“Master, please accept Qingqiu as our seventh junior sister.”
Everyone looked at Lu Xuan with anticipation.
Ji Fuyao had wanted Qingqiu as a junior sister for a long time. Otherwise, it would be a bit dangerous, wouldn't it?
Lu Xuan nodded. “Alright.”
“Congratulations, Junior Sister! Congratulations, Junior Sister!” The others offered their felicitations to Qingqiu.
Lu Xuan nodded faintly, a smile playing on his lips. “The Fallen Star Sea is still in ruins, waiting to be rebuilt. The task of refining and perfecting it falls to you, Ye Chen.”
Ye Chen looked bewildered. “Master, why me?”
Lu Xuan replied, “Ever since your previous life, you’ve wanted to go further in the Alchemy Dao. I’ll only teach you this once.”
Ye Chen rubbed his nose.
Lu Xuan chuckled. “Take the heavens and earth as your cauldron, creation as your craft, yin and yang as your fuel, and all things as your raw material. Now, refine the Fallen Star Sea and perfect its rules.”
Ye Chen was utterly stunned. Master was going to refine the Fallen Star Sea like a pill!
Lu Xuan said, “First, I’ll take you outside the Fallen Star Sea for a look.”
Boom! A profound spatial attainment surged, enveloping Ji Fuyao, Ye Chen, and the others.
In the next instant, they appeared directly outside the Fallen Star Sea.
The sight before them left everyone aghast. The Fallen Star Sea, once thought vast and boundless, now hung in the endless cosmos like a tiny, somewhat withered fruit.
The outer starfield was immense. More precisely, there were countless brilliant star seas.
Some of these dazzling star seas resembled centaurs, others stretched like silver rivers across the darkness, and some bloomed like roses—each unique, infinitely mysterious.
Among these brilliant star seas, the Fallen Star Sea was nothing special; in fact, it appeared rather minuscule.
Within these vibrant star seas, vast expanses of darkness lingered, a power of ruin even more terrifying than the Dark Void itself.
Void Kun let out a joyous cry, as if something there was drawing it in! The power of ruin!
Beyond that, everyone sensed an even more terrifying power, distinct from both Eerie Power and the power of ruin, forming heaven-reaching storms within the darkest reaches of the star sea.
If such a storm were to approach the Fallen Star Sea, this entire star sea would be reduced to ruins!
Ye Chen’s face was filled with shock. “The Ancient Ancestor Realm is just the starting point in the grand cosmos!”
Lu Xuan chuckled. “Rest for a while. Once you’ve generally perfected the rules of the Fallen Star Sea, I’ll take you deeper into the cosmos.”
At this moment, Xuanji Holy Lord asked, “Master, is the Eerie Domain hidden within this star sea?”
Lu Xuan shook his head. “No. These endless star seas form a Star Domain, and the one we’re in is called the Primordial Star Domain.”
“The Eerie Domain is beyond the Primordial Star Domain, even vaster and more immense. Its cultivators primarily wield Eerie Power, with other forces as secondary.”
“There are many shattered Star Domains like the Primordial Star Domain. Without a Domain Master, powerful figures from super-large domains within the Eerie Domain will enter them, plundering the power of these shattered star seas to enhance their own strength.”
“Eerie Domain Emissaries are spread throughout the Primordial Star Domain and other shattered Star Domains.”
As his voice fell, Ji Fuyao’s beautiful eyes widened, reflecting the dazzling star seas. Shock! Such a vast and magnificent Star Domain was merely a shattered one. And the Eerie Domain even transcended the Primordial Star Domain!
Lu Xuan chuckled. “You needn’t worry. The so-called Eerie Lord is nothing but an ant in the Eerie Domain. His strength is utterly insufficient to summon powerful figures from there. However, he has already sent the spatial coordinates of the Fallen Star Sea to other Eerie Domain Emissaries, and those emissaries are already within the Primordial Star Domain.”
As he spoke, Lu Xuan flicked his sleeve, and a mysterious power rippled forth, appearing before everyone.
The Insight Eye! Once activated, it pierced through all illusions!
