Published at 30th of May 2026 6:51 am

Chapter 7018 The Star Cloud Steps Evolve

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Everyone’s aura surged explosively, and Long Chen was no exception. Astral energy raged, covering the entire divine capital. The starry sea in Long Chen’s Dantian instantly doubled in size. Astral energy welled up, and a wave of stars spread from beneath his feet.

“The first Heavenstage!”

Finally, he had broken through!

At the same time, a new energy appeared within Long Chen’s starry sea. This energy nourished every single star in his starry sea, and every star gained a new mark. This was the mark of the new era! As his astral energy fluctuated, Long Chen could feel the energy of heaven and earth willing to follow.

After this advancement, heaven and earth naturally bestowed him their mark. From now on, he would also have his own law power that he could use for himself. He would no longer need to use the primal chaos space’s law power.

Once he was fully settled in the first Heavenstage, his aura stopped surging. That was because he had only accumulated enough energy to go this far. Meanwhile, the Full Moon Sect’s disciples had accumulated so much energy during this time that the moment they broke through to the first Heavenstage, their aura directly rose to the boundary of the second Heavenstage.

That caused the disciples to panic. They still hadn’t adapted to this new law power. It would be troublesome to directly advance to the second Heavenstage without any time to adapt. If they could not solidify their foundation, it would leave behind imperfections that might never be fixable.

If the divine capital’s grand formation had been complete, it would have been possible to block the law power and regain control. But now, the wild flood of law power made it so that they couldn’t even control it.

Long Chen formed a one-handed seal, and his divine ring appeared for the first time in a while. The divine ring was a deep scarlet now, studded with sparkles of starlight. It covered the entire divine capital. It started vibrating, and the starlight within it isolated the space inside, causing no more law power to flow into the divine capital.

The disciples who had almost broken through all heaved sighs of relief. They didn’t even have time to thank Long Chen. The first thing they did was sit down, calm their boiling energy, restrain their auras, and stabilize their cultivation.

Now that they were in the new era, the first step was of the utmost importance. If their cultivation just advanced crazily, with no control, the chances of them reaching their full potential would be reduced to zero. They did not just need a solid foundation, they also needed to comprehend the new era’s law power. Only then could they truly control it.

Meanwhile, Long Chen was delighted. “A one-color divine ring is enough to boost the power of my astral energy by such a large amount!”

After reaching the first Heavenstage, he was able to summon the one-color divine ring, and it already boosted his power a tremendous amount. So what would things look like if it was the eight-color divine ring? And what about when his eight gates opened once more?

Of course, this was a matter for the distant future. He was in no way able to summon the eight-color divine ring right now; as for reopening his eight gates, that was even less possible.

The red divine ring spun, and the laws of heaven and earth surged with it. Long Chen’s starry sea was boiling with power, and his astral energy roared through his body. His skin, his bones, his meridians—every part of him was covered by sparkling divine runes. With his divine ring active, he felt like he and heaven and earth were one.

However, in contrast with his bout of Dao comprehension, his body did not disappear. This merger felt more like a merger of wills rather than a merger on the fundamental level of being.

At the same time, his violet blood, Supreme Blood, and dragon blood were rumbling. They were mixing with the new era’s laws.

There was no need for Long Chen to summon it. The Seven Treasure Colored Glass Tree automatically appeared behind Long Chen. Its branches spread through the heavens, and its leaves contained the ten thousand Daos.

Its light fell on Long Chen and on every corner of the divine capital. Everyone in the Full Moon Sect was enveloped, and the moment the light touched them, they all shivered. As they sat there, immersed in this divine light, the law power flowing through their bodies began to circulate dozens of times faster.

Before, they were comprehending the new laws on their own. Now, it felt as if the laws were taking the initiative to teach them!

Time passed bit by bit. Three days were gone in an instant. Long Chen woke up from his meditation. His violet blood, Supreme Blood, dragon blood, and astral energy had now all merged with the new laws.

His cultivation was now perfectly solid, at the first Heavenstage. His grasp over the new era’s laws had reached the peak. His Dao comprehension last time had caused his understanding of the Grand Dao to reach an unprecedented height, so afterwards, the laws of heaven and earth became simple.

Violet qi flowed around him. It was different from the turbulent violet qi before; it had become clearer and it no longer was the size of a massive lake, but rather a small pond just a few meters across.

The ☰ essence rune flashed on Long Chen’s forehead. But contrary to before, two types of law power surged within his body. In fact, the ☰ essence rune seemed to be a layering of two different runes. These two runes were not fully superimposed; moreover, one was solid, while one was more illusory. But they were also not restraining or impeding each other, but rather reinforcing each other. Thus, the ☰ essence rune became solid, then illusory, and then solid again, in a neverending cycle.

The ☷ essence rune then flashed. The earth quaked and began to pulse along with the divine rune. They were resonating in a mysterious way.

Long Chen’s perception became one with the earth. He felt like he was the child of the earth. As he sat on the bare ground, he felt the earth selflessly give him everything that it had.

In an instant, Long Chen’s perception spread to an unprecedented extent. With every blink of an eye, his senses moved what felt like billions of miles. It wasn’t just the lifeforms on the ground that he sensed; he also sensed the ore deposits hidden underground.

As his senses continued to expand, the surrounding sects, cities, plains, and rivers all entered his domain. An exceedingly accurate map appeared in his mind.

Soon, he reached the old territory of the Full Moon Sect. He sensed Dragon Praise City, and there, he even sensed Su Ying.

Su Ying was surrounded by starlight. She sat at the central palace of the city with a group of other disciples, who were all doing exactly what the Full Moon Sect disciples were doing—suppressing their cultivation bases and comprehending the new era’s laws.

Afraid of affecting Su Ying’s comprehension, Long Chen immediately stopped observing her and moved away.

Sensing many cities were safe and sound, Long Chen was relieved.

The ☷ rune ignited at this time, indicating that he had reached the limit of his senses. If he wanted to keep going further, he would need to burn away his core energy.

As he did, it wasn’t long before he sensed the Spirit Heart Sect.

However, once he did, his expression darkened: The Spirit Heart Sect was under attack. A massive net of powerful flames had sealed the entire territory of the sect, and sinister, devilish music threw the laws of heaven and earth into chaos.

Killing intent exploded within Long Chen’s heart. “Zither Sect, you’ve got guts!”

He rose to his feet, but just as he wanted to go to the transportation formation and rush over, he suddenly had a thought.

“Maybe my Star Cloud Steps have also evolved… I wonder if I can…”

Long Chen’s senses passed through the net and reached inside the territory of the Spirit Heart Sect.

It wasn’t long before he found Xin Yu. Once he found her, the ☷ essence rune’s light expanded, and specks of starlight appeared on top of it.

Long Chen took a single step and vanished.

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