[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-starlight-professional":3,"chapter-starlight-professional-starlight-professional-chapter-557":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},2309217,4512,"Chapter 557: Killing the Fifth-Rank","starlight-professional-chapter-557",557,"\u003Cp>The spatial constraints near this inheritance pillar are still too strong; otherwise, I would have long since escaped the battlefield—how could I still be trapped?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Xing teleported again—or rather, flashed—out of the Devouring Domain, becoming a streak of sword light as he fled swiftly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since repelling Yumir, he had randomly chosen an unclaimed inheritance pillar to seek an opportunity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he came to Pillar No. 9, and as expected, witnessed a great battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He himself used his spatial-temporal abilities to snatch the prize from under their noses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, his figure flickered, and hundreds of past selves appeared, each fleeing in a different direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One by one, they were caught by crimson tentacles and dissolved into phantom shadows...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Stay!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After flying millions of light-years, a hazy voice echoed beside Fang Xing’s ear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the Hive Mother—Ling Jun!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Hive Mother, who should have retreated, had somehow returned again!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A woman of incomparable beauty awaited ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In her hand, she held a blue spherical treasure; layer upon layer of illusions appeared before Fang Xing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Willpower attack?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Xing sneered, and his martial will surged forth, forming a towering azure giant whose every muscle was perfectly sculpted—he suddenly punched!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The layers of illusions shattered instantly, revealing the true form of the Hive Mother Ling Jun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A fifth-rank Law Lord? Too bad the insect race excels at soul attacks... you’ve met your match.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Xing’s soul attacks and defenses had both reached the level of a fifth-rank Law Lord.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, he feared nothing more than a fifth-rank Law Lord of the insect race!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sneered, and the Destroying Demon Wolf’s heart-image appeared on his third eye, flames of destruction blazing fiercely as they surged into Ling Jun’s body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, Ling Jun’s face turned pale, her aura plummeting rapidly: “True-soul attack?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A look of horror crossed her face as she retreated swiftly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re too slow compared to Yumir.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Xing’s mental force surged, and the Destroying Demon Wolf’s heart-image reappeared, plunging into Ling Jun’s body once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After several Huskies surged inside, Ling Jun’s aura plummeted to an extremely dangerous level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SHH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Xing merged with his sword, like a white rainbow piercing the sun, severing the beautiful woman’s head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The insect race’s fifth-rank Law Lord Ling Jun is dead?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Isn’t this the first fifth-rank Law Lord to fall in these days?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Sword Master truly possesses fifth-rank Law Lord strength...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t think it’s just because he’s specifically counter to her.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A fifth-rank Law Lord... to revive would cost a hundred or even a thousand times more than reviving a fourth-rank Law Lord... even the insect race’s Eternal Ones would feel the pain...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The four-legged beast halted, a look of malicious delight appearing on its face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It saw a blood-soaked planet materialize behind Fang Xing, the entire planet opening like a blooming flower of flesh and blood!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its petals and sepals resembled countless crimson saw-teeth and tongues, eager to swallow Fang Xing whole.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Destroy!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Xing pressed his third eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Destroying Demon Wolf’s heart-image appeared, surging into the Devourer’s body, causing it to pause for an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Useless... your soul attacks are powerful, but I am a sixth-rank Law Lord... my soul essence is dense enough to withstand dozens, even hundreds of attacks...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Devourer roared, and the fleshly flower instantly closed, reforming into a blood-soaked planet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the surface of the blood-soaked planet became utterly still.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Dead?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A flicker of joy arose in the four-legged beast’s heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, in the end, it was their beast civilization that had won.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn... where is he?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the next instant, it heard the Devourer’s roar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What? Escaped?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Could it be teleportation? To teleport beneath a sixth-rank Law Lord’s Devouring Dao... impossible?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The four-legged beast’s eyes froze, then narrowed with suspicion: “Could it be the Devourer is lying, trying to monopolize the inheritance?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pillar No. 3.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Xing sat cross-legged, gazing at the inheritance pillar ahead, lost in thought:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Jin’s path, in its early stages, differs from this world’s—it advances through various ‘professions’...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Upon closer study, it resembles the profession path of the Creator Universe... but at higher levels, both involve comprehending laws and sensing the Dao...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ultimately, one carves a path to transcendence, becoming an Exalted One.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What I truly need is the ‘carving of a path’ and the ‘transcendence’ aspect... these are not covered in the pillar’s ordinary inheritance—they must lie within the shattered inheritance.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Xing was somewhat pleased that his cultivation avatar had secured a piece of shattered inheritance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, his cultivation avatar escaped because his true self had reached out, communicating with the Gates of All Realms to send the avatar back to the True Immortal Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since fully comprehending the Space Law, he had further refined the Gates of All Realms—doing this was effortless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But to accomplish this within a realm opened by an Exalted One... the origin of the Attribute Panel truly shocks me...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Xing sighed silently, and a thread of consciousness entered the virtual lobby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The shattered inheritance of this pillar has coalesced and been taken by Lord Yumir...