Stellar Transformations [NO SPOILERS ALLOWED]

[syhdnie]

Great one...

Thanks he-man

Can't wait for the next chapter

[he-man]

B7C10: Stellar Tower

Azure Dragon and Old Freak Three-Eyed do their utmost to talk about their good deeds because they know that … they simply cannot deny wanting to kill Hou Fei. Now they are talking so much only because they hope that Uncle Lan spares their lives this time.

“You 2 rescued Xiao Yu from the prison and destroyed the Great Six Harmonies Heavenly Gates Formation to save him.” Uncle Lan nods. Suddenly he says with a frown: “But just now I saw with my own eyes that you wanted to kill my disciple. Can you explain a bit what was going on?”

Azure Dragon’s and Old Freak Three-Eyed’s hearts become totally tense and they feel bitter in their mouths.

“Oh? Three-Eyed, you talk first.” Uncle Lan looks at Old Freak Three-Eyed and tells him.

At the moment Old Freak Three-Eyed does not look like an old freak at all. Instead, he looks like a green-clad lovely boy. If mortals were to see him, they would think that he is a lovely boy from a certain family.

“Senior, this, this …” He is thinking like lightning. He is now worried like an ant on a hot pan, but he has to answer why he wanted to kill the opponent’s disciple. His answer to this question can become evidence and give the opponent a reason to kill him.

Suddenly, an idea pops into his mind.

Old Freak Three-Eyed says: “Senior, we got into action this time because of the Nine Demons Hall’s majesties.” He gives the 4 Di brothers a look while smiling. The Di brothers however look at him angrily.

“The Nine Demons Hall, the Blue Water Mansion and the Azure Dragon Palace are the 3 major powers in the underwater Xiuzhen world. There is some friendship between us at any rate. Hou Fei killed 2 majesties of the Nine Demons Hall, Di Luan and Di Feng, so Di Long and the others were enraged and wanted to kill Hou Fei. However, brother Hou Fei was too strong so they could not do anything. As their allies, naturally we had to get into action to help them.”

By giving this excuse, Old Freak Three-Eyed claims little responsibility for what happened.

Azure Dragon also says hurriedly: “It was exactly so, senior. Whatever happens, there is more than 1000 years of friendship between the Nine Demons Hall and us so it was impossible for us not to help them.”

In fact, it was only because Azure Dragon and Old Freak Three-Eyed saw that Hou Fei is an overly formidable divine beast and poses a threat too big to them that they decided to kill him. But of course this truth must not be told, or else they would most probably lose their little lives.

Uncle Lan’s expression turns cold as before.

Old Freak Three-Eyed and Azure Dragon immediately feel their blood freeze, as if they have fallen into a bottomless abyss.

Uncle Lan says indifferently: “If I hadn’t rushed to this place today, my disciple would have been murdered by you. Though you say that you were only helping someone else, the fact that you wanted to kill my disciple is indisputable and undeniable.”

Old Freak Three-Eyed and Azure Dragon exchange a look then bow at once and say in unison: “We were foolish at that time, senior. We hope you could have mercy on us.”

Uncle Lan ponders, not saying a word.

Azure Dragon’s and Old Freak Three-Eyed’s hearts are trembling in fear. They know that this mysterious expert is considering. Uncle Lan ponders for just a short time, but to them, every second of it feels like a year.

“Um, you wanted to kill my disciple so you should be killed, but considering that you saved Xiao Yu, I spare your lives this time. If you commit this kind of offense again later, then don’t blame me for being merciless.” Uncle Lan says indifferently.

Old Freak Three-Eyed and Azure Dragon feel the whole world come alive, as if they have returned from Hell.

“Thank you for your mercy, senior.”

They hurriedly bow and say.

“Remember my master’s words. If you recommit this offense later, humph …” Hou Fei says with a cold humph. Hearing this, Azure Dragon immediately curses in his mind: “Only an idiot would try to kill you again after knowing you’re backed by an expert at least as strong as a 6^th tribulation loose immortal. Do I look like I have a death wish?”

As both Azure Dragon and Old Freak Three-Eyed are smart, they give him their word.

“Nine Demons Hall’s 4 brats, you have something to tell me, right? Feel free to tell me now.” Uncle Lan looks at the 4 Di brothers.

Di Long takes a deep breath. Now he is under a very great pressure because what he says will determine his and his brothers’ lives.

