Chapter 1 The Incredible Challenge

At that moment, the many high-dimensional lifeforms around the large treasure trove looked at Xu Jingming in astonishment! Of course, they recognized Wu Ming of the Heart World lineage; after all, there were only a few dozen Heart World experts in the entire territory.

"This Wu Ming has only become an Eternal for about ten thousand years. A newly advanced Eternal dares to provoke the Five Fiend Stars?"

"He's splitting into five avatars simultaneously. Does he want to fight the five Star Lords at the same time?"

"No matter how precious the treasure, you have to be alive to use it."

"Has he gone mad?"

The many high-dimensional lifeforms secretly discussed via voice transmissions, all feeling that Xu Jingming's actions were simply unbelievable! The Five Fiend Stars were famous, their reputation built on countless terrifying battles. How could Xu Jingming provoke all five of them? In their eyes, it was a ridiculous and foolish act.

The five Star Lords focused their gazes on Xu Jingming.

"Buzz—" Their gazes contained endless will and pressure. Under their gaze, the expressions of Xu Jingming's five avatars remained unchanged, still looking at the five Star Lords with indifference.

At that moment, no high-dimensional lifeform dared to continue mining. Even the Dean and the others temporarily stopped. The Five Fiend Stars were too powerful. Although the Dean and the others desperately hoped that Xu Jingming could win, reason told them that the probability of Xu Jingming winning was extremely low.

"Jingming, those are the Five Fiend Stars. In a one-on-one fight, they dare to fight those at the threshold of the third realm."

"Should we just let it go?" The Dean, the Tower Master, and the Island Master were all a little unsure.

They weren't worried about themselves; with their forbidden weapons, they could protect themselves. They were worried that the conflict would escalate too much and involve the human race behind them! The Five Fiend Stars didn't have a low-dimensional race to take care of.

"Dean, there's no need to worry," Xu Jingming transmitted back, still confident.

"How interesting."

The five Star Lords looked at Xu Jingming.

"It's been a long time since a high-dimensional lifeform dared to provoke all five of us at the same time," one of the Star Lords said with a smile. "The last time we five fought together was against the Ancient Tree World Master. We were defeated by him in that battle."

There were a total of three at the threshold of the third realm in this territory. The one with the biggest background was the Emperor Dragon Island Master! The strongest, however, was the Ancient Tree World Master!

When the Five Fiend Stars joined forces, they weren't afraid of those at the threshold of the third realm at all. They had fought the Ancient Tree World Master, causing the heavens and earth to collapse. That battle was fierce, but the five of them ultimately lost.

But that battle made the other high-dimensional lifeforms even more fearful of the Five Fiend Stars.

"I know you, Wu Ming of Myriad Star Island, a little guy who just became an Eternal ten thousand years ago," said another short, fat Star Lord. "If you dare to provoke us, you have to bear the consequences."

"Since he's provoking the five of us, let's send him on his way."

The five Star Lords smiled. Suddenly, dark star phantoms appeared around each of them, and golden flames spread out. These golden flames spread towards Xu Jingming!

Wherever the flames spread, all the rocks were burned into dust. The original gold beads began to melt into liquid under the golden flames. This golden flame even burned the void, burning into the inner reaches of the Heart World.

"Dark Star Fire is a unique flame of the 'Dark Star School' among the Star Body lineage. It can be called one of the top three flames among the countless schools of the Primordial Star," Xu Jingming understood.

The power of Dark Star Fire depended on who wielded it.

If a nascent high-dimensional lifeform used it, the power would naturally be insignificant.

But the Five Fiend Stars had accumulated too much. When the five of them cast Dark Star Fire simultaneously, it could incinerate time and space, incinerate the Heart World, incinerate everything. Even Nato would be burned to ashes.

"Wu Ming is too arrogant to dare to provoke the Five Fiend Stars."

"If you want to die, go ahead and do it. How dare he say such things to the Five Fiend Stars? Calamity comes from the mouth."

"Truly overestimating himself."

