Chapter 204: Sumeru Star Pattern

The moment he chose to start High-Tier Deriving Dao, the starlight in front of Xu Jin changed, and his vision suddenly began to rise infinitely.

In an instant, he landed on a star with dazzling starlight.

The star was deathly cold and lonely; the starlight in front of Xu Jin continued to change, his perspective changed, and countless flames suddenly appeared in front of him.

To be precise, it was flame pulp.

Streams of flame pulp flowed underground, constantly surging back and forth; as time passed, the flame pulp suddenly soared into the sky, and the originally cold and lonely star suddenly had black smoke filling the sky, followed by rolling flames and flowing red gold!

The line of sight suddenly rose again, and this star, radiating blazing light, appeared within Xu Jin's bird's-eye view, with starlight pouring down from the celestial dome in all directions.

Xu Jin frowned, feeling... he didn't find any feeling.

Suddenly, the Mingji Star Pattern in Xu Jin's lower Shang Xinggong began to rotate slowly; in an instant, Xu Jin's perception of starlight suddenly became sharp.

In the starlight, there was fire intent!

Was this star fire?

The next instant, as Xu Jin's mind moved, his mind sank into this star again, feeling the flame changes inside the star, and then his perspective rose, and he could feel the points of fire intent brought by the scattered starlight.

Xu Jin vaguely thought of something, but felt as if it were separated by a layer of window paper, very hazy, just couldn't see through it.

The next instant, the starlight in front of him changed, and another star was replaced.

It was still the same evolution process, but the evolution process was completely different.

Xu Jin, who had some feelings in his heart, fully activated the Mingji Star Pattern to sense the Sixth Tier upper mid-tier fire source, wanting to grasp that point, but he couldn't touch it.

The starlight in front of him changed again, and another star was replaced.

This time, Xu Jin had experience; combined with the experience of deducing the Sixth Tier upper mid-tier fire source Star Pattern before, it didn't take long for him to outline a main trunk Star Pattern, vaguely able to echo with the star fire of this star.

The picture constantly changed, and the stars constantly changed.

The main branch Star Patterns and branch Star Patterns that Xu Jin outlined were increasing, and the number had already exceeded seven.

Originally, only one main trunk Star Pattern and three branch Star Patterns were needed to break through the Sixth Tier upper mid-tier fire source Star Pattern to Seventh Tier lower.

But now, the number of fragmented Star Patterns Xu Jin obtained was far enough, but he just couldn't outline a complete cycle.

Even if Xu Jin forcibly integrated a complete cycle, it would shatter on the spot!

Where was the crux?

Xu Jin frowned.

Or rather, where was the key to the Seventh Tier Star Pattern breakthrough?

What was missing?

Xu Jin calmed down and focused on examining his failed Seventh Tier lower Star Pattern.

He didn't find the reason.

It was no different from the Sixth Tier upper Star Pattern, but it just couldn't form a complete cycle?

Then the problem should lie in the Seventh Tier Star Pattern hurdle!

Suddenly, Xu Jin remembered the knowledge related to Seventh Tier Star Patterns that the Grand Master had told him before.

Seventh Tier Star Patterns already involved Dao rules and were the embodiment of the star's operation Dao and the star's origin.

Moreover, for the same Seventh Tier Star Pattern, different people learned it, and the effects of the Seventh Tier Star Pattern obtained were also different.

Because the learning of Seventh Tier Star Patterns required every learner to connect with heaven and earth, perceive and obtain that strand of Dao rule, before it could be engraved into their own Seventh Tier Star Pattern.

Therefore, Seventh Tier Star Patterns were the same yet different.

Recalling this, Xu Jin realized the key—connecting with heaven and earth!

【Grand Master, how to connect with heaven and earth?】

Thinking of this, Xu Jin sent a starlight message directly to the Grand Master through the Star-Plucking Token.

Fortunately, the Star-Plucking Token could be used.

But the Grand Master's answer rang directly in Xu Jin's ears.

"You used a Gold Star? Want to break through to Seventh Tier? To connect with heaven and earth, you must use divine soul power to perceive that strand of Dao rule and Dao essence in the heaven and earth stars, simulate the same fluctuation as much as possible, and then imprint and solidify it, and you can connect with heaven and earth.

