[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-star-martial-era":3,"chapter-the-star-martial-era-the-star-martial-era-chapter-933":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Star Martial Era",{"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},2275791,4448,"Chapter 933: The Troubles of Transcendent Rank (Requesting Monthly Votes)","the-star-martial-era-chapter-933",933,"\u003Cp>Inside the relay station, Xu Jin’s body suddenly burst into silver light, and the silver Star Tower detached from his body, hovering before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Xu Jin, a large pile of Star Ruin Elemental Sand had accumulated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xu Jin’s spiritual sense activated, one grain of Star Ruin Elemental Sand shot upward; the vibrant life force within it instantly surged, and a Dao Principle immediately erupted from within the silver Star Tower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Normally, this Dao Principle could not exist apart from the Star Tower, but now, sustained by the vibrant life force, it slowly extended and merged with the life force within the Star Ruin Elemental Sand—the moment it did, Xu Jin unleashed his full power, and the vibrant life force within the grain surged inward, piercing directly into the Posterior Heaven Qian Kong Source Pearl, now the core of his Star Tower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thread of life force instantly connected, binding itself to the core of Xu Jin’s spatial Star Tower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Xu Jin began refining one grain after another of Star Ruin Elemental Sand, drawing out their life force to link with the Star Tower’s core, while simultaneously gathering the life-infused stellar energy within the Star Ruin Elemental Sand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within just a few breaths, a star-sized Seed of Containment appeared beneath the Star Tower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first step of the Seed of Containment had succeeded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was also the first step toward becoming a True Person of the Dao—and this first step was not difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What followed was merely continuous growth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His spiritual sense surged forth, and grain after grain of Star Ruin Elemental Sand rose, the life-infused stellar energy continuously pulling at the Posterior Heaven Qian Kong Source Pearl within the Star Tower, strengthening it while expanding the Seed of Containment at the tower’s base.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With each expansion, Dao Principles flickered incessantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this growth, the nascent Seed of Containment’s aura gradually aligned with the spatial Star Tower’s, eventually becoming identical, achieving the effect of strengthening the Star Tower and increasing total stellar energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was also the key to forging the foundation of Dao Ascension.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The stronger the foundation of Dao Ascension, the greater the increase in cultivation base with each breakthrough after becoming a True Person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the cultivation world, the ranks of the Seed of Containment were simply divided.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were: Low, Medium, High, Supreme, and Transcendent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Typically, those who infused fewer than eighty grains of Star Ruin Elemental Sand were called Low-rank Seeds of Containment; such cultivators usually forged their Life-Controlling Artifact from Spirit Materials, and the Seed of Containment was essentially their limit—there was no hope of becoming a True Person in this life, though nothing was absolute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those who infused between eighty and one hundred sixty grains were called Medium-rank Seeds of Containment; they typically forged their Life-Controlling Artifact from Treasure Materials, and had a chance to become True Persons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those who infused between one hundred sixty and two hundred forty grains were called High-rank Seeds of Containment; they usually forged their Life-Controlling Artifact from Primordial Spirit Materials, and had a slightly higher chance of becoming True Persons—one or two in ten.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those who infused between two hundred forty and three hundred twenty grains were called Supreme-rank Seeds of Containment; they typically forged their Life-Controlling Artifact from Primordial Treasure Materials, and had an even higher chance—three or four in ten.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Xu Jin first received his material from Emperor Fenghua, it was Primordial Spirit Material, setting a minimum of a High-rank Seed of Containment; if he later infused a certain quantity of Primordial Treasure Material, he might even reach Supreme rank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Above Supreme-rank lay Transcendent-rank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Typically, those who infused three hundred twenty grains of Star Ruin Elemental Sand were called Transcendent-rank Seeds of Containment, with a probability of becoming a True Person exceeding fifty percent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they were exceedingly rare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Theoretically, a Transcendent-rank Seed of Containment must be forged from Chaotic Primordial Material.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, this theory was correct: Zhu Lin’s Transcendent-rank Seed of Containment was precisely because he used Chaotic Primordial Material—and not just one piece.