High Martial Arts Era 447
by admin## Chapter 447: Entering the Eternal Temple! Li Yuan’s Choice
Nine-Fold Star Art, even amongst countless demigods, void gods, and true gods in the Divine Realm, is known as the strongest star art.
Back then, when Li Yuan first learned about the concept of “Strongest Star Art” from the White Mountain demigod, he had thought that since a Nine-Fold Star Vein could cultivate the Nine-Fold Star Art, why couldn’t a Ten-Fold Star Vein cultivate a Ten-Fold Star Art.
Unfortunately.
Neither the materials given by Gu You and Qiu Bingzun, nor the database in the Star Awakening Ancient City, mentioned anything about a “Perfect Star Vein,” let alone a Ten-Fold Star Art.
Until recently.
Li Yuan obtained the token from the Eastern Alliance Lord, and the other party mentioned the “Perfect Star Art” for the first time.
This type of star art is incredibly rare, even amongst the divine beings, only a few have successfully cultivated it.
Most of the top powerful forces in the Divine Realm, even the majority of true gods wouldn’t encounter such a feat in their entire lives, thus it remains unknown to the public.
Beyond the Nine-Fold Star Art, there is indeed a more profound and powerful “Perfect Star Art.”
The Perfect Star Art is the “Ten-Fold Star Art.”
First, it requires a perfect star vein to hold the Ten-Fold Star Art, and secondly, it demands a high level of comprehension of the laws.
These are just the basic requirements for cultivation.
Finally, it must be “fused with the seed into the star vein,” using one’s purest life source energy, to make the entire star vein and star mark perfectly integrated.
“Neither the Heavenly Snake Clan nor the Star Awakening Ancient City has ever produced several Nine-Fold Star Vein experts,” Li Yuan thought to himself, “let alone created the Perfect Star Art… Only top powerful forces like the Chaos Divine Court in the Divine Realm, with numerous divine beings passing down their knowledge through generations, can know this.”
Knowledge, once obtained, seems trivial.
But before obtaining it, it becomes extremely precious.
Dongfang Ji, after becoming a Golden Garment member, learned about the concept of “Perfect Star Art” from the Eternal Temple.
If a Silver Garment member, like Fang Hai, wouldn’t have known.
“The second seed has been born, no need to delay any longer.” Li Yuan thought to himself, and he had already arrived at the vast mountain range outside from the Ancient Divine Palace.
Silence surrounded him.
No abnormalities.
“If I were to use it inside the Ancient Divine Palace, it might leave the Ancient Divine Palace in the Dragon Blood Realm,” Li Yuan thought to himself, waving his hand to put away the ancient Divine Palace, which was as fine as dust.
Buzz~ Li Yuan closed his eyes gently, sensing a golden token in his Spiritual Realm, composed of strange energy, located beside his Heart Temple.
Following the vague sense.
“Shhh~” Li Yuan’s spiritual consciousness activated the golden token, rapidly.
“Buzz~” The golden token instantly dissipated, transforming into a mysterious energy that enveloped Li Yuan’s entire body. Following that, Li Yuan disappeared into thin air, completely vanished from this world.
…
At the same time.
In the Star Awakening Ancient City, within the deepest hall of the Enforcement Divine Temple.
Jiang Yuan, the True God who was sitting cross-legged, instantly received a message from the “Monitoring Spirit” of the Star Awakening Ancient City: “Deputy City Lord, Xu Yuan’s soul lamp has extinguished. The final location of disappearance is in the Dragon Blood Realm. Specific details are unclear.”
“Soul lamp extinguished?” Jiang Yuan’s expression changed slightly.
As long as they are within this world, the soul lamp can be sensed. Even when entering some special places, it would only make the soul lamp dim.
Under normal circumstances, there’s only one possibility – death!
Suddenly.
“Brother, I have returned to the Divine Realm, don’t worry. I will return before the Ancestral Realm Battle at the latest. Please help me with the aftermath.” A message was transmitted to Jiang Yuan, coming from Li Yuan’s communication token.
“Return to the Divine Realm?” Jiang Yuan, with his incredible divine power, instantly recognized that the message came from Li Yuan’s Saint Son Manor.
Li Yuan clearly went to the Dragon Blood Realm, why would this message come from the Saint Son Manor?
