To the furry deer, the battle between Chen Changsheng and Liang Hongzhuang was not as attractive as the grass. If there were other spectators, they would probably think the same, because there was a great disparity in strength between the two sides, and because the last of Su Li's strength had been used to block Xue He's blade. But for some reason, the only spectator present, Su Li, was completely focused on the battle, not even blinking.
Liang Hongzhuang was dressed in red dancing clothes, ribbons fluttering around his body. The Qi of a Star Condensation expert danced with him, traveling everywhere.
This was a complete, even perfect domain. It was impossible to see any flaws.
Chen Changsheng could not see it, but just like what Su Li had said to him at the end, even if it was a guess, even if it was a wild guess, he still had to do it, he still had to gamble. Of course, since it was a guess, since it was a wild guess, there was no hope of winning the gamble. The only advantage he had was that he was not like other Ethereal Opening cultivators, who had no understanding of the Star Condensation realm.
Back in the Orthodox Academy, when he thought that he had failed in Purification, he had actually succeeded. When he thought that he did not dare to enter Meditative Introspection, he was actually already guiding starlight into Ethereal Opening. When he was viewing the monoliths in the front mausoleum, he had folded the lines of the Heavenly Tome Monoliths into a star chart. This method was originally Star Condensation. He was an anomaly in the cultivation world, forever cultivating through methods that surpassed his current cultivation level. In other words, on the path of cultivation, he did not walk faster than others, but he could see further — he knew what Star Condensation was.
Cultivators guided starlight into Purification, Meditative Introspection transformed star radiance into true essence, and then borrowed the power of the starlight to open the door to Ethereal Palace. What they needed to do next was to continue guiding starlight into their bodies, lighting up the stars on the Spirit Mountain, matching those stars with their own acupuncture points, stimulating their true essence, drawing their own star chart, reconstructing the miniature world in their bodies. Externally, that was the Star Domain.
The Star Domain was the world of Star Condensation cultivators. It was the projection of the starry sky in the cultivator's body and sea of consciousness.
The true starry sky was tranquil and eternal, solemn and dignified. According to common cultivation knowledge, the Star Domain of a Star Condensation cultivator should also be perfect, without any flaws. Even the nothingness that cultivators of higher cultivation could see through was not true nothingness, but because the cultivator's cultivation was limited, they could not perfectly control their spiritual sense and true essence.
Chen Changsheng did not believe this. He believed that there was no such thing as a perfect Star Domain, because … the real Star Domain was not a perfect and unchanging existence. It was because the real Star Domain was a dynamic equilibrium. Since it was a dynamic equilibrium, once an external force was introduced, this equilibrium would be broken at a certain moment. It sounded like Su Li had used to guide him in breaking Xue He's Blade Domain, but in, his Li's Blade. This Su Chen's Dao had even surpassed Su Li's Sword Domain. It was just that right now, neither Su Li nor he himself knew just what he had understood, just what he had discovered. Naturally, he could not imagine just what sort of changes this Dao Domain would bring to his future cultivation and battles, and even the history of the entire world of cultivation.
Seeing Liang Hongzhuang's dancing clothes, countless fragments of information flashed through Chen Changsheng's sea of consciousness at high speeds. He incessantly calculated and sensed the Qi attached to those ribbons, as well as the abnormally distinct ripples of true essence in the barren mountain. It was like he could see countless stars appear before his eyes. No one could clearly see the relative positions of these stars in such a short amount of time, and even more so, no one could calculate the laws of movement in this Star Domain through the brightness and relative positions of these stars in such a short amount of time, and thus find the weakest point in this Star Domain. The ability of humans to calculate had a limit. At this time, it was necessary to give way to those abilities that did not have a limit. For example, intuition. Of course, it could still be called guesswork.
The several hundred stars were bright and dark, changing colors in his sea of consciousness. They clearly did not move, but he seemed to see those stars move.
Humans were the combination of all relationships. Fate was the general theory of the trajectories between humans. The starry sky was the canvas that described and explained everything. Liang Hongzhuang's person was constantly changing. With each passing year, he aged at a rate of one year. With each additional jar of strong alcohol he drank, he became slower and slower. With each passing moment, he became more and more pained. Thus, his Star Domain was naturally also constantly moving.
The stars moved, the brightness changed, and a new painting was born.
Faintly, in that Star Domain that was densely packed with stars, he suddenly saw a patch of darkness. The surrounding stars seemed to turn into a path, and that patch of darkness was the end of the path. He did not know where it led to, but it might be nothingness. Chen Changsheng did not know what it was, and he could not be sure if what he saw was real or not, because in this Star Domain, there were many similar places. But at this moment, he could only believe in himself. Even if it was a guess, he had to believe it to be true — he thrusted his sword towards that position!
There was a soft swish. The slightly cold air in the barren mountain was pierced.
The red ribbon fluttered incessantly.
Chen Changsheng's sword was clearly about to stab into the ribbon, but it mysteriously disappeared and then reappeared somewhere else.
Su Li's expression turned slightly cold, his sword-like eyebrows slightly raised.
Such a fast sword. It was actually able to break through Liang Hongzhuang's Star Domain. Such a fast sword. Liang Hongzhuang actually did not have any reaction.
A clear whistle rose up from the mountains. Liang Hongru hurriedly retreated, only stopping when he was more than ten zhang away.
The red ribbon slowly floated down, falling at his feet.
His left ear had been studded with a pearl. At this moment, that pearl had already disappeared, leaving behind only a dark red bead of blood.
Chen Changsheng's sword had pierced his left ear, piercing that pearl.
Liang Hongzhuang raised his hand and touched his left ear. His hand was slightly wet, and he frowned at Chen Changsheng. Besides shock, he was also very confused. He was actually able to break through his Star Domain? Just who was this youth?
Surpassing levels to fight wasn't something inconceivable, but most of it happened between cultivators of the same level. For example, a cultivator at the lower level of Ethereal Opening could attempt to challenge a cultivator at the upper level of Ethereal Opening. But Meditation challenging Ethereal Opening, Ethereal Opening challenging Star Condensation, this kind of challenge that surpassed an entire level was extremely rare. Even in the tens of thousands of years of history, there weren't many successful cases.
Of course, there would definitely be exceptions, such as those geniuses with extraordinary bloodlines. When Qiu Shan Jun was still at Ethereal Opening, which cultivator at the initial stage of Star Condensation dared to say that they could definitely defeat him? Another example would be when Chen Changsheng left the capital. Luo Luo hadn't reached Ethereal Opening, but which cultivator at Ethereal Opening, including him, dared to say that she was inferior to him?
But Chen Changsheng clearly didn't have any special bloodline. His True Essence was very ordinary, and his aura was also very ordinary … Liang Hongzhuang suddenly thought of a possibility and asked, "Could it be that you are …"
Chen Changsheng clasped his sword in greeting and said, "Orthodox Academy, Chen Changsheng."
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(The next chapter will be slightly later. I have to pack my luggage, send the cat back to my parents' home, and celebrate the Little New Year. Oh, I almost forgot. I wish everyone a happy Little New Year!)
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