[{"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-211":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},2320143,4537,"Chapter 211: The Demon Power Soars","the-immortal-path-among-the-stars-chapter-211",211,"\u003Cp>The moment he finished speaking, the Qianzhu Sect disciple raised his hand and released a pale yellow bamboo boat, leaping onto it and soaring into the sky toward the rear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Below, the other disciples of Jin Gang Temple and Qianzhu Sect were all stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this brief moment, they also heard the continuous sound of air tearing from the distant horizon—first faint, then rapidly swelling into a thunderous roar, as if a vast army was charging toward them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At once, the disciples of both sects scattered in panic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some imitated the man in the air, releasing flying artifacts and taking flight themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Others slapped talismans onto their bodies and plunged directly into the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several Jin Gang Temple monks simultaneously formed hand seals and chanted sutras; faint silver scriptures appeared in the surrounding void, and their bodies vanished right where they stood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In contrast, the group of beast beasts remained frozen in place, seemingly unaware why their powerful opponents had suddenly fled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next instant, a dense swarm of demonic flying vessels arrived from the distant horizon—mostly the bone-white vessels of the Black Soul Sect, alongside other demonic spirit vessels bearing the insignia of the Demon Luo Sect’s Joyful Palace and others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind these vessels, rolling black mist churned, within which a colossal white bone skull sat upon a massive bone chair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, the demonic disciples on the vessels spotted the fleeing Jin Gang Temple and Qianzhu Sect members; over a dozen spirit vessels immediately gave chase.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they passed over the group of beast beasts below, dozens of demonic disciples leapt off the vessels—some, upon landing, released white bone demon constructs that surrounded the beasts, while others waved their banners, transforming into clusters of black mist that sank into the earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One demonic disciple directly formed hand seals and hurled out sheets of yellow talismans, which transformed into spheres of white light illuminating every corner of the surrounding area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath a large tree nearby, several Jin Gang Temple disciples suddenly materialized; the demonic crowd erupted in joy and surged toward them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moments later, the chanting of Buddhist scriptures, explosive roars, and multicolored light flared up continuously across the region.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only that, as this demonic army advanced like locusts into the mountain’s depths, similar scenes unfolded repeatedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The colossal skull within the black mist remained seated on its bone chair without moving, as if still conserving its strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After an unknown length of time, a black-robed disciple flew before the colossal skull and respectfully presented a blood-soaked beast hide; on its softest section was clearly painted a black-and-white map.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The colossal skull merely glanced at the map, let out an inexplicable cold laugh, waved its massive hand, issued another command, and all demonic flying vessels slightly altered course, heading toward a specific location at the mountain’s center.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>High above the mountain’s center, Tian Junzi and a white-robed monk stood shoulder to shoulder, gazing down at over thirty disciples of the Four Symbols Sect and a dozen others from three other sects, besieging more than a hundred monkeys of various sizes atop a small hill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These monkeys bore fur of various colors, wielded thick clubs, some spat streams of wind blades from their mouths, others rubbed their palms together to launch fireballs, and several giant apes, over ten feet tall, continuously lifted massive boulders weighing a thousand catties from the ground and hurled them fiercely at the disciples.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind these monkeys, atop the hill, stood dense rows of tall peach trees, some blooming with pink flowers, others bearing peaches of varying sizes in shades of green and red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet atop the summit stood a single giant peach tree, five to six zhang tall, its foliage lush and emerald green, yet bearing only three enormous peaches at its crown—each the size of a watermelon, rosy and exuding a tempting fragrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although numerous, these monkeys had limited attack methods and most possessed cultivation at the mid-Qi Refining stage; they were swiftly slain by the combined assault of dozens of disciples from the four sects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The final few largest beast monkeys were likewise crushed under a barrage of magical artifacts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Tian Junzi and the white-robed monk could not hide their smiles, and slowly descended to stand before the giant peach tree atop the hill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, a spirit gardener had already flown to the tree’s crown with a large wooden box, carefully harvesting the three giant spiritual fruits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet several disciples from the four sects were pointing and whispering at a stone stele half-buried not far from the giant peach tree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Tian Junzi called to the white-robed monk, and they walked over to examine the stele.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The exposed half of the stele’s surface, though weathered and blurred by wind and sun, faintly bore the engraving of a map.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tian Junzi and the white-robed monk exchanged a glance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A pale yellow, headless monk’s corpse lay motionless in a small stream, its blood staining half the water red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beside the stream, the ground was in chaos: the earth was pitted and cratered, and a pair of cymbals, each the size of a washbasin, glowed golden as they stuck upright in the soil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In addition, a pale blue humanoid puppet lay in two pieces at the bottom of a large pit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This true disciple of Jin Gang Temple was truly troublesome—we two together nearly let him escape. Luckily, Sister I was quick-witted and used a second-rank talisman; otherwise, we’d have failed completely.” A woman dressed in Joyful Palace attire stood beside the corpse, flipping through a yellow storage bag while chattering to someone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sister, how much spirit stone did your second-rank talisman cost? How much did my remotely controlled puppet cost?” From within the split humanoid puppet in the nearby pit came a genderless, buzzing voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You fat bastard, don’t think I don’t know—your puppets can always be retrieved as long as they’re not shattered, then repaired and reused.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You hide your true body away, never risking yourself, yet still want the biggest share afterward—don’t you feel even a little guilty?” The Joyful Palace woman snapped, eyes blazing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmph, with my talent, even without entering the secret realm, Foundation Establishment was inevitable. If not for the Grand Ancestor’s direct order, I’d never have joined such a dangerous mission—risking my life for a few scraps of resources? That’s a losing deal.” The fat man’s voice grumbled from within the puppet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t want to end up like last time, encountering that insane Four Symbols Sect disciple—if my true body had been there, I’d be dead.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, the woman felt utterly speechless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her junior brother truly believed every sect disciple had his level of family backing, never worrying about cultivation resources before Foundation Establishment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet that previous joint operation with other demonic true disciples had genuinely frightened her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of the three true disciples present, two had perished in the hands of that Four Symbols Sect male disciple, and she herself barely escaped—especially since he wasn’t even a true disciple of the Four Symbols Sect, which made it even more infuriating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, this fat man had safely hidden far away, taking zero risk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more she thought about it, the angrier she became; she simply upended the contents of the storage bag, then without even looking, slashed her arm and swept over half the items into her own storage bag.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a distant underground cave, the fat man watching her through the puppet froze in shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a distant underground cavern, Fatty, who had been observing the young woman through a puppet, was left dumbfounded.\u003C\u002Fp>",1266,"2026-06-20T15:44:32.161Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","09e3a0bf0a92794875cd40b937a9b72c55de3be2d130de4f06d2513cc0789131","the-immortal-path-among-the-stars-chapter-212","the-immortal-path-among-the-stars-chapter-210",530,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-immortal-path-among-the-stars-cover.jpg"]