[{"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-331":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},2320263,4537,"Chapter 331: Silver Talisman and Corpse Crafting Art","the-immortal-path-among-the-stars-chapter-331",331,"\u003Cp>Indeed, these white stones were all made of the same rare petrification force that had turned the three Luorì Sect disciples into powdered stone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for this long petrified trench, it was clearly caused by the Yin Corpse Rat’s beam of light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This sent a chill down Wang Yu’s spine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had he not anticipated the attack and immobilized it beforehand instead of trying to block it head-on, being struck by that beam would have left him in dire straits—whether it killed him outright was uncertain, but he certainly wouldn’t have escaped unscathed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu pondered, then held his previously numbed fingers up to his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A faint tingling still lingered at his fingertips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, since his Black Tiger Corpse Body had reached completion, his flesh had grown extraordinarily strong, enveloped continuously by a transparent qi membrane that even ordinary entry-grade artifacts struggled to pierce.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet this petrification force bypassed the membrane entirely, still causing numbness in his fingers—proof of its strangeness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Petrification force, as the name suggests, is the ability to turn living beings into stone; this form before him, though not full internal petrification, was a partial external petrification.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, this petrification force could numb the body and absorb vital essence—clearly terrifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to the texts he knew, petrification abilities were exceedingly rare; few cultivators were said to master them, but several rare beast species possessed petrification as a natural talent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this thought, Wang Yu rapidly sifted through detailed information on several petrifying beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Stone Bat Rat.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu’s heart stirred as he recalled the largest undead rat corpse beneath the well; a look of sudden understanding crossed his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He slapped his waist pouch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A white scroll unfurled, ejecting the recently collected crimson bat wings and the desiccated corpse of a giant rat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both floated lightly before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu waved one hand; under precise spiritual sense control, the two crimson bat wings adhered perfectly to the two blood marks on the giant rat’s back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their size and length matched almost exactly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, this giant rat corpse was the rare beast known as the “Stone Bat Rat,” recorded in texts as possessing both petrification and flight abilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These bat wings had been plucked from this creature and grafted onto the Yin Corpse Rat he had seen earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But according to the texts, the Stone Bat Rat’s petrification came from its saliva—anyone sprayed would turn to stone instantly, with no apparent connection to its wings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, the method of petrification had shifted from saliva spray to a direct beam attack of greater power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Recalling the other rat corpses beneath the well, missing organs and limbs, this Yin Corpse Rat truly seemed assembled by some peculiar method.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a crafted undead was deeply strange—was it perhaps the Mo Luo Sect’s unique secret art?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And what connection did the Tong family have with this dwarf?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was this Yin Corpse Rat crafted by the dwarf himself, or secretly made by the Tong family?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu’s mind raced with thoughts and doubts; he waved one hand, retrieving the intact Stone Bat Rat corpse into his pouch, then moved swiftly, floating lightly toward the direction where the dwarf had self-exploded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the Mo Dao Foundation Establishment cultivator’s pouch had been destroyed in the explosion, leaving nothing inside, the black iron cone and iron shield were genuine second-grade artifacts—he must retrieve them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu held the black iron cone in one hand and gripped a small, pitch-black shield in the other, staring at the faint silver bottle’s phantom floating before him, his face showing surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He remembered clearly: this object’s original form had been a silver talisman, which had absorbed all the poison hidden within the fist imprint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But wasn’t this supposed to be a one-time-use item? Why was it still here?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu tucked away the two artifacts, waved one hand, drawing the bottle phantom closer, then extended a finger to touch it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It felt weightless, as if it had no mass at all, yet possessed a distinct smooth texture, as if it were truly a metal bottle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He gazed intently at the bottle’s phantom, noticing layer upon layer of silver spiritual patterns, countless in number.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Staring too long, he faintly felt as if his body and spirit were being sucked inward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After exhaling softly, Wang Yu carefully channeled a trickle of qi through his fingertip into the bottle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Puff.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bottle trembled slightly; its silver patterns layered and surged forth, then suddenly dissolved into a streak of silver mist that sank into his fingertip and vanished without a trace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu’s body froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was this thing alive?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He drew a sharp breath, quickly formed hand seals, sat cross-legged, and probed his body with his spiritual sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not in his palms, not in his arms, not in his dantian—his spiritual sea…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu scanned every part of his body, finally discovering a floating silver talisman in his spiritual sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This thing could hide inside his spiritual sea!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu’s heart shook violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had never heard of anything entering the spiritual sea except third-grade or higher artifacts, which could be rendered intangible and nurtured within it to cultivate their spirit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even third-grade talismans were not known to possess such a function—could this be some ultra-high-grade special talisman?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if it were so high-grade, why had the dwarf used it only to absorb a small amount of poison?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu, puzzled and wary, observed the talisman in his spiritual sea for a while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The silver talisman, like the earlier bottle, was hazy and indistinct, seeming both illusory and real, its surface covered in countless overlapping spiritual patterns, exuding profound mystery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the talisman lie still in his spiritual sea with no sign of anomaly, Wang Yu hesitated, then released a thread of spiritual sense to gently touch it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next instant, silver light surged in his spiritual sea—the silver talisman vanished without a trace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same moment, the silver talisman reappeared silently in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu’s face showed slight astonishment; he channeled a bit more qi into the talisman again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Puff.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The talisman trembled, transformed into a stream of silver mist, and reformed into the silver bottle’s phantom once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, after studying the silver bottle phantom for a moment, Wang Yu released a thread of spiritual sense and probed into its mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His face instantly showed surprise!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the bottle lay a small space—not large, only about ten cubic units—but every inner wall was covered in bronze-colored strange patterns, casting the entire space in a bluish-green glow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Floating within this space were two objects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A pale white jade slip and a large mass of ink-green liquid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The latter, needless to say, was the poison absorbed from the exploded gourd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the former…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu shifted his thought, directing his spiritual sense to touch the jade slip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Swoosh.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his other hand, a white jade slip appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu stared at the jade slip in his hand, then at the silver bottle phantom in the other, falling silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How different was this from a storage pouch, except that it could be stored in the spiritual sea or extended outside to collect things?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suppressing his inner doubts, he pressed the jade slip to his forehead and immersed his spiritual sense into it, swiftly scanning its contents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a few minutes, he removed the jade slip with a soft exhale, his face showing an odd expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The jade slip recorded a mysterious Mo Dao necromancy technique—methods for crafting corpses from ungraded desiccated bodies, to first-grade white-furred corpses, second-grade iron corpses, even third-grade silver corpses—all were detailed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that wasn’t the most important part; the bulk of the jade slip recorded the trial logs of a Mo Dao Foundation Establishment cultivator who experimented with combining various modified beast organs and limbs to forge stronger undead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The number of trials recorded exceeded a hundred—nearly consuming the cultivator’s entire life—until he finally achieved some success, even crafting a powerful second-grade late-stage undead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What struck Wang Yu most was that the Mo Dao cultivator in the jade slip bore the surname “Tong.”\u003C\u002Fp>",1350,"2026-06-20T15:44:32.161Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","c7e9fbc50292eab0cc1850711350cda3e2a97bb50c4660edc09077aabd42afbe","the-immortal-path-among-the-stars-chapter-332","the-immortal-path-among-the-stars-chapter-330",530,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-immortal-path-among-the-stars-cover.jpg"]