Boom!
He took a step out, flying out of the palace, traversing tens of thousands of kilometers in just over ten seconds, directly flying into Li Yuan’s manor in the Divine Fire Temple. His terrifying aura instantly spread.
“True God.”
“Greetings, True God.” A large group of servants kneeled down in fear.
Rumble~ Powerful divine consciousness searched everything inside and outside the manor, followed by three figures flying out from a secret room, their faces filled with immense fear.
“Speak, what have you been doing?” Jiang Yuan’s eyes were cold, his voice penetrated their spiritual realms, making the three Heavenly Flight Warriors feel a little dazed.
“Reporting to True God.” One of the Heavenly Flight Warriors whispered: “Several days ago, the Saint Son ordered us that once the lamp in the secret room goes out, we would crush the token.”
“We don’t know anything else.” The three Heavenly Flight Warriors were terrified.
Jiang Yuan instantly understood everything.
“Xu Yuan went to the Dragon Blood Realm to get rid of the monitoring, so he could return to the Divine Realm? And he made arrangements in advance, so I don’t have to worry?” Jiang Yuan thought to himself, “But what kind of methods does he have, that he can directly go from the Dragon Blood Realm to the Divine Realm, and return again?”
This terrifying method made Jiang Yuan instinctively feel a hint of apprehension.
“The Divine Realm and our world have been separated, the soul lamp indeed would become ineffective.” Jiang Yuan pondered.
“The Divine Realm, the Chaos Divine Court… Truly unfathomable.”
This was indeed a backhand move left by Li Yuan.
As a member of the Star Awakening Ancient City, he must ignite the soul lamp.
However, with the example of Dongfang Ji, once he goes to the “Eternal Temple,” it might cause his soul lamp to extinguish, which might attract the attention of the higher-ups in the Star Awakening Ancient City… Therefore, Li Yuan purchased a separate soul lamp in his manor.
Two soul lamps, if they extinguish, both will go out.
Li Yuan also left a communication token in advance. Once the soul lamp in the manor goes out, the three servants would crush the token and ask Jiang Yuan to help cover it up.
Suddenly.
Boom~ A powerful will transmitted: “Jiang Yuan, Xu Yuan’s soul lamp extinguished? What’s going on?”
“City Lord, don’t mind it. Xu Yuan is not dead. I have my own judgment.” Jiang Yuan replied.
…
Whew!
After activating the golden token, Li Yuan felt a vast force engulf him, followed by a change in time, and he had arrived here.
Endless starry sky, dotted with stars.
A majestic temple, entirely silver, stood in the starry sky, emitting a dazzling light.
Li Yuan stood at the bottom of the steps of the temple.
One step back, and he would fall into the abyss-like darkness of the starry sky.
“Is this the Eternal Temple?” Li Yuan held his breath, looking up at the silver temple. The temple didn’t emit a powerful pressure, but it had a unique aesthetic.
More importantly, it gave Li Yuan a special feeling, as if the temple and the starry sky behind it formed a perfect and eternal painting.
This feeling surpassed all the treasures Li Yuan had seen before, even An Chi’s divine body didn’t give him this feeling.
Buzz~ A strange message transmitted into Li Yuan’s mind.
“Enter the temple?” Li Yuan thought to himself, and he immediately stepped onto the steps, directly entering the open temple door.
The interior of the temple was incredibly vast, with pillars supporting the ceiling, at a glance, there were thirty-six pillars.
Each pillar was astonishingly large.
The most special thing was that the thirty-six pillars, the ground, and the four walls were all made of silver metal… Smooth as a mirror, Li Yuan could easily see his reflection from the ground, the pillars, etc.
“What material is this temple made of?” Li Yuan was shocked. He scanned with his divine consciousness, but it couldn’t penetrate the silver surface at all, absolutely smooth.
At the same time, Li Yuan also discovered that he couldn’t communicate with “Gu You” anymore, no matter how he called out, there was no response.
“This temple seems different from what the Eastern Alliance Lord mentioned,” Li Yuan arrived at the palace, scanning the surroundings with his eyes, he didn’t see the “light curtain” and “voice” he expected.
Crack~ A sound came from the ground.
