Immortal Sword Master

SWOOSH.

Like a streak of light, Ning Jiang shot across the sky, rushing toward the Meteor Fragment.

’That surge of the Power of Stars is right there.’

At that very moment, Ning Jiang’s senses could clearly perceive a fluctuation of stellar power within the Meteor Fragment.

It was a fluctuation that gave him a long-lost sense of familiarity...

Moments later, he rushed into a cave within the Meteor Fragment. The first thing that met his eyes upon entering was a pool. Inside, resplendent starlight glittered and intertwined, flowing like water.

”The Power of Stars!”

A sharp glint flashed in Ning Jiang’s eyes. What filled this pool was indeed the Power of Stars.

’A pity. This Power of Stars is still too meager. It’s nowhere near enough to cultivate the Myriad Stars Flying Immortal Technique.’

Ning Jiang shook his head with a slight sigh.

The requirements for cultivating the Myriad Stars Flying Immortal Technique were far too demanding. The very first step to forging this Supreme Celestial Skill required an immense amount of the Power of Stars.

One hundred thousand years ago, the only reason Ning Jiang had managed to successfully cultivate it was because of a great fortuitous encounter where he had found a sufficient amount of the Power of Stars in a forbidden zone of life and death.

Back when he had just been reborn in Cyan Cloud Country, this was also why he had chosen the Heaven-Devouring Demon Skill over the more familiar Myriad Stars Flying Immortal Technique.

Even the most skillful housewife can’t cook a meal without rice. Something like the Power of Stars was simply too difficult to find.

Of course, even if he had enough Power of Stars right now, there wasn’t time for him to cultivate the Myriad Stars Flying Immortal Technique. The first step of this Celestial Skill alone took three months to complete.

’Even if I could command this Power of Stars, it’s far from enough to deal with the Sea-Splitting King.’

Ning Jiang murmured to himself. This Power of Stars had been accumulated over five years to be used as a reward for the Meteor Festival. To deal with a Three-Stars King, however, would require at least a century’s worth of accumulation.

’However, with this stellar power, it should be enough to rouse the Big Dipper and borrow the Seven-Stars Power. Defeating the Sea-Splitting King would then be a simple matter.’

After a moment of contemplation, Ning Jiang wasted no more time.

”With this Power of Stars, I offer a sacrifice to the stars of the Big Dipper: Dubhe, Merak, Phecda, Megrez, Alioth, Mizar, Alkaid...”

Ning Jiang formed a Seal Technique, his hands continuously changing positions. Each movement was deliberate and slow. After a full seven changes...

BOOM!

Inside the pool, the water-like Power of Stars suddenly trembled. Then, streaks of starlight began to spin rapidly, gradually condensing into seven points of light.

These seven points of light resembled seven great stars, arranged from head to tail in the shape of the Big Dipper.

”Commanding the Power of Stars? Someone can actually command the Power of Stars?!”

Just at this critical moment, a shocked voice rang out.

The Black Envoy had only just emerged after destroying the Array below. Who would have thought that the moment he appeared, he would witness such an unbelievable scene?

The Power of Stars, the Sun and Moon Power—these forces were omnipresent yet far too illusory and ethereal to be controlled by mortals.

To make an analogy, how could a person grasp the air or catch the light?

Even Kings could only master the worldly elements of Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth.

But now, he was actually seeing someone command the Power of Stars!

This was simply incredible!

In an instant, immense greed filled the Black Envoy’s eyes. ’If I can get my hands on this boy’s secret to controlling the Power of Stars, the future of the East Sea will be mine! The Sea-Splitting King will have to bow before me. I might even be able to touch the Realm of a Celestial King!’

Though the Black Envoy served the Sea-Splitting King, how could he not harbor his own ambitions?

Who wouldn’t want to reach the pinnacle and command the winds and clouds?

”Brat, die!”

The Black Envoy thrust out his palm, unleashing the full might of his Supreme Celestial Rank aura without reservation. With a full-power strike like this, not just one Ning Jiang, but a hundred of them would be turned to dust.

”Unfortunately, you’re a step too late. I have already succeeded.”

Facing the Black Envoy’s attack, Ning Jiang just shook his head indifferently.

...

「Meteor Island.」

The Meteor King and the Sea-Splitting King were locked in a fierce battle. The Sea-Splitting King was aggressive, his attacks growing fiercer with each exchange, while the Meteor King was completely suppressed, unable to match him.

But suddenly, the two Kings sensed something and stopped fighting simultaneously. Both looked up toward the night sky.

The night sky was filled with innumerable, brilliant stars, the beautiful constellations resembling a hanging Galaxy.

This was a sky that had not changed for millennia. Yet at this moment, before the two Kings’ astonished eyes, seven great stars in the northern heavens suddenly erupted with an incomparably brilliant light.

The seven stars shone with an unprecedented, dazzling radiance, like miniature suns, brightening the entire northern sky.

”What’s happening?”

The Sea-Splitting King was stunned, his brows furrowed tightly.

WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH...

Suddenly, seven beams of starlight shot down from the seven great stars. Like comets, they streaked across the heavens, shaking the world.

This scene was witnessed by countless beings throughout the Great Thousand Realms.

In the blink of an eye, the seven beams of starlight fell into the East Sea, appeared over Meteor Island, and finally vanished inside the Meteor Fragment.

「Within the fragment.」

Just as the Black Envoy’s palm strike arrived, the seven beams of starlight descended and merged into Ning Jiang’s body.

Then, an endless torrent of starlight erupted from Ning Jiang, completely enveloping him. A Jade Crown even materialized upon his head.

A vast and boundless power surged within Ning Jiang’s body.

With a wave of his great sleeve, the Black Envoy’s attack was instantly nullified. Moreover, a tyrannical force slammed into the Black Envoy, shattering his body into dust and leaving only a black Primordial Spirit behind.

”Ah! Who in the world are you?!”

The Black Envoy’s Primordial Spirit, like a mass of shadow, let out a terrified cry. In his eyes, Ning Jiang had completely transformed.

His appearance hadn’t changed, but his aura had undergone a world-shattering transformation. His eyes were like the Celestial Dao itself—lofty and supreme, looking down upon all living things as if everything in existence were nothing more than ants.

This gaze was thousands of times more terrifying than the Sea-Splitting King’s.

When facing the Sea-Splitting King’s gaze, he could feel a King’s might, but he had never felt as insignificant as an ant, the way he did now.

’It’s not even one ten-thousandth of my peak power, but this is the strongest I’ve been since my rebirth. This feeling of being in control of my power... it’s been a long time...’

Ning Jiang clenched his fist, murmuring to himself.

His words sent a chill down the Black Envoy’s spine. What kind of terrifying existence was Ning Jiang?

’Flee!’

The Black Envoy’s Primordial Spirit immediately tried to flee.

Without even looking, Ning Jiang flicked his finger. A speck of starlight landed on the Black Envoy’s Primordial Spirit. Before he could even let out a scream, the Black Envoy vanished.

Then, Ning Jiang took a step forward, emerging outside to appear before the two astonished Kings!