Transmigrating Into a Fantasy World: Signing in During Pregnancy, Reaching the Summit with My Childhood Sweetheart

162: Chapter 162: Golden Spirit Vein Forging and Remote Heart Support”There’s another way?” Su Muxue’s heart, which had already sunk, instantly leaped back up upon hearing this. Her beautiful eyes were fixed intently on the elder, Bai Shi, whose aura was weak but whose eyes were bright.

”Indeed!” Bai Shi struggled to sit upright, pointing at the mass of innate golden spirit qi that had become docile and pure, then looking at the sharp metal star key in Su Muxue’s hand, which was glowing somewhat dimly.

”Look, young lady. This innate golden spirit qi is formed from the world’s purest Sharp Metal Origin. Though its nature is peerlessly sharp, it is also supremely pure and contains a trace of Innate creation opportunity. Your star key is the manifestation of the Sharp Metal Law, its grade is even higher! That ’shadow hunter imprint’ is extremely Yin and evil, adept at erosion and assimilation, but its Foundation is still energy and Laws.”

He panted a few times before continuing urgently, ”If we can use the sharp metal star key as a guide to refine this mass of innate golden spirit qi into the body of the marked one... No, we don’t even need to fully refine it. We only need to guide a portion of its power to form a dense Innate Sharp Metal Barrier outside his Golden Core and Meridians!”

”This barrier isn’t meant to forcibly erase the imprint—that’s definitely impossible at your current stage—it’s for ’isolation’! Using the extreme purity and sharpness of the innate golden spirit qi, we can forcibly block the imprint’s path for absorbing the Host’s power and sending signals outward! It’s like putting a spirit-severing shackle on it!”

Su Muxue’s eyes lit up, but she immediately frowned. ”Is this method feasible? But that golden spirit qi is so vast and sharp; if it’s introduced directly into the body, wouldn’t it...”

”There is naturally danger!” Bai Shi said frankly. ”Golden spirit qi is sharp; entering the body is like ten thousand blades piercing the flesh. It is extremely painful and requires immense control over power. One slight slip-up, and instead of forming a barrier, it will harm the self. But this is the only temporary method I can think of right now that might work! And...”

His gaze swept over the star key in Su Muxue’s hand. ”With this sharp metal star key leading the way—as it is a higher-order controller of the Sharp Metal Law—using it to guide the golden spirit qi can significantly reduce the risk and increase the success rate! You possess Taiyin Star Power, which is flexible by nature and good at harmonizing and controlling; that is also key! Perhaps... perhaps we can even take this opportunity to slightly repair the damage to the star key.”

”Mother! The Star Core’s deduction shows a sixty percent feasibility for this method! It’s worth a try!” Lin Mo’s thought immediately rang out with a hint of excitement. ”Moreover, if we can temporarily isolate that mark, Father’s pressure will be greatly reduced, giving us more time to find ’primordial thunder tribulation fluid’ or ’mirage dragon cloud pearl’!”

Su Muxue no longer hesitated and said resolutely, ”Please teach me exactly what to do, Senior!” Time waited for no one; every second on Nangong Xuan’s side could become more dangerous.

”Good!” Bai Shi’s spirits lifted as he forced himself to begin giving instructions. ”First, use your Divine Thought to communicate with the sharp metal star key. With it as the Core, slowly guide a trace of innate golden spirit qi... Yes, an extremely minute trace... transform it through the star key to make it gentle and controllable... Then, use your Taiyin Star Power as a bridge and attempt to transfer it across the void into your Dao Companion’s body... Remember, better to be slow than fast. If he shows any rejection or cannot endure it, stop immediately!”

Su Muxue held her breath and concentrated, exerting her full effort. She first injected her gentle Taiyin Star Power into the sharp metal star key, wrapping around its damaged spirituality like a lubricant, communicating with it cautiously. The star key vibrated slightly; it didn’t seem to reject her power, but instead sent back a hint of dependence.

Then, she guided the star key to slowly approach that mass of docile innate golden spirit qi. When the star key touched the golden spirit qi, it was as if a monarch had met his subjects; the liquid metal immediately separated into a strand as thin as a hair, docilely circling the star key. After being transformed by the star key’s platinum light, that strand of Sharp Metal qi became increasingly pure and restrained. Its violent sharpness was withdrawn, leaving only the most fundamental properties of sturdiness and isolation.

”Now! Use Divine Thought as the guide and Taiyin as the bridge—transfer it over!” Bai Shi shouted in a low voice.

Su Muxue closed her eyes and focused, her entire mind immersed in the ethereal Dao Companion connection with Nangong Xuan. Simultaneously, she attached the strand of innate golden spirit qi transformed by the star key to a wisp of her Divine Thought, carefully wrapping it in pure Taiyin Star Power, and slowly transmitted it across the Void Realm toward Nangong Xuan’s location!

