Chapter 223: Chapter 222: 9 Heavens Star River

Countless stars, with nine Star Rivers stretching across them.

Qin Feng’s gaze swept across the manual for the Mixed Element Star Technique. As the book stated, the Star River was divided into nine layers.

To sense for a Lifebound Star Mark, one first had to make contact with the 1st Layer.

From within the 1st Layer, one had to find a Lifebound Star and condense a Lifebound Star Mark. Then, one would gestate a star-body and elevate their Star Position.

If one could make their Lifebound Star fight its way from the 1st Layer to the 9th Layer, they could forge an Ancient Undying Ancestor Star and achieve the body of a Star Demon God.

Everything this Cultivation Technique described sounded wonderful.

Qin Feng closed his eyes, sinking into thought. ’Without a doubt, if I could condense a Star Mark and gestate a Lifebound Star, it would bring incomparable benefits to my cultivation.’

’The countless stars in the heavens shine eternally, accumulating an immeasurable amount of Star Essence Power.’

’If I could use a Lifebound Star as a springboard to absorb even a single wisp of it, my cultivation speed would increase several times over.’

’Let alone becoming the lord of an Ancient Undying Ancestor Star.’

’If one day I could upgrade my Lifebound Star into an Ancient Undying Ancestor Star, then even if my body were blown to bits, I could rely on my position as a Star Lord to be reborn and become immortal.’ 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

All sorts of thoughts flashed through his mind, but in the next moment, Qin Feng shook his head. ’The most important thing right now is figuring out how to sense a True Name of a Star and find the one Lifebound Star that is connected to me.’

Qin Feng’s gaze fell upon the Cultivation Technique. He carefully read the manual for the Mixed Element Star Technique several times, and after confirming there were no mistakes, he burned the small book to ashes.

When they received this booklet, all disciples of All Stars Academy had to swear an oath to an ancient existence that they would not pass on the Mixed Element Star Technique. To do so would be to invite divine retribution.

Qin Feng grew pensive, recalling what was written in the Mixed Element Star Technique.

’Every Martial Artist has only one Lifebound Star in their lifetime.’

’As for how to find one’s Lifebound Star, the Mixed Element Star Technique described a Dharma Gate called the Star Sensing Divine Skill.’

’According to the Mixed Element Star Technique, those with exceptional talent could sense the True Name of their Lifebound Star within seven days.’

’The next best could sense it within thirty-six days.’

’Those of even lesser talent could sense it within forty-nine days.’

’The least talented of all could only manage it within eighty-one days.’

’If you still couldn’t sense the True Name of your Lifebound Star after a hundred days, it meant you were unsuited for practicing the Mixed Element Star Technique.’

The requirements of All Stars Academy were not low. One had to master the first layer of the Mixed Element Star Technique within sixty days.

And sensing the True Name of one’s Life Star was only the first step!

Time was extremely tight!

With his eyes narrowed slightly, Qin Feng recalled the Secret Technique of the Star Sensing Divine Skill in his mind.

As far as Qin Feng understood, the Star Sensing Divine Skill was a Secret Technique that explained how to use Spiritual Power to sense the stars in the heavens.

Through meditation, one would sense the starlight radiating from the Nine Heavens Star River, eventually communicating with a particular star within it to learn its True Name.

Night fell, and in the sky above, the nine Star Rivers emitted a faint starlight.

Lifting his head, Qin Feng gazed with his pitch-black eyes at the Star River in the sky, which resembled a belt of jade.

According to the powerful expert who wrote the Mixed Element Star Technique, the Nine Heavens Star River had nine layers, and what Martial Artists could see with the naked eye was only the 1st Layer.

Qin Feng closed his eyes and began to operate the Star Sensing Divine Skill. Following the Dharma Gate it described, he emptied his mind and entered a state that seemed to both exist and not exist, a Realm that was like emptiness, yet not empty.

His Spiritual Power gathered, and as it focused to a single point, Qin Feng felt as if he had broken through a hazy barrier and entered a wondrous Realm.

An incorporeal light appeared before his eyes.