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Did you hear? The ‘Sword Master’ who defeated Yumir appeared at Pillar No. 9, killed the insect race’s fifth-rank Law Lord—Hive Mother Ling Jun—and snatched the inheritance right from under the sixth-rank Law Lord Devourer!” “Sss... wasn’t the Sword Master said to have only reached fifth-rank Law Lord level in soul attacks, with everything else still at the fourth-rank limit?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmph, someone who repelled Yumir and killed the Hive Mother, then escaped from a sixth-rank Law Lord—how could he be merely a fourth-rank Law Lord?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“True. Even the Heavenly Blade has reached the peak of fifth-rank Law Lord strength and still gained nothing obvious—clearly, the Sword Master’s power surpasses the Heavenly Blade...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fifth-rank Law Lord battles have erupted at other pillars—it’s shocking to realize how many fifth-rank Law Lords exist in our universe...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Xing listened silently to the intelligence summary, lost in thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘My cultivation avatar’s strength is still at the fourth-rank limit; it’s just that my mental force is too mysterious—true-soul attacks can threaten fifth-rank, but even against the Devourer, I’m outmatched... my true combat power is certainly inferior to the Heavenly Blade’s...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘But if I were the true self, it would be entirely different... even against a sixth-rank Law Lord Devourer, if pushed to the brink, I could activate the single drop of ‘Exalted Blood’ on my Attribute Panel to amplify my true-soul attack—I’d have a decent chance of annihilating the Devourer outright... these massive flesh-blood beings are notoriously tough and resilient, but their true soul is their greatest weakness.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘But using the Exalted Blood’s aura would surely bring many aftereffects... that would be far from ideal.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘I’ll just refine for another hundred years or so—I should leave this place of chaos anyway; I came here to slack off to begin with...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Fang Xing’s true self had already devoted most of his mental focus to his cultivation avatar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Please... Your Majesty... Collect_(!)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>True Immortal Realm, hermitage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Xing’s cultivation avatar sat cross-legged, a glowing orb floating before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the orb was unmistakably the black horn with golden veins, broken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His ten fingers flickered rapidly, and streams of golden-silver sword qi, shaped like lotuses of space-time, flowed into the broken horn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half an hour later, Fang Xing changed his hand seals and spat out a wisp of immortal fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SIZZLE!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pale white flames bloomed like lotuses, about to coil around the black horn—yet they parted automatically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Just a piece of shattered inheritance... and it’s this miraculous?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a long while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Xing sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since acquiring this black horn, he had tried every method imaginable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the evidence proved this black horn was extraordinary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was immune to blades and swords, impervious to water and fire—those were the basics...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More crucially, no matter how hard Fang Xing meditated upon the black horn, he could not comprehend anything from it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, he wouldn’t be this furious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Perhaps... this shattered inheritance requires the inheritance pillar to be studied alongside? Or must it be done within that realm?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I forcibly seized it—was that cheating, and now I’m being punished?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Xing pondered, then stored away the black horn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Regardless, he would never bring this shattered inheritance back to Jin’s realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Well... perhaps I’m just too eager to succeed, which is why I can’t comprehend it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Now that I have the inheritance, even if it takes decades, centuries, or even millions of years—what does it matter?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Worst case, if it all comes to nothing—still, transcendence isn’t the only path for me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the very least, that drop of transcendent blood was waiting there, and Fang Xing didn’t particularly covet it…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And there was the Eternal Great Sun King Spell as a fallback.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the attribute panel remained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I wonder if I could succeed by wishing to be sent to a world rich with transcendent legacies?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Xing closed his eyes and sank back into cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within his immortal sea dantian, the golden lotus swayed, radiant; its roots and lotus pod had fully solidified, and three solid petals had bloomed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This meant Fang Xing had taken another firm step along the Path of Space and Time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time flowed on, indifferent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One day,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a paper crane flew to the entrance of Fang Xing’s cave dwelling, transforming into a young boy who politely knocked: “Master Fang Xing, the Sword Immortal… my master requests your presence!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon after, the cave door burst open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A young man with sword-like brows and starlit eyes stepped out, nodded to the boy, then pinched his fingers in calculation: “So I’ve been in seclusion for over sixty years?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Xing summoned his sword light and arrived at the Drunken Moon Pavilion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There stood the Bi Xia Immortal, clad in green, poised and elegant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Many years have passed, yet your immortal grace remains unchanged, and now you’re surrounded by a mist of divine qi—your cultivation must have advanced greatly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Xing smiled faintly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You always tease your fellow cultivators…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bi Xia Immortal shot Fang Xing a glance, then grew serious: “I received news I couldn’t wait to share with you, and yet you’re so indifferent—it truly wounds me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What news is this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Xing’s expression turned solemn; Bi Xia Immortal had vast connections and a deeply rooted family, far from ordinary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s said the ‘Xiao Yao Dao Jun,’ who governs our immortal realm, has given his consent—he will soon journey to the Dao Court to receive an order from the Dao Sovereign!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bi Xia Immortal’s opening words shook the heavens: “The heavens are about to change…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1777,"2026-06-20T11:03:22.760Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","9d846bfbb7ffea0811b58ee1b64fc5ea50eb264d1024d33d857862f5a82c10b3","starlight-professional-chapter-558","starlight-professional-chapter-556",726,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarlight-professional-cover.jpg"]