C1 Young man lower celestial mountain

A thick layer of snow covered the ground. Looking into the distance, it was a vast expanse of land with towering peaks piercing through the clouds, as if a giant finger was standing upright between heaven and earth. So it was called Tianshan.

Currently, on the top of the Spirit Eagles Peak, at the top of a cliff that was thirty thousand meters high, Qin Xuan sat upright on top of the snow with her eyes tightly shut and her ten fingers intersected.

"I hope this time will be successful." Qin Xuan prayed in his heart.

"Your body is very special, so you need to find a cold place to refine your body as soon as possible. Otherwise, you won't be able to cultivate it for the rest of your life. Remember …"

These words that had once rang out in his dreams continuously in Qin Xuan's mind. It was precisely because of these words that he had come to this vulture peak.

The cold wind blew incessantly, it whistled crazily and patted Qin Xuan's skinny body. The air was filled with the cold energy of ice, but Qin Xuan remained as still as a mountain, not being affected in the slightest.

If one observed carefully, they would realize that around Qin Xuan's body, strands of pure Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth were congregating into a group, spiralling in the air, containing a boundless amount of energy. Then, it slowly descended from above and entered into his body.

"Absorb the Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth into your body, pass through your meridians, and complete nine cycles and nine cycles. With the combination of the nine cycles, you will be able to form your soul."

As time passed, the Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth around Qin Xuan became more and more terrifying, slowly forming into a spirit energy storm.

Above the skies, the black clouds roiled about, and several terrifying thunder snake could be seen spiralling about in the clouds. Abruptly, a terrifying pressure bore down from the skies, crushing this entire space.

"Pfft!" Qin Xuan sprayed out a mouthful of fresh blood as his entire body collapsed weakly on the snowy ground.

The color of the blood sprinkled on the snow-white skin, it was obvious that it was bright. Under the illumination of the sunlight, it added a hint of desolation.

"Why is it still like this?" Qin Xuan opened his eyes and his brows tightly knitted together. A thick sense of disappointment surfaced on his face, as if he was somewhat unwilling to see this outcome.

Looking at the vast sky, Qin Xuan's eyes were filled with yearning and confusion.

Legend has it that there was an extremely beautiful scroll in the vast sky. There were many heavenly souls on it, flickering like stars on the scroll, allowing the martial cultivator to communicate with it.

When the time was right, one could communicate with the heavenly soul in the sky and draw the soul into their body. If they were lucky enough to pass the heavenly soul trial, they would receive the blessing of the heavenly soul and be bestowed with the ability to form their heavenly soul.

However, Heaven's Mandate had made a huge joke on Qin Xuan, as if he had abandoned him from the very beginning.

Ordinary talented people could absorb Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth into their body, condense their own origin soul s, and become true martial artists. Although they could not condense origin soul s, they could still absorb Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth s and strengthen their bodies.

However, Qin Xuan was unable to even absorb the most basic of Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth, let alone condense a origin soul. In the eyes of others, he was nothing more than a useless piece of trash.

In these three years, all the other people of the same age as him had formed their own origin soul s and started their own paths of cultivation.

With a glimmer of hope, he followed the voice in his dream and left the family. He gave up his identity as a young master and came to this extremely cold place. He spent another three years here, but the result was the same.

The elders had once said that the best time to condense a soul was before the age of 16. If one missed this time, it would become extremely difficult.

He had always been fantasizing about condensing his own origin soul, wanting to know what kind of profound change his body would undergo.

Was there really a soul in the Endless Star Region that could give ordinary people an unimaginable ability, and was that beautiful picture of countless people spreading their faith the real thing?

However, all of this had already become so far away, so far away that it would cause one to despair and be unable to reach it.

"He really is someone who even wants to abandon the heavens. Heaven's will cannot be disobeyed, and there's no way he can be stopped. He truly doesn't know his own limits." Qin Xuan laughed bitterly, then patted on the snow on his body and stood up.

"Who said that destiny cannot be disobeyed? If you truly want to, then you can go against the will of the Heavens!"

