Desolate Devouring Art

Chapter 321 - Constructing Stars

Forcibly establishing a bridge with the stars was too dangerous. If there was a slight mistake, the power from the stars could destroy his soul sea.

The Heavenly Dao Book had protected his soul sea from shattering at the last moment. His golden soul sea swiftly repaired itself, and a new bridge appeared beside the divine bridge. This bridge was glittered with starlights, looking like it was built with countless stars that connected heaven and earth.

Even if Liu Wuxie didn’t use the Primordial Astral Fist in the future, he could still continue to draw astral energy to empower his physique.

Sitting cross-legged, Liu Wuxie began to circulate the Desolate Devouring Art and devoured all the spiritual energy within tens of thousands of meters in radius at an incredible speed.

In the blink of an eye, the spiritual energy from the entire back mountain vanished without a trace. The back mountain was massive, and many people cultivated here besides Liu Wuxie.

As the spiritual energy dissipated, numerous individuals emerged discontentedly from their caves, their gazes fixed in the direction where the energy had been converging.

"Who seized all the spiritual energy, causing me to miss my opportunity to break through?!" A roar echoed in the back mountain, causing countless leaves to fall to the ground.

More people gathered towards Liu Wuxie. A layer of spiritual cloud had gathered above him, pouring down spiritual rain. A black vortex appeared above Liu Wuxie, devouring and fusing all the spiritual rain into his dantian.

After establishing the astral bridge, Liu Wuxie's speed of absorbing astral energy increased, and so did his comprehension of the Primordial Astral Fist. However, many aspects were just theories, and Liu Wuxie needed time to execute them.

After absorbing tremendous spiritual energy, Liu Wuxie's cultivation improved. Even so, he was still far from making a breakthrough.

The astral energy gathered in the world in Liu Wuxie's dantian also increased to a few hundred threads, but he was still far from being able to perform the Primordial Astral Fist.

He would need enormous astral energy to perform the Primordial Astral Fist.

Through the astral bridge, astral energy began pouring into Liu Wuxie's body. Rumbling sounds soon came from the world in his dantian, which felt like an earthquake, causing the entire world to tremble and revolve.

"This..." Liu Wuxie was shocked because this world already had trees, a lake, mountains, land, and even a volcano. It was no different from a miniature world, but the sky was dark without any light.

When the first star was born, the world in his dantian became brighter. It might look like a star the size of a fist, but it could revolve by itself and form a resonance with the astral bridge in his soul sea.

This meant Liu Wuxie didn't even have to cultivate to draw astral energy. Astral energy would keep pouring into his dantian even if he did nothing.

As astral energy increased, the star above the world in his dantian slowly grew bigger and gradually evolved into a giant planet.

"This is the place where all the spiritual energy is gathered!" Rustling sounds of footsteps came from the distance.

Liu Wuxie's ears twitched, but he paid no attention to the surrounding noise and continued cultivating. He was in a critical moment and had yet to grasp the first form of the Primordial Astral Fist.

"Since when was this place excavated?" Dozens of disciples walked up the mountain path. They appeared outside the spiritual array but didn't enter.

They were all outer disciples with varying strengths. The treatment of an inner disciple was over a dozen times better than that of an outer disciple because inner disciples had a spacious courtyard and wouldn't come to cultivate in the back mountain.

"He's only in the fourth-level True Core Realm. Does he have a Spiritual Storage Pearl to absorb so much spiritual energy?" A disciple in the sixth-level True Core Realm muttered to himself.

A Spiritual Storage Pearl could store spiritual energy for use when needed, making it convenient.

Yet, the cost of a Spiritual Storage Pearl was steep, making it unattainable for most outer disciples. Moreover, its scarcity added to its allure. After all, a Spiritual Storage Pearl could prove invaluable in combat scenarios, enabling combatants to draw upon stored spiritual energy to vanquish their adversaries once both parties were depleted.

Furthermore, the speed of absorbing spirit stones was far slower than absorbing from a Spiritual Storage Pearl.

Upon hearing about the Spiritual Storage Pearl, everyone's eyes shone brightly because it was a treasure.

Various noises filled Liu Wuxie's ears, making it tough for him to concentrate on his cultivation. This naturally annoyed him as he opened his eyes with a ferocious aura sweeping out from him, causing the surrounding trees to shake.

"He's awake!" The surrounding noises disappeared as over a dozen pairs of eyes focused on Liu Wuxie, but none could recognize him.

"He looks unfamiliar. I don't think I've seen him before." Despite the large number of outer disciples, everyone had seen each other over the years they spent in the sect.

Liu Wuxie stepped forward and swept his gaze around.

"Why are you all disturbing my cultivation?" Liu Wuxie asked coldly. If they hadn't interrupted him, he would've already comprehended the essence of the Primordial Astral Fist's first form.

There were fourteen people with a mix of genders. The strongest was only in the sixth-level True Core Realm, while the lowest was in the third level.

They were all ordinary outer disciples because the top-tier outer disciples had plenty of points and would choose cultivation chambers over the back mountain. The environment in the cultivation chambers was ten thousand times better than the back mountain.