The surrounding high-dimensional lifeforms trembled in their hearts, and at the same time, they were observing Xu Jingming's end. They all believed that this Wu Ming from Myriad Star Island would, at best, lose a few avatars, and at worst, all his avatars would be destroyed, and he would die completely.

"Jingming, why don't you hide in the forbidden zone?" the Dean asked.

"No need."

Faced with the terrifying golden flames rushing towards him, the eyes of the five Xu Jingmings lit up. Instead, they were very excited.

He had created his Mind Power Weapon spear technique, *Golden Halberd*, but he had no suitable opponent! He was confident that the first move of *Golden Halberd* was stronger than the Great Dreamer's ultimate move, and he could easily kill Nato with this spear technique. He hadn't even had the chance to use his second move.

No matter how strong the Five Fiend Stars were, individually, they weren't at the threshold of the third realm after all! They were the perfect targets.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

Just as the five illusory Xu Jingmings were about to touch the golden flames, each of them held an illusory spear in their hands. In an instant, they transformed into five dazzling beams of light, rushing into the golden sea of fire, heading straight for the five Star Lords.

It was the first move of *Golden Halberd*—Thunderbolt!

When Xu Jingming's five avatars transformed into light in the Dark Star Fire sea, they had terrifying penetrating power, breaking through all fire obstacles. When he cast this move, his entire body flowed with light.

Man and spear were one! The Dark Star Fire could not break through that flowing layer of light, harming Xu Jingming in the slightest.

"Hmm?" Seeing this, the five Star Lords each shot out terrifying beams of light from their eyes, aiming at Xu Jingming. They were from the same lineage, and they had been together for a long time, so even their methods were very similar. However, Xu Jingming, transformed into light, slowed down slightly under the beams of light, but still withstood the beams and rushed in front of the five Star Lords.

The five illusory figures held spears and flashed past the bodies of the five Star Lords.

"This?"

"He touched the five Star Lords?"

The surrounding high-dimensional lifeforms couldn't believe it. They had thought that Xu Jingming's avatars would be destroyed in the face of the Dark Star Fire and other such means. But they never expected that this Wu Ming from Myriad Star Island would still pass through the bodies of the five Star Lords in the face of such terrifying obstacles.

The bodies of the five Star Lords trembled slightly, and the short, fat Star Lord even shuddered and muttered, "That actually hurt a little."

"It doesn't target the physical body, only the mind?" The other Star Lords also looked at Xu Jingming.

"Unfortunately, we of the Dark Star lineage have cultivated to a very deep level. Our physical bodies and minds are closely integrated. The mind seems to be covered with a layer of physical armor. To destroy our minds? Hmph, that's not enough!"

The Five Fiend Stars stared at Xu Jingming at the same time, all of them taking him a bit more seriously.

The five illusory Xu Jingming avatars stood in the distance, each holding an illusory spear, and were also more serious.

"As expected of the Five Fiend Stars," Xu Jingming said, looking at them. "It only took one spear to kill Nato. I didn't expect that dealing with the five of you... the same move only caused you minor injuries."

"He killed Nato?"

"One against five, and the Five Fiend Stars were injured?"

The surrounding high-dimensional lifeforms were stunned. What was happening today? They were witnessing such incredible scenes?

"No wonder you dared to provoke the five of us," the short, fat Star Lord said with a smile. "But your so-called minor injuries will be healed in the blink of an eye."

The physical body nourishes the mind. Their strongest aspect was the physical body. It would take a great deal of effort for someone at the threshold of the third realm to destroy it. The relatively weaker mind, protected by the physical body, also had extremely strong resistance and recovery abilities.

"In terms of individual strength, you are probably the strongest below the threshold of the third realm in the entire Southern Pavilion 3609 Territory," another Star Lord said. "But you're still going to lose by provoking the five of us at the same time."

"You can be proud of losing to the five of us in a one-on-five fight."

"Let's do it."

The auras of the five Star Lords changed. In an instant, they transformed into five huge black stars burning with flames! These five black stars were so large that they had already broken through the void. The rocks shattered like quicksand, and the original gold melted like flowing water. The aura of the five black stars was significantly stronger than before.

