Chuan Xinlou spoke with a tone filled with helplessness; these acts were an apparent provocation to Chuan Xinlou’s authority. Besides, even if he didn’t care about it, Striking Order Heavenly Emperor would not allow a star under his management to gain independence.
At this moment, another report that just arrived, “Striking Order Starry Sky’s Striking Order Heavenly Emperor and Bright Heaven Starry Sky’s Heavenly Emperor Wu Hong requests for an audience.”
Chuan Xinlou shook his head; he guessed that Striking Order Heavenly Emperor must have come for this matter. So, he spoke up, “Send Striking Order Heavenly Emperor and Heavenly Emperor Wu Hong in.”
Yi Jiufeng smiled, glanced at Cang Caihe, but didn’t speak.
Chuan Xinlou noticed it and showed a smile, “Dao Friend Caihe is not an outsider. Besides, it looks like Junior Apprentice Sister Jiufeng has something to say.”
Yi Jiufeng smiled again, “I have to say that this fellow is quite brave. This fellow owns a Wind Seeking Heavenly Bull; he had also taken away the Earth Origin Bead and the Starry Sky Wheel. At the same time, he also owns a Mysterious Yellow Origin Stone. But from what I see, Brother Levelled Heart doesn’t have an excuse to deal with him directly, so you want me to give you that excuse, isn’t that right?”
Chuan Xinlou did not expect that Yi Jiufeng would actually voice his thoughts. If he knew that Yi Jiufeng would talk about this, he would definitely not let Yi Jiufeng speak. In fact, he truly was thinking about ways to extract some benefits from Ning Cheng. Although he invited Yi Jiufeng over, it was not for this matter. In the same way, he had invited Cang Caihe to come here to help him refine a vital medicinal pill.
But now that Yi Jiufeng spoke what was on his mind, Chuan Xinlou could only give an awkward smile. He was about to speak when he suddenly remembered something and stood up while mumbling to himself, “It’s him, I understand….”
“Who is it, Brother Levelled Heart?” Yi Jiufeng felt a little curious and wondered who could actually surprise Chuan Xinlou to such an extent.
“Striking Order Heavenly Emperor took the liberty to visit unannounced. I hope the Heavenly Emperors here forgive me.” Heavenly Emperors Striking Order and Wu Hong came over, interrupting Yi Jiufeng’s questioning.
“Striking Order Heavenly Emperor, Heavenly Emperor Wu Hong, please do come in….” Chuan Xinlou quickly sobered up and politely let them in.
Striking Order Heavenly Emperor came in and sat down before speaking, “Presumably Heavenly Emperor should already know what I came here for today.”
Chuan Xinlou nodded, “Well, I just received news that Ning Cheng killed Named Descendant Celestial River King, renamed Second Revenant Star to Jiangzhou Star, and announced Jiangzhou Star independence from Grand Culmination Starry Sky. Since Named Descendant Celestial River and Second Revenant Star both belong to Striking Order Starry Sky, what do you propose we should do about this?”
Chuan Xinlou quickly kicked the ball in Striking Order Heavenly Emperor’s court. He did not just want to shift responsibility; he also wanted to make Striking Order accept his favour. What’s more, after knowing Ning Cheng’s real identity, he underwent some significant psychological changes.
How could Striking Order Heavenly Emperor not know what Chuan Xinlou meant? After pretending to ponder over the matter for a long time, he said, “In any case, Striking Order Starry Sky is also a part of Grand Culmination Starry Sky. I’d like to hear from Heavenly Emperor first to make my decision.”
Chuan Xinlou gave a satisfied nod. In fact, although the Grand Culmination Starry Sky directly oversaw Striking Order Starry Sky, he could not manage many details by himself. Moreover, Striking Order Starland also had responsibilities towards Grand Culmination Starry Sky in the form of cultivation resources and mystic realms in exchange for protection.
That’s why Chuan Xinlou felt satisfied with the interest shown by Striking Order Heavenly Emperor.
Chuan Xinlou also pondered over the matter for a while before speaking, “Striking Order, you are the Heavenly Emperor of Striking Order Starry Sky, you should decide this on this matter on your own. But no matter what decision you make, I Chuan Xinlou will support you.”
