Chapter 135: Nan Tianwang, Don't Panic — Your Jiang Changkong Has Arrived

Consuming Essence, Qi, and Spirit, Jiang Changkong upgraded the Cold Moon Art.

His strength increased once again, with Yin and Yang intertwining within his body, Taiyin and Taiyang coexisting.

Jiang Changkong: Peak of Star Vault

Mid-tier, mid-grade martial arts:

Indestructible Diamond Divine Art: Perfected: 1/1,875,000

Mystical Tai Chi Art: Mastered: 100,001/375,000

Three Blades of the Fleeting Swan: Mastered: 1/375,000

Blazing Sun Art: Mastered: 1/375,000

Spirit Control Art: Mastered: 1/375,000

Cold Moon Art: Mastered: 1/375,000

Essence, Qi, and Spirit: 5,988.5

A chilling cold surged and swirled. This icy land no longer suppressed him in the slightest.

It felt like returning to his homeland, as the cold actively seeped into his body, merging with the Taiyin Star Power.

The Cold Moon Art came with matching saber techniques, sword techniques, and movement techniques. However, the saber technique was for the left hand, and the sword technique for the right.

Both consisted of three moves, and their names were the same: Moonlight Essence, Moon Shadow, and Moon Mist.

The footwork was called Moonlight Flow, no less impressive than the Mystic Yang Steps.

After contemplating the Cold Moon Art for an hour, Jiang Changkong suppressed the Taiyin Star Power, circulated the Blazing Sun Star Power, and reopened the barrier.

Passing through the barrier, the cold surged toward him once more.

Taiyin Star Power flowed, enveloping his body in a silvery-white glow.

The incoming cold was no longer bone-chilling; sharing the same origin, it was no longer hostile.

Jiang Changkong stepped onto the icy ground, where silvery-white ice pillars reflected his figure.

Walking up to the corpse, Jiang Changkong directly extracted its Essence, Qi, and Spirit—600,000!

The corpse remained frozen. Jiang Changkong approached the stone tablet and touched it with his hand, feeling a chill.

The tablet was broken, as if sliced cleanly by a sharp blade, with a smooth and even fracture.

Its base was deeply embedded in the ground, frozen solid by the ice.

The characters on it resembled tadpoles, and he couldn’t recognize a single one.

The figure in the pattern had a blurred face, perhaps due to the ravages of time.

Everything else was clear aside from the face.

Pressing his hand against the tablet and feeling its chilling cold, Jiang Changkong felt a stirring of desire.

Just because he didn’t recognize the tablet didn’t mean others wouldn’t.

If he could take it out, he might fetch a high price.

And that Special Starstone—this was going to be a windfall.

With a thought, the Star Power within his body transformed entirely into Taiyin Star Power.

Hum

A surge of immense Star Power enveloped the tablet.

Boom

A violent burst of Star Power struck, causing the tablet to tremble violently as a wave of intense cold emanated from it.

Jiang Changkong’s expression changed as he was sent flying backward by the force of the cold.

Crack

The golden barrier shattered in an instant, dissolving into golden starlight and vanishing within the icy space.

Boom

At the same time, a deafening roar echoed from afar, with flames soaring into the sky and a fiery light piercing the heavens.

Crack

The Void tore open, swallowing Jiang Changkong whole.

Thud

Darkness enveloped Jiang Changkong’s vision. When he opened his eyes again, he found himself in intimate contact with the ground.

Intense heat assaulted him, and he quickly circulated his Blazing Sun Star Power.

“Is this… a fire zone?”

Jiang Changkong was bewildered. Had he flown all the way here?

Thud, thud

The Void above him split open, and two figures tumbled out. One of them had a rough landing, face-first.

“Ouch!”

A cry of pain escaped as the face-first figure scrambled up, rubbing his cheek. His gaze fell on Jiang Changkong, and he stopped rubbing his face, exclaiming in surprise, “Changkong, we meet again.”

“Yeah, what a coincidence.”

Jiang Changkong’s face twitched. This guy was none other than Li Changtian, whom he had parted with not long ago.

“Young master, take it easy.” The other person got up, it was Li Changtian’s follower, that Star Vault late-stage martial artist.

“I’m fine, just a bit sore from the fall.”

Li Changtian said, pausing for a moment, looking quite frustrated: “Changkong, do you know what happened? Just now there was an incredibly strong fiery force that blew us away.”

