Chapter 967: Bottleneck (1/2)

Nie Tian was aware that he hadn’t spent enough time on his cultivation, since he practiced different powers simultaneously. Therefore, he didn’t come out of the Vast Heaven Pavilion for a long time after his return.

The Vast Heaven Pavilion stood in Fragmentary Star City.

Fragmentary Star City was one of the few locations throughout the starry river where the spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth was the richest.

Like an engine, the entire city channeled star power from the depths of the starry river year-round.

Meanwhile, the Vast Heaven Pavilion took advantage of the uniqueness of Fragmentary Star City. The spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth and star power gathered within it was even richer than in other areas of the city.

Compared to the two palaces in the Realm of Split Void and the Realm of Shattered Earth, the Vast Heaven Pavilion was an even more ideal location to practice cultivation.

Therefore, Nie Tian was completely wrapped up in his cultivation after his return. He spent day and night refining his spiritual cores by relying on the wonders of the Vast Heaven Pavilion and the large sums of spiritual materials he had stockpiled.

What he didn’t know was that while he was practicing wholeheartedly, his deeds had already spread to many human domains through people from the Five Elements Sect.

It wasn’t a secret that the seventh Son of the Stars went to explore a new domain with a Divine Son and Divine Daughter of the Five Elements Sect.

When the Five Elements Sect had learned that their teleportation portal had been destroyed, they had thought of every possible way to enter that domain, and sought help from other major sects, which had attracted a lot of attention to their operation.

All of a sudden, a new teleportation portal was established, and powerful experts from the Five Elements Sect poured into the new domain.

As they returned, the news they brought back with them soon traveled across the major human domains like a single spark starting a prairie fire.

Similar conversations were repeated within many human powers in many human domains.

“It’s hard to believe that the seventh Son of the Stars was the one who made the greatest contribution in their victory! Because of him, they turned the situation around, allowing the Divine Son and Divine Daughter of the Five Elements Sect to eventually take the three Lizardman realms!”

“Rumor has it, not only was he given the privilege to pick a realm first, but he even gained a mysterious bone!”

“I heard from people from the Five Elements Sect that he single-handedly killed five eighth grade Lizardmen with that mysterious bone!”

“Eighth grade? That’s equal to the Void domain!”

“How could this newborn Son of the Stars do something so incredible?”

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Naturally, the disciples of the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace also knew that Nie Tian, who had only recently been announced the seventh Son of the Stars, had gained a fortune from this exploration trip.

At the same time, both Huang Jinnan and Lou Hongyan spoke highly of Nie Tian after returning to the Five Elements Sect, saying that he had unlimited potential, and that he would someday join the ranks of human overlords in this starry river.

Their words instantly pushed Nie Tian’s reputation to a whole new level.

Nie Tian suddenly became very much in the limelight.

In the Domain of Heaven Boundaries...

In the Pure Heaven Sect’s headquarters, Zhou Shang and a few other elders of the Pure Heaven Sect were gazing off at a distant mountain as they talked in low voices.

“I wonder when will our patriarch come out of his secluded cultivation.”

“I heard that the Trisword Sect was also arranged to go explore that new realm. They were charged with mining a major fine gold vein. Nie Tian’s speaker, Dong Li, even allowed them to keep twenty percent of the gains for themselves. We don’t have a single fine gold vein in our entire Domain of Heaven’s Boundaries. Such fine gold will allow the Trisword Sect to forge high-grade air-transportation spiritual tools and flying swords.”

“I’m afraid even their overall strength will improve significantly because of that.”

“I also heard from the Beast-controlling Sect that they were assigned to a marshland that’s covered in all kinds of rare flowers and grasses. Many of the plants turned out to be very helpful for the upgrading of their spirit beasts. Now, they’re feeding them to their pet spirit beasts to make them more powerful.

“The overall strength of the Beast-controlling Sect will definitely benefit from this as well.”

“The Divine Flame Sect gained good fortune too. In the new realm that’s been given to Nie Tian, there’s a region where they found a large number of Heavenflame Crystals. It appears that a Heaven Flame Beast once lived there. High-quality Heavenflame Crystals will make the Divine Flame Sect’s grand spell formation even more formidable.”

“Other forces that have chosen to follow Nie Tian, including the Bliss Mountain Sect, the Chu Clan, the Jian Clan, and the Guan Clan, have also been arranged to mine spiritual veins and gather spirit plants in that new realm. Dong Li is treating them equally, as all of them get to keep twenty percent of their gains.”

“That’s far too easy for them!”

“They didn’t take part in the battle for that new domain, so they didn’t suffer any losses. All they’re doing now is helping the Son of the Stars gather spiritual materials, and they get to keep twenty percent...”

“I’m afraid that the seventh Son of the Stars is indeed favored by the heavens. Otherwise, how come he’s always so lucky?”

Every elder except Zhou Shang went on and discussed the news in the Domain of Heaven’s Boundaries.

Envy was written across their faces.