“Tell him everything, big brother. Even if we have to die, we’ll die together.” Di Jian looks at him and says. Di Nai and Di Xu also nod at him. When there is a glimmer of hope, Xiuyaoists will stoop to compromise, for example, Azure Dragon and Old Freak Three-Eyed. But when there is no hope of surviving, they will try to die with some integrity.

The 4 Di brothers basically think that there is no hope left for them. In their opinion, if someone did to them what they did to Qin Yu, they would kill the offender quickly.

“Things were very simple, senior. My 8^th brother was killed so I wanted to investigate who the killer was and Qin Yu was the one who had information. So, I captured him and prepared to have a terror jellyfish absorb him and get his memories, thus finding out the killer’s identity. Afterwards, Qin Yu escaped and took our Nine Demons Hall’s Treasure Storing Palace away. We chased him all the way to this palace. What happened later has been told by Overlord Azure Dragon and Grand Founder Three-Eyed so I’m not going to talk about it again.”

Di Long gives his account straightforwardly using just several sentences.

Di Jian also says: “We had to avenge our brothers’ deaths, senior. If you want to kill us then feel free to kill us.” Di Nai and Di Xu look at Uncle Lan too.

“Ha-ha …”

Uncle Lan suddenly laughs out loud: “Juniors, I don’t like to argue with you so at first I was ready to give you a way out, but you’re unexpectedly seeking death, then I’ll fulfill your wish, sending you off to the Underworld.”

After saying so, he is about to wave his sleeve.

“Hold it.”

Di Long immediately shouts. Uncle Lan stops and looks at him with a seemingly smiling expression. He kneels down at once, saying respectfully: “Senior, it was stupid of the 4 of us to behave disrespectfully. Our dream is to one day overcome the 9-From-9^th Heaven Tribulation and achieve ascension. Since you are magnanimous, I hope you could give us a chance to fulfill it. If you want to kill someone, please kill me alone. What my brother said just now, he did not really mean it.”

Uncle Lan gives a smile.

“Di Long,” says he.

Di Long immediately shows that he is ready to listen with respect.

“Di Long, the affection you and your brothers in the Nine Demons Hall have for each other is pretty good, but you treat outsiders like trash and kill them at will. Take Xiao Yu for example. You hadn’t found out if there were any feuds between him and you, but you already prepared to kill him right away. Such an act is fairly cruel,” Uncle Lan reprimands.

The 4 Di brothers bow and listen to him. They simply do not dare to disagree.

Uncle Lan continues: “Even though the path of Xiuzhen goes against Heaven and most Xiuzhenists are selfish, when you first knew about your 8^th brother’s death, you immediately prepared to massacre all possible killers. You would rather kill 1000 wrongly than release a suspect. An action like that has gone beyond the boundary of selfishness.”

He says smilingly: “Today I can tell you something. Xiao Yu is the one who killed your 8^th brother. What are you going to do now?” When the Di brothers hear this, their faces change color.

Qin Yu says with a nod: “It’s true. That day Di Tong killed Cha Hong and wanted to seize the 8^th jade sword. I then took an opportunity to get into action, killed him and obtained the jade sword.” Qin Yu turns his hand over. A jade sword appears on it.

Azure Dragon’s and Old Freak Three-Eyed’s eyes brighten for a while.

The Di brothers take a look at the sword. Di Long says respectfully without delay: “You are really formidable, brother Qin Yu. We brothers are not fools either. Fighting for treasures is a matter of life and death. My 8^th brother died because he was not as good as you. There is nothing we can do about it, and we have to keep on living.”

Now Di Long has lost the will to seek revenge.

Revenge? If he kept seeking it, perhaps he would lose his life without being able to touch a hair of the enemy.

……

After talking for some time, eventually Uncle Lan does not kill anyone.

“I have a suggestion, senior.” Azure Dragon suddenly says.

Old Freak Three-Eyed immediately tells him via holy sense communication: “Have you become stupid, Azure Dragon? This senior hasn’t killed us, so we better go as soon as possible. If he changes his mind, we’ll be in big trouble.” He is selfish so naturally he cares about his little life the most.

“Speak.” Uncle Lan looks at Azure Dragon and says.

Azure Dragon says smilingly: “Now 5 of the Nine Demons Hall’s brothers are gone and there are only 4 of them left. The Nine Demons Hall basically cannot rank alongside the Azure Dragon Palace and the Blue Water Mansion anymore. Today they do not have enough power to occupy that 90 million radius area of water.”

