Shengui Changsheng: Start from Zhenwuwei and add some points to cultivate immortality

However, when the Silence-Slaying Sword struck the giant shield phantom, it did not produce a metallic clang. The hazy sword energy seemed to ignore the "thickness" of the defense, directly affecting the very essence of its "existence"!

"Click..."

Houtu's defenses shattered instantly! Not by force, but as if its internal structure was instantly "returned to nothingness" and collapsed!
The sword's momentum continued, slicing across the earthen cultivator's neck.

Tu Xiu's eyes widened, and the giant sword froze in mid-air. He felt an extreme "emptiness" instantly sweep over his entire body, and all his spiritual power, vitality, and even thoughts were forcibly stripped away and devoured in that moment.

He opened his mouth, but no sound came out. His tall body slowly fell backward, turning into a cloud of dust before hitting the ground. Even his heavy armor and greatsword were not spared.

In the blink of an eye, of the three formidable enemies, one was dead, one was seriously injured, and one turned to ashes!

All of this happened in the blink of an eye, so fast that Mu Wanqiu didn't even have time to fully recover. She looked at Fu Shaoping, who stood with his sword in hand, his aura as deep as the sea, her beautiful eyes sparkling with a mixture of relief at surviving the ordeal and shock at Fu Shaoping's rapid improvement in strength.

“Junior Brother Fu, you…” She was at a loss for words. The strength that Fu Shaoping had just displayed, especially the terrifying annihilation power contained in that gray sword energy, completely exceeded her understanding of the Golden Core realm.

Fu Shaoping sheathed his sword, strode over to Mu Wanqiu's side, took out a bottle of "Star Dew" obtained from the void and containing pure life force, and handed it to her: "Senior Sister, heal your injuries first. This place is not suitable for staying for long. The commotion just now was too great, and I'm afraid others may be watching."

Mu Wanqiu took the jade bottle and felt the powerful yet gentle vitality within it, which warmed her heart. Without saying a word, she immediately took the pill and circulated her internal energy to dissolve its medicinal power.

Fu Shaoping then walked to the Burning Heaven Valley elder who was barely clinging to life. The area where the elder's arm was severed was still a patch of ashes; the power of the Void had prevented any possibility of healing. He lay sprawled on the ground, his eyes unfocused and filled with terror.

"Who ordered you?" Fu Shaoping's voice was icy cold, devoid of any emotion. "Tell me, and I'll give you a quick death."

The elder of Burning Heaven Valley gave a bitter smile, black blood spilling from the corner of his mouth: "Heh... cough cough... Fu Shaoping... you really didn't die... but you won't live much longer... the Netherworld Sect... and the Heavenly Court... will not let you go... and..."

Before he could finish speaking, his body suddenly stiffened, black smoke billowed from his seven orifices, his eyes dimmed instantly, and he was completely lifeless.

"A soul restriction..." Fu Shaoping frowned slightly. These powerful forces are indeed ruthless in controlling their subordinates. Once their core secrets are touched, the restriction will be triggered, resulting in the annihilation of both body and soul.

He stood up, looked at Mu Wanqiu who was meditating, and then gazed deeper into the Meteorite Plains. There, the strange fluctuations that triggered his connection with the power of the Star Core and the Void seemed even clearer.

"Senior sister, why did you come to the Northern Region? And how did you end up being ambushed here?" Fu Shaoping asked, needing to sort things out.

Mu Wanqiu slowly opened her eyes. Her injuries had temporarily stabilized. She looked at Fu Shaoping, her tone tinged with lingering fear and gravity: "After the sect closed its gates, I was worried about you, so I asked my master for permission to secretly leave the sect and come to find you. Based on some scattered information, I deduced that you might be near the northern void rift, so I followed you here. As for them..."

A chill flashed in her eyes: "I was targeted by them when I was exploring a relic on the edge of the Meteorite Plains that seemed to be related to your star power. They seemed to have been prepared, following me all the way and setting up an ambush here. Their goal was very clear: to capture me alive. It seems they wanted to use me to force you to show yourself, or to blackmail the sect."

Fu Shaoping's eyes turned cold: "As expected, it's because of me that Senior Sister has been implicated."

"There's no need to say such things." Mu Wanqiu shook her head, her tone firm. "You are a disciple of my Qingxuan Sect, and also my junior brother. However, their actions were so precise that I'm afraid... information has leaked out from within our ranks, or from among those connected to us."

Fu Shaoping's heart skipped a beat, and he nodded. This was a very dangerous sign.

"Senior sister, where is the relic you sensed that is related to my star power?" Fu Shaoping asked, as the fluctuations seemed to point in the same direction as his own senses.

Mu Wanqiu pointed to a direction deeper in the basin: "It's over there, in the center of a huge crater. I could sense a pure stellar power from afar, which is the same as the Beichen inheritance you cultivate. I wanted to get closer to investigate, but I was ambushed."

