[{"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-393":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},2320325,4537,"Chapter 393","the-immortal-path-among-the-stars-chapter-393",393,"\u003Cp>“Can you draw it right now? I can’t stay here long.” After thinking for a moment, Dr. Chen replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In the past, without any Qi, drawing the Four Beasts Diagram was indeed troublesome, but now it’s nothing more than a simple matter.” Wang Yu explained briefly, then opened his mouth—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Puff.” “Puff.” “Puff.” “Puff.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Four small clusters of black qi were spat out, and under the rapid stimulation of his immense spiritual awareness, the four dark energies quickly expanded and reshaped, instantly coalescing into the four images before him in empty air: the Wolf’s Charge, the Tiger’s Pounce, the Bear’s Embrace, and the Monkey’s Howl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dr. Chen’s gaze settled on the lifelike black diagrams, each seemingly brimming with hidden mysteries; within his pupils, white light flickered, and faintly, dense numbers and chains of symbolic formulas surfaced continuously, as if a computer were meticulously calculating something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu was startled by this sight but remained silent, his mind racing—could Dr. Chen also be carrying some kind of AI sub-system within his body?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After barely a dozen breaths, the strange glow in Dr. Chen’s pupils vanished; he rubbed his eyes, then extended a hand toward Wang Yu, his expression solemn for the first time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Student Ding Yu, welcome back.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So the doctor has finally confirmed my identity.” Wang Yu extended his own hand and gripped the doctor’s firmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If this Four Beasts Diagram were identical to the one brought back to the base a year ago, it wouldn’t prove anything—it might just mean the information was leaked.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But because this version differs slightly, yet contains three times more of the original essence, it proves you are truly Student Ding Yu.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Unless someone from another country also entered the cultivation world and happened to obtain the Four Beasts Diagram technique—but that probability is virtually zero.” Dr. Chen replied seriously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s true. When the Saitan incident occurred last time, only Chinese nationals could dream their way into the other world.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But then again, my codename at the base was ‘Number One,’ meaning I should’ve been the first consciousness to return from the other world. I wonder if anyone else’s consciousness has returned since.” Wang Yu exhaled slowly, his posture relaxing as he asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No. Aside from you, no one else’s consciousness has returned. That’s precisely why foreign powers are watching you so closely—and why you were attacked in the base.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I apologize on behalf of the base. Our security failed. We never expected the British Commonwealth to deploy their top psychic, the most renowned among them—the A-rank psychic known as the ‘Countess of Britain.’” Dr. Chen’s face darkened with regret.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If I’ve become like this, then that ‘Countess’ probably didn’t fare much better.” Wang Yu’s mind flashed with Helena’s face, and his expression grew slightly odd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course. The Countess died on the spot—worse than you. Her remains were reduced to little more than charred ash.” Dr. Chen replied without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu fell silent, raised his hands to look at them, then asked a rapid succession of questions with a hint of confusion:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Doctor, do you understand what’s going on with me now?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If what you say is true, then after the incident, my original body should still be preserved in the base. But why did I wake up abroad? And how do you explain this body?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Student Ding Yu, before I answer your questions, could you first answer me two?” Dr. Chen considered, then replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course, Doctor, ask away.” Wang Yu sensed what the doctor might be about to ask, but answered without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good. First, after the incident at the base, did your consciousness return to the Saitan cultivation world?” Dr. Chen fixed his gaze on Wang Yu and asked slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes. During this time, my consciousness traveled back to the cultivation world, and I’ve already become a Foundation Establishment cultivator.” Wang Yu replied immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“As I suspected. Otherwise, we couldn’t explain how your body was destroyed yet your consciousness remained intact. Second, tell me everything that happened after your consciousness returned to Blue Star—no detail too small. Be as detailed as possible.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Also, do you feel any abnormalities in this body compared to your original one?” Dr. Chen scanned Wang Yu from head to toe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This body feels perfectly natural—I haven’t noticed anything unusual. When my consciousness first returned to Blue Star, I found myself inside a massive tank filled with liquid…” Wang Yu nodded and began recounting his awakening in the British castle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He omitted the system entirely but even revealed the mysterious talismans and the Yin Soul Banner—though he did not mention the dozen or so white-boned demon corpses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dr. Chen listened intently, occasionally interrupting to ask for more specific details.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s how I arrived in Pengjie City with Li Xiaodao and Cindy, and finally reconnected with home through a Star River Bar.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Originally, if communication with home had failed, I planned to stay in this city for a while. Though Britain is the West’s largest nation, finding me here in such chaos wouldn’t be easy.” Wang Yu finished his account. The middle-aged man before him fell into deep thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Doctor, do you understand my current situation now?” Wang Yu asked, seeing Dr. Chen remained silent for so long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your current body is certainly not your original one. Yet you feel no difference between it and your former body. Given Blue Star’s current scientific capabilities, the only explanation is cloning.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So this body was cloned after all. But to clone it, you’d need to obtain cells from my original body first.” Wang Yu didn’t show surprise; instead, he murmured softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The fact that the ‘Countess’ infiltrated the base means there’s a mole inside. Someone who could let a psychic slip in undetected—getting a single cell from your original body would be trivial. After all, they didn’t need to steal the entire corpse.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This person’s rank in the base isn’t too high, but not too low either—they likely couldn’t access classified information directly. Otherwise, they’d have leaked all the Saitan world data outright.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That rules out the main scientists. Most likely, it’s someone from the base’s security forces.” Dr. Chen sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you’ve already narrowed it down, then this person won’t escape. But is cloning technology really this advanced?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I remember news reports just a few years ago only cloning animals. Now they can perfectly replicate a human body?” Wang Yu looked at his hands again, clenched them tightly, and muttered in amazement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having grown accustomed to consciousness travel, he valued his original body but didn’t cling to it as a normal person would. Besides, this cloned body felt utterly identical to his former one.\u003C\u002Fp>",1107,"2026-06-20T15:44:32.161Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","14db329acfeeafe80fc71c4b949767f3ab48f7805100e6fc8bd4508d338b476c","the-immortal-path-among-the-stars-chapter-394","the-immortal-path-among-the-stars-chapter-392",530,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-immortal-path-among-the-stars-cover.jpg"]