Nine Star Hegemon Body Arts

Chapter 6299 Three Items From the Astral Hegemon Body

“Don’t take it off! Hold on!” shouted the Earth Cauldron, preventing Long Chen from removing the Starry Sky Battle robe.

The robe felt like armor made of thorns, but every thorn pointed inward.

Countless spikes pierced into Long Chen’s flesh, his meridians, and even his very soul. The Starry Sky Battle Robe’s power surged through him, probing every inch of his being as if searching for something.

Though its force wasn’t violent, the sensation was unbearable. Long Chen felt as though his soul was about to collapse.

Then, the astral energy suddenly converged upon his Supreme Bone. It burrowed inside, and the agony froze.

One after another, the star diagrams flowed into the Supreme Bone. Even the Starry River God Extinguishing Spear’s diagram was devoured and branded within.

Inside his Supreme Bone, a vast starry river unfurled, flowing like the gears of fate. As the diagrams carved themselves in, torrents of information exploded into Long Chen’s mind.

At the same time, each diagram etched itself into his consciousness. Even with his immense Spiritual Strength, Long Chen felt like his head would split apart.

“Don’t fight it! Don’t resist! Let it flow naturally! This may be another inheritance method of your nine star line!” The Earth Cauldron’s voice thundered in his mind.

Long Chen nearly cursed aloud. As if I could resist even if I wanted to!

The Earth Cauldron was overestimating Long Chen. He was nothing more than a leaf tossed in a storm.

However, its words did spark new hope for Long Chen. If this was a kind of inheritance method for the nine star line, he didn’t need to keep groping around in the dark anymore.

The Starry Sky Battle Robe pulsed with light, its star diagrams shifting and evolving on their own. The same evolution took place within Long Chen’s mind and Supreme Bone.

To his astonishment, the star diagrams were actively teaching him—revealing their usage, their transformations, and their deeper meanings. It was a passive inheritance, and he had no control over it.

The process was excruciating. Each new brand of information seared his soul, carving knowledge into him without care for whether he could endure it.

Fortunately, his Spiritual Strength was vast enough to weather the storm.

As time dragged on, the diagrams transformed into vast and complex patterns that stretched the limits of his comprehension.

Half a month passed. To others, it would have felt like the blink of an eye. But to Long Chen, it was an eternity.

Time seemed to slow without end during that torment. After half a month of agony, the Starry Sky Battle Robe finally dissolved, and Long Chen collapsed.

His soul was in tatters. The forceful branding of the Starry Sky Battle Robe was beyond what his realm could endure.

If not for his Spiritual Strength being far above his cultivation base, he wouldn’t have survived at all. At best, he would have been left a cripple, his mind shattered by the overwhelming tide of information.

Currently, his Supreme Bone was covered in stars, like the projection of a cosmos. That tiny little bone seemed to contain a limitless world.

Furthermore, three new presences had appeared in his spiritual space.

The first was the new Starry Sky Battle Robe he had just condensed. Though still thin, the robe was no longer composed of random stars. Instead, it now contained millions of star diagrams, woven seamlessly together. Its aura was countless times stronger than before, yet astonishingly, it lay fully under his control.

“With this many star diagrams, this robe is countless times stronger than Aogu’s Star Battle Armor,” Long Chen muttered, excitement flashing in his eyes. “With it, defeating Aogu would be child’s play.”

Long Chen’s attention quickly shifted to the second presence: a battle armor floating beside the robe.

This armor gleamed with a metallic brilliance, yet within its surface countless stars flickered. The longer he stared, the deeper it became, as though it could draw his soul into a bottomless abyss.

Unlike Aogu’s armor, this one lacked a helmet. But each piece of its plating held over ten thousand star diagrams, radiating an oppressive pressure so great that Long Chen didn’t even dare to touch it. The energy of the star diagrams inside was too terrifying.

Beside the armor was the third presence: a pair of astral wings.

Just a single glance at them made Long Chen feel as though countless blades were piercing through his soul.

“This is... terrifying!”

He hastily averted his gaze, and only then did the pain begin to fade.

Long Chen’s heart pounded as realization dawned. “So that’s it... The Astral Hegemon Body’s inheritance has to be taken step by step. Right now, I can only control the Starry Sky Battle Robe. Next will be the battle armor. And finally... the astral wings. Based on what I’ve seen, the most massive and complex star diagrams condensed into the wings. They must be the strongest. Meanwhile, the robe’s diagrams are the simplest and easiest to handle, and the battle armor lies in between. Without meaning to, I’ve stumbled upon the Astral Hegemon Body’s inheritance method.”

The Astral Hegemon Body was a cornerstone of the Nine Star Hegemon Body Art. To obtain even a fragment of its legacy was already priceless. But now, with these star diagrams branded into his soul, Long Chen felt as though an entirely new world had opened before him.

After soaking up some of that joy, Long Chen continued to recuperate. A few hours later, his Spiritual Strength recovered to a decent level.

“Starry Sky Battle Robe!” Long Chen shouted, conjuring the Starry Sky Battle Robe around him.

But almost immediately, a cry of pain tore from his throat.

The robe’s star diagrams pressed down on him like mountains. Before he could even channel their power, his body buckled. He frantically dismissed the robe.

In just an instant, his skin was torn open, blood dripping down his body. The activation of Starry Sky Battle Robe had almost crushed him.

“No way!”

Long Chen’s expression was one of disbelief. This was supposed to be the most basic of the three treasures he had obtained, yet he couldn’t even wear it?

In truth, he hadn’t even reached the stage of using it. That gauzy, paper-thin robe was unbearably heavy.

“Don’t rush. With me here, you won’t be in danger. You can take things slow,” said the Earth Cauldron.

The Earth Cauldron’s aura was stronger than ever. Hovering in the air, its complete form rotated slowly, radiating a sacred and majestic aura.

“Senior, have you fully absorbed the Grand Dao Source?” asked Long Chen.

“Yes, and I feel better than ever,” replied the Earth Cauldron with a hint of excitement.

“Then senior, can you tell me what a Grand Dao Source is?” asked Long Chen.

He had always been curious about this name. Perhaps the answer was something only the Earth Cauldron could give.