Nine Star Hegemon Body Arts

Chapter 6621 The Cause and Effect

This was Long Chen’s first time hearing the term Star Slave.

From Xue Ying’s story, Long Chen learned that she came from the Blood race—a race that had once participated in the primal chaos war and fought alongside the Star Master against the outsider devils.

Unfortunately, the Star Master fell. The nine heavens and ten lands fractured.

To survive the calamity, the Blood race went into hiding.

Xue Ying’s branch was eventually discovered by Xiao Yin’s faction and forced to submit to the nine star line.

At first glance, joining the nine star line should have been an immense honor. However, the Blood race was already aware of the nine star line’s internal fracture. They also knew that Xiao Yin intended to walk the god path—a path that had deviated from the Star Master’s will. For that reason, the Blood race refused.

Their refusal enraged the Star Prince’s faction.

In the end, the Blood race’s experts were subdued by force. Astral seals were placed upon them—seals that granted access to the astral energy they had dreamed of, while simultaneously shackled them for eternity.

The nine star line took a particular interest in the Blood race’s bloodline talent and sought to merge their bloodline power with astral energy.

Through countless years of experimentation, as one generation after another died to their experiments, they finally found a way of merging these two powers.

When astral energy containing faith energy merged into the Blood race’s bodies, the Blood race successfully turned into servants in terms of both the body and soul.

Thus, Xue Ying’s usage of the term Star Slave to describe herself was truly appropriate.

The Blood race was merely one among many. According to Xue Ying, tens of thousands of Star Slave branches already existed.

In truth, many races had failed to adapt to astral energy during the experiments. Those failures died outright, and their entire branches were wiped out without mercy.

Xue Ying knew of tens of thousands of races that had succeeded. As for the failures, no one bothered to count them.

What the nine star line did not know was that Xue Ying’s branch was not willing to be eternal servants. They had been preparing in secret all along.

The Blood race possessed a unique divine ability: with every breakthrough, they could extract a portion of their blood soul energy and condense it into a seal.

From the moment they were born, they already possessed the seed of this seal—something that could not be sensed by anyone other than the individual themselves.

If Xue Ying died, the seed of her seal would instantly dissipate. It would leave no evidence.

Throughout the years, Xue Ying’s branch had looked for ways to use this seal to resist the enslavement of astral energy. However, they had yet to find a way.

In Xue Ying’s generation, they finally saw some hope. Xue Ying was their race’s greatest genius, in both talent and intelligence. She was the hope of the Blood race.

Xue Ying’s plan had been to climb up to the upper ranks and slowly arrange things so that her people could escape the control of the nine star line.

“The nine star line never truly accepts outsiders,” Xue Ying said calmly. “No matter how hard I worked, I could not enter their inner circle. In power, potential, and intelligence, I far surpassed Bing Yi. Yet I was still nearly killed by his supporters. If not for Star Prince Xiao Yin taking pity on me, I would already be dead.”

Through Xue Ying’s story, Long Chen came to understand a lot of things.

Xiao Yin’s shift to the god path had left him unsatisfied with his original subordinates. He needed more roots—more races with exceptional bloodlines—to join his faction.

With astral energy infused with faith power as control, it was no wonder his followers acted with such violence. When one claimed to act in the name of a god, any despicable means could be justified.

“Xiao Yin wishes to find a certain woman. I’ve found some traces of her, but I felt like this was my best chance to gain your trust. So I came here to gamble!” declared Xue Ying.

“If this gamble fails, you and your people will suffer an even worse fate,” said Long Chen.

“There’s no way around it. Even if I don’t take this gamble, my people will still suffer for eternity. A storm is brewing in the Primal Chaos World, and the various major factions are growing antsy. Once the fighting starts, outsiders like me will be treated as cannon fodder or simply sacrificed so that Xiao Yin can rise to greater heights. There will be no third option for us,” sighed Xue Ying.

“Sacrificed?” asked Long Chen with a frown.

“That’s right. If we are offered up as sacrifices, our astral energy will flow to him. In truth, every single one of us is a seed being grown for Xiao Yin. Once we lose any value, Xiao Yin can extract our astral energy with interest for his own power,” said Xue Ying.

“Quite vicious,” commented Long Chen.

“The majority of god paths have this ability. It is the foundation of their strength: gathering countless grains of sand to build a tower so that the person standing at the top of the tower can rise to greater heights. The person at the top controls the life and death of every person beneath them. This is the terrifying aspect of god inheritances.

“Xiao Yin is like this, and Lord Brahma is the same. Furthermore, Lord Brahma is even more terrifying. Everyone only sees the power he has on the surface. But they don’t notice the countless followers he has beneath him.

“If one day, the opportunity ripens and he sees a chance to control the heavens, I believe Lord Brahma will not hesitate to sacrifice all of his followers.”

Xiao Yin had turned the nine star line from an immortal inheritance to a divine inheritance. Furthermore, he had been secretly developing this divine inheritance for countless years, growing it to a terrifying scale.

As for Lord Brahma, he was called a venerate amongst gods. He had been developing his divine inheritance for countless years. His followers were spread throughout the nine heavens and ten lands, and the power that he had accumulated was unfathomable.

Long Chen nodded. Xue Ying truly was smart to be able to make this inference about Xiao Yin and Lord Brahma. The gap between the two was definitely immense.

Xiao Yin alone had driven Xue Ying to despair. As for Lord Brahma, his depth was beyond calculation.

That day, only a projection of Lord Brahma had descended, yet his aura alone had immobilized Divine Sovereigns.

With the sweeping elder present, Long Chen believed Lord Brahma had deliberately restrained himself, unwilling to reveal his true strength.

What they had seen was simply Lord Brahma’s most humble side.

“You wish for me to help you deal with Xiao Yin and his entire faction? It seems you’re overestimating me,” said Long Chen.

“The current you cannot face him,” Xue Ying replied. “But I’m gambling on the future. You are a true nine star heir. Xiao Yin will never tolerate your existence—he will come for you sooner or later. The enemy of my enemy is my friend. I also possess something you want. That makes me qualified to trade.”

Long Chen fell silent. After a long moment, he exhaled.

“Fine,” he said. “You’ve won your gamble. Tell me, where is she?”