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

Chapter 189: The Star-Devouring Manual, a Triumphant Return
"We absorbed the primordial star power of the Star Lion Beast."

Xingling looked a little embarrassed, as if she had gotten a great deal. "Xingling's talent has improved tremendously."

Origin Star Power…

Li Chunfeng looked inward and examined his nearly pure gold bones. His physical strength had greatly increased. With a slight clench of his fist, the air in his palm produced a series of popping sounds.

This level of physical strength has already surpassed the Blood Refining Realm.

The sheer physical strength alone can reach a staggering one million jin (500 catties).

Most importantly, a full 108 bone acupoints have been initially tempered. Each acupoint has absorbed a massive amount of primordial star power. This is a Heaven-Rank inheritance; heaven knows how strong his bones are now!

The golden light emanating from the Star Lion Beast's corpse had ceased.

If it dissipates naturally, this process may take at least several years, or even longer.

But now, in a very short time, it has already dissipated.

Moreover, the flesh and blood on the giant corpse of the Star Lion began to vaporize rapidly like steam, eventually leaving only a golden skeleton, a body of Star Lion scales, and a spiral star on its head.

Right in the center of the skull, there was a crystal core the size of a millstone, shimmering with starlight.

——Star Crystal.

As soon as the star crystal was exposed, Li Chunfeng immediately felt a powerful pulling force falling from the sky, and then he saw the star crystal rise into the air, trying to fly away.

He couldn't let it fly away, so with a wave of his hand, he managed to grab the star crystal after a brief standoff with the pulling force.

Star crystal is indeed the most magnificent gemstone in the world. Not to mention the vast star power and rune inheritance contained within, its crystal-clear and star-studded appearance alone is enough to mesmerize people.

[Star Lion Horned Beast Star Crystal: Tier 6, containing immense stellar power and several Star Magic Seeds!]

It turned out to be a powerful being of the sixth rank.

That would at least place someone of the Demon Lord caliber.

"I must be out of my mind to even think about something like this."

Li Chunfeng couldn't help but feel ashamed of his previous behavior.

He greedily pursued the legend of the Star Crystal simply because he had heard of it. Even with a Star Spirit girl leading the way, his actions seemed extremely reckless.

Fortunately, the result wasn't bad!

This time, they rode on the good fortune of the Protoss girl.

He happily stored the star crystal in his fingernail storage magic item, and then unceremoniously took away the entire skeleton of the Star Lion Beast. The girl watched with envious eyes, not daring to voice any objections.

Li Chunfeng collected the star beast's remains, thus completing the greatest objective of his trip, and then looked up at the sky.

In the sky above the secret realm, countless stars twinkled. Could those "stars" be transformed from star crystals?
"Randeng, Taiyi, you two fly up into the sky and take a look."

"Yeah!"

"Yes, sir!"

Immediately, two streaks of light shot into the sky and flew upwards.

Both Ran Deng and Tai Yi are at the fourth-tier high level, and they also possess Heaven-tier talent and bloodline, making them even stronger than Li Chunfeng.

It would be safer for him to go to heaven in his place.

If these stars are all formed from star crystals, we might be able to harvest another batch, and then this trip would truly be a great success.

Unfortunately, his dream was soon shattered.

After the two demonic pets flew to an altitude of ten thousand meters, they were blocked by an invisible barrier. No matter how they tried to break through it, they could not stop the barrier in the slightest and could only fly back in frustration.

Li Chunfeng was not disappointed; it was just an experiment after all.

He began to explore the secret realm.

This Starry Realm was of unknown size; after running for over an hour, he still couldn't see the end. Along the way, he was surrounded by towering beast bones, each one incredibly large. Moreover, the further he went in, the larger the beast bones became, and the eerie aura they emitted pressed down on Li Chunfeng's heart like a mountain.

Li Chunfeng also selectively accepted some of the star beast corpses.

There were simply too many choices; the stark white skeletons were all overlooked. Only the well-preserved skeletons of powerful star beasts, clearly displaying different colors, were taken.

Even so, they had collected so much along the way that their storage magic treasures were almost full.

The storage artifact left behind by the Demon General could hold a mountain, yet for the first time, it was complained that its space was not large enough.

This starry secret realm is not entirely filled with corpses; a faint mist floats in the air, and various kinds of trees grow within the mist.