This point is extremely difficult to achieve; many Sixth Tier peak powerhouses are stuck here and cannot break through!

But if you use a Gold Star at this moment, then in the process of High-Tier Deriving Dao, the Star-Plucking Tower's High-Tier Deriving Dao has already connected the most difficult point of connecting with heaven and earth. What you need to do is to carefully find that strand of Dao rule and Dao essence that you can perceive and determine, and then use divine soul power to perceive and simulate, and engrave it with the same frequency.

If successful, you can use this to remotely sense and echo that strand of Dao rule.

This is connecting with heaven and earth."

Having received the Grand Master's pointers, the fog in front of Xu Jin cleared, and in an instant, he had a direction.

The next instant, the starlight in front of him changed again, and it was a brand new star; Xu Jin began to look for the most core Dao rule and Dao essence in the evolution of star fire.

With previous experience, Xu Jin quickly found a strand of Dao essence from the evolution of star fire, but it was still very blurry.

In such a blurry situation, he couldn't even see clearly, let alone imitate it.

Xu Jin fully activated his divine soul power, constantly activating it; this strand of Dao rule and Dao essence became clearer and clearer, but it still didn't reach the level where it could be engraved.

The next instant, Xu Jin directly sent a strand of divine soul power into the lower Shang Xinggong and injected it into the Mingji Star Pattern.

This was a small secret method that Qi Shanye taught Xu Jin to improve the power of the Mingji Star Pattern.

Continuously injecting divine soul power, the perception ability of the Mingji Star Pattern would be significantly improved.

But this secret technique could not last.

Because the Mingji Star Pattern's consumption of divine soul power was quite large.

According to Qi Shanye, if this secret technique was continuously used, with his divine soul Condense Star mid-stage cultivation, it could last at most half an hour.

For those with Refine Star realm divine soul cultivation, it might not even last half a quarter-hour.

For Xu Jin, how long it lasted was not important; what was important now was whether it had an effect!

If it had an effect, then there was a possibility of engraving the Dao rule and Dao essence and having the same frequency!

The next instant, Xu Jin, who injected divine soul power into the Mingji Star Pattern, felt a slight joy in his heart.

It was clear!

This strand of Dao rule and Dao essence he perceived became very clear.

It could be called distinct in every detail.

But divine soul power was also decreasing rapidly.

Xu Jin estimated that at this rate of consumption, his divine soul power wouldn't even last a quarter-hour.

However, he didn't need to last a quarter-hour; just over ten seconds would be enough.

Fifteen seconds later, a point of starlight suddenly lit up in the Seventh Tier lower Star Pattern Xu Jin himself constructed; as this point of starlight lit up with a strange frequency, on the star dome, a certain star suddenly flickered slightly, and starlight shone directly down.

The next instant, this Seventh Tier lower Star Pattern of Xu Jin, which had always been unable to take shape, completed the final large cycle closure as the point of starlight changed, and it lit up completely.

In the core, there was star flame flashing, echoing with a certain star on the star dome.

During the echo, a magnificent and vast power was vaguely connected.

At the top floor of the Great Chen Star-Plucking Tower's manifest body, the Grand Master looked at Xu Jin sitting cross-legged in front of him, his expression suddenly startled, and surprise appeared in his eyes.

However, Xu Jin's High-Tier Deriving Dao had not ended yet.

The light and shadow in front of him changed, and another star appeared.

It was still the same evolution process.

But this time, Xu Jin was already familiar with the road.

Not long after, he found that strand of Dao rule and Dao essence.

He was even more familiar with activating the Mingji Star Pattern, carefully perceiving it; an hour later, another strand of star fire had been imprinted into this Seventh Tier lower fire source Star Pattern.

Very quickly, the third strand of star fire was also successfully imprinted.

After the third strand of star fire was successfully imprinted, Xu Jin had an epiphany.

Three strands of star fire were already the capacity limit of the Seventh Tier lower fire source Star Pattern.

Immediately, Xu Jin continued to observe the evolution of star fire; the stars changed, and Xu Jin had already outlined one main trunk and three branches, but he still hadn't completed the large cycle and couldn't form a complete closed loop.

