Chapter 340: Chapter 339: Intercepting the Stars
As an elite among robbers and an ancestor among thieves, Qin Feng was a true master of stealing and plundering.
The descent of the stars was an act of destiny. Who would receive a Star Mark and who was fated not to—it was all predestined.
As the saying goes: what’s yours is yours, and you can’t take what isn’t.
Qi Fortune favored those who were naturally attuned to the stars. No matter how much others coveted it, they could never get their hands on one.
The array Qin Feng had developed could shatter this preordained fate.
It could rob and steal, taking all the things that didn’t belong to him.
This array was called the Ten Directions Star Fate Array.
Through his deductions, Qin Feng discovered a pattern to the stars’ descent. The reason certain people were favored was that those prodigies were born with a potent Star Fate.
In other words, it was determined by their Fate Grid.
It was precisely this Fate Grid that allowed those prodigies to easily attract the descending Star Marks and gather the Qi Fortune of the stars.
The Ten Directions Star Fate Array that Qin Feng had developed could use the array to temporarily mimic the aura of such a Fate Grid, thereby attracting Star Marks.
This was deception! This was theft!
Qin Feng’s original intent was simple: ’If you won’t give it to me, I’ll take it myself.’
’If I can’t take it, I’ll steal it!’
However, to set up the Ten Directions Star Fate Array, one needed a special Spiritual Object with the Star Attribute to anchor the Array Hub. Only then could its full potential be realized.
Originally, though Qin Feng had the ambition, he could only look on with envy, lacking the opportunity to make this wish a reality.
The Meteorite Star Core brought by Master Hall had given him that opportunity.
Eight hours later, at the Celestial Pool Lakefront, before Bishui Cave, a grand, six-pointed star array was complete. A strange black stone, half a person tall, stood in its center, right in the Array Hub.
The entire Grand Array exuded a natural rhythm in harmony with the Celestial Dao, as if it had merged into the very earth.
As Qin Feng walked into the Grand Array, it was as if he himself had become a true star.
Qin Feng’s gaze landed on the black stone, filled with satisfaction. As soon as the celestial phenomenon of the descending stars occurred, the array would capture the omen.
Then, Qin Feng could proceed to the next step: stealing a heavenly secret.
’All that’s left is to wait for the right moment!’
A trace of resignation showed in Qin Feng’s eyes. He couldn’t predict the exact time of the stars’ descent. The only thing he could do was lie in wait.
Man proposes, but Heaven disposes.
Whether or not he could successfully seize a Star Mark this time, the rest was up to luck.
Qin Feng gazed at the billions of stars in the sky, a flicker of hope in his eyes. According to ancient legends, this descent of the stars was somewhat special.
The descending stars were not ordinary stars.
Qin Feng remembered distinctly that the ones descending this time were a number of powerful Ancient Stars that had vanished long ago.
These included the strongest of them all: the Thirty-six Ancient Main Stars.
They were, respectively, the Seven Killings Star, Po Jun Star, Lianzhen Star, Gluttony Star, Ziwei Star, Celestial Mansion Star, Wuqu Star, Celestial Image Star, Sun Star, Jiumen Star, Celestial Secret Star, Taiyin Star, Celestial Beam Star, Tiantong Star, Taichu Star, Heavenly Demon Star, Hongmeng Star, Primordial Star, Bright Star, Taiyi Star, Dragon God Star...
Qin Feng had once learned a secret from some fragmented texts: these thirty-six Main Stars had actually fallen during the Ancient Era.
The reason they had condensed into Star Marks to descend this time was primarily to seek out individuals with immense Qi Fortune in order to be ’resurrected.’
According to the understanding of some peerless experts from later eras, it was a form of parasitism—or rather, a mutually beneficial relationship.
These Ancient Stars would pour all their remaining Qi Fortune from after their fall into their chosen, high-fortune individual. Then, they would wait for that person’s cultivation to reach Great Success, at which point they would gracefully step aside and use the power within that individual as an opportunity to resurrect themselves.
As Qin Feng understood it, this was a form of venture capital.