These trees all have one thing in common: they are big!
The shortest tree was so large that ten people couldn't wrap their arms around it, yet it stood dozens of feet tall. The tallest tree, Li Chunfeng suspected, was so large that even a hundred people might not be able to encircle it. Its canopy stretched all the way to the sky; even with Li Chunfeng craning his neck, he couldn't see its leaves.

Rows of enormous trees stood before me, stretching into the distance beyond my sight.

The trees were incredibly tall, and even the rocks were huge.

The further you go in, the larger the objects become.

Not far in front of Li Chunfeng, there was a huge tree that looked like a small mountain from a distance.

These are all high-grade Star Spirit Wood.

Li Chunfeng could not shake its massive network of roots, so he could only benefit Taiyi.

The dragonfish couldn't wait to fly onto the trunk of the largest tree and began to frantically absorb the energy of the Yi Wood element to cultivate.

The distant mountains were even more extraordinary, like a huge barrier blocking half the sky. Li Chunfeng couldn't see how high or how big they were with his eyes.

The Star Beast was already a colossal creature, but within this strange and mysterious realm, it became a tiny speck. Li Chunfeng and his group were even more insignificant, like dust, as if they had entered a land of giants.

Leaving the dragon fish to cultivate outside, Li Chunfeng rode the somersault cloud deeper and deeper, and the gravity in front of him began to change significantly.

"Good weight!"

Standing on the somersault cloud, Xingling cried out with difficulty.

Li Chunfeng also felt the pressure of gravity. Some movements that he could do effortlessly in normal times, such as raising his hands or lifting his feet, required several times more effort to do at this time.

He looked up at the sky again.

Based on his rudimentary understanding of formations, he could still tell that the stars shining in the sky must be an extremely powerful high-level formation.

This formation also serves to prevent living beings from approaching the center... at least those who are not strong enough cannot get close.

What lies hidden deep within this secret realm?

Li Chunfeng began to accelerate, and immense gravity pressed down on every part of his body.

Xingling was completely sprawled on the Somersault Cloud, feeling an indescribable discomfort in her internal organs, with her eardrums ringing. And this was all under the protection of Li Chunfeng's psychic shield.

Li Chunfeng knew he couldn't continue with her.

The only option was to take her to a slightly safer place to wait, and then proceed alone.

Xingling stared wide-eyed pitifully like an abandoned puppy, "Senior brother, you must come back and pick me up!"

"...Just wait patiently."

Li Chunfeng left behind a clone of himself with the Burning Lamp to protect her, and then quickly flew away.

Despite feeling the immense pressure of gravity, his golden bones still supported his body against the pressure without any burden.

Finally, a magnificent stone palace appeared in my perception.

Upon flying closer, it was discovered to be a stone palace that had mostly collapsed.

The enormous hall, entirely dark green, appeared as if carved from a single, massive stone. The presence of such a large building in the desolate mountains and valleys felt strangely incongruous to Li Chunfeng.

"How could there be such a strange place?"

Li Chunfeng had deep doubts about this. He slowly walked to the front of the hall and found that most of the main gate and passageway of the hall had collapsed and there were signs of weathering everywhere.

At the entrance to the massive stone hall, there are two towering stone gates, still standing majestically.

On either side of this gate stood two enormous skeletons of star beasts. The two skeletons resembled a dragon and an elephant, and their colors were chaotic. Looking at the skeletons, one could almost see the rotation of the cosmos.

Each bone seemed to gather together a vast nebula, emanating waves of terrifying aura.

Although he had been dead for countless years, the abyssal power and majesty contained in his bones had never dissipated.

"What a terrifying aura! This aura is filled with a sense of chaos. It seems that the skeletons of these two star beasts must have been kings among star beasts in life!"

While struggling to resist the terrifying pressure, Li Chunfeng tried to guess the identities of the two skeletons.

The 'mind's eye' landed on the bones, revealing a question mark.

Clearly, the information from these star beast skeletons was beyond the scope of his divine soul's exploration capabilities.

Li Chunfeng attempted to move it.

With his current spiritual power, he could move even a small mountain, yet he couldn't budge these two skeletons even with all his might.

It's like an ant trying to shake a tree.

They had no choice but to abandon that idea and begin to carefully examine the strange, massive stone palace.