Fu Shaoping looked in the direction she pointed, and the throbbing in his dantian star core became more and more obvious.

“Senior sister, let’s go take a look together.” Fu Shaoping said in a deep voice, “There may be opportunities there, or there may be a greater crisis hidden there. But in any case, we must go. I feel that something there is calling to me.”

Looking at Fu Shaoping's determined eyes, Mu Wanqiu nodded: "Alright, I'll go with you." Her injuries had not yet healed, but her combat strength remained. The Ice Lotus Sword Intent and Fu Shaoping's Void Returning to Nothingness Dao complemented each other perfectly.

The two did not linger. Fu Shaoping waved his hand to collect the storage bag of the Burning Heaven Valley elder and the fragment of the Ghostly Banner left by the Netherworld Envoy. Then, together with Mu Wanqiu, they transformed into two streams of light and carefully made their way towards the center of the crater.

The secrets of Meteor Plains, and the stellar relics closely connected to Fu Shaoping, are about to be partially revealed before them. But the watchers lurking in the shadows will not give up so easily. An even greater storm is brewing on this ancient and chaotic land.

The two concealed their auras and flew low over the dark red meteorite plain. The closer they got to the massive crater, the denser the stellar energy in the air became, even subtly overpowering the inherent chaos and decay of the place. Fu Shaoping's stellar core rotated autonomously, greedily absorbing this pure stellar energy, causing a faint starlight to shroud his body.

Mu Wanqiu also felt the extraordinary power. Although she cultivated ice-type techniques, the great Dao originated from the same source, and such pure star power was also beneficial to her, but not as profoundly as Fu Shaoping felt.

"Be careful, there's a spatial fold ahead." Fu Shaoping suddenly warned, while simultaneously reaching out to block Mu Wanqiu's path. Having undergone the tempering of the void, his perception of space far surpassed that of ordinary people. Mu Wanqiu focused her gaze and indeed discovered that on the seemingly flat ground ahead, there were subtle distortions in space. If she were to inadvertently stumble upon them, she could very well be transported to an unknown place or torn apart by the power of space.

"Follow me." Fu Shaoping drew upon a wisp of the power of the Void, his fingertips glowing faintly as he gestured in front of him. The invisible folds of space seemed to be smoothed out, temporarily stabilizing into a narrow passage. The power of the Void could even "soothe" the chaos within space to a certain extent.

A hint of surprise flashed across Mu Wanqiu's eyes again; her junior brother's experiences were truly beyond her imagination.

The two successfully traversed the dangerous area and finally reached the edge of the crater. Standing on high ground and looking down, the interior of the crater was extremely vast. At its center was not a deep pit, but a dilapidated building rising abruptly from the ground, constructed of some kind of dark silver metal and rock! The architectural style was ancient and peculiar, unlike any school of cultivation in the modern world. It was covered with mysterious star runes. Many parts had collapsed, but the main structure still stood majestically, exuding a desolate and vast aura.

"This is... the ruins of an ancient star palace?" Mu Wanqiu, well-read, recognized that the style of the building was somewhat similar to the "Star Palace" recorded in ancient books, which had long been lost to the annals of history.

Fu Shaoping's gaze was drawn to a relatively intact platform at the top of the building. There, suspended in the air, was a perfectly round crystal, about the size of a fist, radiating a soft yet powerful starlight! The rich stellar power originated from this crystal!

"A Star Core!" Fu Shaoping's breath hitched slightly. This item was priceless to cultivators practicing the Star Technique, enough to bring about a qualitative leap in his Star Core and the Northern Star Inheritance!

However, just as his mind was drawn to the core of the star, a sudden change occurred!

"Om-!"

Dozens of blinding beams of light suddenly erupted around the crater! These beams of light intertwined, instantly forming a massive array that covered the entire crater! The array patterns were incredibly complex, containing a variety of terrifying effects such as sealing, suppression, and refining!
An immense pressure suddenly descended, pinning the two of them firmly to the spot, even making their spiritual energy circulation sluggish!
"Hahaha! Fu Shaoping! You've finally arrived! I've been waiting here for a long time!"

A long laugh came from the sky, and the space above the crater distorted, and three figures slowly emerged.

The leader, dressed in a magnificent silver robe and wearing a tall crown, had a dignified face and was surrounded by tiny electric snakes. His aura had clearly reached the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm! He was none other than Lei Zhen, the Heavenly Court's patrolling angel who had once met Fu Shaoping and issued the decree of divine punishment!
To his left was a figure shrouded in a black cloak, his aura as cold as ancient ice. He was another Soul Reaper from the Netherworld Sect, whose strength was even greater than that of the one Fu Shaoping had killed before, and who was already at the half-step Nascent Soul stage!

