Stellar Transformations Book 9

by I Eat Tomatoes

  For the moment, everybody is both astonished and delighted by this immortal mansion.

  When its appearance is already so impressive, how can there possibly be a lack of treasures inside?

  “Ah!” An anguished cry rises.

  Qin Yu’s face changes color greatly because, beside him, Old Freak Three-Eyed is unexpectedly blown to pieces directly. That yuanying is even pierced through and falls down. Old Freak Three-Eyed, who was extremely formidable, has died just like that. Qin Yu knows that his situation is bad. At the same time, he feels a terrifyingly powerful blast coming at him from behind.

  He is under attack!

  Despite feeling so, now he basically has no time to avoid it because the enemy is too fast. But he must go all out whatever happens so he does his best to dodge to the right. At least he cannot afford to let his head or dantian be damaged.

  “Li’er.” The moment Qin Yu makes a dodging movement with his body, he discovers that Li’er has unexpected got behind him and is covering his back. He cannot help getting shocked.

  A loud noise is heard. Li’er’s body sends out transparent ripples, which easily ward off that terrifying attack.

  Her protective magic treasure has been brought into play.

  That attack could have made Old Freak Three-Eyed explode with ease but Li’er has blocked it effortlessly. However, it seems Qin Yu and Old Freak Three-Eyed are not the only targets of the mysterious assailant. At the same time, others have also been attacked!

  Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! ……

  A series of explosions rises. After a while, the noises stop.

  When the dust has settled,

  Qin Yu takes a look around. Reverend Yan Xu, Yi Da, Situ Xue and Jiao Jiu are still smiling but the Xiuyaoists …

  At the moment, Yan Mo is on one knee, his face is totally pale and his blood has covered a large area of the ground.

  By contrast, Azure Dragon is lying on one side. Those 3 yellow-clad men are supporting him. Yan Mo’s 2 subordinates, Xue Nu and Hong Luan, have fallen on the ground, completely lifeless… They are already dead.

  “Tut-tut … Young lady, you must be from the Stellar Tower, right? You were even able to take one hit from me without dying so you must have that loose immortal’s protective magic treasure. It looks like the Stellar Tower’s loose immortal really deserves his reputation.” Standing in front of the immortal mansion, a black-robed man says smilingly.

  There is currently another black-robed man beside him. Obviously, the assailant just now is this mysterious black-robed man.

  Seeing the 2 black-robed men, Jiao Jiu is immediately delighted. He kneels down at once, saying respectfully: “It is an honor to meet you, grand master and grand uncle master! I am Jiao Jiu!”

  Glossary

  *** C ***

  - Cun: 寸 -- unit of length in the story, ~ 3.33 cm.

  *** D ***

  - Da: 大 -- big -- friendly way to call someone older and close to you. For example: Da Shan

  - Dacheng stage: 大成期 -- basically means the stage of completeness. The final stage, it’s after the Dujie stage.

  - Demon: 妖 -- what Xiuyaoists aim to become; neutral on the whole.

  - Devil: 魔 -- what Xiumoists aspire to become; evil on the whole.

  - Dongxu stage: 洞虚期 -- basically means the stage of hollowness. It’s between the Yuanying stage and the Kongming stage.

  - Dantian: 丹田 -- the energy center of a person.

  - Dujie stage: 渡劫期 -- basically means the stage of overcoming tribulation. It’s between the Kongming stage and the Dacheng stage.

  *** F ***

  - Formation: an arrangement of objects and/or energy to produce intended effects, for example, the Stone Sentinel Maze (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_Sentinel_Maze).

  *** G ***

  - Golden immortal: aka Universal golden immortal (大罗金仙), a high-level immortal, literally means an everlasting immortal.

  *** H ***

  - Houtian: 后天 -- Post-Heaven, i.e. something that is Acquired.

  *** J ***

  - Jin: 斤 -- unit of mass in the story, ~ 0.6 kg.

  - Jindan: 金丹 -- solidified internal energy in the form of a compact golden ball, representing a high level of martial arts, vital to the practitioner. This is a Taoist term, literally meaning Golden Ball.

  - Jindan-stage: the stage at which a practitioner’s entire internal energy is condensed and solidified into a jindan.

