[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-star-martial-era":3,"chapter-the-star-martial-era-the-star-martial-era-chapter-990":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},2275848,4448,"Chapter 990: Seeing Time Again (Requesting Moon Tickets)","the-star-martial-era-chapter-990",990,"\u003Cp>Because he was new to the Thousand Stars War Zone, Xu Jin moved through space slowly, like a beast patrolling its territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he teleported along, he continuously extended his Ming Qian Chu to sense all directions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After transforming his Nascent Soul, the sensing range of Ming Qian Chu did not increase further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But its clarity improved by an entire major tier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aside from sound, Ming Qian Chu could sense every other detail: aura, appearance, movements, and any star force fluctuations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What amazed Xu Jin even more was the Chaotic Sword Heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Chaotic Sword Heart could extend along Ming Qian Chu and sense things beyond it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the Chaotic Sword Heart, every island belonging to the Thousand Stars War Zone, big or small, became completely exposed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With just a slight sense, Xu Jin could perceive the inner essence of these islands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For instance, how many Dao principles they contained, and at what level they had matured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Along the way, eighty percent of the star islands Xu Jin sensed had already generated their own primordial source—meaning they had reached the level of a small world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They simply had not yet returned to the Star River’s manifest realm, nor had they spawned their own world consciousness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to the Tongxuan War Zone, the total number of star islands in the Thousand Stars War Zone was significantly greater.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Jin had already discovered thirty-three.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to his Master’s earlier words, within the Thousand Stars Alliance, every Emperor, no matter where, must control at least one Star Ruin island.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if an Emperor was stationed elsewhere and not present in the Thousand Stars War Zone, he would send disciples to manage it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The safety of the island would be guarded by other Emperors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, the Tian Luo Star Island currently guarded by Feng Hua Emperor was originally the island of Tian Luo Emperor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the Thousand Stars Alliance was loosely organized, its military laws concerning interests were far stricter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Feng Hua Emperor’s own Feng Hua Star Island suffered problems, that was his own affair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if the Tian Luo Star Island he was additionally guarding suffered major losses and remained unrecovered for long, he would pay a heavy price.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Mistress, Du Yue Emperor, was currently in exactly this situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, with Xu Jin’s intervention, You Shi Star Island had reversed its decline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a result, the Emperors across the entire Thousand Stars War Zone had, to some extent, become more diligent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Tongxuan War Zone, Emperor postings were like communal meals; in the Thousand Stars War Zone, each Emperor was held personally accountable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xu Jin teleported through space, passing many star islands, he was immediately enveloped by the divine senses of Emperors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Xu Jin had been warned beforehand: simply display the Thousand Stars Jade Token and he would pass without issue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After wandering for half a day, Xu Jin finally arrived at the Thousand Stars War Zone’s main island.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The seat of the Thousand Stars Command.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The supreme commander of the Thousand Stars War Zone was the Alliance’s leader, Bao Xuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This leader was also the strongest among the Thirteen Alliance Leaders in both cultivation base and combat power, having reached the peak of Grand Prohibition for many years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Jin naturally could not meet him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a peak Yu Xing Jun, even with early battlefield achievements, Xu Jin would not draw much attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After arriving at the Thousand Stars War Zone island, Xu Jin wandered briefly, learned a little about local customs, then went directly to the Thousand Stars Ling Qiong Hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet in his mind, he was calculating another matter: Could he get some free benefits this time?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Last time, he had failed to get any benefit from the Wordless Heavenly Stele.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, bringing Ning Yuchan and Zhu Linxiao with him, he hoped to secure some.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he could, it would mean triple the gains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the waiting hall, he presented his Thousand Stars Jade Token and waited several hours; only after the aura of a Ninth-Catastrophe True Person departed did he step forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few breaths later, Xu Jin smoothly entered the Thousand Stars Ling Qiong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment he stepped in, countless beams of starlight shot toward him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The instant he spread his divine sense, he understood: each beam of starlight represented one Dao principle within the Thousand Stars Ling Qiong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was somewhat similar to his Can Dou Star River.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, only similar—far inferior to Can Dou Star River.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The starlight projected here contained only a faint trace of the corresponding Dao principle’s aura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It offered no enhancement or blessing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, whether the owner of the Thousand Stars Ling Qiong had this limitation was unknown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, Xu Jin became curious about the Alliance’s overall leader.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What kind of being was he?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“First, let’s see if I can get some free benefits.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Jin sank his mind into the Abyssal Domain, intending to activate it and bring the two women out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as he urged his divine sense, he could not open the passage to the Chaotic Abyssal Domain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Jin was not surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After carefully sensing with Ming Qian Chu and the Chaotic Sword Heart for a while, a look of astonishment appeared on his lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Strange sealing method—it doesn’t seal spatial power; spatial power still works here, there are many spatial Dao principles—but space itself cannot be opened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even a Nectar Space won’t work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It feels more like a restriction at a higher level.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With this thought, Xu Jin felt a new thread of wariness toward the Thousand Stars Alliance’s overall leader.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because it meant this leader could easily block his Chaotic Abyssal Domain—at least in its current state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simultaneously, this restriction implied another fact: there may be other unknown spiritual spaces in this world capable of housing living beings, not just the Abyssal Domain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, such a restriction would not exist here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You can’t come out—I’ll envelop you with Time Acceleration. Train well.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After sending this message to the two women, Xu Jin prepared to begin contemplating the Dao principles here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to his Master and Mistress’s earlier instructions, to contemplate a specific Dao system, he should vibrate the Dao principles he had already mastered, and the corresponding ones would appear—all left behind by Thousand Stars Alliance Emperors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could then select the unmastered Dao principles to contemplate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Based on past experience, those with average talent could master six or seven Dao principles; those with good talent, eight or nine; and prodigies had even mastered eleven or twelve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before coming, his Eighth Senior Brother, Gong Liang Chun, had also taught Xu Jin a small trick to save time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After summoning a relevant Dao principle, he could fully activate the Dao principles he had already mastered and sustained them for a while; the mastered ones would resonate, while the unresonating ones were unmastered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But there was a trick to resonance: only divine soul power could trigger it, and star force must be used minimally and precisely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most cultivators spent one-third of their time in the Thousand Stars Ling Qiong simply searching for unmastered Dao principles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Dao principles left by Emperors were too numerous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With this trick, his Eighth Senior Brother had mastered a full twelve Dao principles during his last use of the Thousand Stars Ling Qiong.\u003C\u002Fp>",1219,"2026-06-19T23:56:35.933Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","4a9f07588963141154c0a7f20ebdf1a89343b2c5bd6e9dd62aad403b80b27740","the-star-martial-era-chapter-991","the-star-martial-era-chapter-989",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-star-martial-era-cover.jpg"]