“Hmm?” Li Yuan immediately turned to look. He saw an old man in silver robes walking out from behind one of the pillars.
His hair was silver, but his face had deep wrinkles, and he seemed to walk very slowly.
“I just scanned with my divine consciousness, there was no one behind that pillar,” Li Yuan was surprised, “and the information from the Eastern Alliance Lord didn’t mention that anyone else would appear in the Eternal Temple.”
Combined with the unique nature of the silver temple.
Li Yuan immediately judged that his experience was different from the Eastern Alliance Lord and Principal Fang Hai… Their encounters upon reaching the “Eternal Temple” were different.
“Strange that there is someone here?” The silver-haired old man’s voice was gentle, echoing in the palace, “Throughout the long years, I’ve been guarding this palace, although people keep coming, I don’t want to see most of them… Only when I encounter someone special, will I come out to see them.”
Li Yuan instantly understood.
He was the special one?
Secondly, not only himself and the Eastern Alliance Lord came here… Many others had come before him.
“Senior, is this the Eternal Temple?” Li Yuan couldn’t help but ask, “According to the instructions, I completed the Golden Garment member task and arrived here, there should be some reward, right?”
“Don’t worry.”
“I won’t forget your reward.” The silver-haired old man smiled, “I just want you to chat with this old man for a while… Alright, you have your mind on the treasures, so I’ll give you the reward for becoming a ‘Golden Garment member’ first.”
“Normally, a Silver Garment member would receive four gifts, a Golden Garment member would receive three, but you became a Golden Garment member directly… I’ll take the liberty and allow you to choose four from the nine promotion gifts of a Golden Garment member,” the silver-haired old man said.
Whew!
The silver-haired old man waved his hand.
Whoosh~ A large amount of light and shadow gathered in the void, forming a giant light curtain, with many words on it, which were actually the most familiar “Xia Guo characters” to Li Yuan.
“These characters?” Li Yuan was taken aback.
“Little guy, since a Buried Immortal Ancient Domain can fall into your small dimensional realm, the Eternal Temple can always move you to different dimensional realms, you wouldn’t think you still have secrets in front of me, would you?” The silver-haired old man smiled, “As long as I want to know, there is nothing I don’t know. Don’t think too much, choose.”
Li Yuan was secretly shocked, his heart was a little flustered for a moment.
In other words, this silver-haired old man knew the secret of his “Heart Temple”?
But there was no point in thinking about it now.
Li Yuan looked at the nine choices on the light curtain.
——
1. **Wanjie Merchant Guild Token (True God Level):** The Wanjie Merchant Guild is one of the most mysterious trading forces in the Divine Realm. Holding this token allows you to communicate with the Wanjie Merchant Guild and purchase treasures…
2. **Wan Shen Inheritance Cave (True God Level):** It contains the inheritance imprints of one thousand True Gods, and one hundred thousand Void Gods…
3. **Sixth-Level Civilization Leader (Advanced):** A Sixth-Level advanced civilization mothership, three Void God beginner-level puppets, and forty Demigod peak-level puppets…
4. **Dimensional Realm Evolution Divine Object:** It can allow a dimensional realm to evolve once at the beginning…
5. **Divine Being Inner Disciple Inheritance Treasure:** Law Mirror (matching oneself), Origin Divine Weapon (Void God Artifact)…
6. **Divine Being Inner Disciple Inheritance Treasure:** Origin Treasure (matching oneself)…
7. **One True God Artifact (cannot exceed the value limit)**
8. **One Dimensional Teleportation Token:** It can teleport across vast starry regions. No one below the level of Divine Being can stop it, a top-tier life-saving object…
9. **One Ten-Fold Star Art (Provides rare materials for cultivation to the fourth stage):** The true perfect star art in the world. There are nine types of Ten-Fold Star Arts to choose from. Please note that the difficulty of cultivating the Ten-Fold Star Art is extremely high. Please choose carefully. The following are the cultivation requirements…
…
“These nine choices.”
“Some are the same as the Eastern Alliance Lord’s message, but some are different.” Li Yuan thought to himself, “It seems that every Golden Garment member’s experience is different, and the treasures they can get are also different.”
“Which ones should I choose?” Li Yuan fell into deep thought.
Nine treasures, the first four are obviously for leading an entire civilization, while the last five are for personal advancement and strengthening.
