A Cunning Pervert in the Cultivation World

A short distance away, Li Feng stood amidst the ruined street, the silvery radiance of his ignited stars still coiling around his body.

700 stars.

In this state, the world felt... strange.

It was completely different from the Ruler of the Stars.

When he entered that higher state, everything around him would become distant and insignificant, as if he had temporarily stepped into the perspective of a higher being looking down upon the mortal world.

His emotions became dulled.

The noise of existence faded.

All that remained was cold clarity and overwhelming authority.

But this...

...This was the opposite.

Right now, Li Feng felt intensely alive.

Power surged through every inch of his body like a raging tide, raw and unrestrained.

His senses were sharpened to an extreme, yet instead of distancing him from the world, they pulled him deeper into it.

The heat of the flames, the trembling of the shattered ground, the distant screams and collapsing buildings... everything felt vivid, immediate, and real.

And his heart...

It was beating extremely fast.

Li Feng’s eyes narrowed slightly as he quietly examined the state of his body.

’This must be the stage above the Spirit Body Realm...’

The thought rose inwardly, calm yet edged with a sharp clarity.

The sheer density of power flowing through his flesh and bones, the heightened vitality, the way every movement felt as if it could tear through the world around him... it was fundamentally different from ordinary body tempering.

Something had clearly changed.

Li Feng then lifted his gaze and looked at Apostle Zi.

”...So you’re at the Nascent Soul stage,” he murmured.

He had sensed it clearly the moment his earlier attacks landed.

Beneath the strange flame feathers and the transformed body, there was the unmistakable pressure of a Nascent Soul cultivator.

Even now, standing amidst the ruins, he still found it difficult to fully accept.

That frail, sickly mother who had always spoken in a soft voice...

...Had actually been a powerhouse of this level all along.

Apostle Zi let out a light laugh.

Despite the blood still lingering at the corner of her lips and the injuries she had sustained, her expression remained composed.

The strange flame feathers floating around her swayed gently as she spoke.

Her amber eyes curved slightly with self-mockery.

”Even though it is only a false Nascent Soul...”

”Nevertheless, I didn’t think I would still suffer under your hand... even though it is largely my fault for underestimating you.”

At those words, Li Feng sneered coldly and did not reply.

He had already given up trying to understand this woman.

Whatever twisted reasoning she held, whatever justifications she tried to offer... none of it mattered anymore.

For now, there was only one goal in his mind.

Beat her down.

Lock her inside the Divine Brick.

And force her to confess Fen Ziyan’s whereabouts.

...Even if it meant using absolute force.

Li Feng’s tall figure crouched slightly.

Crack...

Every muscle in his body drew taut like the string of a divine bow pulled to its limit, refined power compressing to the extreme within him.

The silvery radiance around his form intensified, the light of seven hundred stars gathering into a single, focused point.

In the next instant—

BOOM!

A burst of silvery light exploded outward.

And his body vanished.

Apostle Zi’s eyes narrowed sharply.

In the face of the sudden disappearance, she reacted without the slightest hesitation.

With a wave of her hand, a longbow of pure flame manifested in her grasp, its form flickering with intense crimson light.

One of the strange flame feathers floating around her drifted into her fingers and immediately transformed into a blazing arrow.

She drew the bowstring back in a single fluid motion.

The moment she released it, the so-called arrow did not fly like an ordinary projectile.

It erupted forward like a concentrated beam of light.

BOOM!

A searing line of crimson power tore through the air at extreme speed, and a violent shockwave exploded outward from the point of release, shattering the already ruined ground and forcing the surrounding flames to surge wildly.

Li Feng, who was already rushing straight toward her, frowned slightly.

In the next instant, he raised his hand and casually deflected the incoming beam with the back of his palm.

Clang—!

A sharp, metallic-like impact rang out as the concentrated crimson light was forcibly knocked aside.

The redirected beam shot off at an angle, carving a deep, molten trench through several collapsed buildings before exploding in the distance with a thunderous roar.

In the next instant, Li Feng arrived above Apostle Zi and smashed downward with overwhelming force.

Apostle Zi still remained calm.

Even under the crushing pressure, she swiftly pulled another flame feather onto the bowstring.

But before she could fully draw it—

FLASH!

Li Feng’s figure disappeared once more.

He reappeared directly behind her, his fist already descending toward her back like a falling star.

Yet Apostle Zi reacted with uncanny precision.

She twisted her body and raised one leg in a clean, fluid motion, using it to redirect the incoming fist.

Despite her seemingly delicate frame, the movement was sharp and controlled.

Even with her leg extended high in the air, she completed the turn without the slightest stagnation and immediately aimed the blazing arrow straight at Li Feng’s face.

Li Feng’s eyes widened slightly.

The arrow was released.

BOOM!

He tilted his head at the last moment.

SPLURT!

A searing beam of crimson light grazed past his cheek, drawing a thin line of blood as it shot upward into the smoke-filled sky.

Li Feng sneered.

”You missed.”

He immediately brought his other fist around toward her.

But mid-motion, his brows furrowed.

Apostle Zi’s expression remained completely calm... far too calm for someone about to take a direct hit at such close range.

Just as his fist was about to smash into her face—

Whoosh!

Her entire figure abruptly transformed into a glowing flame feather.

And his fist tore through empty air.

”...!”

Li Feng immediately snapped his head upward.

High above, Apostle Zi materialized from the very arrow she had just shot into the sky.

Her crimson hair and flame feathers fluttered as she already drew another arrow on the blazing longbow, aiming straight down at him.

She murmured softly,

”Heaven-Burning Arrow.”