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Chapter 888 What is the Mother of Stars?
Don't be fooled by Sun Wukong and Erlang Shen; when they fought those star officials, they took them down one by one with a slash and swept away a large number of them with a single blow.

Almost no star deity could withstand a single blow from Sun Wukong and Erlang Shen.

But that's because those star officials lacked cultivation and were merely agents of star power, not its possessors.

It's not that the power of stars is inferior.

Even Hu Xiuwu was full of praise for the power of the stars. Even a group of immortals who had not reached the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm could use the power of the stars to form the Zhou Tian Star Array and threaten the Great Luo Golden Immortals.

The Seven Stars of the Big Dipper, along with the Great Emperor of Ziwei, are not merely the stewards of the Big Dipper and the Ziwei Star.

Including Emperor Gouchen, they were originally nine sons of the same father, and could even be considered as the star spirits of the nine stars.

They are born star officials. Even if the power of the stars falls into Hu Xiuwu's hands, they can still receive the blessing of the stars.

Just like in the Legend of Sword and Fairy, each of the Nine Springs has a guardian in charge, but the spirit of the Nine Springs still has the power to control the Nine Springs and can mobilize the power of the Nine Springs.

Now, the Seven Stars of the Big Dipper and the Great Emperor Ziwei have both fallen. Even the Seven Stars of the Big Dipper's magic weapon has been given to a person chosen from Flower Fruit Mountain to temporarily act as the Seven Stars of the Big Dipper and form the Great Array of the Celestial Stars.

Now, Doumu Yuanjun herself can use the power of eight stars: Tanlang, Jumen, Lucun, Wenqu, Lianzhen, Wuqu, Pojun, and Ziwei.

"No wonder Doumu Yuanjun is so difficult to deal with. She possesses the power of eight stars, and even Sun Wukong is inferior to her in terms of physique."

Yang Jian raised his axe and cleaved open a beam of starlight surrounding Doumu Yuanjun, allowing Sun Wukong to seize the opportunity to dart within three feet of her.

One end of the Ruyi Jingu Bang (the magic staff) rapidly enlarged, resembling a club. As Sun Wukong swung it with all his might, it created layers of sonic booms, distorting space with its speed. The hard Ruyi Jingu Bang seemed to transform into a noodle.

When the firm and rigid transform into the flexible, it will surely receive a powerful boost.

The attack, capable of cleaving the entire underworld, was intercepted by Doumu Yuanjun's hands, which held up the phantoms of the sun and moon, just three inches above her back, and could not advance any further.

When Yang Jian once again wielded the Qingyun Demon-Slaying Sword, he wanted to help Sun Wukong.

Before the sword was even drawn, Sun Wukong flew backward at an even faster speed, tumbling several times in the air.

Yang Jian exhaled, and that breath of immortal energy transformed into a gyrfalcon. It flapped its wings and flew towards the direction Sun Wukong was retreating. Sun Wukong grabbed the gyrfalcon's claws and used the force to stop himself.

Only after Sun Wukong was settled did Erlang Shen utter the sentence above.

"Erlang, be careful. The illusory image of the sun and moon held up by Doumu Yuanjun is neither cold nor hot. It is neither as lonely as the Guanghan Palace nor as hot as the Jinwu Palace. But there is a strange, invisible force between the sun and moon that can hold me and even tear my skin apart, almost ripping me to pieces."

Having just escaped danger, Sun Wukong hurriedly told Yang Jian everything he had just experienced, to prevent Yang Jian from inadvertently following in his footsteps.

However, Sun Wukong did not understand what the invisible force between the sun and the moon was, and could only tell Yang Jian what he perceived.

"It's the gravitational pull between the stars."

Marshal Tianpeng (Pigsy) was even more familiar with the principles of the waxing and waning of the sun and moon, and the arrangement of the stars and constellations.

Although the Heavenly Court has not yet figured out gravity, it has learned that there is an unusual, invisible force between the stars, and that the distance between the Moon and the Earth affects the rise and fall of the tides.

The distance of the sun not only affects the Earth's temperature, but also its gravity and magnetic field.