All in exchange for a final return on investment.
Of course, if their "investment" was killed, these Ancient Main Stars would suffer as well, losing their final chance at resurrection.
In later eras, only fourteen Ancient Main Stars remained; the other twenty-two had disappeared into the river of time precisely under such circumstances.
’What I have to do now is puff myself up to look important and trick the All Heavens and Stars into investing in me! Then, I’ll funnel all of that investment into my own Lifebound Star. Ideally, I’ll cultivate the Fallen God Star into a new Ancient Main Star!’
Countless dark thoughts and insidious schemes surfaced in Qin Feng’s mind.
Qin Feng’s eyes burned with ambition. His greatest hope was to trick one of the Thirty-six Main Stars. Failing that, he had to at least snag an Ancient Giant Star. And at the bare minimum, he had to obtain an Ancient Star.
Qin Feng sat cross-legged within the array, cultivating the Mixed Element Star Technique as he prepared to lie in wait.
Within his body, four Fire Attribute Spirit Veins were absorbing Primordial Yuan Qi from the Void and condensing it, inch by inch.
His Star True Power surged, doubling the speed at which he refined the Spirit Veins.
The fourth Spirit Vein, the Red Evil Spirit Vein, was already mostly refined. Qin Feng felt that in a day at most, he could attempt to condense a fifth type of Spirit Fire.
As Qin Feng circulated his Primordial Star True Power, his thoughts turned to his own Divine Abilities.
Ever since advancing to the Condensing Vein Realm, several of the concepts Qin Feng had comprehended reached Perfection, giving rise to a few Divine Abilities.
Qin Feng’s gaze fell to his palm. He raised one hand slightly, and a cyan Tornado Saber materialized there.
His gaze flickered. This was a Wind Attribute Minor Divine Ability, born from Wind Power being completely shattered and fused into his Star True Power.
He called it the Tornado Saber.
This Divine Ability’s power was mediocre; to Qin Feng, it was dispensable, especially since he had plundered a Wind Attribute Divine Ability, the ’Gentle Wind Half Moon Slash,’ just a few days prior.
’Gentle Wind Half Moon Slash’ was also a Wind Attribute Divine Ability, but it was far stronger than the Tornado Saber.
After a moment of thought, with a flick of his palm, nine Ancient Swords condensed from Invisible Sword Qi hovered above his hand.
This was a Divine Ability born from the combination of his True Power and his Sword Intent, which had reached Perfection.
’This must be the Divine Ability that formed after the Geng Metal Breaking Killing Sword Technique reached Great Success. Then there are the Divine Abilities from the Spiritual Snake Demon-Subduing Fist and the Profound Turtle Sea-Suppressing Fist, which also appeared after they reached Great Success. They’re all just ordinary Acquired Divine Abilities. They might be enough against an average person, but when facing a true expert, these Divine Abilities are completely useless!’
Qin Feng shook his head and activated his Star True Power. The next moment, a Yin Yang Divine Map, formed from black and white yin-yang fish, appeared around him.
’This is the Yin Yang Divine Map, formed after the first style of the Xuanwu Yin Yang Dao reached Great Success. The Divine Power of this ability is not bad at all, especially the annihilating force of the Yin and Yang Qi. An ordinary Condensing Vein Realm cultivator would have their physical form shredded on contact. Even earth, water, wind, and fire would be completely refined and suppressed. It’s exceptionally powerful!’
Looking at the Yin Yang Divine Map, Qin Feng smiled faintly.
This Divine Ability could serve as a trump card.
Then there was his Innate Divine Power of Ocean Control. Ever since he had obtained the Spring of Life, a type of Spiritual Spring, this Innate Divine Ability had advanced to Tier Four, making it exceptionally powerful. Even ordinary True Water was now under his control.
He was smiling, but in the next moment, Qin Feng’s brow furrowed as he thought to himself, ’Although these two Divine Abilities are powerful, to be honest, neither of them is related to my Origin path. I lack a true Origin Divine Ability, one that can serve as my foundation and my ultimate trump card!’
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