[{"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-326":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},2320258,4537,"Chapter 326","the-immortal-path-among-the-stars-chapter-326",326,"\u003Cp>Almost all of these demonic rat corpses were incomplete.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some had lost both eyeballs, leaving only two black hollows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some had lost one forelimb, leaving only three legs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some had their abdomens slit open, their hearts vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The largest demonic rat corpse, though its limbs were intact, bore two long blood grooves along its back—as if something vital had been removed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu studied these corpses for a moment, a hunch forming in his mind; he slapped his waist pouch, and a white mist burst forth, sucking all the corpses inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After checking the underground hall once more and finding nothing else, he formed a hand seal, white clouds sprouting beneath his feet as he rose into the air and vanished into the mist above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A soft “whoosh.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu flew out of the well and landed lightly in the courtyard, then tilted his head and let out a long howl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The howl echoed like a dragon’s roar, yet also like an ape’s cry, ringing through the entire sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In moments, Xiao Bai shot out from the nearby dense forest, wrapped in a cloud of cold energy, darted a few times, then plopped onto the ground beside him, shaking its head repeatedly at its master—as if it had found nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu remained expressionless, waited another cup of tea’s time, then a shadow flickered from the other forest—Da Lv burst forth, its back barely carrying something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu narrowed his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next instant, Da Lv leaped several times and landed steadily before Wang Yu, its back revealing a unconscious girl, thirteen or fourteen years old.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wu wu.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Da Lv crouched down on all fours, emitting “wu wu” sounds toward Wang Yu, as if trying to say something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Put her down first—I’ll check her.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Da Lv shuddered, flinging the unconscious girl off its back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu flicked his sleeve, an invisible force surging out to catch the girl’s body, gently lifting it forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He glanced at her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though her hair was wild and her robes tattered, her delicate features were still discernible—her eyes tightly shut, face pale, visibly emaciated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu’s gaze shifted to a character “ Tong ” stitched on the hem of her skirt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tong family.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu murmured, a glimmer flashing deep in his pupils—as if pondering something—then reached out to grasp her wrist, as if to take her pulse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next instant, the girl’s eyes snapped open, revealing eerie green vertical pupils; in her hand appeared a short green dagger, stabbing toward Wang Yu’s abdomen with lightning speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sharp “crack.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A large hand wrapped in pale golden mist had already settled behind her neck; five fingers tightened, snapping her neck outright—her arm froze mid-thrust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But terrifyingly, though her head hung limply, her eyes did not blink, and a strange smile surfaced on her face as a violent aura erupted from her body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu shuddered without hesitation and kicked out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Whoosh.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl’s body was struck hard, launching like a cannonball into the distant forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Boom!” Her body exploded midair, a mushroom-like fire cloud surging upward, engulfing everything within several zhang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu watched this shocking scene, his face darkening; he flicked his sleeve, and a black light shot out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bang!” A black flying dagger embedded itself into a large tree at the edge of the ruins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tree trunk, once seemingly empty, blurred—then a green lizard, about a foot long, emerged beneath the dagger, writhing violently, its mouth clutching a blood-red talisman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmph, the Sunset Sect sent a clever one this time—apparently a single puppet won’t be enough.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No sooner had the voice spoken than a figure surged forward like a gale, standing before the tree, staring at the giant lizard pinned by the black dagger, coldly asking:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who are you? What’s your connection to the Tong family’s annihilation?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The figure was Wang Yu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This lizard beast had appeared silently when Da Lv returned with the girl—but thinking its concealment could fool his spiritual sense was naive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the self-destructing girl, though she appeared normal, the faint, irreducible stench of decay on her body could not escape his hyper-attuned sense of smell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Heh, who I am doesn’t matter—you’ll meet us soon enough.” A man’s cold laugh echoed from the talisman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then—“puff!”—the talisman exploded into a fireball, reducing the lizard to ash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu’s eyes flickered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This man’s methods were ruthless and decisive—he was no easy opponent. The three Sunset Sect disciples were likely slain by him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, external forces had intervened in the Tong family’s destruction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He released several spiritual senses, scanning every corner within several li, confirming no other threats remained, then strolled slowly to the spot where the girl had exploded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fire cloud had vanished entirely, leaving only a massive crater, scattered with fragments of flesh and blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He reached out with a void-like hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A chunk of charred arm shot up from the soil’s edge, landing squarely in his palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu’s gaze sharpened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The arm’s surface was charred, but the blood oozing from it was black; deep within the flesh, dense clusters of white hairs filled the stumps like a nest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Corpse refinement? Mo Luo Sect?” Wang Yu murmured, a cold smile touching his lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Da Lv, where did you find this corpse? Take me there.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black-green iron-headed crocodile hissed, then dissolved into a shadow and darted into the forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu formed a hand seal, white clouds forming beneath his feet, lifting himself and Xiao Bai as he followed leisurely behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Da Lv raced like a small monstrous beast, plowing straight through trees, crushing them into crooked heaps, carving a direct path through the forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu, seeing this, felt a thought stir.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Da Lv’s cultivation advanced, its hide grew thicker and tougher. The Four Symbols Sect was famed for beast-taming—many secret techniques enhanced a spirit beast’s physicality. I should learn some, if the chance arises.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black-green iron-headed crocodile sprinted eight or nine li, bursting out of the dense forest into a field of white, jagged rocks, stopping before a stone cave a zhang tall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu scanned the interior with his spiritual sense, then walked in without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cave was small—only thirty to forty square paces—containing nothing but three large white oval stones standing upright near the walls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu’s gaze fixed on one of the stones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its surface bore a patch of black bloodstain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stranger still—his spiritual sense was blocked entirely by the three stones, unable to penetrate them.\u003C\u002Fp>",1078,"2026-06-20T15:44:32.161Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","63f29e02482d8804dd2a17c6b605f88887cc5c30327e72732c29925edd8a2051","the-immortal-path-among-the-stars-chapter-327","the-immortal-path-among-the-stars-chapter-325",530,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-immortal-path-among-the-stars-cover.jpg"]