Only those outer disciples with no points would try to use this environment.

"Brat, hand over the Spiritual Storage Pearl!" an outer disciple in the sixth-level True Core Realm roared, demanding Liu Wuxie to hand over the Spiritual Storage Pearl.

"Spiritual Storage Pearl?" Liu Wuxie frowned, but he quickly pieced together what was happening. The Desolate Devouring Art had consumed all the surrounding spiritual energy, leading them to assume he possessed a Spiritual Storage Pearl capable of absorbing it all. He now understood why these people had come.

"Get lost!" Liu Wuxie didn't have any Spiritual Storage Pearl, and he roared for them to leave and stop disturbing his cultivation.

Since entering the cultivation world, Liu Wuxie's personality had become more ferocious. His voice, like rumbling thunder, caused the eardrums of the fourteen outer disciples to sting. Those with weaker cultivation even collapsed to the ground under the force of his roar.

"You're courting death!" The fourteen people became furious and pointed at Liu Wuxie, but they didn't dare to enter the spiritual array. Someone had tried to step in earlier but was nearly killed by a powerful blade aura. This was a lethal spiritual array that prevented anyone from getting close.

Liu Wuxie vanished and reappeared before the one who had spoken earlier, delivering a powerful slap. The impact sent the disciple flying through the air, crashing into a distant bush with several teeth flying out.

"What annoyance!" Liu Wuxie's tone didn't contain a hint of emotion as he looked at the remaining outer disciples. The weaker ones took a few steps back under his gaze, not daring to approach.

"Senior Brother Gu Quan, cripple him!" Those who had retreated shouted, urging the only one among them at the sixth level of the True Core Realm to take action.

"You dare attack us? You're courting death!" Gu Quan roared and threw a punch, unleashing his aura on the sixth level of the True Core Realm, which caused countless cracks to appear on the ground. He naturally possessed extraordinary strength since he could join the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion.

"You all are the ones courting death!" Liu Wuxie roared. Astral energy gushed out from him and poured into his fist through his meridians. This was an excellent opportunity to test the Primordial Astral Fist to see if it was as powerful as the legend mentioned.

With a shift of his footstep, Liu Wuxie appeared before Gu Quan. The latter couldn't even react when Liu Wuxie's punch descended. Someone in the sixth level of the True Core Realm was no different from an ant before him, and this person dared to roar at him?!

With a loud rumble, Gu Quan flew out with his blood dyeing the sky red. Cracking sounds could be heard, and Gu Quan didn't know how many of his bones were broken.

But before Gu Quan could let out a scream, he fell onto the ground and lost consciousness. His chest had caved in with his ribs exposed, which was horrifying to watch.

The other outer disciples in the surroundings trembled from the fright and took a deep breath. They could feel a threat of death from this fist, and they would become corpses if that punch landed on them. Gu Quan was only injured heavily because of his cultivation at the sixth level of the True Core Realm.

Liu Wuxie retrieved his fist with a hint of shock flashing through his eyes. He had only used thirty percent of the astral energy. He could probably pulverize Gu Quan with one punch if he used all the astral energy.

Most importantly, he hadn't grasped the Primordial Astral Fist yet and only comprehended a small part. Even so, the lethality of the Primordial Astral Fist had far surpassed the Fatality Blade Art.

Lowering his head to look at his fist, Liu Wuxie was still in disbelief that he did that.

"Run!" The remaining outer disciples chose to escape without any hesitation. Even Gu Quan was sent flying with one punch, and they would only court death if they remained.

In the blink of an eye, everyone gathered in the surroundings fled, no one paying attention to Gu Quan.

Returning to the spacious ground, Liu Wuxie didn't rush to practice. Instead, he focused on comprehending the punch he had thrown earlier. He felt an aching pain in his meridians, likely due to the astral energy being too violent to control.

"It looks like I still have to strengthen my physique." The tenacity of Liu Wuxie's physique had far surpassed his peers, and even someone in the low levels of the Heavenly Dipper Realm may not be able to compare to him in terms of physique.

His true essence was much stronger than that of ordinary people, necessitating a powerful physique. This requirement, coupled with the challenge of controlling astral energies, posed a significant strain on his body.

Liu Wuxie took out a few pills and swallowed them. It didn't take long before the aching in his body gradually faded away.

However, Liu Wuxie wasn't in a hurry to practice the Primordial Astral Fist after his meridians recovered. He began throwing punches slowly and felt every punch. As time passed, astral energies rumbled, and the world in his dantian also became brighter.

Each of his punches would cause a tremble in the air, and the first form wasn't very complicated. It was a simple punch that focused on power. According to the Primordial Astral Fist's explanation, he could even infuse his attributes into this attack to bring the power to the next level. He immediately attempted to infuse wood-attribute into his fist technique.

The surroundings could hear rumbling sounds, and shockwaves spread in the air.

When Gu Quan regained consciousness, he was utterly frightened by this scene and fled without any hesitation, disregarding his injuries.

The Primordial Astral Fist seemed simple, but each change was filled with profundity.