[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-immortal-path-among-the-stars":3,"chapter-the-immortal-path-among-the-stars-the-immortal-path-among-the-stars-chapter-157":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Immortal Path Among the Stars",{"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},2320089,4537,"Chapter 157","the-immortal-path-among-the-stars-chapter-157",157,"\u003Cp>“Bad!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Tianchan Old Ancestor, who had been standing solemnly in midair, his expression changed at this sight; the golden toad on his shoulder suddenly opened its mouth, spitting out a long golden thread of light that shot straight toward a cluster of white light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old monk beside him also murmured, “Good,” and extended a void hand; a faint golden giant hand appeared in midair and reached toward another cluster of white light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two demonic cultivators across from them moved almost simultaneously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the rolling black mist, a blurred figure slammed a massive banner; the banner instantly flipped upside down, its tip pointing downward as a black beam of light erupted, vanished in an instant, then struck the golden thread spat by Tianchan Old Ancestor’s spiritual beast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a dull boom, the golden thread was deflected, piercing straight through beside the white cluster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the crimson sedan chair beside it, the beautiful woman let out a light “giggle,” her slender hand grasping downward; another pink giant hand phantom appeared above the white cluster and slapped the faint golden hand phantom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a thunderous crash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two giant hand phantoms collided; the pink one immediately shattered into fragments, while the faint golden hand paused slightly, growing hazy in midair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, the beautiful woman’s pupils contracted, and her smile faded considerably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in this brief delay, the two clusters of white light vanished in an instant, plunging into the vast white halo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The white halo emitted a deep rumbling sound, as if something within was coalescing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tianchan Old Ancestor and Guangfa both looked grim at the sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, from below in the encampment, two streaks of light—one red, one blue—shot skyward, blurred momentarily, then revealed two figures beside Tianchan Old Ancestor and Guangfa.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One was a burly man in a purple-red robe, the other an old woman holding a blue bamboo staff.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the scene within the white halo above, their expressions turned equally grim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Giggle, Guangfa, old monk, your spiritual power is indeed pure—I admit I’m inferior. But my companion Wu and I came here not to fight you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All four Blue Jewel Keys have now gathered; the Blue Jewel Realm has been forcibly opened. Our sect’s Qi Condensation disciples have been waiting at another entrance for a long time. Now that the realm is open, they will enter immediately and scour the entire realm.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoever’s disciples are stronger will ultimately claim the Blue Jewel Realm.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Look how thoughtfully I’ve planned for you all—I chose to open this Blue Jewel Realm during your Dharma assembly, so you don’t even need to select disciples; you can send these ones in directly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each of the four Golden Core elders across from her grew darker with every word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You witch of the Joyful Palace! Your two sects invaded Tongzhou and seized our sect’s mountain gate—all to covet this Blue Jewel Realm? What delusions!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Delusions? Tianchan, old ghost—once these four Blue Jewel Keys are used, they’re all rendered useless.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The final owner of the Blue Jewel Realm depends on who retrieves the fifth true key within the realm.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My companion Wu and I must return to organize our disciples’ actions—we won’t linger here any longer.” The woman sneered, spoke a few cold words, waved her hand, and the four sedan bearers moved; the sedan turned around, preparing to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vast black mist beside it also rolled backward, ready to depart with her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You two have penetrated deep into our four sects’ heartland, caused such chaos, and now think you can just leave? Do you take us four as mere ornaments? Since you’ve come, you won’t leave.” The purple-red robed giant roared, shook his sleeve, and a crimson great axe appeared in his hand, its surface swirling with flames, layers of spiritual patterns flickering endlessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Amitabha.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the old monk uttered the Buddha’s name, he took a step forward and, inexplicably, crossed more than ten zhang in an instant, blocking the woman’s path behind her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blue-robed old woman said nothing, shook her bamboo staff, and patches of blue bamboo forest phantoms appeared on the other side of the demonic pair; her figure flickered into view within the bamboo shadows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Tianchan Old Ancestor, he slapped the golden toad on his shoulder; the miniature toad leapt down, grew wildly in the wind, transforming into a colossal creature five or six zhang tall, its eyes blood-red, fixed unblinkingly on the beautiful woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Far away, Wang Yu, who had been monitoring this scene with his hyper-frequency power, turned pale and flew silently farther away without a word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the same direction, seven or eight other figures also shot toward the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These people clearly could observe the movements of the Golden Core elders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If a Golden Core battle erupted, even a stray shockwave could kill all these elite Qi Condensation disciples instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, the beautiful woman beneath the distant white halo remained calm, even smiling faintly; she raised her hand to reveal a blood-red talisman and spoke calmly to the four:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My dear lords, no need to see me off. Next time we meet, my companion Wu and I shall gladly test your skills.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No sooner had she spoken than the blood-red talisman in her hand ignited spontaneously; a streak of crimson light shot out, instantly forming a long crimson rainbow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crimson rainbow spun once, engulfing the woman, her sedan, the bearers, and the maidservant, then sucked in the nearby black mist; with a single flicker, it reappeared over a hundred zhang away in midair, then blurred again and again, appearing far off on the horizon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tianchan Old Ancestor and the other three had no chance to intercept; they could only watch helplessly as the crimson rainbow pierced the sky and vanished without a trace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The four stared at each other in silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Impossible—third-grade blood-dash talismans aren’t this fast. Could it be a fourth-grade talisman?” The Ruo Ri Sect giant hesitated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s likely a fourth-grade talisman. The demonic sects really went all out—they even used a fourth-grade talisman.” The old monk sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fourth-grade talismans can only be forged by Nascent Soul cultivators. Could that man from Yu State truly have formed a Nascent Soul?” Tianchan Old Ancestor asked, his face ashen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Whether or not he formed a Nascent Soul, his power has certainly grown. Otherwise, how would he dare launch a cross-border invasion of our Great Ming with just three sects?” The blue-robed old woman replied expressionlessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Forget about that man for now—if he truly formed a Nascent Soul, our Wu State isn’t without Nascent Soul true cultivators ourselves.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The real question is: how do we handle the Blue Jewel Realm? Do we really send our Qi Condensation disciples into it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The demonic three sects went to such lengths to forcibly open this realm—they must have some scheme hidden within.” The Ruo Ri Sect giant frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>",1148,"2026-06-20T15:44:30.991Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","9467e7716cace1d8a24487da953e2db5d712b38592056fb29f56cb372d19fd27","the-immortal-path-among-the-stars-chapter-158","the-immortal-path-among-the-stars-chapter-156",530,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-immortal-path-among-the-stars-cover.jpg"]