Longevity by Grinding Skills

Chapter 471: Chapter 471: Destruction and Rebirth

It was like an unyielding summons, a declaration to the Emperor Star that hung high above fate itself!

BOOM!

High in the Nine Heavens, the originally dim and indistinct trajectory of the star suddenly erupted with a blinding radiance!

It was as if a slumbering emperor had abruptly opened his eyes. The entire firmament trembled at that moment.

The once-faint starlight transformed in an instant into a brilliant pillar of light that pierced through the cosmos. It was a thousand zhang in diameter, illuminating the night sky of the entire Divine Martial Realm as if it were day.

At the core of the pillar, a deep purple radiance, so dense it was almost tangible, churned and roiled as if it contained the Power of Stars from an entire galaxy.

This was no ordinary guiding light. The edges of the pillar warped with a sharpness that made even his skin tighten, while incandescent, destructive Thunder Fire continuously erupted from within. Everywhere it passed, even the void itself let out an overwhelmed cry.

The Divine Martial Realm, this Small World Heaven, seemed unable to withstand such a surging, roiling Gang Evil Qi.

Through his Martial Arts Celestial Eye, Xu Yunfan could see clearly that within this torrent descending from the Ziwei Emperor Star, every wisp of starlight carried a terrifying tribulation evil capable of obliterating a True Spirit. It wasn’t a reception so much as a world-ending judgment sent down from the heavens.

Xu Yunfan’s eyes narrowed, his expression solemn. As his Martial Arts Celestial Eye opened and closed, he clearly perceived the devastating nature contained within this pillar of light descending from the Nine Heavens.

Following the Ziwei Star’s power came a terrifying fluctuation capable of annihilating all creation.

It was like a final trial bestowed by the Emperor Star.

Countless fine streams of light, like bolts of lightning but purely incandescent in color, poured down like a raging waterfall.

This was the "Star-extinguishing Thunderfire" contained within the flow of stellar Gang Qi itself—a power sufficient to shatter the void and obliterate a True Spirit!

Its target was none other than Xu Yunfan, who had summoned it, and the core of the summoning Ritual.

At this moment, the sky of the Divine Martial Realm twisted, trembled, and cried out in agony.

The golden mountains and rivers below began to crack under the terrifying pressure.

Xu Yunfan’s face turned deathly pale in an instant, and the phantom of his True Martial Dharma Aspect wavered violently. But the light in his eyes, a mixture of iciness and indifference, burned to its absolute peak.

’The Gang Qi is here!’

But it had arrived wrapped in destruction.

At this moment, the Beidou Purple Micro Celestial Spirit was not gentle Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, but a tyrannical torrent filled with destruction and imperial might.

Xu Yunfan stared intently at the Bai Chi Star Thunder Tribulation Flow descending from the heavens, which seemed poised to obliterate his avatar and the entirety of Xuankong State. He also stared at the single point deep within the torrent that was growing ever more solid, radiating a supreme purple intent that made even his Divine Soul tremble with both terror and desire.

Feeling the frantic warnings in his heart, a near-savage grin spread across Xu Yunfan’s lips.

’It worked!’

’The Ritual successfully made contact.’

’The bait for the trap has arrived!’

What came next was the true beginning of his life-and-death struggle against the "heavens."

His main body’s hands changed their spell formation again. His eyes were fixed solely on the descending torrent from the Emperor Star—a power great enough to crush everything, including the formless cage shackling him. Without hesitation, he commanded his avatar to charge forward and meet the destructive stellar flames head-on.

What he had to do was intercept the supreme Ziwei Origin from within this torrent of destruction.

Xu Yunfan’s mind was as tranquil as an ancient well, his eyes growing ever colder.

Facing the Bai Chi Star Thunder Tribulation Flow, a power capable of crushing Xuankong State and obliterating a True Spirit, he showed no signs of retreat. Instead, he pushed the core summoning Ritual to its absolute limit, like a moth drawn to a flame, and resolutely plunged into the heart of the destructive torrent!

BOOM!!!

The instant he made contact with the destructive stellar flames, an unimaginable pain and shock tore through Xu Yunfan’s Divine Thought.

The torrent of Ziwei Celestial Spirit, carrying the "Star-extinguishing Thunderfire," felt like a billion red-hot steel blades and Thunder God Hammers striking his body all at once.

