Chapter 004: Analysis, Combination

Hearing Du Fan say this, Rob was stunned. “Du Fan, analyzing and combining the energies of different elements requires a great deal of effort,” Rob said.
“Then how did you manage to analyze the energies of two elements so quickly?” Du Fan asked Rob.
Indeed, in less than a day, Rob had already mastered recombining the energies of water and earth. At such a fast pace, it shouldn’t take him long to combine the energies of other elements as well.
“I’ll try it slowly,” Rob replied. Hearing this, he rushed off again, seemingly to attempt combining the energies of other elements.
Seeing Rob leave, Du Fan returned to his room. Back at home, Nai Xiu was taken away by her mother to chat, leaving Du Fan alone in his room, where he began practicing Star Combat Qi.
As he gained more understanding of Star Combat Qi, Du Fan suddenly realized that even the myriad techniques taught by Chen Chen couldn’t encompass it!
Looking at the thin booklet, Du Fan couldn’t help but wonder—who exactly was the founder of Star Combat Qi? How could someone create such an extraordinary skill?
Suddenly, an idea struck Du Fan. Could Rob’s newly discovered skill of the True Eye analyze and recombine Star Combat Qi? If so, might he be able to take a shortcut?
Soon, Du Fan dismissed this idea. Faced with this unique form of combat energy, he decided to master it step by step through diligent practice.
By now, it was noon. At midday, there were no stars in the sky. Yet, the cultivation methods for Star Combat Qi included techniques that allowed one to practice it even during the day. After studying them carefully, Du Fan felt even greater admiration for the ancestor who created Star Combat Qi.
In the eyes of ordinary people on the streets, even those from theGreen family family believed that stars disappeared during the day, leaving only the sun in the sky. But Du Fan, who came from Earth, knew clearly that stars weren’t actually gone—they were simply obscured by the sun’s dazzling light!

Du Fan studied the booklet on cultivating Star Combat Qi in his hands. It was clear that the ancestor who created Star Combat Qi must have known such things as well! But there was one thing Du Fan couldn’t understand: since that ancestor knew about this, why didn’t he write it down? As a result, the descendants of the Green family, although they knew they could absorb and cultivate Star Combat Qi during the day, still didn’t understand why.

Following the methods described in the booklet, Du Fan sat on the bed and began to cultivate. Soon, he indeed noticed countless tiny lights within his body. These lights, like stars at night, kept rotating around inside him. Those tiny lights seemed to share some mysterious connection with the stars in the sky! Du Fan clearly felt that the lights in his body, under the influence of that mysterious force in the sky, seemed to be absorbing something!

Du Fan used his consciousness to sense those strands of energy being absorbed by the lights in his body, and he discovered that these strands of energy were incredibly resilient and pure!

The only regret was that the amount of energy was extremely small—far too small—and the speed at which the lights in his body absorbed energy was also incredibly slow, to the point where it was hard for Du Fan to believe!

Actually, for a beginner, such a speed was already quite good. But Du Fan was already a powerful expert in his domain, accustomed to energy surging within his body like mighty rivers. This method of cultivating through tiny strands of energy created a huge contrast in his mind! Even when he first started cultivating, the speed hadn’t been this slow!

Driven by his strong curiosity about the creator of Star Combat Qi and his shame over relying on effortless cultivation in the past, Du Fan gritted his teeth and firmly focused his mental energy to connect the lights in his body with the stars in the sky.

As the amount of Star Combat Qi increased, Du Fan soon came up with another idea. If Star Combat Qi involved absorbing and refining the power of stars, then could it also absorb the power of the sun and the moon?

He acted on his thought. Under Du Fan’s powerful mental influence, the sun in the sky quickly became connected to the lights in his body.

