"Crack!" The final arc of lightning struck Mo Wuji, leaving not even the slightest mark on his skin.

The Star Lord Peak, previously filled with lightning and thunder, fell silent. Mo Wuji sighed inwardly. This round of tribulation had not only allowed him to advance directly to the Human Immortal Realm but also brought him to the peak of the first layer of the Human Immortal stage. If there had been just one more round of thunder, he might have been able to step directly into the second layer of the Human Immortal stage. A pity indeed.

Perhaps among all the cultivators undergoing tribulation, Mo Wuji was the only one who felt the number of lightning strikes was too few.

Just as Mo Wuji was about to clean himself up, a wisp of energy condensed in his one hundred and sixth meridian, the Enlightenment Meridian (启道络). This energy instantly merged into his sea of consciousness. A vague understanding arose in Mo Wuji's mind. As the energy integrated further, his understanding became clearer and clearer.

Mo Wuji didn't even use a hand seal. He simply reached out and grabbed. In that extremely short period, the space in front of him solidified.

Although this moment was fleeting, Mo Wuji was excited beyond words.

He had fought many strong opponents when his cultivation was very low. He had experienced various kinds of space imprisonments and deeply understood their power.

But whether it was the space imprisonment of the Five Elements or the space imprisonment caused by the crushing of vital energy and momentum, all of these were within the scope of spells. Not only did they require a powerful cultivation base to match before casting, but they also needed a specific hand seal.

But his instantaneous solidification of space just now was a result of his own understanding of space. Mo Wuji was now in the Human Immortal Realm, so how could he not know that this had already surpassed the level of spells and entered the realm of divine abilities (神通)?

Following his comprehension of the Lightning Net (雷网) technique, he had actually comprehended a divine ability when he advanced to the Human Immortal stage. This divine ability of his didn't require hand seals; it was purely based on an understanding of space.

Even after advancing to the Human Immortal stage, Mo Wuji had never been so excited. Right now, he was truly excited. Space solidification, even for an instant, could change the outcome in battle.

What did he use to plot against Zhu Qu back then? It was through various calculations, through the seven Human Immortals bombarding the eruption point of Zhu Qu's cultivation technique, that he had managed to create that instant of opportunity for a sneak attack. And this was on the premise that he was proficient in formations and also understood the Duanmen (断门) cultivation technique to some extent.

If he controlled this space solidification, even if it was just an instant of an instant, he would have a chance to launch a sneak attack.

"Haha..." Mo Wuji could no longer suppress his joy.

Before this, he was very clear that even if he advanced to the Human Immortal stage, he probably wouldn't be able to kill Zhu Qu, and might even not be Zhu Qu's opponent. But now that he controlled space imprisonment, he really wanted to see just how powerful Zhu Qu actually was.

Zhu Qu, I just hope your injuries from the time I hit you with a sap have healed. Otherwise, your death anniversary is approaching.

In a joyful mood, Mo Wuji no longer had any worries. That feeling of ease and satisfaction made his mind suddenly clear.

"Boom!" The next moment, Mo Wuji once again felt his strength soar. He directly broke through from the peak of the first layer of the Human Immortal stage to the second layer of the Human Immortal stage.

Having experienced too many surprises, Mo Wuji calmed down instead and threw out a punch.

"Boom!" A muffled sound exploded, and some faint traces that were almost invisible to the naked eye appeared in the void, but these traces quickly disappeared.

Indeed, cultivation is about cultivating the mind. Sometimes, having mental knots will also affect one's cultivation progress. Although this was just a breakthrough to a small realm, Mo Wuji's gains were far more than just that.

After using a Clear Water Spell (清水诀) to clean himself, and changing into a completely new set of clothes from the inside out, Mo Wuji scanned his surroundings with his spiritual will.

He saw Chi Huo'er, who was extremely excited outside the Star Lord Peak, and a feeling of warmth arose in his heart.

Chi Huo'er was truly a loyal person who was wholeheartedly devoted to the Star Lord. Perhaps he would be just as loyal if he had a different Star Lord, but there were indeed very few such people nowadays.

Just as Mo Wuji was about to leave the Star Lord Peak to ask Chi Huo'er if there had been anything particularly important in the past year or so, a figure rushed over in a disheveled state.

"Manager Chi, quickly, I need to see the Star Lord immediately..." The person's tone was urgent. He hadn't even landed before he said all this in one breath.

Chi Huo'er quickly supported the person and asked, "Hall Master Fei, what exactly happened? Why are you so heavily injured?"

"I need to see the Star Lord." The person was Fei Chao, and he didn't answer Chi Huo'er's question. He continued to speak urgently.

Mo Wuji stepped next to the two of them. "Hall Master Fei, I remember that you were in Nine Mo City. What's going on? You don't need to be anxious. Speak slowly. I can even erase those millions of alien races, and I can also severely injure Zhu Qu. What else can you be anxious about? Moreover, you are the master of a hall. If even you are so impatient, then what should the others in the No Phase Hall (无相殿) do?"

Mo Wuji's first thought was that Zhu Qu had returned, but his spiritual will had scanned the entire Star Emperor Mountain and he hadn't seen any other movement.

Perhaps it was because he saw Mo Wuji, or perhaps Mo Wuji's words had an effect. Fei Chao bowed and took a breath, saying, "Zhu Qu of Duanmen, Hui Wei'er of Gu Nuo Star, and Cang Jue, the eldest son of the Starry Sky Wolf King, massacred Nine Mo City. Apart from me escaping, not a single person in Nine Mo City survived..."

