Chapter 33: Demon Star Descends upon the World

Two great surprises arrived abruptly and ahead of schedule.

Suddenly, Wanfu City, which had just experienced a battle royale, was boiling over again, as if the holidays had already begun.

Li Yu, having received the notification, could not help but pause, a guess automatically forming in his mind.

"Abruptly moved up to tonight?"

"Could it be that last night's battle royale was actually a stimulus for the 'Demon Star Descent'?"

"The Evil Gods were satisfied with what they saw, so they tossed Demon Star Tokens toward Wanfu City ahead of schedule?"

Li Yu had not a shred of evidence.

But somehow, he was quite certain.

No other reason!

It was too coincidental.

Of course, even if Li Yu guessed correctly, there was nothing he could do.

As a low-level cultivator, he still had to honestly go to the Heavenly Secret Tax Office in a few days to pay the back taxes for Jiao Qing and Sun Sanniang, as well as his own settlement fee.

Moreover, Li Yu was also incredibly expectant of the "Demon Star Descent."

He was different from other cultivators; he had chosen a path with no future.

The only hope he could see for continuing his cultivation was the Weird Domain and the Spirit Realm.

"The Demon Star Token is an admission ticket."

"If I want to find the secret medicine formula for the next sequence of the Spirit Venerable path, at this stage, I must obtain a Demon Star Token."

"We shall see tonight."

With this unexpected development, Li Yu naturally lost interest in wandering around.

He immediately returned home, found his maid—who was still researching how to chase chickens despite being equipped with mid-grade spirit energy stones—and instructed:

"Hongdou!"

"Issue another bounty. I need all secret information related to the 'Demon Star Descent,' preferably methods to obtain a Demon Star Token. You may use oddities or secret medicine formulas to settle the payment."

"Very well, Master. Bounty is being issued... Complete."

The master and servant had not waited long.

Perhaps because it was currently the busiest time at the Heavenly Secret Workshop, there were unexpectedly many Heavenly Craft Sect salespeople around.

Within dozens of breaths, three people had responded to Hongdou's bounty.

The answers were surprisingly consistent.

"Information regarding the Demon Star Token is all in the first issue of the 'Wanfu Daily.' Please subscribe to the newspaper to view it. As for a 100% guaranteed method to obtain a Demon Star Token, it does not seem to exist in this world. Even if it did, you could not afford it."

"Where did this big spender come from, buying a puppet with such high permissions? Please subscribe to the 'Wanfu Daily.' No one can interfere with the Demon Star Token's selection, even if you are a Sequence 3 or Sequence 2 powerhouse."

"Improve yourself. The more special you are, the more likely you are to be chosen by a Demon Star Token. Of course, this is a well-known method. I, Shi, will not charge you any fee. Please patronize me more in the future."

Although he was rejected by all, Li Yu did not feel he had gained nothing.

Shi Dazhu's answer was quite interesting.

It made Li Yu fall into thought.

"Clearly, the Demon Star Token has a high degree of freedom and randomness in its choice of 'master.' Even high-sequence powerhouses cannot interfere, and they cannot even know where the Demon Star Tokens go after entering the city."

"At least, that is the case for those below Sequence 1."

"And there is indeed a trick to how one is chosen by a Demon Star Token, which is to be sufficiently special."

"In that case!"

"That fellow Zhu Mei is likely also aiming for a Demon Star Token. Although the chance of a demonic monk and a life-demanding walker being chosen is probably not even one in a thousand, it is still an effort."

"Since all cultivators tacitly agree that this is an extremely fair opportunity, there should be no traps inside, but rather many benefits."

"Can my specialness earn me one?"

When this thought occurred, Li Yu looked at his own eye membrane.

There, the fourth Truth Bubble was already full, and the fifth was also well-charged, shimmering with iridescent light.

Amidst the anticipation of the masses, night fell upon Wanfu City once again.

Last night, to cope with the battle royale, no one dared to sleep.

Tonight, to welcome the Demon Star Descent, no one wanted to sleep.

It stood to reason that the residents of the city had never felt any two nights to be so long, making them unable to wait.

