[{"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-354":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},2320286,4537,"Chapter 354","the-immortal-path-among-the-stars-chapter-354",354,"\u003Cp>At this moment, Wang Yu had already scanned all the incantations in the jade slip with his spiritual sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A soft “puff.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, a wisp of green smoke rose from the jade slip, carrying the smell of burnt matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu removed the jade slip from his forehead, glanced at its darkened surface, rubbed it between his palms, and reduced it to a pile of white powder that slipped through his fingers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then slapped his waist pouch, and a small white vial appeared in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a flick of his fingers, he poured out a half-translucent white pill, exuding a faint chill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was precisely an Ice Separation Pill exchanged from the Sunset Sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu pinched the pill between his fingers and fell into thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ice Separation Pill differs from the Qi-Enhancing Pill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Qi-Enhancing Pill, a well-known sect pill, was officially forbidden for non-sect alchemists to brew, yet since most cultivation sects mastered its formula, the recipe had long been leaked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hence, he had easily obtained a fragmented version of the formula from the marketplace back then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the Ice Separation Pill was a unique secret of the Sunset Sect; under normal circumstances, obtaining its formula was impossible. It was more likely he’d find alternative ice-affinity pills—so he’d need to visit the marketplace more often in the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lost in thought, Wang Yu returned the pill to the vial, flipped his hand, and the vial vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He rose and left the secret chamber, heading straight for a dark, gloomy room at the edge of his cave dwelling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The room stood alone in a corner of the cave, surrounded by eight white stone pillars, each over a zhang tall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pillars seemed fused with the gray-white ground, tiered like a stone pagoda, each tier inscribed with a few faint golden spiritual runes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he drew near, he could clearly see the dark room nestled within the pillars—its walls smooth and gleaming, as if made of metal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu stared at the eight white pillars, a flicker of pain crossing his face, yet he pushed open the metal door and stepped inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the dark room, only faint light filtered through two small windows; the rest was sealed shut. In each corner stood a massive, shimmering silver gourd, nearly three feet tall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu walked to the center of the room, shook his sleeve, and a white array disc flew out. He tapped it several times with his fingers; the disc glowed white, then silently sank into the metal floor and vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside, the eight stone pillars trembled in response, and the faint golden runes on their lowest tiers ignited one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the ground, a faint white array shimmered into view, centered on the metal room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A loud “hiss-hiss” erupted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The eight pillars suddenly spewed forth sheets of grayish mist, completely enveloping the black metal room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thunderous “boom!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The metal room sank downward, sinking partially into the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, Wang Yu inside the room felt his breath tighten, his body suddenly weighed down as if burdened by a thousand jin—he moved with more than five times the effort required before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even with his formidable physique, his movements slowed drastically. He slowly fished a small bottle from his chest, poured out a pill the size of a dragon’s eye, and swallowed it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then reluctantly shook his neck and moved his limbs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A series of popping sounds erupted from his body—crisp, sharp, as if echoing right beside his ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His face was instantly shrouded in a faint crimson aura. He formed a hand seal, and four spiritual threads flew from his spiritual sea, vanishing into the silver gourds in the corners.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next instant, all four gourds trembled, spewing forth four streams of silver sand that swept in all directions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In moments, the metal room was filled with silver sand, every inch of space glittering with silver light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu slapped his waist pouch again, and four clouds of black mist flew out, landing on the ground and transforming into four white bone skeletons, each over a zhang tall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each skeleton was covered in gray-white spiky armor and gripped a long, pitch-black iron mallet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu’s eyes flashed, and four more spiritual threads shot out, sinking into the four bone demons. He drew a deep breath and exhaled a terrifying suction force, drawing in nearby silver sand directly into his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body swelled violently; his arms and thighs thickened significantly. He exhaled again, and a blinding white mist surged outward, scattering the surrounding silver sand. A faint golden tiger head pattern appeared on his back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, faint silver spiritual runes surfaced on his upper body, expanded outward like armor, then instantly retracted into his flesh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His upper body muscles writhed, his skin darkened to a dull silver, his weight increased to over a thousand jin, yet his movements regained their former agility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He formed two hand seals simultaneously and slammed them into the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside, the eight white stone pillars hummed loudly, and the golden runes on the second-to-last tier ignited in unison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hiss-hiss.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More gray mist surged from the eight pillars, coalescing above the metal room directly above Wang Yu’s position.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Almost simultaneously, the silver sand floating in the air trembled and rained down upon Wang Yu like a storm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A rapid “pitter-patter” echoed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless silver sand grains struck Wang Yu’s body, bouncing off and forming a thin, clinging veil of silver mist that wrapped tightly around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, the four white bone skeletons stepped forward in unison, swinging their black iron mallets with all their strength toward Wang Yu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bang! Bang!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu’s body shook violently; the silver sand on his skin was shattered and scattered by the iron mallets, yet much of it turned to silver powder and, with each relentless blow, gradually sank into his skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His face grew even redder with blood aura, yet his eyes glowed with crystalline light, expressionless. He bent his body, pressed his hands and feet to the ground, and began practicing the Four Beasts Art move by move, utterly indifferent to the hammer strikes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if one looked closely, one would notice that with each breath Wang Yu took, silver sand continuously flowed in and out of his nose and mouth, while every muscle in his upper body pulsed irregularly—as if alive…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An hour later, in a separately isolated pool beside the cave’s spiritual pond.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu crushed a pea-sized emerald-green pill between his fingers and tossed it into the pool without expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The previously clear water instantly churned and turned emerald green.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu tore off his clothes, revealing a swollen, scarred body, and stepped slowly into the pool, leaving only his head exposed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crystalline light deep in his pupils vanished—he exited the overdrive mode. His face, once expressionless, immediately contorted in visible agony.\u003C\u002Fp>",1149,"2026-06-20T15:44:32.161Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","16d7cd22303c40e20c97cfabcca2a1eb9fa487738db121794e05042353951e79","the-immortal-path-among-the-stars-chapter-355","the-immortal-path-among-the-stars-chapter-353",530,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-immortal-path-among-the-stars-cover.jpg"]