375 The Dagger Enters the Dancing Dress, Blood Droplet Falls from the Ear Lobe

To the furry deer, the battle between Chen Changhseng and Liang Hongzhuang wasfar less interesting than the green grass. If there was another bystander, theywould also probably think like this, because of the wide disparity of strengthbetween the two, because Su Li had used the last bit of his energy to block XueHe’s blade. However, for some reason, as the only bystander there, Su Li wasinstead completely focused on the battle. He did not even blink. Liang Hongzhuang’s red dancing dress floated around his body. The Qi of a StarCondensation expert exuded out in every direction. It was a complete, or even perfect domain, without any holes to be seenanywhere. Chen Changsheng could not see it, but just like the last thing Su Li had saidto him. Even if he was guessing, guessing blindly, he still had to do it. Hestill had to gamble it. Of course, since it was guessing or guessing blindly,then no matter how it was looked at, there was no hope for him to win. His onlyadvantage was that he was not like other Ethereal Opening cultivators who didnot have any understanding of the Star Condensation realm. Back then in the Orthodox Academy, when he thought that he did notsuccessfully undergo Purification, he had actually already succeeded. When hethought he was scared of undergoing Meditative Introspection, he had actuallyalready guided in the starlight and undergone Ethereal Opening. When he viewedthe tablets in the front mausoleum, he formed star charts from the lines on theHeavenly Tome Monoliths. This method originally was from Star Condensation.However, he was an abnormality in the world of cultivation. He always usedmethods of cultivation beyond his current level, or in other words, he was notfaster than anyone on the path of cultivation, but he needed to look further—heknew what Star Condensation was about. Cultivators guided in the starlight to undergo Purification. They usedMeditative Introspection to turn the star’s radiance into true essence, andthen used the power of the starlight to open the door of the Ethereal Palace.What they needed to do afterwards was continue to guide starlight into theirbodies, and illuminate stars in their Spirit Mountain. They needed to connectthe stars to the openings and acupuncture points of their bodies and activatethe true essence to draw their own star chart. They needed to rebuild theminiature world in their bodies and be able to draw it out of their body. Thatwas the Star Domain. The Star Domain was the world of Star Condensation cultivators. It was theprojection of the starry sky in their bodies and the sea of consciousness ofthe cultivator. The true starry sky was tranquil and eternal, serene but solemn. According tothe general knowledge of cultivation, the Star Domain of a Star Condensationexpert should also be perfect, without any flaws. Even if cultivators at ahigher level could see the area of nothingness, it was not true nothingness,but the limit of the cultivator’s level, making them unable to perfectlycontrol their spiritual sense and true essence. Chen Changsheng did not believe that. He believed that there was no perfectStar Domain at all, because… the true starry sky was not a still and serene,eternal and unchanging existence. Instead, it was always a balance of dynamics.Since it was a balance of dynamics, once there was the intrusion of a foreignpower, there would always be a special moment where the balance would bebroken—this was the reason why Su Li was able to guide him to break through XueHe’s blade. Actually, this type of understanding actually already exceeded theidea of Su Li’s Intellectual Sword. It was just that, right now, no matter ifit was Su Li or he himself, they were all unclear on what exactly he hadunderstood and what he had discovered. Naturally, they would not think thatthis type of understanding would bring any changes to his battles andcultivations in the future, as well as the history of the entire world ofcultivation. Looking at Liang Hongzhuang whose dress was floating, countless pieces ofinformation rapidly flashed across Chen Changsheng’s sea of consciousness. Heconstantly calculated, feeling the Qi nearby that was like ribbons, as well asthe abnormally distinct signs of true essence in the mountains. It was as ifcountless stars had appeared before his eyes. No one could see the relativepositions of the stars to each other in such a short amount of time, much lessdeduce the laws that the Star Domain operated off through the brightness andrelative positions of the stars in such a short amount of time, and thus, veryfew people were able to find the weakest point of a Star Domain. Thecalculative abilities of humans had a limit, and at this moment, there was aneed for an ability that did not have a limit. For example, intuition, which,of course, could also be called guessing. Hundreds of stars were bright and dim, changing in color in his sea ofconsciousness. There clearly were no movements, but he seemed to see the starsmoving. People were the combination of all connections, and fate was the summary ofthe trajectory of interactions between people. The starry sky described andexplained it all. Liang Hongzhuang constantly underwent changes, growing olderat the rate of one year every year, becoming duller in speed with every jug ofstrong alcohol and suffering pain as the rate of his hatred increased withevery moment. As a result, his Star Domain naturally also underwent constantchanges. With the movement of the stars and the changes in brightness, a new chartwould form. Vaguely, in the dense fabric of stars of the Star Domain, he could suddenlysee a patch of darkness. The surrounding stars seemed to become a pathway, andthe darkness was the end of the pathway, leading into the unknown, perhaps intothe void. Chen Changsheng did not know what it was; he was unable to confirmwhether what he saw was real or not because in the Star Domain, there were manysimilar areas. However, at this very moment, he could only believe in himself.Even if it was guessing, he needed to be as confident as if it wasactually it—Chen Changsheng thrust his dagger towards that location. With a swish, the slightly cold air of the mountains was pierced. Red ribbons constantly danced. Chen Changsheng’s dagger clearly was about to come in contact with a redribbon, but it mysteriously disappeared, and then appeared somewhere else. Su Li’s expression was solemn, and his sword-like eyebrows were slightlyraised. What a fast strike, that it was actually able to break through LiangHongzhuang’s Star Domain. What a swift strike, that Liang Hongzhuang wasactually unable to react. A clear whoosh arose from the wilderness. Liang Hongshuang hurriedlyretreated—he did not stop his steps until he was over a dozen zhang away. The red ribbon fell slowly, falling under his feet. There was a pearl on his left ear. At this moment, the pearl had alreadydisappeared, only leaving behind a dark red pearl of blood. Chen Changsheng’s sword was thrust at his left earring, thrust at that pearl. Liang Hongzhuang lifted a hand and touched his left ear. The touch wasslightly cool, and he looked at Chen Changsheng with his eyes furrowed. He wasextremely shocked and very confused. This teenager was actually able to breakthrough his Star Domain? Just who was this teenager? A battle of surpassing cultivation levels was not an unbelievable thing, butmost of them happened within a realm, such as an initial level Ethereal Openingcultivator attempting to fight an upper-level Ethereal Opening cultivator.However, for Meditation to fight Ethereal Opening, for Ethereal Opening tofight Star Condensation, these types of battles that exceeded an entire realmrarely occurred. Even in the historic records of tens of thousands of years,there were not too many cases of success. Of course, there were always exceptions, such as the geniuses with greatinnate talent that exceeded the ordinary. Back then, when Qiushan Jun was inEthereal Opening, which cultivator of the initial level of Star Condensationdared to say that they could definitely win against him? Another example, whenChen Changsheng had left the capital, Luoluo had not broken through to EtherealOpening, but which Ethereal Opening cultivator, including Chen Changshenghimself, dared to say that she was not as great as them? However, Chen Changsheng did not have any obvious special innate talents. Histrue essence was very ordinary, and his bearing was also very normal… LiangHongzhuang suddenly thought of a possibility and said, “Perhaps you are…”