Chuan Xinlou once again handed the decision back to Striking Order. After thinking over about the word ‘Jiangzhou’, he finally understood Ning Cheng’s identity. A few years ago, Ning Cheng had entered the Nine-by-nine Celestial Scryer Tower and even opened the 81st floor, leaving behind the words ‘Jiangzhou’s Wanderer’.
A cultivator with the ability to step onto the 81st floor of the Celestial Scryer Tower, it definitely pointed to someone with means that transcended the bounds of this starry sky plane. He took this as an ironclad fact.
Looking at the reports on how Ning Cheng quickly killed an Eternal-level expert today, it almost confirmed his speculations. All facts pointed to Ning Cheng having a big secret. If he can’t kill this person in one fell swoop, then it was better never to offend such a person. It’s only been a few years, but a cultivator who hadn’t even reached the Celestial Bridge Realm back then had now advanced to the Eternal Realm. This was just too scary.
If he failed to kill Ning Cheng in one go, then in a few years, there was a good chance that this person would massacre his way into his Levelled Heart Emperor Mountain. But Ning Cheng owned the Starry Sky Wheel, which meant that it would truly be hard to kill him in one swoop without completely sealing away all escape routes. A risk that he Chuan Xinlou did not dare to take unless he felt fully confident about it.
But if Striking Order remained angry, he could definitely rake some benefit out of it. Even if Ning Cheng escaped, the main culprit would be Striking Order and not Chuan Xinlou.
“Many thanks, Heavenly Emperor.” Striking Order Heavenly Emperor quickly stood up and thanked him before speaking, “Ji Yangyao has already done too much harm in Named Descendant Celestial River, which I didn’t like. Since Brother Ning killed Ji Yangyao, it’s only natural for him to take over. Besides, Brother Ning only took Second Revenant Star out of consideration of me. Plus, since Brother Ning comes from my own Striking Order Starry Sky, I had already planned to bestow Second Revenant Star upon Brother Ning long before this happened. The reason I came here today, was first, to report this matter to the Heavenly Emperors, and second, to inform you about the acceptance of that star’s withdrawal from under the care of this Heavenly Emperor and go back to lend Brother Ning a helping hand.”
Chuan Xinlou suddenly froze.
What was going on? How did this Ning Cheng pull off snatching a primary star from Striking Order Starry Sky and even making Striking Order happy about it?
One had to know that this Ning Cheng spoke of completely taking over it, and not just becoming a Celestial Lord.
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Rumours repeated overtime turn into facts.
Chapter 0724 – Celestial River Nirvana
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“I want to hand over Named Descendant Celestial River to Brother Ning. Maybe in Brother Ning’s hands, there might be a big change for good in Named Descendant Celestial River.” Striking Order Heavenly Emperor’s next words almost drove Chuan Xinlou crazy.
With Ning Cheng’s cultivation speed, if he controlled a celestial river, wouldn’t his cultivation improve day after day at a terrifying rate? But just as he stated, he had already declared that Striking Order Heavenly Emperor could decide things for himself, which meant that he couldn’t fight back without breaking all pretences.
“Striking Order, you know that Ning Cheng might want to take it away from you completely, not just be a Celestial River King…..” Chuan Xinlou intentionally spoke a few words.
Striking Order made it very clear, “Naturally, I understand that a genius like Brother Ning wouldn’t want to be just a Celestial River King under my command.
Even if Brother Ning might show willingness for it, I would never dare to ask him for it. Anyways, I heard that Brother Ning not only changed the name of Second Revenant Star to Jiangzhou Star but also established a Mysterious Yellow Sect on it. So I plan to return and congratulate him immediately.”
Heavenly Emperor Wu Hong, who came with Striking Order, didn’t know or at least pretended not to know about Chuan Xinlou’s thoughts. He simply cupped his fists and spoke up, “I also plan to head to Jiangzhou Star with Brother Striking Order and attend the founding ceremony of Brother Ning’s sect.”
Yi Jiufeng giggled, “That’s perfect. I also plan to meet this Brother Ning. Last time when Brother Ning came here, he left in quite a hurry. I didn’t get the chance to get to know him.”
