[{"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-213":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},2320145,4537,"Chapter 213: Fleeing at the First Sign","the-immortal-path-among-the-stars-chapter-213",213,"\u003Cp>“Maguo Sect’s Ye Zhen, greetings, fellow cultivator.” The brocade-clad woman slowly rose to her feet; her face and clothing simultaneously blurred and shifted, transforming in an instant into a young maiden dressed in a flowered green-and-red gown, holding the same crimson jade ruyi as before, with five or six colored leather pouches now tied at her waist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This woman’s features were exquisite, no less beautiful than the former “Chu Zhen’er,” but her eyebrows were slightly longer and her nose slightly more elevated, giving her an overall colder, more aloof air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’ve put on quite the performance—clearly you’ve come for me?” Wang Yu horizontally leveled his long blade before him and spoke calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course—who else? I followed my artifact’s guidance all the way, killing several birds carrying your blood essence, wasting countless trips. If not you, who else would I seek?” The woman snorted, her jade ruyi vanishing in a flash; she flipped her hand, pulling three blue-green bird corpses, each about a foot long, from her storage pouch and hurling them heavily onto the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So that’s it—I was tracked because of them,” Wang Yu muttered, frowning slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hehe, you’re clever enough to know that killing our demonic sect disciples leaves a blood mark, and clever enough to use these birds to confuse the artifact’s tracking. Others might have been fooled, but lucky for me—I have a way to find you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Still, you’ve got some skill. I went all out, yet still failed to take you. Had it not been for my artifact’s protection, I’d have fallen for your trick.” Ye Zhen sneered, pulling a bright yellow bronze mirror from her robe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mirror’s surface bore a clear footprint, surrounded by a web of cracks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the woman merely brushed her hand across the mirror; a stream of yellow light flowed over its surface, restoring it to pristine condition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was, indeed, a rare protective mirror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You tracked me through those birds? A secret technique? No—if so, others would’ve caught me long ago. More likely, it’s a spiritual beast.” Wang Yu sighed softly, flipped his hand, and suddenly held a white crystal orb, pouring in spiritual energy before glancing at it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the orb, the light point representing himself had indeed grown slightly larger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Zhen, who had been smirking at Wang Yu, instantly lost her smile upon seeing the tracking orb, blurting out:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Where did you get this tracking artifact? I don’t recall any such figure among the Four Sects’ true disciples.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Where did I get it? Naturally, from the true disciples of your demonic Three Sects.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Funny thing—I’ve got quite the fate with your Maguo Sect. I’m even curious how many true disciples you sent into the secret realm. You’re probably the third Maguo true disciple I’ve killed.” Wang Yu spoke calmly; the crystal orb and the red-and-green long blade vanished in a flash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he drew a deep breath, his body swelling a full circle; he inhaled again, and amid a white mist, his upper body swelled another circle, tearing his upper garments apart to reveal a pale golden tiger-head pattern on his back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The flowered-gown woman, already startled by his words, now stared in horror at his transformed form; her pupils shrank sharply, and without a word, she slapped a spiritual beast pouch at her waist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pouch mouth flew open!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A flash of white light!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Out poured thirty to forty jet-black, monstrous snakes, each covered in thick scales, each bearing a sharp silver horn on its head—all instantly filling the space before her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu raised an eyebrow, expressionless:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Interesting. But you think these little snakes can stop me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he finished speaking, Ye Zhen shook her sleeve, and suddenly, a rolling tide of green poison mist erupted, sweeping across the sky toward Wang Yu, completely engulfing his form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Overclock.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu silently uttered the word without hesitation; his eyes glowed with crystalline light, his vision entering an impossible state—he pierced through the thick poison mist and saw the woman’s movements with perfect clarity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There, hidden by the mist, she hurled a blood-red talisman, which instantly ignited in the wind, transforming into a burst of crimson light that settled upon her body; the crimson glow flared, and a blood-red rainbow shot backward into the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Blood Escape Talisman.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu paused, then reacted instantly; he flipped his hand, and three silver-gleaming willow-leaf daggers appeared between his fingers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, the black snakes on the ground leapt upward en masse, surging forward as a dense swarm of shadows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu grunted, flicked his wrist, activated his Golden Touch ability—and the three daggers vanished from his fingers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three of the charging snakes were severed cleanly midair into six pieces; three crystalline glints flashed through the void, and from the blood rainbow now ten zhang away came two sharp metallic *clangs* and a woman’s cry of pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blood rainbow’s speed surged; it blurred several times, reached the horizon, then vanished without a trace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, the dense swarm of black snakes had surged to his very feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu’s face darkened; golden mist surged over his body, and his arms were sheathed in intricate golden arm guards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Boom!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He became a whirlwind, punching and kicking through the snake horde; wherever he passed, the snakes either had their skulls crushed into pulp, collapsing motionless, or their bodies exploded into clouds of blood mist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how they bit, spat green venom, or thrust their silver horns, all attacks were blocked by the pale golden mist—he suffered not a single scratch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In barely a dozen breaths, every black snake lay dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu stood amid the blood-soaked corpses, gazing at the direction the blood rainbow had fled, and raised one hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From over ten zhang away, two willow-leaf daggers shot upward with a *whoosh* and *whoosh*, flashing back as twin streaks of cold light and landing firmly in his palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The third dagger, unquestionably, had struck the woman—and she had taken it with her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This surprised Wang Yu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew his Golden Touch guided the daggers to vital points; even one hit should have been fatal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet she not only survived the strike, but carried off the artifact itself!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, this woman was no ordinary opponent—she had many survival tricks. But if he ever faced another who could withstand his daggers and live… it would be troublesome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Should he increase the daggers’ power? But he’d already reached the limit—unless he coated them with something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu’s expression darkened in thought as he recalled the two vials of emerald-green poison he’d taken from Dai Zong’s storage pouch.\u003C\u002Fp>",1100,"2026-06-20T15:44:32.161Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","ac6da49dd3da0ae616fc07b1d111d23a1fcfbe654dc92383fb8183c01ba879dc","the-immortal-path-among-the-stars-chapter-214","the-immortal-path-among-the-stars-chapter-212",530,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-immortal-path-among-the-stars-cover.jpg"]