“When the Eastern Alliance Lord was a Golden Garment member, he could only choose three.” Li Yuan thought to himself, “He finally chose two, three, and five, only one was for himself.”
The two, three treasures that Dongfang Ji chose, most of them ended up staying in the Seven Star Civilization.
“Although I lost the four treasure choices of a Silver Garment member, the value of those four treasures combined probably wouldn’t be as good as one treasure of a Golden Garment member.” Li Yuan silently pondered, “Now, I can choose four.”
After some deliberation.
“Senior, I’ve decided.” Li Yuan said, “I choose four, five, eight, and nine, these four treasures.”
Dimensional Realm Evolution Divine Object, Divine Being Inner Disciple Inheritance Treasure, One Dimensional Teleportation Token, Ten-Fold Star Art.
This was Li Yuan’s choice.
“Confirm?” The silver-haired old man asked, “Once confirmed, it cannot be changed, even if you complete the Purple Garment task later, the Purple Garment member’s reward will only be one, and it cannot be chosen.”
“Only one reward?” Li Yuan pondered.
This was the first time Li Yuan heard about the reward for Purple Garment members, it wasn’t mentioned in the Eastern Alliance Lord’s information.
“Like that Dimensional Realm Evolution Divine Object, it’s not of much use to you personally,” the silver-haired old man said, “It’s just for helping your home civilization evolve.”
“Confirm.” Li Yuan said directly. The Dimensional Realm Evolution Divine Object, seemingly useless for himself, was actually the first thing he confirmed to choose.
Back then, the Eastern Alliance Lord’s choices didn’t include such a treasure.
Although he didn’t know why almost half of the treasures chosen by Silver Garment members and Golden Garment members were for helping the dimensional civilization.
But since there was an opportunity, Li Yuan wouldn’t hesitate.
“Alright, wait a moment.”
The silver-haired old man didn’t ask further. The nine treasures had detailed introductions, and the path of cultivation ultimately had to be walked by oneself.
No matter whether Li Yuan’s choices were the most beneficial to him, he would have to bear the consequences.
Whoosh~
The silver-haired old man waved his hand. The void rippled slightly, followed by the appearance of several objects.
“This is the Dimensional Realm Evolution Divine Object,” the silver-haired old man pointed at a crystal-clear red sphere the size of a head, “The specific usage method will be known once you sense it with your divine consciousness… Remember, you must be in your home civilization to activate it, otherwise, if you use it halfway, the process will be irreversible.”
“Understood.” Li Yuan nodded.
“This is the Dimensional Teleportation Token,” the silver-haired old man pointed at another translucent token, “It’s the same, once you use it, you will travel through the void. If you are in your home dimensional realm, you can directly arrive at other dimensional realms or the Divine Realm once you use it… Unless it is a Divine Being who is extremely skilled at isolating space-time, they can’t stop you.”
Li Yuan nodded slightly. This was definitely the most powerful life-saving object… It was mentioned in Qiu Bingzun’s information.
Void Teleportation Token, a commonly used life-saving object for many True Gods. It was forged by Divine Beings. But if a Divine Being makes a move, they can usually stop it.
While the Dimensional Teleportation Token is one level higher than the Void Teleportation Token… It’s generally not something even Divine Beings can forge.
It can be said.
Even a True God, if they could get a Dimensional Teleportation Token, it would be like getting another life.
“The two life-saving objects left by Master Gu Ju, would be useless against a True God.” Li Yuan thought to himself, “While this Dimensional Teleportation Token, at least until I become a god, it would absolutely be the best life-saving object.”
You can never have too many life-saving objects.
Staying alive is always the most important thing.
“The Void God level Origin Divine Weapon, needs to observe your soul essence before it can be forged into a weapon that best suits your soul. It will take about a day.” The silver-haired old man continued, “You have to think about what type of weapon you want.”
“Soul-attacking type? Is that possible?” Li Yuan asked.
“No, the Origin Divine Weapon is the strongest among the Divine Artifacts of the same level… If it’s a soul artifact, it’s too difficult to forge,” the silver-haired old man shook his head, “The Golden Garment member’s reward isn’t enough. After all, the main treasure in this choice is actually the Law Mirror, the Void God level Origin Divine Weapon is just an add-on.”
