[{"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-327":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},2320259,4537,"Chapter 327: Engage the Enemy","the-immortal-path-among-the-stars-chapter-327",327,"\u003Cp>Something’s odd!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu’s face hardened with caution; he formed a hand seal, and a crimson light shield flickered to life over his body—the Fire Shield spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did he exhale softly; his arm swelled abruptly, blurred once, and he punched through the air toward three massive boulders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three thunderous booms followed as three golden fist shadows slammed into the boulders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Boom—boom—boom!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three boulders shattered on impact, rolling out three humanoid skeletons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu was startled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when he saw the Sunset Sect robes on the skeletons, he understood their identities and frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He reached out with one hand, grasping the waist of one skeleton; a red token instantly flew into his palm. He glanced at it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One side bore the character “Sun,” the other the character “Inner.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, it was an Inner Disciple token of the Sunset Sect!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But how did these three corpses end up inside the rocks, and why were they shaped so strangely?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After stowing the token, Wang Yu studied the skeletons again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three corpses were emaciated, their bodies reduced to a thin layer of skin with no flesh or blood, yet their faces bore an eerie calm—no signs of struggle, as if they had died in perfect peace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More surprisingly, the storage pouches at their waists remained intact, untouched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was it because they deemed a Qi Condensation disciple’s pouch worthless, or had they simply not had time to take them?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu’s mind raced as he considered this, yet he made no move to touch the pouches; instead, he walked over and picked up a fist-sized fragment of rock from the ground, squeezing it lightly with his fingers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Crack.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The stone turned to powder, slipping silently through his fingers like sand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Definitely wrong!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ordinary stone powder wouldn’t be this smooth—it resembled some unknown greasy powder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu instantly deduced this; at the same moment, a numbness spread from his fingers touching the powder—faint, but enough to paralyze those fingers for an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu’s pupils contracted; before he could react further, a simultaneous hiss of warning erupted from Da Lü and Xiao Bai at the cave entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu immediately swept his spiritual sense outward, then his face darkened; he slapped his waist pouch, and a burst of white light surged out, sweeping across the nearby ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three skeletons and scattered rocks vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next instant, he shot skyward as a ball of red light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Boom!”—he pierced straight through the cave ceiling and soared into the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a swift circle in midair, Wang Yu halted steadily, gazing toward a distant direction on the horizon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There, black mist surged skyward like a torrential black flood rolling toward him, carrying an unmasked, overwhelming demonic aura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A second-rank demonic beast!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu’s pupils narrowed slightly, but he quickly turned his gaze downward, scanning the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amid a steady “shush-shush” sound, the earth churned among the scattered rocks, and dozens of bone rats—each several feet long—emerged, their blood-red eyes glaring, surrounding the entire rocky area completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, most of these bone rats were only at Qi Condensation levels two or three, with only a few reaching levels four or five.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Da Lü, Xiao Bai, handle these.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After giving the order, Wang Yu’s crimson aura flared, and he flew toward the oncoming black clouds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Da Lü let out a low roar, lunged forward, and bit half the skull off the nearest bone rat; with one forelimb, he slammed another charging rat away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More bone rats nearby, seeing this, charged without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A low roar echoed in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A vast wave of icy white mist swept down, engulfing nearly half the charging rats, hurling them to the ground, where within a few breaths they froze into ice statues.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nearby, Da Lü swung his thick, rigid tail like a steel whip, striking down several more rats before lunging to tear into them again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the distance, more bone rats sprinted forward—some spewed clouds of black mist, others bled crimson tears from their eyes, their bodies swelling violently as they ran.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Wang Yu was nearly a mile from the oncoming black mist, he abruptly halted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though he didn’t know the cultivation level of the demonic sect cultivator who had spoken earlier, the involvement of a second-rank Yin Bone Rat meant it certainly wasn’t a Qi Condensation disciple—and certainly not a Golden Core elder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, if a demonic Golden Core cultivator entered the Four Sects’ territory alone, the Four Sects’ Golden Core elders would never miss the chance—they’d unite to annihilate him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the last opening of the Jialan Secret Realm, the demonic side had only dared to infiltrate with several Golden Core cultivators acting together, never alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for late Foundation Establishment cultivators—essentially Golden Core seedlings—both the Four Sects and the demonic sects typically kept them secluded in their sects for intensive cultivation, rarely letting them leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So this demonic cultivator was most likely early or mid-Foundation Establishment, with early being even more probable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But regardless, this opponent was a second-rank demonic beast and a Foundation Establishment demonic cultivator—no amount of caution was too much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Wang Yu pondered, he flipped his hand, revealing three pale blue banners; with a sweep of his other hand, the banners blurred, becoming faint and indistinct.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He flicked his wrist; the three banners fell silently, vanished after a few flickers, and disappeared into the dense forest below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he formed a hand seal; the light shield on his body blazed crimson, and he changed the seal—his feet wrapped in swirling blue and red light, forming two shimmering, translucent light wheels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Fire Shield and Wind-Fire Wheels—two first-rank primal spells!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu shook his sleeve, and three small red-glowing mirrors flew out, circling his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simultaneously, his waist pouch opened wide; a black iron brick flew out, hovered above him, then dissolved into swirling rings of black mist and vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, a roar erupted from the oncoming black mist; crimson dots appeared within it, flickered in the wind, and transformed into dozens of crimson fireballs, each the size of a human head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dozens—sixty or seventy in total.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Swoosh! Swoosh!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dozens of fireballs trembled slightly, then surged toward Wang Yu like a swarm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Using fire spells against me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu’s lips twitched; without any grand motion, the crimson aura swirling over his body flowed swiftly into one hand, coalescing into a fist-sized crimson light orb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He flicked his wrist—the orb floated gently before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Whoosh.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu drew a deep breath; in his spiritual sea, a first-rank blue talisman glyph formed instantly. He opened his mouth and exhaled a continuous torrent of pale green wind, engulfing the crimson orb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sizzle!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wind and fire merged instantly, erupting into a rolling wall of flame that rose like a massive barrier before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bang! Bang!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dense hail of fireballs struck the flame wall and vanished into the firelight, leaving no trace.\u003C\u002Fp>",1153,"2026-06-20T15:44:32.161Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","6da7234946d0e8439e5566e45d4236242e6776af3775a29d34d1804fcbbfeaca","the-immortal-path-among-the-stars-chapter-328","the-immortal-path-among-the-stars-chapter-326",530,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-immortal-path-among-the-stars-cover.jpg"]