Chapter 1196: How Am I So Unlucky

Normally, all realms capable of sustaining life are capable of growth. These realms, vast within the starry sky, gather and absorb the ubiquitous cosmic energy, expanding themselves and gradually enhancing their own foundations and levels.

However, this process is incredibly slow. Each advancement in a realm's level can take hundreds of thousands, even millions of years, and the higher the realm's level, the slower its progression.

Yet, the vastness of the starry sky holds countless wonders. There are always special realms that can enhance themselves by devouring the foundations of other realms. These are known as growth-type realms.

They possess abilities that ordinary realms lack.

In the current expansive starry sky, almost all the most powerful realms are of this growth-type.

Being unique and rare, the young man's home realm, though powerful, was not a growth-type realm. He had explored the starry sky for many years and encountered numerous realms, but this was genuinely his first time seeing a growth-type realm.

Such realms are extremely valuable because once they grow to a certain extent, they can even reach a point where spiritual jades are naturally born within them!

The reason top realms constantly produce more powerful cultivators is their abundant cultivation resources. Ordinary cultivators must spend time and effort searching for spiritual jades in the starry sky, facing many dangers. However, cultivators from these great realms don't need such trouble; they have ample spiritual jade veins within their own realms to meet their cultivation needs.

Of course, the realm before him, called Kyushu, is still far from reaching such a level. But since it's a growth-type realm, with sufficient resources, it will eventually achieve that status.

For a cultivator like him, such a realm is incredibly precious.

What's more, this realm, Kyushu, currently has no powerful cultivators overseeing it, only a group of Star Constellations who have just ventured into the starry sky. Once he descends, he will undoubtedly reign supreme, and no one will dare defy him!

The young man couldn't help but laugh. Truly, misfortune can be a prelude to fortune. A century ago, he was hunted down, nearly mortally wounded, and forced to feign death and heal within a meteorite crevice. To wake up and discover such a treasure realm – who could possibly explain such luck or fate?

He stretched his body, soared into the air, and darted towards Kyushu.

At this point, he no longer cared about exposing his whereabouts. To seize control of a realm, his presence couldn't remain hidden, and taking some risks was acceptable compared to the future benefits.

The meteorite he had hidden in exploded with a roar, and Zhao Shoumu's corpse instantly turned to dust.

He transformed into a brilliant rainbow light, radiating immense power.

Near the Kyushu starry sky, several cultivators who had advanced to the Star Constellation realm were searching for spiritual jades. From afar, they saw the rainbow light hurtling towards Kyushu and were all astonished by its incredible speed, which far exceeded their comprehension.

No one knew what was happening, nor did they understand the essence of the rainbow light. They strained their eyes to watch, but in the next instant, each one shuddered, their eyes burning with pain, as if they had gazed upon something forbidden. Those closer even had crimson blood seeping from their eyes.

It was then that they realized the rainbow light was a person—an extremely powerful cultivator, one who clearly did not belong to Kyushu!

This, of course, was the young man's slight display of deterrence. The cultivation world is stratified with rigid boundaries, and venturing into the starry sky, rashly observing others' whereabouts or probing their background is inherently an act of hostility. Even if the Kyushu cultivators acted out of instinct, the young man would not tolerate it.

In his previous mindset, these cultivators who pried into his movements would have been killed on the spot to teach them the consequences of insubordination. But now that he had taken an interest in Kyushu, it wasn't wise to exterminate them. Perhaps in the future, these Star Constellation cultivators would become his servants, so keeping them alive would be somewhat useful.

The rainbow light rapidly approached Kyushu. All the Star Constellation cultivators of Kyushu turned pale with shock. They had just begun to venture into the vast void, and already a powerful figure had set their sights on their realm!

How could they tolerate this?

So, several cultivators, not far from each other, exchanged thoughts with their divine senses, then turned and headed back towards Kyushu's homeland. Only one streaked outwards, not to escape, but to notify other Star Constellation cultivators.

Since an unwelcome guest had arrived, they naturally needed to face him together. As for whether he was an opponent, they would only know after fighting!

Within Bing Province, Long Bai had been fortunate the day before, obtaining a sliver of spiritual light. In just one day, he had advanced to the Star Constellation realm. Upon emerging from his retreat, his booming laughter shook the heavens and earth as he boastfully soared into the sky, heading straight for the Nine Heavens.

However, before he could fully depart, the heavens and earth suddenly trembled. An immense, unseen pressure descended from above, causing the very void throughout Kyushu to subtly distort.

Long Bai felt as if he had slammed into an invisible wall, immediately followed by a powerful force pressing down on him from above.

He only had time to gasp before his body swayed and plummeted downwards, his head burying itself in a barren mountain. He was completely embedded in the earth, with only half his body exposed, looking utterly disheveled and pathetic.