“Hmm.” Li Yuan nodded, “Then let’s forge a long spear, that can maximize my attack.”
In terms of life-saving abilities, Li Yuan believed he was already strong enough after cultivating the “Heaven and Earth River” and “Myriad Shadows Void” techniques.
Only in terms of attack, he was lacking.
“Alright.” The silver-haired old man said, “I’ve observed your Gun Fa cultivation, and I will forge a weapon that best suits your Gun Fa.”
Li Yuan was even more surprised.
It seemed like the silver-haired old man was forging it himself? Origin Divine Weapons are usually forged by Divine Beings who have mastered the complete laws of the Dao, and also excel in weapon refining. Therefore, they are incredibly rare.
Like back then, Dongfang Ji and Fang Hai could easily unleash astonishing power, it was because of the Origin Divine Weapon’s blessing.
In the Star Awakening Ancient City, based on Li Yuan’s observations, even Jing Kui, who had joined a Divine Being’s sect, didn’t have an Origin Divine Weapon.
It can be inferred that in the present era of the Star Awakening Ancient City, there probably isn’t a Divine Being who can forge Origin Divine Weapons.
What kind of existence was this silver-haired old man?
“Don’t worry about external things for now.
“Cultivators, the most important thing is to strengthen themselves. You have awakened the Nine-Fold Star Vein and have already cultivated to level 49.9, you must have already separated the ‘second seed.’ Should you first try to cultivate the Ten-Fold Star Art or first use the Law Mirror?” the silver-haired old man asked.
“Let’s cultivate the Ten-Fold Star Art first,” Li Yuan said solemnly, this was what he was most looking forward to.
“Go ahead.” The silver-haired old man pointed to a pillar in the distance, “Go directly in.”
Li Yuan was taken aback.
“Hurry up.” The silver-haired old man urged.
“Yes.” Li Yuan quickly walked towards the pillar in the distance. In his divine consciousness perception, this pillar wasn’t special at all.
But the moment Li Yuan’s body touched the pillar, his body passed right through it.
The interior of the silver temple became quiet again, leaving only the silver-haired old man.
“The thirty-sixth one.”
“Time to start cultivating the Perfect Star Art again.” The silver-haired old man muttered to himself, “I wonder how far this little guy can go in the future… Alas!”
“Eternal… Eternal… Why is this eternal path so difficult to tread?” The silver-haired old man shook his head and sighed, as if he was recalling the many past events.
…
Whoosh~
Li Yuan passed through the pillar and found himself in a secret room. The ground was entirely emerald green. As soon as he entered, he felt an unprecedented sense of peace in his heart.
Subconsciously.
Whew! Li Yuan sat down cross-legged, with a larger contact area with the ground, and his heart became even more relaxed.
Buzz~
A blue water droplet appeared out of thin air, silently dripping down. In an instant that Li Yuan didn’t notice, it fell and penetrated his forehead.
“Boom!” A torrent of information instantly exploded in Li Yuan’s mind, a large amount of information surfaced.
“《Law of Heaven and Earth》: Ten-Fold Star Art. When cultivated to the extreme, one can transform into heaven and earth, breaking through all laws, it’s one of the strongest body-refining star arts in the world. The following are the detailed cultivation requirements…”
“《Void True Explanation》: Ten-Fold Star Art, the strongest auxiliary star art of the space lineage. It can greatly enhance the level of understanding with the spatial origin law. It can also be used for fighting and killing, its combat power is not inferior to the Nine-Fold Star Art…”
“《Nine Heavens Feather》: Ten-Fold Star Art…”
“《Five Elements Dao Body》: Ten-Fold Star Art…”
…
One by one, the brief information of each Ten-Fold Star Art surged into Li Yuan’s mind. There were nine in total, allowing Li Yuan to make a choice.
After a long time, Li Yuan finally digested this information and became completely sober.
“Ten-Fold Star Art, worthy of the name of perfection!” Li Yuan’s eyes had a hint of awe, “Each one possesses immense power… If I could cultivate all of them, I would surely roam the world freely.”
“Unfortunately, a Nine-Fold Star Vein can only cultivate two.”
“Now, I can only cultivate one.”
“Which one should I choose?”
(End of Chapter)
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