the shockwave shattered the space for ten thousand li around them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, Fang Xing’s sword light shifted—on its tip, a lotus bloomed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One Sword, One Lotus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though ethereal, the lotus shimmered with gold and silver hues, blending space and time with a hint of spatial-temporal fusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching his Demon Blood Transformation blade shattered, Tian Ge’s face paled: “No!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in an instant, that sword lotus landed on him and slowly bloomed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amid the ripples of the River of Time, it seemed to accelerate the flow of time upon his body; the wound left by that sword cut began to rapidly deteriorate and expand…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Puff!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A severed head fell from midair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Xing retracted the rusted iron sword and murmured, “A formidable demon, capable of grappling with a Great Ascension elder…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet under his sword art fueled by the Time-Space Lotus, it still met its end—body and soul utterly annihilated!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With its master dead, the sea of blood and demonic corpses froze in place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A mournful cry echoed through the air as the ‘Demonic Spirit Cauldron’ plummeted, caught neatly in Fang Xing’s hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Using demonic arts to forge a cauldron spirit? And deliberately crafting a demonic cauldron?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He shook his head and opened his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thread of purple-and-green flame descended onto the Demonic Spirit Cauldron; the Purple-Green Divine Flame instantly engulfed it, blazing fiercely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, a blade of light retracted, bringing with it the demon’s storage artifact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Xing took it, swept it with his spiritual sense, and suddenly froze—pulling out a string of blood-red fate tablets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several of them were extraordinary, unmistakably belonging to Combiner cultivators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So many humans secretly pledged loyalty to the demons? And had their souls split and forbidden seals implanted?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Never mind. Cowards who fear death exist everywhere—it’s no great matter. I’ll leave it to Ji Ru Zong and the others to handle.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Xing sighed, then continued inventorying the other spoils.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>About a stick of incense later, the purple-and-green flames above slowly faded, revealing a faint, ethereal silhouette of a cauldron.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cauldron was bronze in hue, yet its surface still shimmered with streaks of bloodlight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What a waste—thankfully, the Ten-Thousand Transformations Spirit Flame can purify the blood-offering energy…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Xing withdrew the Ten-Thousand Transformations Cauldron; its spirit immediately rushed forth, merging with the cauldron, triggering an inexplicable transformation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good. The Ten-Thousand Transformations Cauldron’s underlying law is profound—it’s a vital component of the ‘Creation Dao.’ Once completed, it will be a top-tier Imperial Weapon.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such an Imperial Weapon is still a treasure even to a Law Lord!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1766,"2026-06-20T11:03:22.760Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","1756f1b575ed4697b95d50712e4bc9cd0f80d8d2664b56f90f1293de1c33400d","starlight-professional-chapter-512","starlight-professional-chapter-510",726,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarlight-professional-cover.jpg"]