Rumble—The five dark stars rolled and crushed towards Xu Jingming at the same time.

Before they even touched Xu Jingming, the surrounding time and space had already been severely distorted and compressed. The surrounding high-dimensional lifeforms couldn't even stand still, feeling the interference of various chaotic forces in the void, and time and space were constantly distorted and changed.

"They're showing their true forms?" The five Xu Jingmings were even more excited. "Very good, very good."

The five Xu Jingmings held spears in their hands, but their auras were extremely restrained. Each of them transformed into five beams of light, like a ray of light in the darkness, seemingly soft, but tearing through the darkness.

*Golden Halberd*, second form—Lamp!

This was the second move that Xu Jingming had comprehended from the spear technique on the silver paper. This move placed a significantly greater burden on the mind and consciousness. Xu Jingming could only allow seven avatars to cast it at the same time.

Like the first move, Thunderbolt, the mental burden was much lighter. Xu Jingming could allow dozens of avatars to cast it at the same time.

The Lamp move required enough mental power.

"Light a lamp to illuminate my heart and destroy the darkness."

The five beams of light, seemingly soft, were unstoppable! When the five beams of light touched the five dark stars, they still pierced through them, the process of the light piercing through being the process of destroying all darkness.

"What kind of move is this?"

"How is this possible?"

"Could he be at the threshold of the third realm of the Mind World lineage?" The five Star Lords felt fear as their minds were destroyed by the light.

Their strongest aspect was their bodies. Even with their bodies protecting their minds, the mind was still a relative weakness. They were more wary of those at the threshold of the third realm of the Heart World lineage. Fortunately, there was no one at the threshold of the third realm of the Heart World lineage in the entire Southern Pavilion 3609 Territory.

In their opinion, Xu Jingming's previous move, Thunderbolt, although strong enough, still couldn't threaten them. They had seen Heart World experts of that level before.

But the second move, Lamp, was too terrifying, making them even think... was the other party at the threshold of the third realm of the Heart World lineage?

"We're done for." The five Star Lords understood this at that moment. The light seemed slow, but it quickly penetrated the five dark stars. These dark stars stopped moving.

The five beams of light, even when viewed from a distance, made the surrounding high-dimensional lifeforms tremble with fear.

"Is that Jingming?" The Dean, the Tower Master, and the Island Master couldn't believe it either. Even though they had heard that Xu Jingming could kill Nato with one spear, the scene before them was still too shocking.

The five beams of light condensed and merged, transforming into one body of Xu Jingming.

Xu Jingming frowned slightly, looking towards the Primordial Star.

"The Five Fiend Stars still have other avatars." Having formed such a karmic connection, Xu Jingming could clearly sense the other avatars of the Five Fiend Stars. "They each have an avatar very close to the Primordial Star. And one or two avatars in other territories."

"I can't reach very close to the Primordial Star at all. If I appear, I'll be incinerated instantly," Xu Jingming knew this.

The Five Fiend Stars were from the Primordial Star lineage and the Dark Star School within it, so they could get very close.

Xu Jingming was from the Heart World lineage and didn't adapt to the harsh environment near the Primordial Star. Even if he became at the threshold of the third realm, he wouldn't dare to get so close to the Primordial Star! The Primordial Star would annihilate him!

"Even if there are those at the threshold of the third realm who can barely reach there, their strength will be greatly reduced in such a harsh environment. But the Five Fiend Stars are in their element there," Xu Jingming understood. "No wonder they've been rampant for so long."

The avatars very close to the Primordial Star were the Five Fiend Stars' greatest reliance for survival.

"But they are not to be feared. They can only hide there. If they dare to come out and fight me, I can still easily kill them," Xu Jingming thought.

Xu Jingming walked towards the five huge dark stars that were frozen in place. As he walked, the other high-dimensional lifeforms watched, none of them daring to speak or disturb him.

At that moment, in this territory, Xu Jingming's status was already above the Five Fiend Stars! Approaching those at the threshold of the third realm!