An ancient voice suddenly came out from Qin Xuan's mind. Qin Xuan's heart trembled, his expression instantly froze, as though he was extremely excited.

If one had the will, then they could go against the will of the heavens!

"This voice is very familiar, it seems to be …" Qin Xuan suddenly remembered the voice in his dreams, it was shockingly similar to the voice just now!

"Kid, have you been well since we last met?" The ancient voice resounded once again.

Qin Xuan looked around, only to see a vast expanse of white snow, with no one in the surroundings.

"No need to search, I'm in your body." The old man said with a smile.

"What?" Qin Xuan looked startled, and then turned into a look of deep shock, as he cried out: "You are a spirit body?"

He once heard his elders say that powerful cultivators could leave their body and travel between heaven and earth without being restricted by their bodies. Even if their bodies died, as long as there was a trace of their souls, they could recreate their bodies and return to their previous cultivation levels.

"That's not entirely correct. My name is Fen Tian, you can call me Fen Old Master."

"Fen Old Master." Qin Xuan said softly.

However, the Fen Old Master remained silent and did not respond to Qin Xuan, as though he was immersed in memories.

"Fen Old Master, what's wrong?" Qin Xuan asked in concern. He could vaguely sense that there was a change in Fen Old Master's emotions.

"Nothing, I just thought of an old friend." The Fen Old Master sighed and asked: "Do you still remember what I told you before?"

"I have never forgotten that I have always been tempering my body with the gelid qi." Qin Xuan answered honestly.

"Very good, you have already reached the basic requirements for cultivation. Let's take a look at your own meridians first." The voice of the Fen Old Master came from his body once again.

With that said, a terrifying soul power swept out from Qin Xuan's body. It was as if it was a fierce and majestic current that possessed boundless might, causing the entire space to tremble, as though it couldn't withstand the power.

The soul power instantly transformed into a myriad of light beams, cutting through the air, they were incomparably bright, and illuminated the entire space. The light beams flickered, and then connected to each other and formed a golden light beams, forming an extremely strange and complicated network of light rays that floated in the sky.

Qin Xuan trembled as he looked at the golden giant net in front of him.

However, there was a light blue glow at the intersection of the rays of light. It was as if there were a hundred and eight stars that were surrounded by layers of light that faintly contained the principles of the Heavenly Dao.

"What's that?" Qin Xuan pointed to the blue specks of light and asked puzzledly.

"Star of the Seal." The Fen Old Master explained: "The reason why you can't cultivate is because your meridians hide a large sealing formation called the Stellar Wanxiang Diagram. It is this formation that has cut off your cultivation path."

"Stellar Wanxiang Diagram?" Qin Xuan heard that there was actually a Star Formation within his body, and his heart trembled. It was actually because of one of the formations, his cultivation did not advance by an inch for the past six years.

"The blue Sealing Star is the key to the Stellar Wanxiang Diagram's array formation. If you want to start cultivating, you must open up all of these Sealing Stars one by one. If you break open all of them in the future, then your strength will have reached an extremely terrifying level!" The Fen Old Master sighed.

"Great!" Qin Xuan's heart was filled with ecstasy. His dream for so many years was finally going to come to fruition, and two figures couldn't help but appear in his mind. The corner of his mouth raised into a brilliant smile, and he thought to himself: "Yuyan, Xiaofan, I can cultivate soon, so you must wait for me to come back!"

"But don't be happy too early." Fen Old Master suddenly said, causing Qin Xuan's expression to freeze as he stared blankly at Fen Old Master, not knowing what the words meant.

"Stellar Wanxiang Diagram are all peerless great Diagram Array, and every single Sealing Star is extremely difficult to break, especially the first Heavenly Fate Star. It's extremely difficult. It requires everything to be prepared before one can attempt to break through."

Qin Xuan nodded when he heard it, and said: "I will immediately head down the mountain. With the background of the clan, it shouldn't be difficult to find those things."

"Since that's the case, you can leave now." The last voice of the Fen Old Master came out, and then went silent.