Fortunately, he was a body cultivator with a strong physique, and having just advanced to the Star Constellation realm, he was unharmed. If he had been a spiritual cultivator, something truly serious might have happened.

He spat out some dust and couldn't help but curse, "What the hell is going on?"

He had personally seen others break out of Kyushu and enter the starry sky before. He had initially thought he could follow suit, but inexplicably, he had crashed back down. What was happening?

Everyone else could go, so why couldn't he?

After cursing, his expression froze. Not far in front of him stood a person—a pale-faced young man who appeared to be in his early twenties!

Long Bai was momentarily confused and didn't perceive the young man as particularly remarkable. Assuming the young man had simply been there all along, he cordially waved and said, "Hey kid, didn't scare you, did I? Come help me out!"

The young man merely stared at him with an indifferent expression, his condescending gaze as if looking at an ant.

Then, he slowly spoke: "My name is Yue Xin. From today onwards, Kyushu... belongs to me!"

Long Bai almost thought he had misheard. He stared blankly at Yue Xin, then propped himself up with his hands and leaped to his feet. Laughing, he approached Yue Xin, saying, "Kid, did you just say something outrageous? I fell from the sky and my ears are a bit ringing, so I didn't hear clearly. Say it again!"

As he drew closer, he flexed his hands, his knuckles cracking.

Young people these days are truly becoming more and more lawless. Even someone as renowned as Lu Yiye wouldn't dare utter such a grand boast. This young man in front of him, he wondered if there was something wrong with his head, to be so arrogant.

He needed a good lesson to understand the harshness of the world!

Three breaths later, Long Bai was held in mid-air, clutched by the neck with one hand by Yue Xin. His arms were twisted at unnatural angles, and sweat beaded on his forehead from the pain, yet he didn't utter a sound.

Just as Zhao Shoumu had felt upon seeing Yue Xin, Long Bai now felt a chilling dread seize his body and mind!

He had realized something: this Yue Xin fellow was probably not from Kyushu; he was definitely a powerful figure from the starry sky!

How could he be so unlucky?

It wasn't really his bad luck. It was simply that after Yue Xin entered Kyushu, he scanned with his divine sense and immediately sensed that Long Bai was the strongest in the realm at that moment, so he naturally sought him out.

To control a realm, exerting force from the top is, of course, the most effective method. By controlling the highest-level powers, one controls everything.

"Didn't hear clearly?" Yue Xin looked at Long Bai indifferently, killing intent evident in his eyes.

Long Bai instantly understood that if he uttered even a single word of defiance, he probably wouldn't see tomorrow's sun. He had always been a flexible person, quick to adapt, so he immediately nodded vigorously, like a pounding mortar: "I heard clearly!"

With a flick of his hand, Yue Xin tossed Long Bai aside like a rag. He then looked up at the sky. With his power, he could clearly sense several Star Constellation cultivators rapidly approaching from beyond the stars—likely the same individuals who had spied on him from afar earlier.

Knowing their intentions full well, he quietly stood there with his hands behind his back, waiting.

He knew there was no need to search; if he remained here, the realm's top cultivators would actively seek him out, making it convenient to deal with them all at once!

At the main sect of the Azure Blood Sect, on Verdant Bamboo Peak, Lu Ye sat cross-legged. Before him, a golden vortex of spiritual energy slowly spun, its pure energy being frantically absorbed by the roots of the Talent Tree.

He was in a state of cultivation.

However, his cultivation had always involved multitasking, so at this moment, besides cultivating, he was also observing the Talent Tree.

After this period of absorbing the power of fire spirit stones, many new leaves on the Talent Tree had begun to burn fiercely.

What astonished him, however, was that when he immersed his consciousness into these newly ignited leaves, he received nothing.

This had never happened before.

Previously, whenever new leaves ignited, he would either acquire new spiritual patterns or gain numerous insights into the Dao of spiritual patterns.

To receive nothing was a first.

The burning new leaves were like blank sheets of paper! This utterly puzzled him.

He had initially thought they must contain some profound mystery he hadn't yet grasped, but after repeated investigation, he finally confirmed that these leaves indeed carried nothing.

This was certainly peculiar.

However, Lu Ye faintly had a strange feeling.

It was as if he could construct spiritual patterns on these blank, paper-like new leaves. He could even imbue them with his own insights into the Dao of spiritual patterns.

A sudden realization struck him: Could it be that the many spiritual patterns on the Talent Tree, along with the insights into the Dao of spiritual patterns, had originated this way?

He had learned from Xiaojiu that he wasn't the Talent Tree's only master; several individuals had obtained it before him, though they all met early demises. Furthermore, the one who brought the Talent Tree to Kyushu was an extremely powerful cultivator who died from severe, incurable injuries. After that person's death, the Talent Tree's legacy remained within Kyushu.