Chapter 49: Dantian Restoration
Chapter 49: Dantian Restoration
“May I ask if Daoist Ye Nantian is present?”
Upon arriving at Green Sun Peak, Jiang Wang immediately called out loudly.
Yet despite the vastness of Green Sun Peak, not a single voice answered him.
“I’ve brought Chu Fan with me. I urgently request Daoist Ye Nantian’s presence—your disciple’s life hangs by a thread! Only you can save him now!”
At these words, the previously tranquil Green Sun Peak suddenly trembled.
The courtyard gate was sent flying as Ye Nantian’s figure appeared before Jiang Wang in an instant.
Seeing the unconscious Chu Fan behind the visitor, Ye Nantian’s composure shattered. He grabbed Jiang Wang’s arm urgently, demanding, “What’s happened to Fan’er?!”
“Alas…” Jiang Wang shook his head with exaggerated sorrow. “While traveling abroad, I chanced upon young friend Chu Fan. Finding him grievously injured, I brought him back to Jixia Academy…”
Jiang Wang proceeded to spin his carefully crafted lie to Ye Nantian.
This was the exact same story he’d used to deceive Liu Yueru at Jixia Academy.
If even the academy’s headmistress hadn’t seen through his deception, how could Ye Nantian—currently distracted by concern for Chu Fan—possibly detect anything amiss?
Especially when Ye Nantian checked Chu Fan’s condition and completely lost his composure.
“His dantian is completely shattered?! How could this happen?!”
Jiang Wang shook his head, feigning complete ignorance.
“I’ve no idea what befell young friend Chu Fan. When I found him, he was already in this state. There was half a bloodstained note beside him though.”
“Can you show me that note?” Ye Nantian pressed urgently.
“When I discovered young friend Chu Fan, he was besieged by demonic beasts. The note was destroyed during the battle, but I managed to glimpse some contents.”
“It mentioned another cultivator who fought alongside Chu Fan for a long time before ultimately sacrificing himself to save your disciple from the beasts’ maws.”
“Daoist Ye, we should focus on Chu Fan’s current predicament.”
“With his dantian shattered, we both know there are only two ways to restore it… Without treatment, his life may be in danger.”
Ye Nantian was well aware of what Jiang Wang implied.
Chu Fan’s condition wasn’t like Su Ming’s controlled ‘meridian fragmentation’—his dantian had been forcibly destroyed by external force. Only two methods could repair such damage.
The Fate-Reversing Cosmos Pill, or a Star Realm expert sacrificing their own cultivation to reconstruct his dantian.
The former was practically unthinkable—that legendary pill had been lost to time. Even Medicine Spirit Valley, foremost in alchemy, couldn’t produce it now.
Only a handful of ancient ruins might still contain one.
As for the latter… Asking a Star Realm cultivator to sacrifice their hard-earned cultivation for another’s dantian was even more unrealistic.
Despite Ye Nantian’s deep care for Chu Fan, he hesitated at this juncture.
Then something occurred to him. He immediately scooped up Chu Fan, leaving with just: “Please wait here, fellow Daoist. I’ll return shortly.”
Though left behind, Jiang Wang smiled.
Ye Nantian’s willingness to leave a stranger unattended on Green Sun Peak for Chu Fan’s sake proved how much he valued this disciple.
Judging by his urgency, Three Saints Sect might actually possess the Fate-Reversing Cosmos Pill.
“As expected of the world’s foremost sect—such profound reserves…”
But Jiang Wang was mistaken.
Three Saints Sect didn’t have the pill. Even if they did, it would be in Su Ming’s possession.
And the relationship between Su Ming and Chu Fan couldn’t be described as merely incompatible—it was outright mortal enmity.
Fortunately, Ye Nantian wasn’t seeking Su Ming, but Qu Xiangyang—the founding ancestor of Three Saints Sect who had returned from the Void Beyond.
Surely someone of his stature would have means to heal Chu Fan—or so Ye Nantian believed.
Yet after searching the entire sect, Qu Xiangyang was nowhere to be found.
Finally, a disciple informed him they’d personally seen Qu Xiangyang depart Three Saints Sect with Su Ming to an unknown destination.
“Su Ming?! You again!”
From Ye Nantian’s perspective:
Su Ming was the one who sent Chu Fan to Fiery Prison Cliff.
Su Ming caused the secret realm’s collapse that stranded Chu Fan in spatial turbulence.
Li Jianping—who’d constantly aided Chu Fan—died by Su Ming’s hand. And now Su Ming had even absconded with the sect ancestor who could save Chu Fan.
Su Ming was practically Chu Fan’s destined nemesis.
In his emotional turmoil, Ye Nantian even blamed Su Ming for Chu Fan’s shattered dantian.
(Though in this case, Su Ming actually was responsible.)
With the sect ancestor unavailable, only one salvation method remained.
As Ye Nantian wavered, Jiang Wang—still waiting at Green Sun Peak—gave him the final push.
Since Ye Nantian hadn’t returned, he must have hit a snag acquiring the pill.
Jiang Wang withdrew the spiritual energy he’d left in Chu Fan to slow the dantian’s collapse, causing Chu Fan’s condition to deteriorate rapidly.
Seeing his disciple’s sudden decline, Ye Nantian gritted his teeth and made his decision.
He rushed back to Green Sun Peak and told Jiang Wang: “Fellow Daoist, please guard this place. Allow no one to approach Green Sun Peak. I, Ye Nantian, will repay this favor handsomely later.”
Without waiting for a response, he entered the house.
After all, in Ye Nantian’s eyes, Jiang Wang was merely a Nirvana Realm cultivator.
Soon after, Jiang Wang—standing guard outside—sensed spiritual energy fluctuations.
What defined the Star Realm was their transformed spiritual power that resonated with celestial bodies, allowing cultivation through stellar energy.
This same power enabled them to reconstruct dantians for lower realm cultivators.
Though this only worked for those below Nirvana Realm—since post-fragmentation dantians became fundamentally different.
As Ye Nantian continuously channeled stellar energy, his own cultivation steadily declined.
In less time than it takes an incense stick to burn, his cultivation dropped from fifth-layer Star Realm to second-layer.
Sweat beaded on Ye Nantian’s forehead as he realized:
Repairing Chu Fan’s dantian was proving far harder than expected. His disciple was absorbing stellar energy like a bottomless pit.
This situation brought mixed feelings—joy that Chu Fan’s talent remained intact, but worry that his own power might prove insufficient.
“So be it! Even if it costs all my cultivation, I’ll ensure Fan’er’s safety!” Strengthening his resolve, Ye Nantian continued the energy transfer.
Though Chu Fan was talented, the process should have concluded by now under normal circumstances.
Unfortunately, the Taotie Devouring Spirit meant the Taotie Remnant Soul siphoned off fifty percent of the stellar energy, while Su Ming claimed another twenty percent.
Under these conditions, Ye Nantian would indeed need to sacrifice all his cultivation to fully restore Chu Fan’s dantian.
Thanks to Ye Nantian’s relentless infusion, Su Ming—currently en route to the Tower of Ascension—once again felt signs of an impending breakthrough.