At this time, in Lin Yun's Dantian, a black phantom floated there, not a single trace of Qi emitted from its body. However, the air around him seemed to have been frozen, as if everything had stopped moving.

An old man with white hair was resting with his eyes closed. He wore extremely simple and unadorned white cloth, his aged face was covered in wrinkles, and his lips were somewhat shriveled up. The most surprising thing was his pair of eyes that were as deep as the stars.

"Kid, I hope you won't disappoint me. The Nine Mystical Star Region can't wait any longer."

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Sky Flame City, Qin Family.

The Qin Mansion was one of the top families in the Sky Flame City, with a strong background and countless lands. It had been passed down for hundreds of years, and was worthy of being known as a martial arts family.

At this time, outside of Qin Mansion's entrance, a young man in white clothes was dashing over from afar. He was travel worn and his white robes were full of dust, as if he was running all the way here.

"Hmm, isn't that the abandoned person from Qin Mansion? It's said that he left the Qin Mansion three years ago, why is he back now?" Someone recognized Qin Xuan and whispered to the person beside him.

"This child is truly pitiful. He was born unable to cultivate and can only be reduced to a normal person, yet he still encountered such a situation. Fate is truly making a fool of him!"

"Who said I wasn't? Forget it, even the Heavens want to give up. This child's life can be considered as wasted!" Someone sighed, and cast a sympathetic look at Qin Xuan.

Qin Xuan naturally heard the discussions of the people around him, but he was not angry, he had returned this time to cultivate anew, of course he would not take these words to heart.

"After three years, I'm finally back!" Qin Xuan looked at the familiar mansion in front of him, and his heart was filled with emotions. The words "Qin Mansion" still hung high in the air, and the two male lions in front of the gate were still majestic and brilliant. Even the guard's body was as straight and tall as usual, exuding a sense of majesty.

A familiar memory suddenly surfaced in his mind, Qin Xuan's face couldn't help but reveal a bright smile.

Everything seemed the same as it always had been.

With a tinge of happiness, Qin Xuan stepped out of the room and headed towards the entrance of the Qin Mansion.

"Stop, who are you?" The guards at the door saw Qin Xuan walking towards the door, and immediately shouted out.

"Hmm?" Qin Xuan's footsteps paused, his gaze looked at the few guards, as if he had discovered something, and then laughed: "You should be new guards, right? I am Young Master Qin Xuan, and have not been back for a long time.

As one of the strongest families in the Sky Flame City, it was normal for the guards to change places. Qin Xuan knew this very well.

"Where did this young master Qin Xuan come from? We only have young master Qin Fan here, if you want to cause trouble, don't blame me for being rude!" One of the guards coldly shouted. A trace of gloominess flashed in the depths of his eyes before disappearing in the blink of an eye.

"Young Master Qin Fan?" Qin Xuan's expression froze. In the name of the young master of the Qin Family, there could only be one person, and that was the son of the Patriarch. Unless Qin Xuan died, the young master of the Qin Family would only be him.

But now, these guards actually called Qin Fan a young master instead of him, which made him feel that something was amiss.

"Has something big happened in the clan recently?" Qin Xuan looked at them and asked.

The guard who was speaking previously revealed an impatient expression, he pulled out his sword and pointed it at Qin Xuan, and bellowed: If you dare spout nonsense again, do you believe that I won't kill you on the spot!

The guards at the side all looked at the man in surprise. Just as they were about to ask, they saw him giving them a meaningful look. They immediately understood what he meant and kept their mouths shut.

"How dare you!" Qin Xuan's expression turned cold, he stared straight at the person who spoke, and said: "Since that's the case, go and call Qin Fan out to see me, I want him to tell you exactly who I am!"

"No need to shout." At this time, a light voice came from within Qin Mansion, followed by a man and a woman holding hands slowly walked in, their faces were full of smiles, with their expressions close to one another, with every step they took being ambiguous, walking extremely slowly, as though they did not care about Qin Xuan who had been standing outside the door for a long time.