Cang Caihe quickly stood up, “Brother Striking Order, let me come with you too.”
After hearing those words, he decided to go there immediately. If he didn’t go and this information got to Ning Cheng’s ears in the future, it might not be a good thing for him. Besides, he really was in awe of Ning Cheng and wanted to make it up to him.
Chuan Xinlou sighed, knowing that his current plans would not work anymore; he could only say, “In that case, let’s go to Jiangzhou Star together and congratulate Sect Master Ning on the great event.”
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A few days later, Ning Cheng once again arrived at the planet from where he obtained the Fire Origin Bead.
As he walked through the scorching cave passage and saw the magma lake, he finally felt some relief. Although he had lost it one time, nothing happened to the magma lake. Before coming here, Ning Cheng felt worried about the man with bark-like skin coming back to take away the magma lake. But from what he saw now, Ning Cheng understood that he was not the only one who did not know that the magma lake in front of him was actually the Fire Origin Pool.
At this time, the Fire Origin Pool looked calm, like a pristine and untouched freshwater lake.
Ning Cheng brought out the Celestial River Flame, but the flame showed no response. Even the Fire Origin Pool also showed no reaction. However, Ning Cheng believed in Dou Di. Although Dou Di appeared a bit mysterious, she had no reason to lie to him.
Ning Cheng simply threw the Celestial River Flame into the Fire Origin Pool. If this were not enough, he would definitely find a way to remove this Fire Origin Pool, take it back, and then experiment with it slowly.
The Celestial River Flame fell into the Fire Origin Pool like a stone thrown into a calm lake. It only produced a few ripples before the surface calmed down once again.
Ning Cheng felt a little disappointed and started planning to call back the Celestial River Flame and move the Fire Origin Pool to Jiangzhou Star. But just when he started on it, the Fire Origin Pool suddenly turned violent. Horrific heatwaves rushed out wave after wave from the bottom of the lake. These heatwaves even formed visible columns of red air.
The whole lake gave out steady drumming-like sounds and looked just like a pot of boiling water.
Finally, a reaction.
Was this the start of Celestial River Flame’s nirvana? Why was it causing this much movement?
Ning Cheng stared at the now-violent Fire Origin Pool in shock. He had personally witnessed the Scarlet Crow Flame undergo nirvana, but it hadn’t created much of a reaction. The Celestial River Flame had only entered the Fire Origin Pool, yet it created such a great response.
But this was not the end of it. The Fire Origin Pool’s chaos steadily grew more substantial, and the red plumes of gases rushing out from it became thicker. In just a few moments, the red pillars of gas quickly turned blue. The flames erupting gave out crackling-like sounds as if it wanted to burn the space around it and devour the Fire Origin Lake.
If Ning Cheng were not a body-refining cultivator with a Starry Sky Body, he definitely would not be able to stand next to this pool. When Ning Cheng used his spiritual consciousness to communicate with the Celestial River Flame during this time, he only found an extremely faint connection.
There seemed to be a huge suction force within the Fire Origin Pool, which kept sucking in the flames that wanted to rush out.
Standing by the Fire Origin Pool, Ning Cheng could clearly feel the fire-elemental essence aura continually feeding into the pool from all sides.
The Fire Origin Pool kept tumbling in rage as it kept sucking in the fire-elemental essence aura from the surroundings. After a full seven days, the tumbling slowly subsided. But at this time, Ning Cheng felt a significant difference. There was no scorching aura remaining in the surroundings. It was as if everything around him had turned lifeless.
Looking at the Fire Origin Pool, Ning Cheng found that it had become extremely clear and calm. Apart from the liquid in the pool halving and turning transparent, it looked as if nothing else had transpired in these past few days. A moment later, a blue flame with an indigo flame core rushed out of the pool, coming to a stop in front of Ning Cheng.
A bright and overwhelming feeling of joy appeared in Ning Cheng’s consciousness, and he immediately knew that this feeling of pleasure came directly from his connection to the Celestial River Flame.
His Celestial River Flame actually gave birth to a flame spirit.
