Chapter 572 - 316: Descended Celestial Star, Thunder Domain! (Part 2)

However, those who can stir the celestial stars are invariably protected by great destiny; ordinary divination and calculation methods cannot succeed, only providing a rough direction without exact information.

Forces from thousands of miles away were alarmed, and Donglai County City was in a frenzy. The nine great cultivators who usually stirred up storms all awakened, and terrifying auras enveloped Donglai County City, leaving the old ancestors with expressions of disbelief.

"This... this is someone who has invoked a celestial phenomenon. In our Donglai County, a prodigy with the talent for Innate Sacred Body and Divine Body has been born!"

"Which family? Whose descendant is this?"

Even the people of the Dynasty Holy Land find it difficult to divine, let alone the great cultivators of Donglai County.

At this moment, Su Mu himself was utterly unaware of the chaos outside. In his divine travel across the heavens and earth, Su Mu saw clusters of light, each one, even the dimmest, being a great cultivator who is elusive in the eyes of the world.

Looking out over Donglai County, there were about twenty, more than half gathered in Donglai County City and its surroundings, but the strongest one was not in the county city but to the east of Donglai County.

Upon closer examination of the nine great cultivators within the county city, Su Mu soon narrowed his eyes as he saw one of the clusters of light was the dimmest, with signs of exhaustion about to extinguish.

Seeing the location of this light, Su Mu was startled, and some things quickly connected in his mind.

"So, that’s how it is..."

Su Mu turned back, his gaze fixed in the direction of the Land of Cyan Clouds, only to find it shrouded by a mist.

"It seems the Land of Cyan Clouds is not simple..."

The presence of powerful beings from the Vajra Temple, such as the Formless Arhat, Fire Sparrow, and Dangling Eye White Tiger, in the Land of Cyan Clouds was likely no coincidence. After slight contemplation, Su Mu abandoned probing the Land of Cyan Clouds.

Instead, he turned his gaze north of Donglai County, towards the direction of Ancient Qingzhou.

Among the clusters of light, a familiar black as ink glow suddenly emerged, dim compared to others observed but subtly exuding a devouring sweep.

"Could this possibly be Wang Xuantian’s destiny..."

At this moment, Wang Xuantian’s whisper echoed suddenly in Su Mu’s ear.

"See you in Qingzhou..."

Just then, Su Mu suddenly fell from the mystical realm of divine travel, commencing his departure, with his divine soul returning heavily to the sea of consciousness. In that instant, the ’Purple Lightning Thunderbolt’ thoroughly condensed.

Whoosh—!

The youth in Bai Jiao Mountain exhaled gently, slowly opening his eyes, with starlight cascading down, as if cloaking the youth in a profound robe from the heavens above.

"The clouds have dispersed."

The youth lifted his gaze, only then realizing that the thunderstorm-clouds covering the sky had already dissipated, with starlight falling upon Bai Jiao Mountain.

Su Mu wore a hint of a smile, nearly two years later, he finally broke through the shackle of his own comprehension through the perfection advancement of his first self-created martial arts.

Immediately, he summoned the current panel to inspect.

[Name: Su Mu (19 years old)]

[Lifespan: 963 years]

[Skills: Nurturing Vast Qi (Perfection), Thunder Shock Fist (Perfection), Seven Dominating Spear Forms (Perfection)...]

[Comprehension: 201 (Descending Celestial Star)]

"Comprehension has finally broken through again... this time to Descending Celestial Star!"

Descending Celestial Star, inherently blessed by the celestial stars, is someone that the world, even geniuses, look up to in vain.

Whether in Su Mu’s past life or this world, people often describe 文曲星 Descending, 紫微星 Descending, 武曲星 Descending, among other high praises, signifying a talent beyond human comprehension.

It is the descent of a celestial star, reincarnating into a great cultivator.

A genius like this, not just in Qingzhou, but within the Great Yan Dynasty which spans seven states, was a prodigious talent, not appearing even once for several centuries during prosperous times, and possibly not emerging once in a thousand years during times of declining dynasty fate.