“What do you mean, Overlord Azure Dragon?” Di Long’s face changes color.

In the past, when all of his brothers were still alive, they could deal with Azure Dragon or Old Freak Three-Eyed by setting up formations together, but now 5 of them are dead. Despite the living being the strongest among them, there are only 4 of them remaining so they simply cannot set up formidable formations and are indeed no longer comparable to the Blue Water Mansion and the Azure Dragon Palace.

“What do I mean?” Azure Dragon gives a smile. “Majesty Di Long, could it be you still think that you are powerful enough to occupy that 90 million li radius area? Now I suggest that you cede the half of the Nine Demons Hall’s territory next to the Qian Long continent to the Blood-red Cave. Given brother Qin Yu’s and brother Hou Fei’s power, they should have no difficulties managing it.”

“That’s a good idea!”

Old Freak Three-Eyed agrees instantly. But he curses Azure Dragon for being a bootlicker in his mind.

Hou Fei’s eyes brighten: “Good, there are 8 caves under the Nine Demons Hall. Well, there’s no need to take exact measurements and we don’t want much either, so just give us the 2 caves next to the Blood-red Cave. All in all, we’ll have 3 caves.” When this matter is brought up, Hou Fei is excited the most.

“What’s your opinion, majesty Di Long?” Azure Dragon looks at Di Long.

Hou Fei also looks frowningly at Di Long.

He has no choice but to say: “Everybody already knows how powerful brother Hou Fei is. He and brother Qin Yu are surely good enough to control the territories of 3 caves, so we’ll give the Blood-red Cave a 30 million li radius area of water.”

Azure Dragon suddenly says again: “Brother Qin Yu, brother Hou Fei, my Azure Dragon Palace’s territory is next to the western boundary of the Blood-red Cave. I’ll also give the Blood-red Cave 2 caves of my subordinates, what do you think?”

“Ha-ha, you’re really generous, Overlord Azure Dragon. Di Long gives us 2 caves and you also give us 2 caves’ territories.” Hou Fei deliberately emphasizes the word ‘generous.’

Azure Dragon gives a few hollow laughs.

The Azure Dragon Palace and the Blue Water Mansion control extremely large territories, much larger than the Nine Demons Hall’s, so they do not suffer a big loss when giving Qin Yu the territories of 2 caves.

Hou Fei immediately casts his glittering eyes on Old Freak Three-Eyed, who forces a smile and says at once: “My Blue Water Mansion will also give you the 2 caves next to the eastern boundary of the Blood-red Cave.”

Thus, Qin Yu and Hou Fei have obtained 6 caves in a short while. With the addition of their original cave, they now control 7 caves, outnumbering the 5 caves under the Nine Demons Hall.

Hou Fei says with a frown: “Hmm, at any rate we’ve become the no. 3 underwater power.” When the Di brothers hear this, there is even more bitterness on their faces. Hou Fei continues: “But are we still going to be called Blood-red Cave? This is just the name given by Cha Hong in the beginning. It must be changed, completely changed.”

Qin Yu also nods.

The name has to be changed indeed. When the other powers are called Nine Demons Hall, Blue Water Mansion and Azure Dragon Palace, how could he possibly use ‘Blood-red Cave’?

Azure Dragon immediately laughs out loud and proposes: “Ha-ha, I think not only must the name be changed, the original cave must also undergo a big redesigning and reconstruction process. Its size must be expanded at least 10 times. When you have 7 caves, you should at least have a mansion that matches their scale, right?”

“Uncle Lan, could you help us think of a name?”

Qin Yu thought for a long time but was unable to come up with a good name. Hearing that, Uncle Lan gives him a look and says: “Xiao Yu, there are close affinities between you and stars so let’s use the name Stellar Tower. As for the new design, it doesn’t have to be too luxurious and too big. Being small and delicate will do.”

“All right, then the new name is Stellar Tower.”

Qin Yu makes up his mind. In fact, he does not want to build a big, luxurious palace either because he dislikes showiness.

“Stellar Tower, this name is nothing special.” Hou Fei winks a couple of times and grimaces. “We can only sound impressive if we use the name Lord Hou’s Mansion. My mansion, Lord Hou’s Mansion, kaka, not bad, not bad …”

Pa!