  *** K ***

  - Kongming stage: 空冥期 -- basically means the stage of void and darkness. It’s between the Dongxu stage and the Dujie stage.

  *** L ***

  - Li: 里 -- unit of length in the story, ~ 0.6 km.

  - Liang: 两 -- unit of mass in the story, perhaps ~ 50 g.

  - Liu Xing -- 流星 -- Qin Yu's fake name, which literally means Meteor.

  - Loose Immortal: 散仙 -- basically means a wandering, free immortal. In this story it means a person who keeps practicing using their yuanying without their physical body after the body has been destroyed by a tribulation.

  *** N ***

  - Neidan: 内丹 -- literally means an internal ball. This is a variant of the jindan, formed by animals which practice the Xiuyao way. The term 'jindan' is often used to refer to the 'neidan' in the story.

  *** Q ***

  - Qian Long continent: 潜龙大陆 -- literally means the Hidden Dragon continent.

  - Qi Men Dun Jia: 奇门遁甲 -- roughly means The Mysterious Gates Escaping Technique -- an ancient Chinese metaphysical art. (You only need to know that much. But if someone feels interested in it then here's the wiki link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qi_Men_Dun_Jia)

  - Qin Yu: 秦羽 -- Qin as in Qin Shi Huang; Yu as in Guan Yu -- main protagonist; also called endearingly Yu'er or Xiao Yu.

  *** S ***

  - Samadhi flame: 三昧真火 -- a term half borrowed from Buddhism; literally means the true flame of meditative concentration.

  - Shangxian: 上仙 -- literally means a superior immortal being.

  - Small Round: 小周天 -- xiaozhoutian -- an important path for energy circulation in Qigong.

  *** T ***

  - Tribulations: tests/punishments that a practitioner has to undergo upon reaching certain levels of power.

  4-in-9 Heavenly Tribulation: 4 thunderbolts, aka the Minor Heavenly Tribulation. (Xiantian --> Jindan)

  6-in-9 Heavenly Tribulation: 6 thunderbolts. (Yuanying --> Dongxu)

  9-from-9th Heaven Tribulation: 9 thunderbolts, aka the Major Heavenly Tribulation. (Dujie)

  *** X ***

  - Xian: 仙 -- immortal beings, or related to them, or supposed to be related to them.

  - Xiantian: 先天 -- Pre-Heaven, i.e. something that is Innate.

  - Xiao Hei: 小黑 -- literally means Little Black, Qin Yu's black eagle and a secondary protagonist.

  - Xiumo: 修魔 -- basically means practice to become a devil -- the supposedly evil way of Xiuzhen, kind of similar to the Dark Side of the Force.

  - Xiuxianist: 修仙者 -- people who practice martial arts to become immortal beings. They are mostly based on Taoists. You can think that they are Taoists on steroids.

  - Xiuyao: 修妖 -- basically means practice to become a demon -- the animal way of Xiuzhen, used exclusively by self-aware animals.

  - Xiuzhen: 修真 -- roughly means pursuing universal truths through practicing martial arts.

  - Xiuzhenist: 修真者 -- roughly means a person who pursues universal truths through practicing martial arts. It is a much broader term than Xiuxianist but oftentimes they are used interchangeably.

  *** Y ***

  - Yuanying: 元婴 -- literally means the child of essence; a vital, solid body of internal energy in the dantian which looks exactly like a miniature version of the practitioner; when a jindan’s energy reaches a certain level in both quality and quantity, it will transform into a yuanying.
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br />   - Yuanying-stage: the stage at which a practitioner’s entire internal energy forms a yuanying.

  *** Z ***

  - Zhang: 丈 -- unit of length in the story, ~ 3.33 m.

  *** Stages in practice (in ascending order of power) ***

  Xian (immortals) + Mo (devils) + Yao (demons):

  Houtian --> Xiantian --> Jindan --> Yuanying --> Dongxu --> Kongming --> Dujie --> Dacheng --> ...

  Stellar Transformations:

  Houtian --> Xiantian --> Nebula --> Meteor --> Core --> Planet --> Dujie --> Star --> ...

  *** Weapon levels (in ascending order of quality) ***

  Mundane (incl. normal iron -> black iron -> black gold) --> Xian grade (incl. low -> middle -> high) --> holy class (incl. low -> middle -> high -> top) --> ...

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