[{"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-206":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},2320138,4537,"Chapter 206","the-immortal-path-among-the-stars-chapter-206",206,"\u003Cp>As a metallurgist, Wang Yu did not claim to know every type of cultivation material, but he was well-acquainted with most, especially ores.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He merely paused to think, and immediately recognized what the black stone was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a common auxiliary material used in forging metal artifacts: Silver Radiance Stone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This material mostly originated from silver and iron ore veins, a byproduct of these veins—though usually found in small quantities and not particularly rare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet when crafting metal artifacts, adding a bit of Silver Radiance Stone powder to the artifact’s core could greatly enhance its toughness, allowing it to withstand greater amounts of cultivation energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scattered, uneven fragments of Silver Radiance Stone on the ground clearly indicated that the green monstrous serpent had dug them up from some metal vein within the secret realm, smashed them hastily, and piled them before this spirit tea tree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though serpent-type demonic beasts possessed little spiritual awareness, they never acted without purpose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be that this spirit tea tree required Silver Radiance Stone to grow its leaves?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu felt a flicker of doubt but noted the observation, then walked to the white tea tree and examined the spirit plant closely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tea tree stood barely half a zhang tall, its leaves slender like willow leaves, clustered on delicate branches, each as white as jade—but upon closer inspection, faint pale silver spots adorned each leaf.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment Wang Yu saw these silver spots, he immediately thought of the Silver Radiance Stone. He reached out, plucked a white leaf, sniffed it, then gently placed it in his mouth and chewed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The leaf was incredibly tender; as soon as he bit through it, his mouth filled with a faint, clean tea fragrance that lingered long without fading.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moments later, Wang Yu felt a slight easing in his mind—the fatigue from his consecutive battles seemed to dissipate somewhat, filling him with quiet joy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though he knew other effects of this spirit tea, even this one benefit was enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without further hesitation, he murmured, “Overclock,” and instantly, threads of crystalline light flickered in his pupils; everything around him slowed, and his thoughts entered an unimaginably heightened state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He closed his eyes, and with a single thought, his mind rapidly flipped through the countless spirit plant texts stored deep within his consciousness, quickly locking onto one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This text detailed the exact steps for transplanting spirit tea plants and the key precautions to observe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He opened his eyes again, glanced at the spirit tea tree, stepped closer to its trunk, and gently placed one palm upon it, slowly channeling his internal cultivation energy into it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moments later, faint green light patterns began to glow along the white tea tree’s trunk—bright but not blinding—then gradually converged at its base, forming a thin, circular band of light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Wang Yu exhaled slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to the text, this tree was indeed a first-rank spirit tea tree, a normal wood-element spirit tree—not one of those plants that appeared ordinary but had internally mutated into another element.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only after clearly identifying the spirit tea tree’s element and rank could one transplant it correctly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He withdrew his hand, pulled a green talisman from his robe, muttered an incantation, and tossed it into the air; it instantly dissolved into a cloud of white vapor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moments later, dew condensed in the air and descended, thoroughly drenching the entire small tree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then pulled out a storage pouch, probed its contents with his spiritual sense, found a bone curved blade, circled the tea tree several times, checked the sky to confirm direction, and began digging into the ground several feet away from the tree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The text was clear: when transplanting any spirit plant, one must preserve the entire root system intact and carry along the soil surrounding the roots.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Wang Yu’s strength, he quickly dug a large pit around the white spirit tea tree, preserving every root without damage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then pulled out several more green talismans, carefully affixed them to the trunk and the soil clinging to the roots, lifted the entire small tree from the ground, stripped off all its leaves, and used the curved blade to trim some branches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next, he selected a separate storage pouch, placed several mid-grade wood-element spirit stones inside, then placed the entire spirit tea tree within, followed by picking up several pieces of Silver Radiance Stone from the ground and adding them to the pouch as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu scanned the pouch with his spiritual sense multiple times, confirmed the spirit plant showed no abnormalities, and finally relaxed, stepping away from the ravine with long strides.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the desert’s edge, a blurred crimson shadow stood atop a rock, gnawing on a roasted piece of meat with evident enjoyment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Around the rock lay over thirty desiccated corpses—some from demonic sect disciples, others from cultivators of the Great Ming’s Four Sects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among the corpses, two groups of cultivators stood facing each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One side consisted of one man and two women; the other, one man and one woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The one-man-two-women group all wore robes bearing the Four Symbols Sect’s insignia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man was tall and imposing, clad in a black robe, holding a silver halberd horizontally before him, his face dark with anger as he stared at the blurred figure on the rock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of the women was tall, dressed in a blue gown, gripping a red short ruler tightly—but her face was deathly pale: it was Li Tianqi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other woman was petite, draped in a white feathered robe, holding a white round bowl in her hands, yet trembling uncontrollably, her expression filled with utter despair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side, the man and woman both wore thick gray-white robes, each carrying a pitch-black coffin on their backs, yet both kept their heads bowed, staring fixedly at the ground, refusing to glance even once at the blurred figure on the rock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, the place littered with corpses fell utterly silent—only the sound of the blurred figure chewing the roasted meat broke the stillness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good, good. You all have some sense—you didn’t attack me while I was eating. Otherwise, your fate would be no different from those just now.” The crimson shadow atop the rock finally finished eating, tossed the meat aside, and spoke in a chilling voice to the group below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master Zhu’s name is known throughout our sect; these fools dared provoke you—they deserved their end. My wife and I have long admired your greatness and are willing to follow your guidance.” At last hearing the blurred figure speak, the gray-white-robed man lifted his head, bowed respectfully, and spoke with utmost deference.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His face was horrifying: one half was that of a handsome man, the other half shriveled like a skull.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, Master Zhu. My husband and I are known within our sect—we are willing to serve you as loyal hounds and horses.” The gray-white-robed woman also raised her head, bowed with a curtsey, and spoke—her face mirrored her husband’s: one half a beautiful woman, the other withered and desiccated as dead wood.\u003C\u002Fp>",1178,"2026-06-20T15:44:32.161Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","72659d34f57b88b9dff1a3bce64bde3b3ce72696345a4b68ee2eb45f6d4678dc","the-immortal-path-among-the-stars-chapter-207","the-immortal-path-among-the-stars-chapter-205",530,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-immortal-path-among-the-stars-cover.jpg"]