"What?" Upon hearing this, the killing intent around Mo Wuji almost formed a tangible substance and blasted out. Although he had killed millions of alien race soldiers, he had never thought of going to Wolf King Mountain to slaughter the starry sky beast groups, nor had he thought of going to Gu Nuo Star to massacre a city. Originally, everyone was on the battlefield. Since it was a battlefield, then life and death were determined by fate, and every inch of land had to be fought for.

Now, a fierce killing intent suddenly arose in Mo Wuji's heart. He wanted to slaughter the entire Wolf King Mountain and Gu Nuo Star.

Under Mo Wuji's violent killing intent, even Chi Huo'er couldn't help but retreat. He couldn't withstand this terrifyingly intense killing intent. While he was shocked in his heart, he was also extremely gratified. The Star Emperor Mountain had finally produced a strong individual, a true strong individual.

After a long while, Mo Wuji finally calmed down. Those who are not of our race must have different intentions.

Taking a deep breath, Mo Wuji restrained his anger and killing intent. He tried to slow his tone and said, "Hall Master Fei, tell me the situation in detail. Also, I know about Hui Wei'er and Zhu Qu, but who is this Cang Jue?"

He wasn't a pure cultivator. He had his own passions and emotions, and he couldn't remain calm in the face of the massacre of an entire city. Even if he wasn't from True Star, after living on this planet for so long, he had developed feelings for this planet.

"Yes." Fei Chao responded and said, "Cang Jue is the eldest son of the Starry Sky Wolf King, a Level 9 Starry Sky Demon Beast. He is incomparably powerful, and he also possesses a type of flame that is extremely terrifying. When he, Hui Wei'er, and Zhu Qu arrived at Nine Mo City, Zhu Qu was responsible for blocking the exit of Nine Mo City, Hui Wei'er was responsible for killing the strong individuals of Nine Mo City, and he was responsible for massacring the city. He used flames to burn the entire Nine Mo City. I only escaped with a Level 9 talisman."

Mo Wuji was now completely calm. He was determined to slaughter Wolf King Mountain. Wolf King Mountain was just a bunch of beasts. How could beasts dare to massacre a city in the territory of the human race? What was the point of leaving them alive?

As for Gu Nuo Star, let it become a colony of True Star. You want to occupy True Star, right? I'll go see how strong your Gu Nuo Star is.

Seeing that Mo Wuji was silent, Fei Chao continued, "Hall Master Su and Hall Master Sang have gone to the Starry Sky Hall, and Hall Master Yan is in Wind Xiao City. I came back to report the news. We speculate that the three of them will definitely not just massacre one Nine Mo City. Their next target is either the Starry Sky Hall, Wind Xiao City, or even Star Emperor Mountain."

Mo Wuji nodded. "I understand. Manager Chi, you and Hall Master Fei stay here and immediately summon all the hall masters and elders. Pass down my order to strictly guard Star Emperor Mountain. I'll go take a look at the Starry Sky Hall..."

"Yes! Star Lord." Chi Huo'er and Fei Chao had just responded when Mo Wuji had already disappeared beneath the Star Lord Peak.

"The Star Lord's strength is much stronger than before." Fei Chao looked at the spot where Mo Wuji had disappeared, and his heart was filled with even more shock.

A year ago, Mo Wuji was only at the True God Realm. But now, he simply didn't know where the Star Lord's strength was at all. He only knew that in front of Mo Wuji, he was like a drop of water compared to a river.

Chi Huo'er nodded, but didn't answer Fei Chao's words. He vaguely felt that the Star Lord had not only advanced to the Human Immortal stage this time but had even reached the second layer of the Human Immortal stage. This was a shocking thing to say, and he would absolutely not reveal this secret to anyone.

…

As soon as Mo Wuji left the Star Emperor Mountain, his spiritual will swept out. He was now at the second layer of the Human Immortal stage, and his spiritual will was powerful enough to cover tens of thousands of miles. Even beyond tens of thousands of miles, his spiritual will could sense things.

Soon, a brown-robed man was locked onto by Mo Wuji's spiritual will. What shocked Mo Wuji was that this guy's cultivation was almost at the eighth layer of the Human Immortal stage.

Eighth layer of the Human Immortal stage. Even the Star Emperor Mountain didn't seem to have such a strong individual.

The brown-robed figure seemed to be rapidly approaching in the direction of Star Emperor Mountain, and almost in the blink of an eye, he was in front of him.

Mo Wuji took a step out into the void and directly blocked this person's path.

This was a middle-aged man of short stature. As soon as Mo Wuji's spiritual will scanned this guy, he felt that the vital energy fluctuations on his body were different from ordinary cultivators, somewhat like his follower Chang Sai, who he had left in the Starry Sky Hall.

Moreover, on this middle-aged man's brow, there was a vaguely discernible ear, and that ear emitted some extremely difficult-to-detect spiritual rhythm fluctuations.

"Are you Hui Wei'er?" Mo Wuji immediately confirmed the identity of the man in front of him. This person must be Hui Wei'er without a doubt.

Hui Wei'er, who was rushing forward, was startled when someone blocked his path. Now that Mo Wuji asked a question, he subconsciously took a few steps back before stopping and staring at Mo Wuji.

He was extremely shocked in his heart. How did Mo Wuji appear in front of him? He hadn't noticed it at all.