Demon Taming: Start by synthesizing a Lantern Ghost with Divine and Demonic Talents

Chapter 188: The Star Lion Beast
Li Chunfeng led Taiyi, Randeng, and Xingling into the cave. All they could see was darkness, but they also noticed that in the deepest part of the cave, faint specks of light were shining through.

"Xingling, you lead the way."

"Yes, senior."

The girl, completely unaware of someone's sinister intentions, wore an innocent and joyful expression.

Then he jogged ahead, heading towards the faint starlight in the distance.

Seeing that she had only taken a few steps when dazzling starlight rose from her body and the three stars between her brows shone brilliantly, Li Chunfeng couldn't help but feel secretly fortunate. He then activated the 'Star Soul Bone - Azure Heaven Cycle', covering his body with dense star power, and followed closely behind her.

The entire passage was long, with a restriction every three zhang and an array every five zhang. With each restriction or array passed, the starlight on his body became even more dazzling.

Li Chunfeng felt the Azure Heaven Circulation running wildly, and the star power within his body reached its peak.

With each level he passed, his star power was weakened by one layer.

This situation made one's heart sink.

Li Chunfeng simply mounted his sword and took to the air. The two flying swords, Tiandu and Xinghe, swirled around him, sharing the pressure.

In an instant, thunder rumbled and stars shone brightly all around, stirring up a powerful and menacing aura.

The invisible pressure from the surroundings has indeed been reduced considerably.

More and more inconspicuous restrictions appeared ahead, and at some checkpoints, a single step would directly traverse multiple spaces, leaving one unsure of their current location.

'Spatial perception' can clearly perceive that the entire passage is a huge void maze, with folded spaces everywhere.

One wrong step could lead to utter ruin.

Without Xingling leading the way, Li Chunfeng would probably have had to spend a lot of time trying and failing to find the right path.

As for the monsters outside, without special abilities, even if they discover this place, they would probably be badly injured if they tried to go deeper.

Li Chunfeng's situation was also precarious; he feared that his star power would be completely exhausted before he reached the end.

Then they suffered repeated attacks from restrictions and formations.

Starlight is the key to this passage; forcing your way in is clearly not a good option.

Fortunately, what he feared did not happen. Even after walking out of the long cave passage, he still had plenty of star power left, and the array restrictions were not triggered.

Immediately afterwards, the sensation of spatial teleportation returned, and then everything suddenly brightened before my eyes.

The intense starlight almost blinded them.

After a while, Li Chunfeng finally saw the scene clearly... Before him was a small secret realm, with stars scattered overhead. Countless stars twinkled, seemingly in an extremely distant place, but they were not real stars. Li Chunfeng's perception was limited, and he couldn't see clearly what they were.

In this secluded paradise, mountains rise one after another, and various dazzling plants can be seen everywhere.

The star power here is extremely dense. Li Chunfeng felt that his Star Soul Bone was improving rapidly, and the efficiency of his Azure Heaven Circulation was more than ten times that of his own cultivation.

Even just taking a deep breath can have a cleansing and rejuvenating effect.

He suppressed the urge to start cultivating immediately, and quickly searched the small secret realm world using his somersault cloud.

Before long, huge skeletons came into view, half-buried in the valleys.

The smallest are tens of feet tall, and the largest are even hundreds of feet tall, standing like mountains of white bones in the secret realm.

"Star Beast Bones!"

Xingling exclaimed in surprise, "So many star beast skeletons! These are all the skeletons left behind by adult star beasts. Is this a star beast graveyard?"

Li Chunfeng's breath hitched, not to mention the Star Spirit girl whose eyes were practically popping out of their sockets.

What shocked Li Chunfeng even more was that these corpses exuded an aura of chaos, barbarity, and violence. Even with his eyes closed, that chaotic, cold, and ferocious aura still pressed down silently, even inducing a deep-seated fear within him. It felt as if Li Chunfeng was carrying a heavy burden, and even his thinking became sluggish.

