[{"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-65":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},2319997,4537,"Chapter 65","the-immortal-path-among-the-stars-chapter-65",65,"\u003Cp>The other several Foundation Establishment cultivators, upon hearing this, were also startled, and their gazes toward Wang Yu instantly changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before they could speak, Master Gu shook his head first and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s not true half-extreme spiritual flame—just the second-rank power of a spirit talisman forcibly enhancing its fire elemental potential, manifesting as an illusion. He’s still a superior-grade elemental root, not even at the half-extreme level.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So it’s just potential? You scared me—I thought I nearly missed a half-extreme-grade disciple.” The withered old man sighed in relief, clicking his tongue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Potential is potential—the gap between superior-grade and half-extreme elemental roots is as vast as heaven and earth. To expect a superior-grade root to ever reach half-extreme is nearly impossible.” The black-armored man, who had remained silent until now, suddenly spoke, his voice like metal scraping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Still, this does prove the boy’s elemental root quality is extremely high—nearly at half-extreme level, or else such potential wouldn’t manifest. Had he not already been named by the Ancestor, I’d have offered him an inner sect qualification just to see what he might become.” The colorful-robed woman studied Wang Yu as she mused aloud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sister Yun, your Mount Qinglong has no powerful fire cultivation arts—don’t meddle. Besides, inner sect status is too precious to give to a disciple who cultivates too slowly and has no hope of Foundation Establishment.” The withered old man scowled and flared his nostrils.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Slow cultivation can be compensated with spirit herbs, but superior-grade elemental roots are rare beyond measure—especially one with such high potential. As for arts, even if we lack the Fire Dispersal Scripture, we have the Dragon Flame Art, hardly inferior.” The colorful-robed woman smiled lightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Four elemental roots? How much resource would it take just to give him a sliver of chance to reach Foundation Establishment?” The withered old man shook his head repeatedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The nearby Elder Liu and the black-armored man remained silent, clearly undecided on whether to grant Wang Yu inner sect status.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Wang Yu’s spiritual energy ceased flowing into the disc’s phantom image. Hearing the dialogue of the Foundation Establishment elders before him, his heart swelled with mixed shock and joy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Joy, because his fire elemental root was even better than he’d imagined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shock, because even so, becoming an inner sect disciple still seemed nearly impossible—how much more critical the number of elemental roots was than he’d realized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Since this boy possesses wind and fire elemental roots, and his fire root is superior-grade, he is clearly the one the Ancestor seeks. How to proceed is no longer our decision—I must take him to see the Ancestor.” Master Gu interrupted their argument, halting his hand seals; the disc’s phantom image shattered and dissolved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, a stream of crimson light erupted from his sleeve, wrapping both him and Wang Yu before shooting skyward as a ball of red light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only the stunned onlookers remained behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master Gu’s fire-dodging technique grows ever more refined.” After a long silence, Elder Liu’s faint voice echoed through the hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu felt as if trapped in a dream, his vision filled with crimson light, yet his body floated weightlessly, carried by some unseen force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a dozen breaths, the crimson light vanished, and the two stood before a crimson tower seven or eight zhang tall, its surroundings entirely cracked black-red earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu felt the surrounding void searingly hot; he glanced around once and nearly lost his soul in terror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a massive volcanic crater.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Farther away, molten lava flowed slowly, yet for some reason, the central area had hardened into black-red soil, upon which a strange pavilion had been forcibly built.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I nearly forgot—you’re only Qi Condensation stage. Take this fire-protection talisman.” The red-haired man, seeing Wang Yu drenched in sweat, suddenly remembered something, fished out a blue jade tablet from his person, and shoved it into Wang Yu’s hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu hastily thanked him and grasped it; a cool sensation flowed from the tablet, instantly reducing the surrounding heat by more than half.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He exhaled deeply, his spirit finally steadying somewhat, yet his face still paled as he stared at the molten lava nearby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Disciple Gu Xingming bows before the Ancestor.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the first-floor door of the pavilion stood wide open, revealing an empty interior, the red-haired man bowed respectfully toward the pavilion’s depths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Long moments passed. Silence. No reply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The red-haired man showed no impatience, waiting patiently outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a full cup of tea, a faint male voice emerged from within the pavilion:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Enter.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did Gu Xingming lead Wang Yu into the pavilion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Wang Yu walked, his heart pounded wildly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Jin Dan Ancestor—highest cultivation realm he knew—could live for hundreds of years; in his mind, such a being was no longer human.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first-floor hall was a vast chamber, over an acre in size, with more than a dozen thick white jade pillars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet every pillar, every crimson wall, even the floor, was inscribed with countless pale-blue spirit runes, each the size of a palm, densely packed, covering nearly the entire hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the hall’s center stood a pale-blue statue of a man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The statue’s face was refined and scholarly, one hand behind his back, the other cradling a red orb, expression calm and composed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I bow before the Ancestor. I’ve brought the one you requested. His elemental roots have been tested—wind and fire, fire root at superior-grade.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The red-haired man bowed deeply before the blue statue, head lowered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This statue was the Li Huo Ancestor!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu was stunned, yet instinctively bowed as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Disciple Gu, you’ve worked hard. You may leave.” The Ancestor’s faint voice echoed through the hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then I take my leave.” The red-haired man bowed, stood straight, then dissolved into a ball of red light and vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only Wang Yu remained alone in the hall, bewildered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Child, come closer.” The Ancestor’s voice echoed again, now noticeably softer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though his heart trembled, Wang Yu obeyed, stepping forward until he stood barely a zhang from the blue statue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, the statue’s surface shimmered with flowing light, then blurred—and instantly transformed into a living, flesh-and-blood man who smiled at Wang Yu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I bow before the Ancestor.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu startled, instinctively preparing to kneel again—but the scholar waved a hand, stopping him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Though Disciple Gu has tested your elemental roots, I must confirm them myself. Child, open your spirit completely. Offer no resistance.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scholar’s voice returned to normal; as he spoke, the red orb in his hand spat a flame-shadow that vanished instantly, sinking directly into Wang Yu’s body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yu felt his control over his body vanish in an instant, while an alien energy surged within him, racing through limbs and torso, then rocketing toward his skull.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…beep… beep… Unknown spiritual energy intrusion detected… Scanning host body… Host has lost bodily control… Host life risk probability: 61.5%… Auxiliary system assuming control… System activating auto-protection protocol… Temporarily stimulating dopamine secretion… Temporarily adjusting spiritual power ceiling by 175.9%… Constructing spiritual defense wall… Spiritual shockwave charging… Forcibly expelling unknown spiritual energy… Ten… nine… eight…\u003C\u002Fp>",1181,"2026-06-20T15:44:30.991Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","3a9b86509992e5d1e9b1a27775001b5c0819875974a6358b41995714f598dcbd","the-immortal-path-among-the-stars-chapter-66","the-immortal-path-among-the-stars-chapter-64",530,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-immortal-path-among-the-stars-cover.jpg"]