Just as Du Fan sensed the sun, all the bright spots in his body suddenly lost contact with the stars in the sky, replaced by the scorching heat radiating from the sun! The moment Du Fan felt the sun’s heat, that scorching energy kept pouring into his body! Soon, waves of excitement surged through Du Fan’s mind. Under the powerful influence of the sun’s energy, those bright spots began to expand at an astonishing speed! They grew larger and brighter, and inside Du Fan’s body, they resembled tiny suns! As Du Fan marveled at these changes in his body, thinking of himself as a genius, he didn’t notice that subtle changes were taking place in his room and even throughout the entire duke’s mansion. A layer of fiery red light appeared on the surface of Du Fan’s body, and its source was none other than the sun high in the sky! The sunlight seemed to specifically illuminate Du Fan’s room in the Duke ofGreen family’s mansion—a column of fiery red light descended directly onto the room where he was practicing. “Look! What’s that?” As the beam of light from the sun shone on Du Fan’s room, people immediately noticed the anomaly. “That beam of light landed right on the Duke ofGreen family’s mansion! Could it be that a deity is showing miracles there?” some people said. Soon, news of the fiery red column at the Duke ofGreen family’s mansion spread throughout the entire capital. That column of light, emanating directly from the sun, could be seen from afar, not just in the capital but even in distant places. Seeing such a phenomenon, the ordinary people concluded that it must be a miracle! Thinking of the extraordinary traits of the young master of theGreen family family, these commoners knelt in worship toward the direction of theGreen family mansion! “What! A miracle has appeared at the Duke ofGreen family’s mansion! Is it true or false?” Hearing the people below, Fischer shouted loudly. “Your Majesty, if you don’t believe it, go and see for yourself,” the people below suggested, seeing that Fischer wasn’t convinced. Hearing this, Fischer, who had been taking a lunch break, immediately got up and rushed outside.

Sure enough, in the direction of Duke Green’s residence, a fiery red column descended from the sky. Judging from where the column landed, it must have been right above Duke Green’s mansion.
“Someone! Prepare a carriage! I want to go to Duke Green’s mansion in person to see what’s going on!” Fischer shouted loudly upon seeing the scene.
Outside the palace, people were screaming, “The God of Light has manifested! The God of Light has sent a miracle! We must repay His grace with our lives!”
Hearing these cries, Fischer furrowed his brows even more. “Du Fan, are you so impatient? Why do you want to confront me right away?” he murmured.
No emperor wants some so-called miracle to occur in his subordinates’ homes. Once such a miracle happens to a person or family, it naturally takes on a mysterious aura and gains tremendous public attention.
At any time, if someone is chosen by the gods, they can quickly gather a large following—after all, the appearance of a divine being means that person is the son of a god!
Seeing the so-called miracle mentioned by those people at Duke Green’s mansion, Fischer immediately ordered his servants to prepare a horse, determined to go and see what was happening.
Not only Fischer but also the Arch-Cardinal set out as well. Having heard of the miracle at Duke Green’s mansion, this old man who had served the God of Light his entire life naturally wanted to go and see it too.
Just as various factions were heading toward Duke Green’s mansion, changes began to occur in Du Fan’s room.
Gradually, under the light of that column, flames started to ignite in the room where Du Fan was practicing. At first, the flames were low, covering only Du Fan’s room, but soon they spread rapidly, engulfing the entire room in a fierce blaze!
“Fire! Help! Put out the fire!” Seeing the raging flames in Du Fan’s room, the servants and guards in the mansion began shouting.
Their cries alerted everyone in the mansion. Soon, people brought buckets of water and poured them onto Du Fan’s room.

Du Fan, who was completely immersed in cultivating his Star Combat Qi, didn’t notice such anomalies at all. On the contrary, he felt that the tiny light points within him were growing rapidly. As those light points continued to grow, so did Du Fan’s joy! Soon, Du Fan sensed that his level of Star Combat Qi was making rapid progress step by step! In just a short while, his Star Combat Qi had reached level eight! Cultivating it to level eight in less than an hour was an unprecedented speed for the Green family—something never seen before or since! As Du Fan’s level of Star Combat Qi continued to rise, he was fully absorbed in the wonderful feeling of cultivation, and he could also sense the temperature around him increasing steadily! Just as a big fire broke out in Du Fan’s room, Duke Green, Rob, Lady Green, Naixiu, and Lilith all rushed outside and stood outside Du Fan’s room. “What’s going on? Is there anyone inside?” They arrived at the scene almost simultaneously. As soon as Duke Green appeared, he immediately grabbed a servant and asked, “Master, the young master is still inside! But I don’t know what’s going on—no matter how hard we call him, he doesn’t respond!” Hearing Duke Green’s question, the servant hurriedly replied. “Oh no! Judging from Du Fan’s appearance, it seems he’s in the middle of cultivation!” Rob glanced through the window and saw Du Fan with his eyes closed, looking deeply focused. He immediately realized that Du Fan was cultivating.