Xingling, standing beside her, fared even worse. After just a few glances, her breathing became rapid and disordered. She was suffocated by the oppressive aura, her face flushed red, and she looked as if she was about to suffocate.

With a thought, Li Chunfeng summoned a Heart Lamp above his head, and the Bodhi Soul Tree swayed gently, dispelling the invisible pressure.

Immediately, the psychic shield expanded, enveloping Xingling as well.

Xingling gasped for breath and quickly thanked him. She thought to herself, "If I had come here alone, I probably would have died right after seeing the Star Beast's remains. Luckily, I had my senior brother with me."

Although these skeletons were powerful, they had been dead for countless years and were clearly not the star beast that had just entered.

When he released his divine sense, it was still suppressed within this Starry Secret Realm, but it was much weaker than in the outer valley.

Within the range of perception, no trace of living beings was found.

The 'Soul Perception' also failed to detect any other souls in this secret realm.

Therefore, they are the only living beings here.

Li Chunfeng sped towards the direction of the strongest aura and soon stopped above a barren mountain not far away.

The mountain appears to have been recently knocked down.

Many sections, and even the vegetation on the mountain, still have fresh soil scattered about.

With a wave of his hand, Li Chunfeng created a giant handprint in the void, which then lifted up the rocks that had been knocked down below the mountain.

Suddenly.

Suddenly, a brilliant golden light burst forth from beneath the stone, like a small sun rising and shining in the Starry Realm.

It was a leg as thick as a pillar, strong and powerful, covered with dazzling golden scales, as if cast in gold, shining brightly, and exuding a ferocious aura!
The Star Beasts have finally appeared.

These golden rays, like miniature suns, were the immense energy that continuously emanated from his body after his death.

Runes flickered within the golden light, dazzling and captivating.

It was merely a golden beast leg, yet the energy it emitted was so dazzling and radiant. Even in death, it possessed a terrifying aura, flowing with a golden light that inspired awe.

This made Li Chunfeng's eyes burn with desire, and he wished he could pounce on her immediately.

As more and more boulders were thrown out, the full appearance of the star beast was gradually revealed.

This was a star beast resembling a giant crocodile, its corpse radiating a brilliant golden divine light. Its head resembled that of a divine lion, with golden horns on its head, and its body was covered with golden scales, making it dazzling and brighter than golden silk.

Xingling suddenly let out a soft exclamation and said, "This star beast looks like the legendary Star Lion Beast."

"Star Lion Beast?"

Xingling said, “Our Star Spirit Clan’s ancient records state that the Star Lion Beast is a true ancient star beast. This star beast is clearly an ancient remnant. Although its noble bloodline is no longer pure and it is no longer as heaven-defying as its ancient ancestors, it is still enough to reign supreme in a star field.”

Its remaining body wasn't super huge, only about eighty meters long, but the strength of a star beast isn't determined by its size, and this star lion beast in front of us is the best proof of that.

It looks like it's made of gold.

Though dead, its power remained, its ferocity permeated the air, and its golden radiance illuminated the entire land, making even the starlight in the sky appear dim under its golden glow.

Li Chunfeng knew that countless demonic beasts were rushing towards them from the outside world. He wasn't sure if these beasts could break in, but he had to hurry.

As they approached the past, just as they were bathed in golden light, a sudden change occurred.

The 'Star Soul Bone - Azure Heaven Cycle' within Li Chunfeng's body began to operate automatically.

Not only the Azure Sky Circulation Technique, but also the accompanying runes 'Starry Fist Intent', 'Nebula Soul Robe', 'Starry Void Step', and 'Starlight Beam Cannon' were flashing rapidly.

An endless golden light was drawn in and fell upon him.

The cultivation progress of the [Star Soul Bone] is also rapidly increasing.