...Meanwhile, deep within the treacherous stone forest on the outskirts of Jijian Valley.

Nangong Xuan’s situation was already critical. He had used the complex terrain and residual Sword Evil to temporarily distance himself from his pursuers, but the shadow hunter imprint inside him was like a maggot on a bone, crazily devouring his Nirvana Sword Essence to strengthen itself while emitting strong fluctuations. He felt as if his Golden Core were encased in a tightening, searing shackle, making his cultivation flow sluggish. Worse, the hunters clearly had special tracking methods; several times when he seemed to have escaped, he was quickly locked onto again, and the distance was closing once more.

He leaned against a hidden rock crevice, his face ashen, his aura chaotic, and blood constantly overflowing from the corners of his mouth. His Nirvana Sword Intent operated spontaneously, struggling to counter the imprint’s erosion, but to little effect. Although the gui xu base point could slowly devour the imprint’s energy, the speed was far from keeping up with its growth.

”Am I really to perish here?” A flash of unwillingness crossed Nangong Xuan’s eyes. He hadn’t rescued Lin Mo yet, hadn’t gathered all the star keys, hadn’t grown old with Mu Xue... In the moment his mind wavered and his suppression slightly weakened, the imprint suddenly flared with black light, and the erosion abruptly accelerated!

”Pfft!” He violently spat out another mouthful of blood, and his consciousness even became slightly blurred.

However, at this moment of extreme crisis—

A cool, gentle, yet strangely familiar faint power seemed to cross thousands of mountains and rivers, silently seeping into his Sea of Consciousness, bringing an indescribable sense of comfort and clarity.

It was Mu Xue’s aura! And... an extremely pure strand of Sharp Metal qi with a sense of isolation?

Following that, he ”heard” Su Muxue’s minute, thread-like mental transmission filled with anxiety and concern: ”Brother Xuan! Steady your mind! Relax the protection of your Dantian! Try to guide this power to form a barrier around your Golden Core to isolate the imprint!”

Though Nangong Xuan didn’t understand how, he had absolute trust in Su Muxue. He immediately abandoned any rejection of that foreign power, endured the agonizing pain, and actively let down a layer of protection over his Dantian.

That strand of innate golden spirit qi, transformed by the star key and wrapped in Taiyin Star Power, immediately found an opening and smoothly entered his Dantian Qi Sea!

Upon entry, the extreme sharpness still made Nangong Xuan’s entire body shudder, as if countless fine needles were piercing his Golden Core and Meridians; the pain was far beyond imagination. But he gritted his teeth and endured, using his powerful will to cooperate with the guidance Su Muxue sent from across the void. He carefully restrained this strand of golden spirit qi, not attempting to touch the violent shadow hunter imprint, but instead guiding it like weaving a net to begin braiding an extremely minute yet incredibly dense platinum network membrane around the Golden Core and the inner walls of his Meridians!

This process was extremely slow and agonizingly painful. Nangong Xuan was drenched in sweat, his body trembling uncontrollably, but his eyes grew brighter and brighter! He could clearly feel that as the platinum membrane gradually formed, the speed at which the shadow hunter imprint absorbed his power significantly slowed! The fluctuating signal it sent outward also seemed to be blocked by an invisible barrier, becoming faint and blurred!

It worked! It actually worked!

Although it couldn’t be eradicated, this Innate Sharp Metal Barrier indeed served a massive isolation purpose!

Far away in the valley, Su Muxue sensed the changes within Nangong Xuan through that wisp of Divine Thought. A gratified smile finally appeared on her pale face as she worked even harder to guide the golden spirit qi.

However, whether it was her, Nangong Xuan, the fully assisting Lin Mo, or the observing Bai Shi, they all overlooked one point—the shadow hunter imprint was placed by an existence possessing higher-order dark order Laws. How could it be so simple?

Just as the Sharp Metal barrier was about to close and envelop most of the imprint—

The Core of the shadow hunter imprint, which had seemingly only been passively eroding and sending signals, that deepest point of dark gold, suddenly flickered!

A cold, deathly, and absolute-order-filled will, like a slumbering Vicious Beast being startled awake, followed Su Muxue’s bridge of Divine Thought across the void and surged back in a counter-attack!

This will wasn’t vast, but it carried an overwhelming high-level quality, slamming directly into Su Muxue’s Sea of Consciousness!

”Hmph!” Su Muxue felt as if she had been struck by a heavy blow. She let out a muffled groan, her face instantly turning as white as paper, and blood spilled from her lips. The wisp of Divine Thought maintaining the bridge fluctuated violently, nearly snapping instantly! The guidance process was immediately interrupted!

”Mother!”

”Young lady, be careful!”

Lin Mo and Bai Shi’s cries of alarm rang out simultaneously!

No one expected that within that imprint, there was actually hidden a trace of the caster’s will-based hidden trap!