[{"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-500":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},2320432,4537,"Chapter 500","the-immortal-path-among-the-stars-chapter-500",500,"\u003Cp>What he experienced in that mysterious space was indeed not an illusion, but something he had truly lived through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu, enclosed within the blood cocoon, finally confirmed this fact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, within the cocoon, he felt none of the heavy drowsiness from last time; instead, he clearly sensed a chilling flow within his body—the substance the system called unknown biological energy—slowly awakening inside him, yet without the violent transformation it had inflicted before. Rather, it drifted gently through his veins, as if observing and searching for something, giving him the eerie sensation of a living thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More importantly, in the darkness of the cocoon, within his spiritual sense, a vast, complete magical rune diagram flickered into view before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The diagram contained so many magical symbols that at a glance they resembled countless stars—over a thousand in total—and each one shimmered faintly, emitting a pale crimson glow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Wang Yu scrutinized them, he realized that while most symbols were blurred, twenty-two were clearly visible—the very symbols he had just deciphered from the yellow eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, what he now saw was the complete rune diagram that should have existed on the yellow eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had somehow replicated the entire diagram using this method.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Wang Yu did not know the specific abilities or function of this rune diagram, the fact that even a Nascent Soul cultivator from the Azure Water Palace had valued it so highly made its worth obvious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he could fully comprehend and master it…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu’s thoughts raced swiftly as he began to weigh the pros and cons with growing excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, the unknown biological energy within him suddenly surged—like a skilled hunter spotting prey—it lunged toward something within his body, fused with it, and triggered a strange catalytic reaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu instantly felt his face—and indeed his entire body—burning with intense heat, while searing, tearing pain erupted across every part of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This sensation was not unfamiliar; in fact, it was deeply familiar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the unmistakable sign of bloodline activation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Wang Yu hesitated in shock, more icy threads erupted from within the cocoon, sinking into every part of his body and desperately injecting even more unknown biological energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How is this possible? This cocoon is made of my own blood—yet now it’s pumping even more biological energy into me. Could this energy reproduce and multiply at will?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu was horrified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though he felt his body still under his control—as if a single effort could shatter the cocoon and escape—he changed his mind and instead sat cross-legged within the cocoon, allowing more icy threads to penetrate his flesh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In moments, the silver hall held only a single massive cocoon, slowly writhing, its surface flickering with faint blood-red runes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simultaneously, the cocoon’s surface hardened rapidly and darkened in color.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within no more than a dozen breaths, the cocoon had transformed into a massive green egg with a hard shell, its crimson runes now replaced by dense black blotches, and the egg’s interior had fallen utterly silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After an unknown length of time, the green egg trembled slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Puch!” A black-green arm burst through the shell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Crack.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire egg shattered, and a towering, monstrous figure rose from within—its shoulders twitched instinctively, and its entire body erupted in a series of popping sounds like firecrackers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu raised his arms and saw two limbs encased in thick scales, his ten fingers transformed into sharp, blade-like claws.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lowering his gaze slightly, he saw his chest—his clothing long since dissolved by the cocoon—now covered in the same thick layer of scales.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not just his chest, but his abdomen, legs, and feet were also largely covered in dark green scales.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had become a “demon-man,” entirely scaled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu raised his eyebrows, showing no great surprise; instead, he lifted one arm and tapped a claw against the empty air before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amidst glimmering specks of light, a full-height mirror materialized in midair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu stepped back two paces and studied his reflection carefully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A grotesque, half-transformed monster stared back at him from the smooth surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though still broadly humanoid, two-thirds of his limbs and torso were covered in black-green scales; his hands and feet had grown long, razor-sharp talons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His entire head was dotted with tiny, dense scales along the cheeks; a massive “blood rune” was clearly visible between his brows; his hair had grown longer and stiffer, now hanging messily down to his lower back, and behind him extended a thick, scaly tail—broad at the base, tapering to a tip like a steel whip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His face was partially covered in black-green blotches above the nose; below, his skin remained pale as before—but when he opened his mouth slightly, two rows of sharp teeth were faintly visible, sending a chill through any observer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the greatest change lay in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His pupils had turned golden-yellow, narrow and elongated like a serpent’s—anyone who met his gaze felt a cold shiver run down their spine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu’s gaze slowly traced over his reflection, finally settling on the blood rune between his brows—now far more complex than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blood rune representing the Iron-Eating Crocodile bloodline had nearly doubled in size.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What did this mean? Had he, like Xiao Bai, undergone a second awakening of his bloodline?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could this unknown biological energy have triggered the second awakening of the Iron-Eating Crocodile bloodline?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu touched the blood rune on his brow, pondering this, then moved his limbs—feeling a heavy, clumsy weight, as if his body had grown far heavier than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He suddenly remembered something. He extended a claw and slashed hard across the thick scales on his chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Szzz!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sparks flew from the scales.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These scales were this hard? Their defensive strength must rival a lower-grade Rank-Two defensive artifact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then slashed at a patch of un-scaled skin on his other arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The surface membrane tore easily, but beneath it, only a faint white mark appeared—the skin itself remained unbroken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Copper skin, iron bones.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A flicker of delight crossed Wang Yu’s face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was one of the Iron-Eating Crocodile’s innate abilities—though merely an ordinary one, its awakening greatly strengthened his flesh and hardened his bones, greatly benefiting his body-refinement cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In addition, the Iron-Eating Crocodile bloodline might awaken two other ordinary abilities: “Stone Armor,” which allows stones to adhere to the body forming a protective layer, and two rare abilities: “Transmute Gold” and “Blood Surge.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Transmute Gold” needed no explanation—he had already mastered it during his first bloodline awakening, a power to sense and manipulate metal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Blood Surge\" was the ability to induce a violent, berserk state in one's blood under extreme rage; its exact effects remained unknown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If so, then he should test whether these two abilities had also awakened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu thought of this, then swept both arms outward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Glittering specks of light appeared one after another on the ground, and skull-sized stones materialized out of thin air.\u003C\u002Fp>",1158,"2026-06-20T15:44:32.565Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","213222d163111cd79d464c7d56aa70a2afe58a68f7636cedee9555ae688cf233","the-immortal-path-among-the-stars-chapter-501","the-immortal-path-among-the-stars-chapter-499",530,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-immortal-path-among-the-stars-cover.jpg"]