Zhan Huaping’s strength is actually not very strong. Despite being at the Qi Cultivation Eighth Layer, without considering his magical artifact, he is only middle level among cultivators in the same realm.

In the impending fight, facing Liou Yuan, who activated the Evil Eyes, it’s just a matter of two swords.

The fact that he made Liou Yuan exhaust all his means and suffer not light injuries in that battle is all due to this pair of Cold Star and Moonlight Bracelets.

"This fool Zhan Huaping has become so strong relying on this pair of top-notch magical artifacts."

"If they were in my hands, wouldn’t they be even stronger? With the help of this pair of top-notch magical artifacts, I dare to challenge someone at the Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer."

This is the power of top-notch magical artifacts.

Of course, to understand the specific capabilities of this pair of top-notch magical artifacts, the Fixed Star Compass is needed.

Liou Yuan silently recited the incantation of the Fixed Star Compass in his heart, and instantly the brilliance from the compass reflected on the pair of bracelets he was holding.

[Name] Cold Star and Moonlight Bracelets

[Category] Magical Artifact

[Grade] First-Class Top Quality

[Effect] A pair of magical artifacts that form a set, equivalent in grade to regular artifacts but surpassing them in power. The fundamental artifact varies due to the embedded spirit stone, possessing two types of powers: Cold Star and Moonlight.

Cold Star can manifest as a defensive shield, and if spiritual power is abundant, it can summon a Cold Star armor, providing thorough protection.

Moonlight can conjure various weapons to aid the user in battle. The conjured weapons are all empowered by the Moonlight spirit stone, making them exceptionally sharp.

Cold Star and Moonlight, of similar material, allow spiritual power to flow between them. Thus, the user’s spiritual power consumption is greatly reduced, enabling prolonged combat without fatigue, truly a marvelous artifact.

Judging from the Fixed Star Compass’s description, its evaluation of this pair of Cold Star and Moonlight Bracelets is quite high.

Especially since the two top-notch magical artifacts form a set, significantly reducing spiritual power consumption.

This also explains why Zhan Huaping, with his Qi Cultivation Eighth Layer, could simultaneously use two top-notch magical artifacts and fight intensely for a long time without exhausting spiritual power.

If it were any other top-notch magical artifact, it would have already been defeated by Liou Yuan due to spiritual power depletion.

"Haha, this pair of Cold Star Bracelets fills the gap in my defense magical artifact department." Liou Yuan’s smile never disappeared after reading the Fixed Star Compass’s description of the Cold Star Bracelet.

"Moreover, the spiritual power consumption is far lower than ordinary top-notch magical artifacts, so I don’t have to worry about spiritual power exhaustion even if I activate them for a long time."

The reason top-notch magical artifacts are rarely used in the Qi Cultivation Realm is partly due to their exorbitant cost.

Another key reason is because their spiritual power consumption is excessively high.

This pair of Cold Star and Moonlight Bracelets perfectly resolves the spiritual power issue, which is why the Fixed Star Compass rated them so highly.

After Liou Yuan discovered the details of this magical artifact through the Fixed Star Compass, he couldn’t wait to wear the Cold Star Bracelet on his arm.

Apparently because Zhan Huaping’s physique was not too different from Liou Yuan’s, the artifact fit Liou Yuan’s arm perfectly, wrapping flawlessly with no discomfort at all.

Liou Yuan’s spiritual power surged within him, activating this top-notch defense magical artifact.

Buzz! Dark blue light swirled, and that familiar defensive shield instantly appeared in front of Liou Yuan.

Liou Yuan had witnessed the shield’s defensive power: attacks within the Qi Cultivation Realm could hardly break it.

"Hey!" Liou Yuan snickered as he continued pouring spiritual power into the Cold Star Bracelet.

After a brief moment, the defensive shield indeed underwent a change, slowly melting and adhering to Liou Yuan’s body, transforming into an armor emitting spiritual light.

Liou Yuan’s palm softly traced the streamlined armor, feeling its cool touch.

Liou Yuan had personally experienced the strong defensive power of the Cold Star armor.

With the Lion’s Roar Spell in the Great Achievement Realm and the Jade Tide Pure Water Swordsmanship rotating, and coupled with the Blood Absorption Skill, Liou Yuan exhaustingly broke through its defense.

"My Blood Absorption Skill can attack and defend, yet when gathered into a glove form, there’s no defense on the body."

"Causing me concern whenever I unleash the Blood Absorption Skill offensively."

"Now with the help of this Cold Star armor, I will have no such worries in future battles and can go all out."

With a sense of relief, Liou Yuan then wore the Moonlight Bracelet on the other arm.

Since the pair of top-notch magical artifacts form a set, Liou Yuan did not need to use extra spiritual power to activate them.

The moment he wore it, the Moonlight Bracelet automatically emitted a silvery glow.

The current glow had no shape and wrapped around Liou Yuan’s arm.

With a mere thought.

The silvery light started to condense into the prototype of a Spiritual Sword which Liou Yuan grasped, successfully materializing into a sharp sword.

The sword was entirely silver-white, sharper than the Canglan Sword.

Silver spiritual light spouted from the tip, and with a thought, Liou Yuan could shoot it out.

"With the full power of the Moonlight Bracelet activated, even the Blood Absorption Skill cannot stop it."

"In terms of sheer power, it’s unmatched by the Canglan Sword."

Liou Yuan twirled the Moonlight Sword in his hand, finding it quite handy.

"But this Moonlight Sword lacks the enhancement on the Jade Tide Pure Water Swordsmanship provided by the Canglan Sword."

The Moonlight Sword has greater power but no enhancement on swordsmanship.