Uncle Lan gives him a tap in the head. Hou Fei immediately stops talking.

“Overlord Azure Dragon, please help me spread a message that this day 3 years later will be the official opening ceremony of my Stellar Tower.” Qin Yu salutes Azure Dragon and says.

Overlord Azure Dragon says smilingly with a nod: “Don’t worry, brother Qin Yu. I’ll definitely help you spread the message.”

“Let’s go. This place is pretty far from the Blood-red Cave so I’m taking you back.” Uncle Lan holds Qin Yu’s and Hou Fei’s arms then the 3 of them disappear into thin air.

“Teleportation?”

The heart of everybody present trembles. According to legend, this is a technique that only immortals can use. Moreover, Uncle Lan has teleported 2 other individuals with him. What level of power is this?

“Azure Dragon, how powerful is he to be able to teleport 2 others with him?” Old Freak Three-Eyed looks at Azure Dragon.

Azure Dragon secretly lets out a sigh. After calming down, he says: “I don’t know. To my knowledge, you have to be a 4^th tribulation loose immortal at least to teleport. This senior can teleport 2 others with him, this power level … I can only know what it is after asking the seniors in my clan. Right, I’ll have to tell the Penglai Immortal Region and the Purple Flame Devilish Dungeon about the Stellar Tower too.”

Old Freak Three-Eyed nods his head.

Qin Yu and Hou Fei are fairly powerful and they are supported by that mysterious Uncle Lan so, in reality, there are 6 major powers in the overseas Xiuzhen world from now on instead of 5.

End of b7c10.

My humble suggestions, new additions are bolded, deletions are not marked, stylistic differences are justified....please let me know if this is even helpful





That cold light makes the hearts of Azure Dragon and Old Freak Three-Eyed skip a beat like a thunderbolt from the 9th Heaven.
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Qin Yu cannot suppress the astonishment on his face. Even though he knew that Uncle Lan was very powerful, he did not expect Uncle Lan to be a super-powerful like this! Who is Overlord Azure Dragon? He is an early Kongming stage divine beast, which is comparable to Dujie stage Xiuxianists, no less!
...
At the moment Hou Fei is holding his head high and looking around like a smug rooster.
(only because you used complacent down below, using smug since it is a synonym) stylistic difference so ignore if you want
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They are sent flying several hundred li without being able to put up any resistance. Afterwards, that enormous force disappears instantly. Azure Dragon and Old Freak Three-Eyed regain balance at once, but they do not run away hurriedly at all.

Run away?

How could they dare to? Judging from that one move alone, they already know that the opponent is an extremely powerful expert. Given his power, it is completely useless for them to run. Only by facing the opponent and having him spare their lives will they be able to live in safety later.
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Azure Dragon says disdainfully: “Of course you don’t know this. Let me tell you something. There are 9 levels for immortals while loose immortals have to undergo 12 tribulations. A 12th tribulation loose immortal is as powerful as a level-9 immortal. A 4th tribulation loose immortal is as powerful as a level-1 immortal. This world has no immortals; however it does have loose immortals. According to legend, the power of 12th tribulation loose immortals is basically …”
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Azure Dragon thinks for a while, recalling the occasions on which he saw the true power of the seniors in his clan, and says slowly: “This mysterious expert is too powerful for me to give an exact estimation. But … I feel that he must at least be a 6th tribulation loose immortal!”

“At least a 6th tribulation loose immortal? Then that means he’s at least comparable to a level-3 immortal?” Old Freak Three-Eyed swallows his saliva. Now he finally understands how powerful the opponent is.

Azure Dragon says with a nod: “Let’s go back.Even if I went escaped to my clan, the experts in my clan wouldn’t allow me to offend such an expert. Also … 6th tribulation loose immortal is only my lowest estimation. It’s simply impossible for me to tell exactly how powerful he is.”

Old Freak Three-Eyed also understands this. When someone is far too stronger than you, you really cannot judge their power.
...
Old Freak Three-Eyed says without delay: “Senior, on this black rock island, brother Qin Yu was confined in the Great Six Harmonies Heavenly Gates Formation of the Nine Demons Hall’s brothers. It was I who destroyed that formation with my 3rd eye, releasing him.”

Thanks, I can use most of your suggestions.