He discovered that the entire hall was built with the same type of stone, a dark green stone he had never seen before.

He casually picked up a loose stone and placed it in his hand, only to find that the stone was incredibly heavy, weighing hundreds of times more than an ordinary stone of the same size.

'Cunning'!
There is feedback this time. [Star Tower Stone: A rare stone of heaven and earth. Extremely hard, immortal for 100,000 years, and protected against forbidden magic!]

A stone that would last for 100,000 years... Li Chunfeng looked at the stone hall passage that had already collapsed quite a bit, "This is definitely not something that can be weathered in 100,000 years."

Moreover, this kind of strange stone also has the property of prohibiting magic. Even a small piece of material with the property of prohibiting magic is very valuable in the Earthly Realm.

Unfortunately, even such a unique stone could not escape the ravages of time.

Now it's on the verge of weathering. With a little force, Li Chunfeng rubs it, and it turns into sand that falls through his fingers.

Although the stone temple shows signs of weathering, it is still breathtaking!
This is because the entire stone palace is made of star tower stone. "How much material must have been used? Such a grand undertaking is simply too extravagant."

Li Chunfeng was becoming increasingly curious about this hall.

As he was about to step onto the steps ahead, he discovered a skeleton lying beneath the collapsed rocks.

Without saying a word, he immediately moved the stone away and found two crushed skeletons underneath. One was clearly a demon, and the other was probably a spirit, with only half a skullcap and a few finger bones remaining intact.

"If this hall truly has a history of over 100,000 years, then how long ago were these two beings, the spirit race and the demon race,?" Li Chunfeng murmured.

And having come all this way, they met a tragic end right in front of the gate.

Over the long years, the bones have long since turned to ash, so how could half a skull still remain?

"what?"

Aside from a piece of beast armor found beside the skeletal remains of the demon race, Li Chunfeng only discovered a rusty broken blade inside its body, indicating that it had been killed by a surprise attack from behind. Furthermore, before dying, it had turned the tables and killed the spirit race member who had attacked it.

On a section of white bone finger bone from the Elven skeleton, an ancient ring was found.

He picked it up casually and examined it several times, only to be surprised to find that it was actually a Sumeru Ring!
The original owner of the ring had turned to dust, yet the restrictions on the ring were still in effect, indicating that the ring was of a high level.

Li Chunfeng casually put it away, then tried to push the two huge stone doors.

The stone door remained motionless.

Yet an overwhelming aura pressed down upon him, causing his bones to crack and pop.

Li Chunfeng recalled the scene when he walked here from the outside passage, and immediately activated the 'Star Soul Bone - Azure Heaven Cycle'!
As soon as the Star Soul Bone was activated, Li Chunfeng indeed felt his body relax. Although the terrifying aura was still incredibly heavy, it was now within a tolerable range, yet he still couldn't push open the stone door.

We can only find another way.

After circling around the collapsed hall passageway, they found a passable hole and slipped inside successfully.

The main hall was still protected by a powerful array, making it difficult for anyone to move around.

"Light the lamp, create a clone!"

In an instant, countless lantern ghosts spread out, completely illuminating the dark hall.

The hall was incredibly vast, yet completely empty. The lantern ghosts wandered around, their lanterns quickly going out.

It was clearly attacked by the restrictions within the great formation and was silently eliminated.

Some areas were so heavily restricted that they were impossible to enter. The void within the main hall was also incredibly stable, shattering any idea of ​​traversing through it.

Li Chunfeng could only memorize those dangerous places and try his best to avoid going there.

Supporting himself with the Star Soul Bone, he struggled to move through the main hall, discovering that many halls were empty, but the power of the restrictions remained undiminished.

He eventually arrived at a main hall.

This is the only space without any restrictions or protection.

But the gravity here is incredibly strong.

Even with his powerful physique supported by golden bones, Li Chunfeng was almost crushed to the ground.

"Giggle."

His golden bones creaked under the pressure, yet he did not fall. Step by step, he walked firmly and powerfully into the hall, where a stone tablet stood in the center, inscribed with many unintelligible Star Spirit characters.

This stone tablet seemed familiar; he had seen it before in front of the red spider lilies before entering the valley.

He couldn't understand the Protoss script, but he happened to possess the key to it.