“I’m the same as you.” Jiang Changkong rubbed his temples, looking at the golden flames around them: “I’m thinking about what caused this.”

That icy area, better not mention it for now.

However, what blew them away was fiery power, not cold energy.

Right, with such dense fiery energy here, it can even seal that Taiyin stone tablet with a barrier.

This proves there is a treasure here no less than, or even stronger than, the stone tablet!

“Young master, when I chased after you into this place, someone else fell in.” The Star Vault late-stage martial artist said.

“Fell in?” Jiang Changkong frowned.

“Yes, if I’m not mistaken, it was Luo Yunchen and his guardian.” The Star Vault late-stage martial artist said.

“Guardian?” Jiang Changkong was puzzled: “Like you?”

“Yes, we follow the young master, protecting his safety, and are called guardians. You’ll understand when you go to the Major Province later, generally geniuses have guardians.”

The Star Vault late-stage martial artist explained.

“Bodyguards then, just with a fancy new name.” Jiang Changkong curled his lip.

The Star Vault late-stage martial artist looked slightly embarrassed: “You could say that.”

“By the way, we need to hurry over, I think I saw a Yang Stone at that time.”

Li Changtian suddenly stood up, speaking urgently.

“Yang Stone?” Jiang Changkong’s gaze sharpened: “Are you sure?”

Li Changtian affirmed: “Absolutely certain, it also fell in when the space cracked open.”

Jiang Changkong looked around, frowning: “Do you still remember the direction now?”

Li Changtian: “…”

The flames all around looked the same, it seemed, a bit hard to distinguish?

Li Changtian frowned and thought for a moment: “The flame temperature there was very high, higher than when we entered. Let’s follow the flame temperature.”

The Star Vault late-stage martial artist said: “This space isn’t boundless, once we find it, if we shout loudly, we should be able to hear each other.”

“Mm.”

Jiang Changkong nodded, and the three separated, searching according to the flame temperature.

The nearby flames still carried a chill; Taiyin energy had already permeated this area.

Treading on the flames, with Mysterious Yang Steps activated, even without using the Spirit Control Art, he could move rapidly here.

In just a few breaths, Jiang Changkong had gone far away.

The surrounding flame temperature grew lower and lower. Jiang Changkong frowned; he might have gone in the wrong direction.

He changed direction and continued forward.

A few minutes later, Jiang Changkong halted his steps, faintly hearing shouts.

Jiang Changkong hurried over, the voice gradually becoming clearer—it really was calling him.

A few moments later, Jiang Changkong saw Li Changtian running while shouting.

“Found it?” Jiang Changkong asked.

Li Changtian panted: “Found it, but your Nantian Wang is in big trouble now, we need to hurry over.”

Jiang Changkong remained calm: “What trouble?”

“This is a big deal. Not only is there a Yang Stone, but also a broken Lieyang stone tablet has appeared, inscribed with ancient text and cultivation diagrams—it should be a martial art.”

Li Changtian explained while leading the way: “Then, Nantian Wang claimed it was his, others disagreed, and they started fighting.”

“Oh.” Jiang Changkong responded indifferently. If they’re fighting, then they’re fighting.

“There are also some Star Demons, not particularly strong, just not easy to kill. Don’t worry about them.”

Li Changtian said.

Rumble—

As they drew closer, Jiang Changkong could already hear the sounds of a group of Martial Artists clashing.

Star Power exploded, flames surged. Although Nantian Wang was only at the peak of the Star Gate level, in this fiery region, he was like a fish in water.

Even if he couldn’t contend with a Star Vault-level opponent, with the cover of the others, he could still protect himself.

“You despicable bunch! This Blazing Sun Star Power should belong to my Nantian family!” Nantian Wang roared angrily.

“Nonsense! It’s every man for himself—whoever has the strongest fist gets it.”

Although Nantian Wang’s side had two late-stage Star Vault experts, the others were no weaklings either—almost all of them had brought late-stage Star Vault guardians.

Nantian Wang trembled with rage, his plump body shaking. “You bastards!”

“Nantian Wang, don’t panic! Your Jiang Changkong is here!” Li Changtian shouted.

Nantian Wang: “…”

My Jiang Changkong?

Jiang Changkong: “…”

Young man, thank you for bringing me here.

But you’ve got one thing wrong—I’m not his.

So, all of this is damn well mine!