The Canglan Sword is less powerful but clearly enhances Liou Yuan’s swordsmanship, making it hard to choose which sword to use.

Thus, Liou Yuan decided to use both swords.

"Only children make choices." Liou Yuan murmured with a smile.

He played with the Moonlight Sword for a while before returning it to the Moonlight Bracelet.

"With this Moonlight Bracelet, I’m not afraid that those opponents will find ways to take my weapon away anymore."

The greatest advantage of the Moonlight Bracelet for Liou Yuan is that even if his weapon is targeted, he won’t be left without a weapon.

The Moonlight Sword originally emerged from the Moonlight Bracelet, as long as the bracelet remains on, they have no way to seal it.

So after obtaining this superb magical artifact, Liou Yuan didn’t store them away, but continued to wear them on his wrist, hiding them perfectly inside his sleeves with a wave.

"Zhan Huaping, that guy, truly is a genius in artifact refining." Rubbing the Cold Star and Moonlight Bracelet on his arm, Liou Yuan couldn’t help but admire Zhan Huaping’s artifact refining skill.

For just a disciple in the Qi Cultivation Realm, being able to refine such a magical artifact, it’s no wonder he gained recognition from the vice pavilion master of the Artifact Refining Pavilion.

Fortunately, Liou Yuan didn’t kill him, or else he would likely never be able to go to the Artifact Refining Pavilion again.

Once the Cold Star and Moonlight Bracelet was put on, Liou Yuan assessed all his gains from this trip.

He sat cross-legged inside the hole he dug out, his consciousness slowly sinking into his body, observing the Fixed Star Compass.

He still remembered that not long after he killed Liou Tao, the Fixed Star Compass erupted with a force of suction, stripping away Liou Tao’s Star Acupoint and absorbing it into the Fixed Star Compass, forming an energy akin to a Star Baptism.

Because Tuoba Xin was nearby at that time, it wasn’t convenient for Liou Yuan to observe further, so he quickly withdrew.

Now, with the Refined Gold Breaking Mountain Array guarding the canyon, Liou Yuan could finally study the energy within the Fixed Star Compass with ease.

The pointer of the Fixed Star Compass was now housing a mass of vigorous white fog-like energy.

They appeared like water mist compressed to the extreme, with a considerable amount of energy already condensed into liquid.

Looking at the energy within the Fixed Star Compass, Liou Yuan had a sense.

With just a thought, they could flow into his body, just like the previous two Star Baptisms.

"All accumulated from killing Star Evil, it’s the first time for a murder."

Liou Yuan couldn’t help but marvel at this scene.

He had speculated before why the Fixed Star Compass could absorb Liou Tao’s energy; never in previous killings had this happened.

Liou Yuan guessed that it might be due to the shared bloodlines between him and Liou Tao.

The Ice Vein and Fog Vein were both descendants of the Liou Family, originated from two sibling ancestors of the Liou Family.

If it weren’t for the Fog Vein usurping power and exterminating the Ice Vein, both veins could have advanced and retreated together, sharing glory and humiliation.

Now that Liou Yuan killed Liou Tao, his Star Acupoint was certainly easier to absorb compared to others.

Of course, this was just Liou Yuan’s speculation, and he didn’t have a conclusive answer.

However, one thing was certain, Liou Yuan could once again utilize the Star Baptism.

"No time like the present."

With the Refined Gold Breaking Mountain Array guarding the canyon now, Liou Yuan wouldn’t delay any longer; with a thought, he channeled the absorbent energy from the Fixed Star Compass toward his body.

A familiar feeling of perfect blending.

Enveloped by the Star Baptism energy, the Water Acupoint at the center of Liou Yuan’s forehead suddenly burst with a deep blue radiance, greedily absorbing the white mist-like energy.

Compared to the enthusiastic Water Acupoint, his Gold Acupoint in the abdomen appeared lazily indifferent.

"It seems this time, the enhancement will be for the Water Acupoint." Seeing this, Liou Yuan had a vague prediction of the result of this Star Baptism.

After a moment, a sense of fatigue struck again.

Liou Yuan’s consciousness gradually faded, his breathing becoming steady.

Within the cavern, only the rich white fog-like baptism energy remained, emitting a brilliant glow.

The length of this slumber was unknown.

Upon awakening, Liou Yuan instinctively glanced toward the opening of the cave.

The canyon scenery outside remained unchanged from before his sleep, with only the faint glow from the Earth Erosion Seal in the sky covering the ground.

"Within this erosion land, there are neither sun, moon, nor stars, so there’s no way to tell how much time has passed."

Liou Yuan muttered, only able to gauge the time of this slumber from his experience with the previous two baptisms, which should be within three days.

Then, Liou Yuan stood up from the cold ground, eager to plunge his consciousness into his body.

Each Star Baptism brought significant improvement to Liou Yuan, enhancing both his talent and cultivation.

This time was no exception.

Liou Yuan’s consciousness sank into the Five Mansions within his body, immediately feeling a much more intense spiritual power than before.

The milky white spiritual power surged vibrantly through his internal organs and circulated within his meridians.

Seeing the amount of spiritual power in his body now, Liou Yuan couldn’t help but exclaim in amazement: "Sixty-nine strands!"

Since his entry into the Erosion Land, he had barely cultivated a single strand of spiritual power, totaling forty-one strands.

After the baptism of the star energy, nearly thirty strands emerged out of thin air.

It’s worth noting that breaking through to the Qi Cultivation Eighth Layer requires only eighty strands of spiritual power.

He was now very close to achieving the Qi Cultivation Eighth Layer.

"Half a year! I only need half a year to break through to the Qi Cultivation Eighth Layer!" Feeling the abundant spiritual power flowing within him, Liou Yuan spoke with certainty in the dwelling.