But this flame spirit was still young, and could only transmit some broken information through thoughts. Ning Cheng felt ecstatic. He held out his hand and the blue flame with the indigo core gracefully fell onto his palm, before it started jumping around in joy. A faint golden light flashed through the flame, similar to the faint flashes of light within a starry sky.
“I finally understand why they called you ‘Celestial River’. You actually look like one.” Ning Cheng murmured to himself. He truly did not understand why the flame had the name ‘Celestial River’ before today. But looking at this flame in his hand, it looked just like a miniature version of a celestial river. Whether it was the aura, colours, or even form, it seemed no different from a celestial river in a starry sky.
A broken thought flowed in from the Celestial River Flame, “On growing up … easily burn celestial rivers and starry skies.”
Apparently, Ning Cheng’s thoughts of comparing it to a celestial river based on appearance and colour, made the Celestial River Flame’s spirit feel as if its owner looked down on it. Therefore, it actively tried to transmit a message to Ning Cheng.
“Good, good…..” Ning Cheng felt utterly overjoyed. Unfortunately, it was still only a Grade 1 Nirvana Flame. If it were a Grade 3 Nirvana Flame, he could have used the Polar Star Nucleus to evolve the flame into a starry sky flame.
But despite it being a Rank 1 Nirvana Flame, it was enough for Ning Cheng. This Rank 1 Nirvana Flame surpassed the Scarlet Crow Flame, which was already a Rank 3 Nirvana Flame, by more than a few levels in strength. For him, it was more than enough as long as it could help him in arranging the Star Protecting Grand Array.
Putting away the Celestial River Flame, Ning Cheng immediately felt relief welling up inside his heart. He then collected all the ‘freshwater’ from the pool after the Celestial River Flame underwent nirvana. In all honesty, calling it ‘freshwater’ was a bit too much; as it was more of a colourless liquid that resembled clear water, not actual freshwater.
Maybe one day, he might be able to use this thing again. Even if it had no use, it wouldn’t cost him anything to put it away.
Leaving the broken planet, Ning Cheng noticed that the original red planet had turned into nothing more than a grey ball with white specks, utterly devoid of vitality. Not long after Ning Cheng left, the now-grey planet silently turned to dust.
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Ning Cheng returned to Jiangzhou Star and continued arranging the Star Protecting Grand Array. The Star Protecting Grand Array needed many materials, which fortunately, he had in plenty within his ring.
Ning Cheng refined one high-rank Dao Artefact after another and then used those high-rank Dao Artefacts to arrange the array base. As time went by, the Star Protecting Grand Array gradually started shrinking.<
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Under the management of Gongxiu Zhu and Bei Junyi, Jiangzhou Star came under the sect’s full control in just a few days.
As long as one stayed within the bounds of Jiangzhou Star, no matter the city, everyone had to act in adherence to the new rules and regulations. Open snatching; forced trading; strong oppressing the weak; non-payment of taxes along with other matters that cultivators generally deemed insignificant, they all became significant from now on. If guilty, the authorities would immediately kick him or her out of Jiangzhou Star, or have their cultivation destroyed, or even killed directly in case of more severe crimes.
In Jiangzhou Star, even if you were an ordinary person without any cultivation, no one would dare to bully you. Of course, people could still do things in secret, but they had to do so with extreme caution and avoid detection.
Moreover, it was now not an easy thing to settle down after entering the Jiangzhou Star. If one wanted to join Jiangzhou Star, one had to accept a series of investigations and background checks. For Ning Cheng, he didn’t care how many there were in Jiangzhou Star, what he cared about more was that Jiangzhou Star had to be safe. There was no room for unexpected factors as this was supposed to be his home from now on.
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With Jiangzhou Star on the right track, Ning Cheng’s Star Protecting Grand Array also gradually started to close up. Three months later, rumbling sounds erupted outside Jiangzhou Star, and the new Star Protecting Grand Array finally closed.
This new Star Protecting Grand Array, whether the Primary Array or the Auxiliary Arrays, were all Grade 8 Starry Sky Arrays. All the materials used in arranging the array came from Ning Cheng alone. One could even say that the entire array formation was under Ning Cheng’s complete control. Anyone who entered Jiangzhou Star, even Chuan Xinlou, could only leave with his consent.
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