BTW he-man you translate tian xian as immortal but at lu xiao feng novel some one translate ye gu cheng tian gua fei xian skill as fairy of outer heaven... did it had the different meaning base on the name.. sorry no offense just curious about this... thanx for the fast update

Xian can be translated as immortal or fairy, but I chose immortal because it sounds neutral while 'fairy' has connotations of femininity, goodness and homosexuality. There are 10,000+ of 'xian' words in this novel, if all of them are translated as 'fairy', the translation will sound ludicrous, or 'gay' in the parlance of our time.

[szfong]

Thanks for another much anticipated exciting update, He-man!

[fajar]

woaaaaaa thank you he-man

[myko85]

Thank you for the updates!!!!

[HPC7595]

Thanks He-Man

[Icefrog]

thanks so much He-man

[ycb5959]

Wow didnt expect such an early update

Thanks! Like the way uncle Lan knocks monkey's head

Minor comment on language:

“Say.” Uncle Lan looks at Azure Dragon and says.

I think the better word may be "Speak".

[gregfrank]

Thanks He-Man, enjoyed it very much!

[lukasjedi]

Thanks,he-man........

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I think about the cunning way of Azure Dragon ,
First ,he calmed uncle Lan ,and later giving Caves as gifts to Qin Yu ,to make uncle Lan happy...
But ,later he will gather all groups (even Penglai Immortal Region and the Purple Flame Devilish Dungeon),
together in secret to destroy Qin Yu and Uncle Lan .......
As they gather together against Mr Lei Wei (Qin Yu master) ,they will do the same against Qin Yu.....
It's become Second Immortal War ......Baaaam .....baaammmm..... Many fights ,that I predict.....

[shadowsong123]

Thanks he-man!!! Really exciting now!!!

Thanks,he-man........

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I think about the cunning way of Azure Dragon ,
First ,he calmed uncle Lan ,and later giving Caves as gifts to Qin Yu ,to make uncle Lan happy...
But ,later he will gather all groups (even Penglai Immortal Region and the Purple Flame Devilish Dungeon),
together in secret to destroy Qin Yu and Uncle Lan .......
As they gather together against Mr Lei Wei (Qin Yu master) ,they will do the same against Qin Yu.....
It's become Second Immortal War ......Baaaam .....baaammmm..... Many fights ,that I predict.....

Lol, interesting prediction but with one major flaw given the info so far given. Uncle Lan has power of teleportation. So unless there is a way to disable that, i.e. special spells or a stronger loose immortal comes along (which would defeat the purpose of raising an army); I don't see how they can even catch him/them.


Oh, one more thing, Uncle Lan is a loose immortal...does that mean his physical body is destroyed in the process of going through his tribulations? So his current body that everyone sees is one he created himself?

[KenshinX]

The way He-man speeds along in his translation - i suspect he has a Flaming Sword and a secret Nine Meteors Blazing translation technique too.

hehe

Great work , many thanks He-man

[ycb5959]

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Xian can be translated as immortal or fairy, but I chose immortal because it sounds neutral while 'fairy' has connotations of femininity, goodness and homosexuality. There are 10,000+ of 'xian' words in this novel, if all of them are translated as 'fairy', the translation will sound ludicrous, or 'gay' in the parlance of our time.

In some movies (e.g. the Swordman, starring Sam Hui), the subtitles have a martial art used by an eunuch described as 'fairy fingers'
I think the subtitle in Steven Chow's Kung Fu hustle also used 'fairy' when it described the effeminate kungfu expert.

It is unfortunate that 'fairy' has this connotation but there it is.

[Anh Nam]

Thanks he-man

[Jayquan]

Anyone thinking after the 3years QY is going to at least be on par with Azure Dragon? TY he-man sensei!!!!!!!

[dexter64]

Anyone thinking after the 3years QY is going to at least be on par with Azure Dragon? TY he-man sensei!!!!!!!

These last 2 chapters, in my opinion is the start of many surprising things.

[ptsome110]

This is a really good link , here Uncle Feng explains

Purple Flame Devilish Dungeon (Xiuxianists) are equal in power to
Penglai Immortal Region (Xiumo)
but Demonic Beasts of the Water are more dangerous than both of these.

"No one knows the location of their headquarters, but both the PurpleFlameDevilishDungeon and the Penglai Immortal Region have confirmed one thing -- demonic beasts are the greatest power.”

