Chapter 2019 - 85: The Sixth Star Pattern

The plan to imprint the sixth Star Pattern on Zhang Xiaoman officially began. The first step was not related to him but was focused on Huan Cai.

To ensure that Huan Cai’s Spiritual Power could keep up with the consumption during the Star Pattern imprinting, the Demon Princess specially taught her a mental method to refine the limit of Spiritual Power and accelerate spiritual recovery. Otherwise, with Huan Cai’s current Strength, even if all materials were ready, her own power would be insufficient to help Zhang Xiaoman imprint the sixth Star Pattern.

This was undoubtedly a great benefit for Huan Cai; just this alone was already the best reward.

Of course, when the Demon Princess taught the mental method, she didn’t hide it, allowing Zhang Xiaoman and Ni Yang to learn together. As a result, Zhang Xiaoman was the first to master it, followed by Ni Yang, while Huan Cai took much longer than both of them to learn it.

However, this learning took place within the time anomaly, and for the outside world, it was merely an instant.

"If counting the time, the time within the anomaly, I might already be over 300 years old now?"

Zhang Xiaoman looked at his hands with an indescribable strange feeling in his heart.

Before coming here, he never imagined he would spend hundreds of years cultivating here. Perhaps to outsiders, it seemed he left for only a short while and would soon return, yet here, he had experienced over 200 years.

It’s worth noting that Zhang Xiaoman’s original age was less than 100 years, and staying here for over 200 years not only greatly enhanced his Strength but also significantly improved his personality.

Now his cultivation had long surpassed that of a Mortal; his memories were virtually eternal. Had it been an ordinary person, in over 200 years, they might have forgotten everything.

"Having not returned for so long, I really miss the feeling of home. I wonder how things are over there now..."

As Xiao Man absentmindedly thought, he chuckled softly.

"What am I thinking about... I’ve been here for so long, yet perhaps not even a day has passed for the organization over there..."

He shook his head slightly, temporarily casting aside the disturbing thoughts. The most important thing now was to imprint the sixth Star Pattern. If successful, his Strength would once more rapidly increase, and this time, he even felt hopeful of breaking through to the Upper Transcendent.

Turning around, his gaze fell on the region of the time anomaly, where Huan Cai had already emerged, having completed her cultivation.

"Thank you, Dominator. I’ve cultivated the Mixed Heaven Supreme Heart Scripture and can imprint for Ji Xing at any time!"

She now appeared invigorated, her Spiritual Power’s purity had substantially increased, her aura was more robust than before, and her Strength had seemingly reached the late Middle Stage Transcendent.

Huan Cai truly hadn’t anticipated that one day she could gain such significant benefits from this Demon Lord, despite everyone initially being adversaries, yet events suddenly developed in this way.

Actually, it wasn’t hard to speculate about this matter. Huan Cai briefly thought about it and came up with a general answer. Perhaps at the outset, she and others believed they were adversaries with this Demon Lord, but it was just wishful thinking. In reality, the Demon Lord didn’t even pay them any attention; frankly, they didn’t even qualify to be opponents.

The truth was somewhat disheartening, but regardless, the outcome was good. Even if they were enemies, so what? At least she, Huan Cai, gained huge benefits, and even had the chance to latch onto such a powerful figure, strengthening herself—nothing disgraceful about that.

"Then let’s begin."

The Demon Princess, adhering to her consistent style of minimal words, opened the door leading from this area to the Divine Country, ready to gather materials once again.

Outside, countless Little Nightmares had reappeared. Though they were previously suppressed by the Demon Princess, these creatures weren’t weaklings, backed by those Lost Soul elites. Perhaps in single combat they couldn’t compare to the Demon Princess, but their sheer number meant the Demon Princess couldn’t handle them.

"Hehehe..."

The Little Nightmares surged forward like sharks smelling blood. This time, the Demon Princess didn’t need to act, as Zhang Xiaoman stepped up and, much like the Demon Princess’s previous actions, froze the Little Nightmares in the air before they turned to ashes and vanished. The only difference was probably the attack range wasn’t as massive as the Demon Princess’s. It took Zhang Xiaoman several such attacks to eliminate all Nightmares in this realm.

The Demon Princess glanced at him but said nothing. Ni Yang, having had a similar experience, knew Zhang Xiaoman could mimic his Skill, and thus wasn’t surprised. Only Huan Cai, witnessing this technique for the first time, showed an astonished expression, not expecting Ji Xing’s Strength to be so formidable.

The Demon Princess had a trace of nostalgia and resolution in her eyes, subtly nodding and murmuring:

"This is your unique difference from others, this kind of Strength, is yours alone..."