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One thing Xu Jin was certain of: his Seed of Containment would definitely be Transcendent-rank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The question was just how far beyond Transcendent it would be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Currently, the maximum number of spatial Dao Principles his Star Tower could suppress was forty-nine; theoretically, he would ultimately consume four hundred ninety grains of Star Ruin Elemental Sand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But his Master, Emperor Fenghua, had told him that the main factors influencing the Seed of Containment were the quality of the material used to forge the Life-Controlling Artifact, the quantity infused later, and the total number of suppressed Dao Principles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many cultivators could not suppress their Dao Principles to the limit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For those with insufficient comprehension, grasping a single Dao Principle could take years—even a decade—too slow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the primary factor, but there were also hidden ones, such as the rank of the Source Pearl formed when breaking through the Tenth Stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The foundation laid during that breakthrough only fully manifested when beginning the path to becoming a True Person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Source Pearls within the Star Tower were also divided into Low, Medium, High, Supreme, and Transcendent ranks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Low, Medium, and High ranks had little effect—merely a matter of absorbing a few more or fewer grains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Supreme and Transcendent Source Pearls had a massive, exponential impact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Exactly how much they affected it was hard to say, because there were too few samples for study.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking himself and his sect’s disciples as examples, most forged Supreme-rank Source Pearls; this enhancement ranged from at least ten percent to at most fifteen percent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each case differed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Emperor Fenghua had originally urged Xu Jin to prepare thoroughly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This foundation had little effect at the Tenth Stage, but became significant at the True Person stage, and enormous at the Emperor stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Often, a single rank difference meant a doubling of power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, Xu Jin could not determine how many grains of Star Ruin Elemental Sand his Seed of Containment would ultimately consume.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the Source Pearls he formed at the Tenth Stage were all Transcendent—not just Transcendent, but Transcendent among Transcendent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As time passed, the pile of Star Ruin Elemental Sand before Xu Jin rapidly diminished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One grain after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One hundred, two hundred, four hundred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The silver Seed of Containment beneath the Star Tower also continuously grew, gradually filling the entire lower portion of the Star Tower, yet the Star Ruin Elemental Sand continued to be refined, one grain after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Six hundred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Six hundred ten.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Six hundred twenty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Six hundred twenty-six.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xu Jin prepared to infuse the six hundred twenty-seventh grain, his spatial Star Tower and the Posterior Heaven Qian Kong Source Pearl both sent a sensation of reaching their limit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did Xu Jin exhale in relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Limit reached.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Seed of Containment had finally reached its limit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He retracted his spiritual sense, and the Star Tower, carrying the Seed of Containment, slowly withdrew into his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without doubt: Transcendent-rank Seed of Containment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Far beyond even Transcendent-rank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Lin had used four hundred thirty grains and already possessed a powerful Transcendent-rank Seed of Containment; Xu Jin had used six hundred twenty-six.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Jin understood: this must be the effect his Master, Emperor Fenghua, had spoken of—the influence of the Source Pearl’s rank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The enhancement from his Transcendent-rank Posterior Heaven Qian Kong Source Pearl was likely just under thirty-five percent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This should have been a cause for joy, yet Xu Jin’s face grew grim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alas!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he broke through the Tenth Stage and forged his Source Pearls, all eight were Transcendent—but among the eight Transcendent Source Pearls, space and wind were the weakest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His space-based Posterior Heaven Qian Kong Source Pearl absorbed only one hundred twenty-six Posterior Heaven Contained Forces; fire was the strongest, and even lightning absorbed a full one hundred eighty-two, while the others each absorbed over one hundred forty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the weakest space Star Tower’s Seed of Containment consumed six hundred twenty-six grains of Star Ruin Elemental Sand—how many would all eight require? Five thousand?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And what of the even stronger Chaotic Cloud Tower?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Jin had originally thought two thousand grains of Star Ruin Elemental Sand, plus another thousand or so, would be sufficient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had not expected to now be short of even half.\u003C\u002Fp>",1383,"2026-06-19T23:56:35.933Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","9bc217b647580d21207c387128ac2ca69f170b554b255e8fd1ccb8f3bd17671a","the-star-martial-era-chapter-934","the-star-martial-era-chapter-932",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-star-martial-era-cover.jpg"]