[{"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-342":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},2320274,4537,"Chapter 342","the-immortal-path-among-the-stars-chapter-342",342,"\u003Cp>“A true disciple sent by the Four Symbols Sect for exchange cannot be an ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator—that’s only natural.” The woman in red robes replied in silent transmission, her expression unreadable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sister Yuanyin has assisted others with bone-marrow cleansing before; you should know how excruciating the pain of cleansing the meridians is—it penetrates deep into the marrow. Even if someone appears to endure it easily, it’s merely an act; the twitching and trembling of facial muscles cannot escape our eyes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But this Wang brother from the Four Symbols Sect is different—look at how calm and composed he seems, as if he feels not the slightest pain. That’s strange. Could he be someone born without the sense of pain?” The man with gray-white hair exclaimed in wonder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who knows? Perhaps this Wang brother truly possesses extraordinary willpower and regards pain as nothing.” The woman in red robes replied indifferently in silent transmission.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Heh, maybe. With such talent, this Wang brother might actually succeed in entering the Crimson Sun Great Art. If he does, he’ll be the first outsider to master it.” The red-robed man chuckled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What, still bitter about failing to enter the Crimson Sun Great Art all those years ago?” The woman in red robes asked, her gaze flickering slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sister, you’re joking. It’s been so many years—how could I still harbor resentment?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Whether one can enter the Crimson Sun Great Art depends entirely on the individual; only a tiny few can cultivate it. My failure simply means this art isn’t suited to me.” The gray-haired man replied calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is that so? But I recall how, after your failure with the Crimson Sun Great Art, you locked yourself in your cave for three months without seeing anyone, and only then reluctantly switched to your current cultivation method.” The woman in red robes suddenly chuckled in silent transmission.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You must be mistaken.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But if I’d had Wang brother’s courage back then, I might have succeeded in entering the Crimson Sun Great Art—after all, not everyone is willing to use top-grade fire spirit stones during bone-marrow cleansing.” The gray-haired man glanced at the crimson spirit stones in Wang Yu’s hands, a complex and envious expression flashing across his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“To use top-grade fire spirit stones so early, this Wang brother is truly determined to enter the Crimson Sun Great Art.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But if he invests so heavily now and still fails to enter the Crimson Sun Great Art, Wang Yu brother will suffer a tremendous loss.” The woman in red robes transmitted coldly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“At least this Wang brother gave it his all—he won’t end up regretting it like I did.” The gray-haired man said softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“More likely, he’ll end up like Brother You and the others—stuck at a bottleneck in the Crimson Sun Great Art for over a decade, with no sign of breakthrough.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Though entering the Crimson Sun Great Art is hard, breaking through its middle and late-stage bottlenecks is even harder. Since our sect’s founding, very few have ever achieved Golden Core through this art.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“At our sect’s peak, there were only two Golden Core ancestors who cultivated the Crimson Sun Great Art simultaneously.” The woman in red robes spoke with a hint of mockery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmph, so Sister Yuanyin doesn’t believe Brother You can break through to Foundation Establishment’s late stage using the Crimson Sun Great Art.” The gray-haired man’s expression darkened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I never said that. I’ve always respected Brother You. But everyone knows the difficulty of breaking through the third and sixth layers of the Crimson Sun Great Art far exceeds that of other arts. It’s perfectly normal for Brother You to be stuck at the sixth layer.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master Xuyang was stuck at that same bottleneck for twenty years before breaking through. Even if Brother You is exceptionally gifted, can he surpass Master Xuyang?” The woman in red robes replied coolly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, the gray-haired man fell silent for a long while, not transmitting anything back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman in red robes continued chanting her hand seals without expression, urging the azure ancient lamp in the air, yet her gaze unconsciously lingered longer on Wang Yu’s face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One month later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In another pitch-black fire chamber.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu sat cross-legged atop a massive, square, smooth purple-red crystal, while a faint silver great array was engraved across the floor, its dense spirit lines covering nearly every inch of the chamber’s ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At each corner of the array, piles of fire crystals were arranged in order, and as the array flickered, thin tendrils of pale red mist drifted out from them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even more red mist surged fiercely from the surrounding black walls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire chamber was filled with searing heat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the center of the mist, Wang Yu sat atop the purple-red crystal, his hands clasped in a circle before his dantian, a fist-sized white light flickering dimly and brightly between them, as if he held a dying incandescent bulb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even stranger, as the white light flickered, strange ripples radiated from between his palms, drawing the nearby red mist like countless rivers converging into a single sea, all rushing toward the white orb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The white orb grew brighter with each pulse, the strange ripples intensified, and the influx of red mist increased steadily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly—“puff!”—the white orb flashed violently and vanished, its ripples disappearing instantly; the red mist in the chamber slowly dissipated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu opened his eyes, but his expression seemed dissatisfied. He shook his sleeve, and a small white vial appeared in his hand. He poured out a purple-red pill and swallowed it whole.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he rose and walked to a nearby black wall, slapping it with one hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A flash of white light, and a small window suddenly appeared on the wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the ledge outside the window sat a black iron tray, holding a wooden plate and a wooden bowl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The plate held a large piece of freshly roasted meat with bones; the bowl contained only a few large red grains, each as thick as a finger, their fragrance filling the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu brought the iron tray inside, sat cross-legged again, and placed the tray on the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He grabbed the meat with one hand and shoved it into his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a few crisp “crunches,” he devoured the entire piece of meat, bones and all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then snatched up the wooden bowl, opened his mouth, and sucked in the few red grains, chewing and swallowing them quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moments later, the fatigue in Wang Yu’s brow vanished—he perked up instantly, stood, practiced the Four Beasts Art for a while, then returned to sit cross-legged atop the purple-red crystal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, he seemed to have made a decision. He closed his eyes again, clasped his hands before his dantian, and—suddenly—a flash of red light appeared in his palms, revealing a top-grade crimson spirit stone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next instant, white light flared again between his hands; red mist surged from the surrounding air, and the array beneath him began to pulse dimly and brightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu felt a pure stream of spiritual energy rushing swiftly from his palms into his dantian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the white light between his hands grew brighter and the strange ripples stronger, a eighth drop of red liquid slowly coalesced within his dantian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A faint white halo began to slowly form behind Wang Yu.\u003C\u002Fp>",1217,"2026-06-20T15:44:32.161Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","3838b0f0a4d6c4862350e406d660e6e75f3807783072a85e204fab270633b281","the-immortal-path-among-the-stars-chapter-343","the-immortal-path-among-the-stars-chapter-341",530,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-immortal-path-among-the-stars-cover.jpg"]