[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-star-martial-era":3,"chapter-the-star-martial-era-the-star-martial-era-chapter-970":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},2275828,4448,"Chapter 970","the-star-martial-era-chapter-970",970,"\u003Cp>In the Star Ruin starfield, four Emperors from different factions simultaneously received brief messages sent via special means by their subordinates, True Persons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because this was the Star Surge Chaotic Void region, a special communication method was used, so the messages were extremely terse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The meaning conveyed was nearly identical: they had failed to seize the secret realm’s treasure—it had been taken by an outsider.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Failed to seize it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An outsider?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The four Emperors all turned to look at one another, faces filled with suspicion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially—what did “outsider” even mean?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All four were utterly baffled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that lineup, how could an outsider have taken it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But at this critical moment, they dared not waste time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the next instant, the four Emperors simultaneously activated their sensing secret arts, each racing toward the direction of the Purple Yuan Bodhi Root they sensed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After their prior agreement, each had used their own method to imprint their aura onto the Purple Yuan Bodhi Branch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those who had achieved Emperor status were never lacking in cunning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While imprinting their aura, they had also secretly embedded tracking marks using secret arts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the Purple Yuan Bodhi Root had been seized by any one of their own subordinates, it would have been no issue!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, because they had agreed beforehand not to pursue one another; second, since all were Emperors, they could easily dismantle each other’s methods with a little time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if an outsider had taken it, everything changed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had originally placed these marks as a precaution—but never expected they’d actually be needed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, the four Emperors all raced toward the same direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Star Ruin starfield, Xu Jin began rapid spatial teleportation to flee after securing the treasure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His retreat direction was clear: toward the Thousand Stars War Zone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The difficulty of securing it was far lower than Xu Jin had imagined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It mainly relied on exploiting an information gap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because he had immediately slain an alien True Person upon acting, the human True Persons of the Hongluan War Zone assumed Xu Jin was on their side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They became his allies outright.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only when Xu Jin moved to collect the Purple Yuan Bodhi Root after severely wounding the alien True Person did the Hongluan human True Persons realize something was wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He seized it outright under the surprise of his sudden assault and lethal strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the surface, Xu Jin faced twelve Gao Jie True Persons—but in reality, he only truly faced three or four.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With time acceleration, he instantly escaped the battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Xu Jin understood: securing the treasure was only the beginning of true hell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the very instant he secured it, Xu Jin sensed four distinct, bizarre aura imprints above him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without doubt, these were imprints left by Emperor-level cultivators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No need to ask—these four Emperors could certainly use these imprints to track the Purple Yuan Bodhi Root.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it were Xu Jin, he would have left such imprints too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was precisely why Xu Jin had first stored it in his Sumeru Space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even as he teleported through space, his spiritual sense sank into the Sumeru Space, carefully probing to erase the four Emperor-level aura imprints.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only by erasing these four tracking imprints could he truly claim victory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After several breaths of careful spiritual sensing, Xu Jin’s expression turned grim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The aura imprints deliberately planted by the Emperors were indeed stubborn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His spiritual sense had merely attempted to erase them lightly, yet the lingering aura within the imprints coiled back like venomous snakes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Faintly, they wound around his physical body and Dao embryo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Jin was horrified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If these coils reached him, he would be unable to shake them off in a short time—he would almost certainly be caught by these Emperors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Can the Abyss Domain block these four Emperors’ tracking imprints?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Jin abandoned attempts to erase the four Emperor imprints, paused briefly, and directly transferred the Purple Yuan Bodhi Root into the Abyss Domain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that same instant, within the range of his Ming Qian Chu, two Emperor-level auras appeared—then, one breath later, two more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This brief delay allowed the four Emperors to close in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because he had continuously teleported, Xu Jin had long since left the Star Surge Chaotic Void region; thus, when he sensed the four Emperors’ auras, they were still twenty-five thousand li away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had he still been inside the Star Surge Chaotic Void region, sensing them would have meant they were about to arrive and kill him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Jin used time acceleration to enhance his spatial teleportation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after sustaining it for one breath, he slowed his teleportation speed and began changing direction with each jump.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Primarily to test whether the Abyss Domain could block these four Emperors’ tracking imprints.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it could, then what followed would be simple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if it couldn’t, trouble loomed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emperor-level cultivators possessed deep reserves and could instantly resonate with the Dao’s origin to restore their star power; traveling through the Star Ruin starfield consumed virtually nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Theoretically, they could chase Xu Jin to the ends of the universe until they caught him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two breaths later, one human Emperor vanished from Xu Jin’s Ming Qian Chu sensing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One breath after that, another alien Emperor vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But two Emperors still pursued relentlessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Abyss Domain cannot fully block these Emperors’ tracking imprints!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the next instant, Xu Jin’s spiritual sense shifted—he activated Plan B, directly sending a message into the Abyss Domain to Zhu Lin: “Lin’er, immediately try to erase the aura imprint on the Purple Yuan Bodhi Root I just placed before you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Be careful—it’s four Emperor-level aura imprints.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Husband, rest assured—I’ll begin at once.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within the Abyss Domain, Zhu Lin immediately activated her spiritual sense and star power to erase the aura imprint on the Purple Yuan Bodhi Root.\u003C\u002Fp>",965,"2026-06-19T23:56:35.933Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","bb9916994b6579e0b342d47e96e68838e211c02871fd5d9e3369e1730ae58265","the-star-martial-era-chapter-971","the-star-martial-era-chapter-969",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-star-martial-era-cover.jpg"]