Instantly, Ji Fuyao, Ye Chen, and the others saw numerous star seas within the Primordial Star Domain, shrouded in mysterious black mist—Eerie Power.
Without Master’s power, they truly wouldn’t have been able to detect it.
Some of the Eerie Power had already merged with those star seas. If they weren’t mistaken, the supreme powerhouses of those star seas had chosen to collude with the “Eerie Lord,” sharing the Great Dao power of their star seas. Not everyone was like Master!
A moment later, Lu Xuan withdrew his Insight Eye. In everyone’s perception, this corner of the Primordial Star Domain once again became mysterious. On the surface, it seemed peaceful. But beneath the Insight Eye, killing intent lay hidden!
Lu Xuan stated, “I’ve already sensed some so-called Eerie Domain Emissaries heading towards the Fallen Star Sea. It will take a few days, which is perfect for you to refine the Fallen Star Sea, Ye Chen.”
In the next instant, with a thought, Lu Xuan’s form transformed into his Heavenly God Form, his body impossibly vast, countless times larger than the entire Fallen Star Sea.
The Fallen Star Sea rested in Lu Xuan’s hand like a crimson pearl, a sight that evoked the image of a supreme being casually cradling a world.
Then, the aura of his Seven-star Ancient Ancestor Realm surged around Lu Xuan, terrifying beyond compare. He slowly spoke.
“The Great Dao has myriad paths, and the Alchemy Dao is but one,” he intoned. “A glimpse into the Alchemy Dao can also reveal the true essence of the Great Dao. What is called ‘pill refinement’ is, in truth, the refinement of the Great Dao itself.”
As his voice fell, Boom! Lu Xuan’s hand seals shifted, and the entire Fallen Star Sea began to transform. Lu Xuan infused it with his Ancient Ancestor power, and simultaneously, a fragmented River of Time appeared behind him.
This was precisely the River of Time of the Fallen Star Sea! From Lu Xuan’s first arrival in the Fallen Star Sea until now, this River of Time had lost many of its temporal imprints.
As Lu Xuan continued his refinement, the Great Dao rules of the entire Fallen Star Sea roared, and the River of Time flowed into the Fallen Star Sea.
Ji Fuyao and the others watched in utter awe. From their external perspective, Lu Xuan was using the Star Domain as a cauldron, and the River of Time as an auxiliary, to refine the Fallen Star Sea.
From within the Fallen Star Sea, all the stars and the very cosmos were revitalized, even the Dark Void surged with an endless flow of rule power.
Powerful! Terrifying!
Lu Xuan looked at Ye Chen and asked, “Have you learned it?”
Ye Chen rubbed his nose. “My eyes seem to have learned, but my hands haven’t.”
“Hahahaha!” The others burst into laughter.
Lu Xuan flicked a finger, and a blazing divine radiance surged into Ye Chen’s mind.
Ancient Ancestor-level Alchemy Dao attainment!
Ye Chen felt as if his head was about to explode. The sheer volume of Alchemy Dao information was immense.
Once he fully grasped this Alchemy Dao attainment, he would immediately break through to the Alchemy Ancestor Realm!
A moment later, Lu Xuan patted Ye Chen’s shoulder. “Alright, it’s all yours now.”
Ji Fuyao’s eyes sparkled, and she offered a radiant smile. “Go for it, Ye Chen!”
In the next instant, Lu Xuan activated his heaven-reaching spatial attainment, bringing Ji Fuyao, Chen Changsheng, and the others back into the Fallen Star Sea.
Above the void, only Ye Chen remained.
“Uh…” Ye Chen rubbed his nose. Such a monumental task had just been handed directly to him.
Boom! With a thought, Ye Chen immediately manifested his Ancient Ancestor Form.
His Ancient Ancestor Form was like a grand domain, towering between heaven and earth, yet before the Fallen Star Sea, it wasn’t overwhelmingly large. In fact, it felt a bit like… a small horse trying to pull a massive cart.
Ye Chen chuckled self-deprecatingly. “After all, I’m not as big as Master.”