Activating the 'Star Soul Bone' and then visualizing the inheritance stele, streams of information immediately flooded into the mind.

The inheritance on this stone tablet is a cultivation method, seemingly created specifically for star beasts to cultivate.

Li Chunfeng seized the opportunity to silently contemplate and memorize every detail recorded on the stone tablet.

I don't know how much time had passed, but then my mind was jolted.

On the incomplete jade disc, the [Derivation Method] function is now displaying a brand new inheritance.

[Devouring Stars: The Secret Codex of Star Beast Evolution, the Divine Demon Heavenly Gang Technique!]

Looking at the long progress bar of this inheritance, it's clear that four thousand strands of luck can't withstand it.

"Boom~"

Just as he imprinted the cultivation technique onto the broken jade disc, a loud bang suddenly broke the tranquility of the place.

"what happened?"

Li Chunfeng immediately merged his mind with Randeng's and used the lantern ghost clone left outside to check for the anomaly.

The entire world began to shake; mountains suddenly collapsed, the earth cracked open, and countless enormous trees toppled over.

The stars in the entire star realm were twinkling intensely, and an indescribably powerful black storm was brewing high in the sky, roaring down at an extremely fast speed, as if it would sweep away the entire secret realm.

What troubled him most was that the lantern ghost clone left near the passage discovered that the passage was gradually closing.

Li Chunfeng dared not linger any longer and turned to leave.

"Hey~"

At that moment, a starlight, as beautiful as a dream, flew out from a side hall and headed straight for Li Chunfeng.

Just as Li Chunfeng was preparing his defenses, he saw the strangely hovering starlight in front of him.

Amidst the starlight, it resembled a strangely shaped flying boat with an ancient and rustic design.

A message entered his mind: "Comprehend the Star Beast Secret Manual, reward: Star Treasure!"

He finally became greedy, and with a backhand grab of the Void Handprint, he seized the starry sky in his hand.

[The Celestial Starship: A stellar magical treasure containing twenty-seven layers of celestial restrictions! It can be refined by absorbing star power!]

It's actually a Star-level magic weapon!

Li Chunfeng couldn't help but gasp in astonishment!

Just how powerful are the Star Beasts?

Ultimately, this celestial artifact was a reward for comprehending the "Star Devouring Technique".

Li Chunfeng had not actually comprehended it. It was only with the help of the incomplete jade disc that the formation of this stone hall made a mistake and offered up such a treasure!

There wasn't time to examine it carefully.

"Boom~"

As the storm outside intensified, he no longer hesitated, conjured up a somersault cloud, and fled at full speed.

They picked up the gluttonous Taiyi and the little girl Xingling who was almost scared out of her wits along the way, and headed straight for the entrance.

When they successfully returned to the passage, the passage they had come from was rapidly disappearing.

They barely managed to escape by breaking through the last barrier.

The black storm along the way left Li Chunfeng with lingering fear.

Looking back, there was no passage left, only a deep pit.

The Starry Realm likely has more than one entrance. There should be portals in other places as well, which can be used to open passages.

And that kind of secret must be deeply imprinted in the deepest part of the star beast's bloodline memory.

If we want to reopen the Starry Sky Secret Realm passage in this valley, we may have to wait for the next star beast that is about to die of old age to lead the way.

"Moo..."

A deafening roar echoed, shaking the mountains and valleys, chilling the entire world to the bone, and unleashing a terrifying aura like a flood.

Li Chunfeng came to his senses and realized that there were still powerful enemies outside.

His sudden appearance clearly indicates that he has been targeted.

A black figure appeared, like a demon king descending, exuding overwhelming ferocity, plunging the mountains into deathly silence!
Its aura was distinct from that of demonic beasts, carrying the chaotic and violent energy of the abyss.

Flying in the sky was a gigantic creature resembling a venomous python. It had a bizarre and twisted head, and powerful, massive, dog-like appendages. Relying on its enormous, terrifying, bat- or umbrella-like wings that looked like black rubber, it floated effortlessly in the air.

Abyssal monster.

Its body is so enormous that it is difficult to see its true appearance because it is constantly twisting and changing.

In addition, it has a pair of thick, menacing black horns on its head.

[Fear Hunter: Tier 3 Abyssal Behemoth!]

(End of this chapter)