Nine Star Hegemon Body Arts

Long Chen had bitterly endured this whole time, his anger building up. These motherfuckers had nearly ruined everything for him.

With the Heavenly Star Daffodil out of danger, Long Chen could no longer control himself.

These people’s frantic attacks were unable to shake this cave. But in the next instant, the entire cave was obliterated, along with the attackers who had dared to provoke Long Chen.

In truth, these people’s strength was only average. It was baffling where they had found the courage to challenge Long Chen in the first place. More infuriatingly, even after witnessing his overwhelming power, instead of putting away their weapons and running while they could, they continued their relentless assault.

With this one attack, the ravine was filled with a bloody mist. Only those who had condensed heaven veins managed to survive, but their weapons were broken, and they were gravely injured.

“Die!” Long Chen roared, his killing intent like a suffocating storm as he chased after the survivors.

Terrified, their leader stumbled and cried out, “Great hero, spare our lives!”

This was the very person who had led the group to this place using a compass. Now, his earlier arrogance was no more, replaced with the cry of terror.

“Spare your lives?! Why should I?!” Long Chen bellowed, his fury only growing stronger.

However, midway through his slash, Long Chen froze and stopped Evilmoon midair.

The man had dropped to his knees, hands raised high. Hovering above him were three divine items: a rusty battle-ax, an incense censer, and an ancient compass.

The man was visibly shaking, clearly staking everything on these treasures. His only goal now was survival.

“This compass is something good,” the Earth Cauldron’s voice echoed in Long Chen’s mind. “It can locate natural treasures of heaven and earth and calculate karmic luck fluctuations. Without it, someone like him could never have found the two divine weapons of the primal chaos era.”

Long Chen was also surprised. This seemingly insignificant individual actually possessed such valuable treasures.

“Aiya, brother, what a misunderstanding! Hahaha, it’s all just a misunderstanding,” Long Chen suddenly exclaimed, his killing intent evaporating into a broad smile.

With a wave of his hand, Long Chen seized the compass and tossed the other two divine items into the primal chaos space. The moment they entered, Yao Linger and the Heretic Blood Heaven Flipping Seal dismantled them with ruthless efficiency.

At this moment, Evilmoon vanished from Long Chen’s grip—it was time to eat.

Since Long Chen had accepted his treasures, the man seized the opportunity to beg. “That’s right! We were blind, provoking you for no reason! Please, great hero, spare us!”

The others quickly followed suit, kowtowing repeatedly, their heads smashing against the ground in desperation.

“Alright, since it’s a misunderstanding, there’s no need for this. You can go,” Long Chen said, waving his hand at them.

Seeing this, those people were overjoyed and repeatedly thanked him before leaving. However, even as they left, they didn’t dare to turn their backs on Long Chen. They walked backward and bowed repeatedly.

Long Chen watched them as they went away, his expression indifferent. Such people weren’t worth pitying. If he hadn’t been strong enough, they would have killed him without hesitation. Still, since they had offered up their treasures, he decided to spare their lives.

Seeing that Long Chen really wasn’t killing them, they vanished without a trace, fleeing for their lives.

Once they were gone, Long Chen turned his attention to the primal chaos space. The two divine weapons had already been dismantled, their energies eagerly absorbed by the Earth Cauldron, Dragonbone Evilmoon, the Demon Moon Cauldron, and the Heretic Blood Heaven Flipping Seal. Long Chen could almost sense their satisfaction, like gluttons smacking their lips and wishing there was more.

Checking on the Heavenly Star Daffodil, he found it peacefully growing on the edge of the primal chaos space. Specks of starlight surrounded it, resonating with the celestial glow of the starry sky above.

After the battle in the primal chaos era’s battlefield, the primal chaos space had undergone a massive transformation. Astral energy illuminated the sky, and the starry sky called out to these stars.

“Senior, can I use the flower to strengthen my astral energy?” asked Long Chen.

“Not yet,” the Earth Cauldron replied. “It has just bloomed. What we need is the Heavenly Star Fruit. Once it matures, you’ll be able to use it as a conduit to draw upon the astral energy of the heavens and the primal chaos space. With that buffer, you can condense your own Eight Star Battle Armor, significantly reducing your risk of death.”

Long Chen’s Nine Star Hegemon Body Art had long since deviated from the original path. Right now, his eight star diagram was in its most basic form.

To strengthen it, Long Chen would need to figure out how to transform it. Changing the formation of the eight stars was incredibly dangerous, but he had long since wanted to do this.

Based on his inferences, he felt like there were countless ways to strengthen the basic eight star diagram. But the Earth Cauldron told him not to try it for now.

The Earth Cauldron said that as his power grew, so too did his astral energy. Any misstep in altering the eight-star formation could result in catastrophic failure, leading to an explosive death.

For this process, two conditions had to be met: obtaining the Heavenly Star Daffodil and condensing heaven vein dragon qi. Only after strengthening his body to its utmost and advancing to the Human Emperor realm could he safely proceed.

However, Long Chen was so excited about obtaining the Heavenly Star Daffodil that he forgot about this second condition.

Long Chen then calmed himself down and looked into the primal chaos space.

According to the Earth Cauldron, the Heavenly Star Daffodil would require a long time to bear fruit. Even in the primal chaos space, it wouldn’t bear fruit that quickly.

With his thoughts refocused, Long Chen withdrew his consciousness and examined the compass in his hand.

As Long Chen poured his bloodline power into it, the dark yellow compass burst into a radiant array of colors.

“This compass operates through bloodline power. The previous owner’s bloodline contained earth energy, which made it compatible. Your seven-color Supreme Blood is too domineering, so it will reduce the compass’s sensitivity, but it should still work,” explained the Earth Cauldron.

“What are these spots?” Long Chen asked, eyeing the flickering points on the compass.

Countless strange runes were flowing on top of it, but he did see several flickering spots.

“Those mark the locations of treasures,” replied the Earth Cauldron.

“Treasures?”

Long Chen was revitalized. With this compass, he wouldn’t need to rely on luck to uncover hidden treasures. Laughing exuberantly, he vanished without a trace, already racing toward the next adventure.