But with previous experience, Xu Jin was familiar with the road this time. An hour later, the fourth strand of star fire appeared.

With this fourth strand of star fire as the core, the Seventh Tier mid-tier fire source Star Pattern that had just been outlined shone brightly in an instant, forming a complete closed-loop cycle.

The Seventh Tier mid-tier fire source Star Pattern was initially formed.

But Deriving Dao did not end.

An hour later, the fifth strand of star fire appeared.

But the moment the fifth strand of star fire appeared, the previous four strands of star fire actually resisted together.

Xu Jin felt that if he forcibly engraved this fifth strand of star fire, then this Seventh Tier mid-tier fire source Star Pattern would have the possibility of overall collapse!

Xu Jin was surprised, and could only give up the fifth strand of star fire that had already appeared, letting it dissipate.

Subsequently, Xu Jin manifested the sixth strand of star fire; it resisted.

It could only dissipate.

When Xu Jin manifested the seventh strand of star fire, the previous four strands of star fire did not resist, but instead, the firelight was even more scorching, vaguely seeming to have a few signs of welcome.

Up to this point, the fifth strand of star fire was finally successfully engraved into the Seventh Tier mid-tier fire source Star Pattern.

Making this Seventh Tier mid-tier fire source Star Pattern even more scorching!

Just as Xu Jin began to look for the moment to manifest the next strand of star fire, the starlight in front of him suddenly scattered, and a huge sense of weightlessness struck; Xu Jin felt like he was falling from a height of tens of thousands of meters, and the front became pitch black, and an indescribable stagnation appeared with the surrounding environment.

In the previous starlight perspective, Xu Jin's feeling was like a fish in water, incomparably smooth.

But how cool that was, this was how uncomfortable it was now.

"Don't worry, release the divine soul power, let the Qi spread slowly, and you will adapt again in a while; High-Tier Deriving Dao is just like this."

Looking at Xu Jin who had finished High-Tier Deriving Dao, Grand Master Cheng Yuexiao's expression was somewhat sighing.

He experienced this feeling for the first time eighteen years ago.

He experienced this feeling for the last time twelve years ago.

Since twelve years ago, he couldn't experience this feeling even if he wanted to.

Just as the Grand Master said, half a quarter-hour later, Xu Jin completely adapted.

It was as if the fish had returned to the water.

But in the feeling of Xu Jin's Mingji Star Pattern, it was as if this heaven and earth had accepted him again, like a wanderer returning home!

"How do you feel?"

Seeing Xu Jin open his eyes, the Grand Master asked with a smile.

"High-Tier Deriving Dao is completely different from ordinary Deriving Dao; it was my recklessness; if the Grand Master hadn't been by my side, I'm afraid I would have wasted this Gold Star," Xu Jin said.

"Everyone has a process of growth; this is very normal. The ordinary Deriving Dao of the Star-Plucking Secret Realm is just a display and evolution, but High-Tier Deriving Dao can let you touch those stars like a dream within an hour, perceiving Dao rules and Dao essence at close range.

You must keep one Gold Star; in this way, the difficulty of your breakthrough to Seventh Tier in the future will be significantly reduced," the Grand Master said.

After speaking, the Grand Master asked again, "What is the harvest?"

This was the point.

"I have not failed the mission!" Xu Jin stood up and bowed.

The next instant, Grand Master Cheng Yuexiao laughed loudly, rolled up Xu Jin with his large sleeve, disappeared from the highest level of the Great Chen Star-Plucking Tower's manifest body in an instant, and then appeared in the Danxia Palace.

With a wave of his hand, starlight surged out and then covered down, isolating the inside and outside of the palace.

Pondering for a few seconds, Grand Master Cheng Yuexiao spoke slowly, "Xu Jin, then I think you have already deduced the fire source Star Pattern to Seventh Tier lower, right?"

Xu Jin nodded.

"Then now you have two choices: one is to only give me the Sixth Tier upper mid-tier fire source Star Pattern; this Sixth Tier upper mid-tier fire source Star Pattern will belong to the Academy for free use, and who you want to teach it to is your freedom, but after teaching it, you must accept a ban on external dissemination.