To his right stood an old man dressed in the robes of an inner sect elder of the Qingxuan Sect! His face was withered, and his eyes were sinister. He was none other than Zhao Qianshan, a deputy hall master of the Qingxuan Sect's Discipline Hall, who was at the peak of the Golden Core stage!
"Uncle-Master Zhao?! You…" Mu Wanqiu's pupils constricted upon seeing this person, her face filled with disbelief. A sect elder, actually colluding with the Heavenly Court and the Netherworld Sect?!

Fu Shaoping's eyes were icy cold, but his mind was perfectly clear. So the mole was here! No wonder Senior Sister Mu's whereabouts were so precisely tracked; no wonder the other side could set such a trap here!
Lei Zhen looked down at the two people suppressed by the great formation below, his face filled with an arrogant sense of control: "Fu Shaoping, it is indeed beyond my expectations that you were able to return alive from the void turbulence. However, that's all. This 'Nine Heavens Star Locking Formation' is an ancient relic, specifically designed to suppress star cultivators. Within this formation, your star power will be greatly suppressed! Surrender, hand over the secrets you possess, and perhaps you can still leave with a whole corpse!"

Zhao Qianshan interjected sinisterly, "Fu Shaoping, Junior Nephew Mu, don't blame your uncle for being ruthless. Blame Fu Shaoping for being ungrateful, defying the heavens, and implicating the sect! Only by handing him over can we appease the wrath of the Heavenly Court and preserve the lineage of my Qingxuan Sect! Junior Nephew Mu, if you repent and help capture this fiend, I can plead with the Thunder God to spare your life!"

Mu Wanqiu trembled with rage, her Ice Lotus Sword Intent erupting uncontrollably, yet it seemed on the verge of collapse under the suppression of the great formation: "Zhao Qianshan! You betrayed the sect, colluded with foreign enemies, and harmed your fellow disciples. You deserve to die!"

Fu Shaoping gently pressed down on Mu Wanqiu's shoulder, which was trembling slightly with anger. His gaze calmly swept over the three people in the air, finally settling on Lei Zhen. A faint smile even appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Ray Angel, do you think you can defeat me with this broken ancient formation and the three of you?"

His voice wasn't loud, but it carried a strange penetrating power, echoing in the space sealed by the array.

Lei Zhen frowned, a strange unease rising in his heart. This young man was far too composed!

"You dare to bluff even when you're about to die!" The Netherworld Cult envoy sneered, a white bone mourning staff appearing in his hand. With a swing, thousands of vengeful spirits howled and rushed towards the two people in the formation!
At the same time, Zhao Qianshan also summoned a large black seal, which grew in size with the wind, transforming into the size of a mountain, carrying the power of punitive thunder, and crashed down!
Lei Zhen then formed hand seals, activating the power of the great formation. Countless silver chains extended from the void, wrapping around Fu Shaoping, intending to completely imprison him!
Faced with this overwhelming attack, Fu Shaoping made a move.

He ignored the countless vengeful spirits and the descending seal, instead planting the Jingji Sword in front of him and suddenly forming an extremely profound hand seal with both hands!

"The North Star returns to the void, drawing emptiness into the body!"

He let out a low shout, and the Chaos Reincarnation Golden Core in his dantian, covered with void Dao patterns, spun wildly! The star core at its top seemed to be summoned, bursting out with even more dazzling starlight, penetrating the array's seal, and pouring into Fu Shaoping's body like a cascading Milky Way!

But this was not a simple absorption! Using himself as a guide and the power of the Void as a furnace, he forcibly drew in the immense suppressive power of the "Nine Heavens Locking Star Array," along with the endless star power at the core of the star, the vengeful spirit energy released by the Netherworld Messenger, and the thunderous power of Zhao Qianshan's Great Seal... and devoured them all!

"He's gone mad?! How dare he absorb such a mixed and violent power at the same time!" Lei Zhen's expression changed drastically.

However, the next moment, something even more horrifying happened.

Fu Shaoping's body seemed to have turned into a bottomless pit. All the energy that was drawn in was quickly decomposed and assimilated after coming into contact with the hazy power of the void, replenishing his own consumption and even... pushing his cultivation to break through that invisible barrier!
His aura was surging at a visible speed!

The bottleneck at the peak of the Golden Core stage began to violently tremble under this insane act of attacking from both inside and outside, almost self-destructive!
He actually intended to use this deadly situation to draw out the enemy's power and forcefully break through to the Nascent Soul realm!

Within the crater, energy erupted into a frenzy! The light of the Nine Heavens Star-Locking Array flickered erratically. The immense energy originally intended to suppress Fu Shaoping had now become fuel for his breakthrough! The brilliance of the star's core was being frantically extracted, vengeful spirits howled as they were crushed and devoured by the gray, swirling energy, while the power of lightning was annihilated and reassembled within the Ruins Furnace! (End of Chapter)