The You hour passed, and there was no movement above Wanfu City.

As the Xu hour was also about to pass, the night sky remained incomparably silent.

Many cultivators who had been looking up the whole time were tired, and just as they were complaining and wanting to rest for a moment, suddenly!

The entire earth?

No, the entire world—the sky and the earth together—began to tremble.

The distant, dark firmament, as if from the Nine Heavens, suddenly split open a huge gap. A terrifying "Star Sea" flashed by, and then one could see streaks of starlight with various eerie colors, filled with ominous aura, smashing into this world from beyond the sky.

It was like a terrifying meteor shower, smashing toward Wanfu City without any deviation.

The speed was unimaginably fast.

Countless citizens in the city saw it first, then could not help but blink.

When they looked again, the entire Wanfu City seemed to have fallen into an ominous world, with large amounts of eerie radiance flickering.

Painful wails erupted from the mouths of every citizen.

Whether they were cultivators or mortals without any power, none could be exempted.

No one could open their eyes, and it was accompanied by intense pain from the depths of their souls.

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In this upheaval, one or two "Demon Star Meteors" would fall into the city from time to time, instantly losing their radiance and trace.

Clearly!

The Demon Star Token's selection of a master had begun.

At this moment, who knows how many people were wailing while praying in their hearts to be chosen.

However, this did not include Li Yu.

Almost the moment he saw Wanfu City shrouded by the Demon Stars in the sky, he did not hesitate in the slightest and used his only remaining opportunity to analyze all things.

The fourth Truth Bubble shattered.

Accompanied by the eruption of billions of rays of light, Li Yu entered the "All Things as One" state.

"Eighty breaths!"

"Range of over four zhang!"

Without surprise, the power had increased once again compared to the previous Truth Bubbles.

Li Yu did not pay attention to that, but instead raised his head again, forcing his eyes open at the risk of being blinded.

This time, an accident occurred.

He was fine!

"Sure enough, the power annotation is true."

"It is unaffected by anything in the present world, including these eerie Demon Stars and Evil God creations."

The Demon Star radiance that caused the entire Wanfu City to fall into "blindness" completely lost its effect on Li Yu at this moment.

Not only could he look directly at them, he could even see clearly which direction and which area each Demon Star that fell into the city and disappeared went to.

The East, South, West, and North districts!

It was almost evenly distributed; people were chosen in all of them.

And everyone who was chosen seemed to live up to the Demon Star Token's judgment, all remaining silent, with no one leaking any traces.

Too late to be envious, Li Yu began to search desperately for any Demon Stars falling toward his area.

His physical body was not very convenient in the courtyard. Without much hesitation, with a single thought, his iridescent soul, condensed from billions of rays of light, drifted away.

Only this time, it was not to peek at the surroundings.

Instead, it drifted upward. With a range of over four zhang, it naturally included the space above and even underground.

In an instant, almost all the traces of the Demon Star Tokens' movements rushed into his eyes.

And before long, because one was close, even though it flew past at an extremely fast speed, Li Yu still managed to see it clearly by narrowing his eyes, and the extraordinary information immediately surfaced:

"Demon Star Token!"

"A sub-magic treasure derived from a supreme treasure jointly created by almost all Evil Gods—excluding the six Great Orthodox Gods, and including those who have fallen and are attempting to resurrect—capable of contending with the [Reincarnation Heavenly Net]."

"Possessing any Demon Star Token allows one to go to places like the Weird Domain and the Spirit Realm."

"However, once one becomes the master of a Demon Star Token, one must accept its summons and, after entering the Weird Domain or Spirit Realm, accept the tasks it issues. One cannot refuse, or one will be erased."

"Because the Demon Star Tokens are different, the tasks will be different, and the corresponding rewards and punishments will also be different."

"Each Demon Star Token has a unique code and spirituality, as well as a high degree of autonomous choice. Even the Evil Gods who forged them cannot interfere."

"This token is called [Rebel Star]."

"It tends to choose a young genius who has ostensibly betrayed their own faction..."

Information that left Li Yu both surprised and delighted, as well as somewhat unexpected, flowed past.

(End of chapter)