"So that's how it is. Therefore, the sun and moon illusions in Doumu Yuanjun's hands represent the magnetic attraction between the sun and moon, not the cold air of the moon palace or the fire of the sun."

After Zhu Bajie's explanation, Sun Wukong immediately understood Doumu Yuanjun's methods.

But Doumu Yuanjun has eight arms; what power do the magical artifacts on her other arms represent? 'Fool! Tell me everything you know about the cosmos!'

Sun Wukong immediately sent a telepathic message to Zhu Bajie.

But unexpectedly, the next moment, Pigsy transmitted his voice to Sun Wukong and Yang Jian.

"Be careful! Since Doumu Yuanjun can unleash the power of star attraction, it's possible she can unite the eight stars and unleash that ultimate technique..."

Upon hearing this, both Sun Wukong and Yang Jian's hearts pounded, their hair stood on end, and on a whim, they immediately used their somersault cloud and the Azure Cloud Sword Escape Light to flee a thousand meters away.

A dark, multicolored light, like the deep starry night, took over the spot where Sun Wukong and Yang Jian had just been.

The two of them dodged in time and were not hit by the mysterious light, but several spirit officials and heavenly soldiers were unfortunately hit.

It was unfortunate, but also inevitable.

In the painting "Bitter Cold Plum Peak", the Flower Fruit Mountain side has only about twenty people, while the Heavenly Court side has a force of one hundred thousand.

Of course, the Heavenly Court is more likely to be accidentally injured, but for the few spirit officials and heavenly soldiers and generals who are accidentally injured, it is certainly unfortunate.

The star official, illuminated by the starlight of the night, immediately broke out in a cold sweat, a foul odor emanated from his armpits, his hair turned gray, wrinkles appeared, and he looked prematurely old.
Before long, one after another, they swayed and fell straight into the snow on Meijian Peak.

Clicking sounds followed one after another.
These immortals fell to the ground, but instead of creating craters in the hard frozen soil, they were smashed into pieces, with a lot of decaying dust bursting out. In a short while, the corpses of the immortal star officials turned into a skeleton.

It's like a dead fruit that's already rotten and dried up on the tree, falling to the ground.

They did not die from the penetrating or destructive power of the Starry Night Light, but rather from old age and decay after being exposed to the divine light.

Both Sun Wukong and Yang Jian had witnessed this kind of death.

[The Seven Stars of the Supreme Mysterious Spirit in the Central Heaven bestow the Light of Death]

Sun Wukong exclaimed, "Doumu Yuanjun was actually able to unleash the [Supreme Mysterious Spirit Seven Stars Death-Inducing Light] all by herself!"

Doumu Yuanjun spoke for the first time during the battle, smiling slightly: "That's all thanks to you for killing my eight children!"

It was because of the deaths of the Seven Stars of the Big Dipper and the Great Emperor Ziwei that the power of the Big Dipper and the Ziwei Star, which resided in them, all returned to Doumu Yuanjun, which is why Doumu Yuanjun was able to unleash the Death-Binding Divine Light on her own.

"It's fortunate that Emperor Gouchen didn't die. Emperor Gouchen, you must strive to live on!"

Sun Wukong glanced at Gouchen, who was struggling to stay afloat in the Heavenly Battle, and wished he would stay a little longer so he wouldn't die here.

Yang Jian gripped his three-pointed double-edged spear tightly: "But that's not the most troublesome thing."

The most troublesome thing about Doumu Yuanjun is that she was born from the primordial yin energy and is loved by the yin energy in the Three Realms.

She seemed to be born with supernatural powers, standing upright and invisible, undetectable when quiet, and striking without warning, or rather, all traces were hidden.

For example, when Doumu Yuanjun released the [Supreme Mysterious Spirit Seven Stars of the Central Heaven Death God Light], Sun Wukong and Yang Jian did not notice it at all. They only realized it after the light had been released.

Without solving this problem, we cannot defeat Doumu Yuanjun!

The key to today's battle lies with Doumu Yuanjun. As long as we can defeat Doumu Yuanjun and free Sun Wukong and Yang Jian, the outcome of the battle will be decided.

Sun Wukong slowly exhaled: "Erlang, we need to get serious now."