Um, Azure Dragon and 3 Eyed Toad don't seem to be that impressive. Since they seem to think of Purple Flame Devilish Dungeon & Penglai Immortal Region as equals. Any idea if there are even greater dangerous in the water?

Xiuzhen are divided into 3 Categories
Xiuxian - quietude and inactivity (develop their own jindans & yuanyings)
Xiumo - eat other's like animals (cruel & bloodthirsty)
Xiuyao - said "lets not even talk about them"

Does anyone know anything about Xiuyaos?

Right now: 8/9 Swords have been Found
Purple Flame Devilish Dungeon (2 swords)
Penglai Immortal Region (1 sword)
Azure Dragon (2 sword)
3 Eyed Toad (1 sword)
4 Dragons (1 sword)
Stellar Tower (1 sword)
In case you wanted to keep track

[teddypicker]

"No one knows the location of their headquarters, but both the PurpleFlameDevilishDungeon and the Penglai Immortal Region have confirmed one thing -- demonic beasts are the greatest power.”

I think this simply means that in terms of raw power (for an individual), the demonic beasts rank the highest. This is because of the existence of demonic divine beasts, which are a tier higher than normal practitioners of the same level. So a Divine Dongxu Xiuyaonist will be much stronger than Xiuxianists/Xuimoist of the same Dongxu stage.

In terms of the 'Super Powers', it seems that the are ranked according to amount of area controlled as well as the amount of practitioners. Technically the demonic aquatic dragons, who only number 4 now, should have been removed as a Superpower, since about half their effective power removed (they cannot due their best Barriers, and now their treasure palace was stolen, so they can't even make pills). But because of the land they control, as well as their power, they can still be considered a Superpower, even though they should now rank the lowest in terms of strength.


Also, about Qin Yu - starting from when he got the meteoric tear, he took less than 10 years to reach the Dongxu level, however, this was only because of the numerous experts who ranked stronger than him as he progressed. He was able to refine their yuanyings and become much stronger. The only guys left who are stronger than him now, are Azure Dragon (maybe his follower Teng), Three-Eyed Freak (and maybe his follower), Di Long and Di Jian.

I think after three years, he'll be close to reaching the Core phase, or be in the Early Core phase, which would make him as strong as the Aquatic Dragons atm.

On a side note, how strong is Hei Yu - what level is he at? I know that Fei Fei is at the late Yuanying stage (and he will probably be at the early dongxu stage 3 years later), but we haven't seen Hei Yu in action. I want to know what kind of beast he is... surely Uncle Lan knows (~*.*)~

[shadowsong123]

Di Long’s body has been severely injured so he indeed cannot fight anymore, but his yuanying is still at the late Dongxu stage. In contrast, Qin Yu’s bodily injuries are not very bad, but the most important energy nuclei in his body, the 9 meteors, have been burnt off so he has suffered a huge loss of power.

What I want to know is this:
How much power did he lose when he burnt off his 9 meteors? The details of his Nine Meteors Unification, Meteor Strike mentioned he combined his 9 meteors into 1 and then burnt it off when he used it. So at the very least, the size of his meteor (singular, combined) will have shrunk by a significant amount. He would then need to refine many more yuanyings to regain his power back to peak Meteor/pre-Core levels. I guess Hou Fei can give him 2 early-phase Dongxu yuanyings and Qin Yu still has Qing Xuan's early-phase Dongxu yuanying and also Di Yang's middle-phase Dongxu yuanying. But is that enough to get him back to his original power level?

[Ahoxan]

What I want to know is this:
How much power did he lose when he burnt off his 9 meteors? The details of his Nine Meteors Unification, Meteor Strike mentioned he combined his 9 meteors into 1 and then burnt it off when he used it. So at the very least, the size of his meteor (singular, combined) will have shrunk by a significant amount. He would then need to refine many more yuanyings to regain his power back to peak Meteor/pre-Core levels. I guess Hou Fei can give him 2 early-phase Dongxu yuanyings and Qin Yu still has Qing Xuan's early-phase Dongxu yuanying and also Di Yang's middle-phase Dongxu yuanying. But is that enough to get him back to his original power level?

Those two yuanyings should be enough to restore him to his previous highest power.
He got to his highest power level ---late Meteor, from early Meteor--- with just 80% of Di Tong's mid-Dongxu yuanying.
He seems to still be at late Meteor, so Di Yuan's yuanying should be enough for him to restore power.
He'll just need a few days to refine the yuanying.