The True Martial Dharma Aspect behind him instantly became illusory and transparent, letting out a mournful cry as it neared collapse. The pure energy it contained was being rapidly annihilated and worn away by the tyrannical Emperor Star Power.

The Magical Power sustaining the Dharma Aspect flickered wildly like a candle in the wind, being drained away at a frantic pace.

But Xu Yunfan had long been prepared!

His main body was in a safe location, his Martial Arts Celestial Eye wide open, locked onto the deep purple point of light at the torrent’s very core. It was growing more solid, radiating a supreme majesty and a destructive Origin.

That was it—the purest Beidou Purple Micro Celestial Spirit Origin, refined after being scoured by the tribulation evil!

"Get... over here!"

A low roar escaped Xu Yunfan’s throat. He trod the Dou Gang, his hands forming seals like phantoms as he chanted an incantation and then pointed with profound purpose.

The phantom of the True Martial Dharma Aspect, suspended at the core of the Ritual, suddenly flared with light. Under the terrifying pressure, the blurry image of an intertwined tortoise and snake manifested with unprecedented clarity, and an ancient, heavy suppressive power spread out.

At this moment, the True Martial phantom became the anchor point for the destructive torrent. Aided by the Secret Power of the Ritual, it forcibly tore a tiny fissure in the middle of the down-pouring star-thunder tribulation evil!

The instant the fissure appeared, Xu Yunfan’s will, like the most precise of hunters, established a brief but stable connection with that point of supreme purple intent.

He no longer tried to block or resist the torrent’s destructive nature. Instead, he focused all his efforts on circulating the Heart Method of the *True Martial Demon Suppressing Scripture*!

"Dao essence to the Returning Ruins, divine will united as one. Absorb the stellar tribulation evil, refine the Emperor Qi Origin! Guide!"

As the spell activated, that wisp of Beidou Purple Micro Celestial Spirit Qi—captured by his will, pure to the extreme, and containing unparalleled imperial might—was instantly guided and enveloped by the unique Magical Power of the *True Martial Demon Suppressing Scripture*.

As his Magical Power circulated, the True Martial Grinding Disc that formed along his spine forcibly drew the destructive tribulation evil and the violent imperial might onto the path of refinement.

Pain!

A searing pain that bored into his marrow and tore at his Divine Soul!

Even with the buffer of the True Martial Dharma Aspect, the agony of directly refining such a supreme Celestial Spirit Origin was far beyond what Xu Yunfan had imagined.

That deep purple Origin contained an indescribable "heaviness" and "evil," as if a miniature Emperor Star had smashed directly into his meridians. Everywhere it passed, his meridians shattered inch by inch, only to be frantically repaired by the extreme Recovery Power granted by his True Martial Dharma Body.

Every cycle of tearing and mending brought a torment that was akin to Hell.

Furthermore, a vast and majestic impact of Divine Thought, like the rebuke of an emperor, slammed directly into his Purple Mansion Sea of Consciousness, attempting to crush his will to resist!

’This Heavenly Spirit and Earthly Evil Qi was truly wondrous and strange.’

’That True Monarch Qing Yuan must have spent a great deal of effort to capture it from the Outer Star Vault.’

Blood trickled from the corners of Xu Yunfan’s mouth. His face was ashen, and fine trickles of blood seeped from his seven orifices.

But the light in his eyes only burned brighter!

The *True Martial Demon Suppressing Scripture* had always emphasized a stable foundation and the tempering of one’s will. It taught one to suppress the self with the immovable Black Tortoise and to subdue all evils with the fearless True Martial.

This refinement process was just as the *True Martial Demon Suppressing Scripture* described: "The Black Tortoise covers the body, tribulation evil forges the form; the True Martial shatters calamity, Emperor Qi returns to the heart."

As that deep purple Origin was continuously ground down and purified by the True Martial Grinding Disc inside him, its violent and destructive aspects were forcibly stripped away. They were integrated into Xu Yunfan’s own foundation, which acted as a tempering Furnace Cauldron. Through repeated cycles of destruction and reconstruction, his Dao Body’s meridians grew tougher, even faintly taking on the texture of Star Glaze.

(Sorry, I got back late today. Just one Chapter for now, I’ll try my best to make up for it tomorrow!)

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