Within the energy released after the Star Lion Beast's death, the Star Soul Bone circulated exceptionally smoothly, revealing bone orifices that were normally imperceptible.

This is the effect of 'Azure Heaven Circulation', which uses the physical body to simulate cosmic constellations, guiding the power of the stars into the body and activating the stellar bone orifices.

Activating each additional star-shaped bone aperture further strengthens the bones, ultimately leading to a state of resonance between the body and the universe, greatly extending lifespan, and achieving the supreme state of living as long as the sun, moon, and stars.

"So the bone orifice was hidden here!"

Thirty-six, seventy-two, and one hundred and eight bone orifices appeared one after another, and began to automatically absorb the rich golden star energy.

This feeling is absolutely wonderful.

"Kick!"

After running for a week, Li Chunfeng felt that the vast stellar energy that had been circulating throughout the Starry Sky Secret Realm was being absorbed into his body bit by bit.

Under the tempering of the boundless energy of the stars, the temperature of Li Chunfeng's bones continued to rise, and the Azure Heaven Cycle circulated wildly. With each rotation, the aura on his bones became stronger.

As the cultivation technique was activated, Li Chunfeng's blood and qi began to surge.

I feel a bit unwell.

He knew that this was the power of the stars tempering his bones, which was driving his cultivation progress in the Blood Refining Realm.

After all, there is no comfortable way to refine the body.

The pain intensified, starting with the skin, then the muscles, and eventually, every muscle in his body ached. Li Chunfeng felt as if blood beads were seeping from every one of his 108,000 pores. His body seemed ready to shatter into a hundred pieces, a thousand pieces, ten thousand pieces at any moment, and he desperately wanted to let out a long, cathartic scream.

In no time, he was completely covered in blood.

Such a large amount of bleeding would have turned anyone else into a dried-up corpse long ago, but Li Chunfeng's bone marrow had extremely strong hematopoietic capacity.

As old blood is expelled and new blood arrives, the blood becomes increasingly viscous.

"Clatter clatter clatter clatter clatter—"

The pain in his body intensified, and Li Chunfeng clearly heard the sound of his body breaking.

But knowing this was a rare opportunity, he did not stop the cultivation process. At this moment, if he stopped, he might not be able to resume it. Li Chunfeng didn't even have time to look at the outside world; he could only endure the terrible pain, silently reciting the calming mantra, letting the heart lamp and the Bodhi soul tree protect his mind, and letting the internal energy wash over his body again and again.

At this moment, the Qi and Blood Demon Embryo also emerged, beginning to govern the Qi and Blood within the body, operating according to the fourth level of the "Chaotic Ancient Demon Embryo Scripture".

This relieved some of his pain.

Finally, just as Li Chunfeng was in so much pain that he was almost numb, the speed at which he frantically absorbed the golden energy finally slowed down until it disappeared completely.

Li Chunfeng's pain disappeared, and when he looked inside his body, his entire skeleton was now radiating golden light.

It even seeped through the skin and flesh, making the whole thing look like a piece of gold and jade.

Beneath the golden bones, the bone marrow was as clear as white frost.

The marrow is refined to the point of being like frost, the blood to the point of being like mercury, a complete transformation occurs, the body is cleansed and the marrow is purified, leaving the flesh without blemish.

"My Blood Refinement Realm is complete?"

Li Chunfeng examined the damaged jade disc in disbelief. "Heavens! The ninth level of Blood Refinement!"

Not only that, the Star Soul Bone has actually been upgraded to level five.

【Star Soul Bone: High-grade Heavenly Rank, Level 5 (88%)】

"What the hell is going on?!"

When he opened his eyes again, he was surprised to find that Xing Ling also looked like she had benefited greatly.

Her purple starry eyes grew even deeper, and the three stars that were originally adorned between her brows now appeared to be six stars.

The golden light emanating from the Star Lion Beast was no longer emanating from it.

(End of this chapter)