Definition
A unique, supreme technique possessed by the Star Palace’s two Saint Masters; it is so fearsome that even top-tier Nascent Soul cultivators avoid a direct confrontation with it.
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A unique, supreme technique possessed by the Star Palace’s two Saint Masters; it is so fearsome that even top-tier Nascent Soul cultivators avoid a direct confrontation with it.
Story context
The second round of the Void Heaven Palace trials reveals its true, murderous face. While Han Li navigates his fragile alliance with Yuan Yao through the Lava Path’s black desert—a zone never seen before—the chapter’s real payload is a cold, calculated exposé of the Star Palace’s power games. Hidden figures admit they deliberately unleashed nightmare-level swarms (Iron Fire Ants, Silver Light Rats) to cull a generation of Core Formation cultivators, all to bluff the orthodox and demonic sects into backing down during their rulers’ secret seclusion. The Ice Fire Path is no longer a trial; it is a premeditated slaughterhouse designed to send a political message written in blood.
Why it matters
This chapter is a masterclass in the *mortal stream* narrative structure. The “plot” (Han Li surviving the Lava Path) is almost secondary to the real action: a backroom confession that recontextualizes every previous death in the trial as a deliberate culling operation. Pay close attention to the tone shift between the two celestial conversations. The Azure Robe Scholar’s worry about “that brat surnamed Han” reveals he is invested in Han Li’s survival, while the Star Palace elders’ cold discussion treats the massacre as an acceptable price for institutional stability. This layering—where audiences know more than the protagonist about the game being played above his head—creates the signature tension of the arc. Also, note Yuan Yao’s continued manipulation: her claim of discomfort-free refinement is almost certainly a lie, and Han Li knows it, but he files the bead as a future project rather than forcing a confrontation. That is pure Han Li: table the unknown, survive the present, analyze later.
Quick facts
Source novel
A Record Of A Mortal S Journey To Immortality
First appearance
Storms Brew Beyond the Seas; Dark Currents Run Deep
Chapter references
1
Type hints
rmji, a record of a mortal's journey to immortality, chapter 472
Guide tags
Xianxia, Void Heaven Palace Arc, Dark Forest Politics
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