However, in the future, if you want to obtain Sixth Tier Star Patterns, you have to follow the rules."

"The second choice is for you to give me the Seventh Tier lower high-tier fire source Star Pattern; who the Academy teaches it to will also seek your opinion, and you teaching it to anyone will still require accepting a ban on external dissemination. But according to the previous agreement, you can directly obtain the Sixth Tier Star Patterns you want for deduction purposes."

After speaking, the Grand Master paused slightly and added, "No matter which one you choose, I will be very happy, because both are improving the strength of the Academy, and you are still a disciple of our Great Chen National Dao Academy. Besides this, the matter of helping you collect fire-type Star Patterns that I promised before will not change; no matter which one you choose, I will do my best to collect them for you."

After speaking, the Grand Master looked at Xu Jin, waiting for Xu Jin's answer.

Xu Jin only considered for one second before making a decision.

"I choose the second one, the Seventh Tier lower high-tier fire source Star Pattern; I will engrave it right now!" Xu Jin said.

"Oh, why so straightforward? I was thinking whether you would raise other conditions?" The Grand Master smiled.

"With a country, there is a home!

Only when the National Dao Academy is strong, and you, Grand Master, are strong, will I have more confidence when walking outside in the future," Xu Jin said.

"Hahahaha!"

Hearing this, the Grand Master laughed loudly, shaking the surroundings, but was tightly bound by the star screen inside the Danxia Palace.

After the Grand Master finished laughing, Xu Jin asked cheekily, "You just said, would I raise other conditions? Does that mean I can still add conditions?"

"Too late!"

While speaking, the Grand Master reached out to Xu Jin, "Your harvest today should be bigger than you imagine! Alright, hurry up and engrave it; I also haven't seen the high-tier Star Patterns brought by the Gold Star's High-Tier Deriving Dao for a long time."

Xu Jin took out a star jade tablet to prepare for engraving, and the Grand Master suddenly handed over a few purple star jade tablets.

"Use this; high-tier Star Patterns must be engraved with Seventh Tier and above star jade tablets," the Grand Master said.

Looking at the Grand Master taking things out so smoothly, Xu Jin suddenly felt a move in his heart and asked, "Grand Master, I want to know, you have so many things, you always take them out from your bosom, but I feel you don't have many things in your bosom?

Where are these taken from?"

"This, it can be considered a spatial Star Art, and it can also be considered a combination Star Art."

"Why, do you want to learn?"

Xu Jin nodded fiercely.

Spatial Star Art, Xu Jin had been thinking about it for a long time.

Having a spatial Star Art or spatial storage equipment would be very convenient for carrying elixirs or other things.

"I can teach you, but you can't learn it now! Wait until you can learn it, then I will teach you," Grand Master Cheng Yuexiao said.

"Can't learn it, why?" Xu Jin was puzzled.

"This Star Art is called Mustard Seed Hiding Mountain. It is a combination Star Pattern, requiring a total of two Star Patterns, which are the Sumeru Star Pattern and Object-Control; these two Star Patterns are not difficult, but opening up Sumeru requires your divine soul cultivation to reach Fourth Tier Condense Star to be possible.

Otherwise, learning it is learning it in vain!" The Grand Master said.

Once these words were spoken, Xu Jin's heart moved fiercely.

Divine soul cultivation Fourth Tier Condense Star can learn it, then he can do it now.

"Grand Master, why don't you teach me first? Spatial Star Patterns are difficult to learn; I will slowly learn to engrave them, and when my divine soul cultivation reaches that day, I will be able to use them, which will be more convenient," Xu Jin said.

"This is also okay."

With a flick of his hand, the Grand Master handed two jade tablets engraved with Star Patterns to Xu Jin again.

Xu Jin thanked him and didn't talk nonsense, running to the side to specifically engrave the Seventh Tier lower high-tier fire source Star Pattern.

That's right, only giving Seventh Tier lower, not Seventh Tier mid, which was also a little bit of Xu Jin's own thoughts.

Of course, this also had to do with the fact that the Seventh Tier mid high-tier fire source Star Pattern hadn't been completely finished yet.

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