Such talent in any domain will astonish the world—in comparison, ordinary geniuses are of no significance, an analogy like the contrast between earthly fireflies and the light of celestial stars.

"Beyond comprehension and five senses, my sea of consciousness has also undergone a qualitative change, not only has my dragon of spiritual power transformed, but even the scale of the sea of consciousness has expanded more than twice over."

"My lifespan has also reached nine hundred sixty-three years; after this transformation, my lifespan has increased by as much as two hundred and ten years compared to before, exceedingly close to a thousand-year lifespan!"

Su Mu’s face showed a joyful expression, the enhancement gained from this transformation of comprehension far exceeded any previous one. Previously, in comparison, they were minute while opening his eyes this time, he felt everything had undergone a brand new change.

"Let’s try it then."

Su Mu’s eyes revealed a trace of a different hue, with an image of clear purple lightning thunderbolt surfacing in his mind, precisely the perfection form of this time’s Thunder Shock Fist.

The first form of Thunder Shock Fist is Thunder Shocking the Sky, the second form is Thunder Jiao Drill, the third form is Thunder Shock Spear.

Su Mu raised his hand, amidst the ’zila’ sound, purple lightning circulated around Su Mu’s arm, with a shadow of thundercloud descending behind him, producing a subtle feeling within Su Mu.

As if an intangible thunder domain formed around him, just a thought and he could unleash thunder to pulverize the target.

The next moment.

Su Mu casually threw a punch, the thundercloud brewed a thunder the size of a small barrel, falling precisely on a single person-sized bizarre rock three zhang afar.

"Boom!"

The person-sized bizarre rock shattered into pieces amidst the thunderous roar, with crushed powder rising into the sky, forming a scorched area half-zhang around the bizarre rock as the center.

"The power of a perfected Thunder Shock Fist surpasses Hundred Battle Fist?!"

Even Su Mu himself was quite surprised, as Thunder Shock Fist was only a seventh-grade martial arts, yet Hundred Battle Fist was a genuine sixth-grade martial arts in the middle third grade.

There should be a chasm between the two; surpassing a sixth-grade martial arts is one thing, even achieving thirty percent of a sixth-grade martial arts’ power would be the pinnacle of seventh-grade martial arts.

But now, Su Mu’s self-created Thunder Shock Fist, upon reaching the realm of perfection, its potency has surpassed a sixth-grade Hundred Battle Fist in the great success realm.

Su Mu narrowed his eyes slightly, glancing at his own fist.

The pupils suddenly constricted.

True enough, he saw the ’intangible thunder domain’ surrounding him, composed of intricate purple lightning, containing mysteries even Su Mu himself, the creator of this martial art, cannot fully comprehend.

"Could it be..."

Su Mu looked towards Bai Jiao Mountain, immediately seeing a colossal array like an overturned jade bowl encompassing the mountain, where two auras intertwined.

One belonging to the white jiao that failed to transform, and the other was the aura of a great cultivator from the Confucian Sect.

Su Mu knew that perhaps the sight before him was the truth of Bai Jiao Mountain’s ability to examine the omen of those ascending, with indeed the rumored remnants of the white jiao’s aura existing within the mountain.

This was also a world Su Mu could not previously observe; before, Su Mu could only observe personal destinies, but now it’s different.

"This is not just observing destiny, this time it’s as clear as seeing fire, with aura manifesting... is this one of the new endowments after the transformation of Descending Celestial Star?"

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He looked towards Bai Jiao Mountain again, immediately seeing the colossal array like an overturned jade bowl, covering the mountain with two intertwining auras.

One belonging to the white jiao that failed to transform, and the other was the aura of a great cultivator from the Confucian Sect.

Su Mu understood that this might be where the truth of Bai Jiao Mountain testing those who ascend lies, indeed with the rumored presence of the fallen white jiao’s aura in the mountain.

This experience was different from prior powers of observation over personal fortune, where this time, it was as clear as seeing fire — manifested aura.... Is this perhaps one of the new gifts following the transformation of descending celestial star?