’It’s the light of the stars!’

A great river of stars appeared in Qin Feng’s ’vision’.

This Star River was boundless, without a known beginning or end, its scale and magnificence beyond description.

Qin Feng felt his consciousness drift up and enter the Star River, transforming into a beam of light that zipped and soared through the cosmic expanse.

In the distance, Qin Feng sensed a star. It was shaped like a battleaxe; this was the Battleaxe Star. If he could make this his Lifebound Star, he would gain immeasurable strength.

Qin Feng hesitated. According to the Mixed Element Star Technique, as long as he could sense a star’s True Name, he could refine it into his Lifebound Star.

’However, a truly perfect match for a Lifebound Star would inevitably produce a resonance.’

Qin Feng, however, didn’t feel the slightest bit of attraction from this star.

’I have no desire to become some muscle-bound brute who swings an axe.’

In a flash of light, he moved on. A short while later, Qin Feng sensed another star. It was shaped like a green willow. This was the Green Willow Star. Making this his Lifebound Star would grant him extraordinary Life Force and make his body pliable.

Qin Feng felt this star was far too effeminate. If he merged with it, not only would his body become pliable, but his skin would probably turn fair as well.

BANG!

The star had a spirit of its own. In an instant, it sensed the undisguised revulsion in Qin Feng’s emotions. It immediately transformed into a streak of green light and disappeared into the Star River with a flick of its tail.

"It hates me now?"

Sensing the Green Willow Star’s indignation, Qin Feng didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

His form turning back into light, Qin Feng continued to soar through the Star River. Before long, another star appeared before his eyes.

This star was shaped like a long serpent. It was the Celestial Serpent Star!

Qin Feng could clearly sense that this Celestial Serpent Star already had a master. Some powerful expert had already refined it into their Lifebound Star.

Qin Feng could ’see’ a serpent-shaped mark on the star’s core.

’If I wanted to refine this star as my Lifebound Star, I’d have to defeat the original Star Lord and forcibly claim it.’

Clearly, Qin Feng lacked that kind of power!

Qin Feng could feel it intuitively: that Star Lord was extremely powerful. Furthermore, the Star Lord also seemed to have sensed someone prying into his Lifebound Star.

A deeply displeased aura radiated outwards, vicious and menacing. The entire star transformed into a terrifying Celestial Serpent, rearing its head, its eyes ice-cold.

Qin Feng sucked in a sharp, cold breath and hastily fled.

「In the Medicine King Hall, on the Seven-Star Platform.」

A sinister-faced youth in Silver Battle Armor suddenly opened his eyes, two terrifying beams of light shooting from them. The young man’s expression was grim.

"Who is it? Who is spying on my Celestial Serpent Star? Can it be that a powerful Nebula Battle Beast has set its sights on my Celestial Serpent Star?"

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After that encounter with the unfriendly Heavenly Snake Star Lord, Qin Feng came across several more stars that were already claimed.

These stars came in all sorts of bizarre shapes.

There were sledgehammer-shaped ones, hammer-shaped ones, mantis-shaped ones, and hundred-bird-shaped ones. Qin Feng even saw a star shaped like a brick.

The Star Lord of this brick-shaped star was utterly shameless; his Lifebound Star Mark looked like a woman’s loincloth.

Qin Feng couldn’t have imagined that such a shameless person existed in the world.

An unknown amount of time passed. Qin Feng had already passed by dozens of stars, yet none of them satisfied him.

Some of these stars had Attributes that were too one-dimensional, while the enhancements others offered were too useless. There were a few that greatly tempted Qin Feng, but they were already claimed, and he couldn’t possibly defeat their utterly vicious Star Lords.

Suddenly, Qin Feng froze. He felt a faint, attractive pull coming from a massive star up ahead.

’Could my destined opportunity have arrived?’ he thought, overjoyed. Qin Feng looked up, but a single glance made his eyes glaze over.

Qin Feng simply couldn’t imagine that he would actually be resonating with a star like this!

A turtle-shaped star emitting a green glow appeared on the horizon. The Green Turtle Star???