Taoist Master Xuanhuang

The star lord, who blamed Xuanhuang for the situation, was unwilling to accept the status quo and launched a series of self-rescue efforts.

Over the years, due to its ability to sense starlight and its wide coverage, it has attracted many deities.

However, overall the quality varies.

Despite their large number, they are not very sacred. They belong to the periphery of the sacred, and are not closely related to the mainstream civilizations around the world. They are some illusory sacred beings born from illusion.

Even so, those outside of Xia Kingdom still account for more than 90%, and even in the sacred realms close to Xia Kingdom, the Star Lords dare not act rashly.

They were afraid of attracting the attention of Xuanhuang and the top deities within the Xia Kingdom.

Peace makes it difficult to rise, and rising makes it difficult to maintain peace.

This is an irreconcilable contradiction; even a peaceful rise will face obstruction from those with vested interests.

There is no right or wrong, no strong or weak.

One's perspective is determined by one's position.

It all depends on which side you're on. If you're on the side of the rise, then naturally you're against my peaceful rise. Who do you think you are?

Sitting on the side of vested interests, your rise threatens my good life, so naturally I must slander and stop you.

Because Xuanhuang led the rise of the true cultivator faction, too many people were affected.

Spiritual masters became spiritual practitioners, and saints joined the human ranks; this is still the best way out.

In a region filled with withered and desolate landscapes.

The stars twinkled, but their light appeared so faint that it seemed as if a gust of wind could extinguish it.

Such a description shouldn't be used to describe starlight, but that's exactly how it is here.

A dense, dark aura permeated the entire realm.

This is the home of the Star Lord, the realm that nurtured him.

His home shouldn't have ended up like this, but due to the loss of his fortune and the unchangeable rule of decline, he could only watch helplessly as his home fell into ruin step by step.

As the first among the stars, he was fortunate enough to be conceived first, thus escaping the fate of having his destiny taken away. However, Tongliao, who followed him, was not so lucky.

Even the Star Mother failed to conceive because she was a little too late.

He became the only deity to be conceived in the entire starry sky realm, yet even so, he was incomplete.

For example, he doesn't have a formal, real name for his talent.

The real names are used, for example, the three names of Mount Tai are Bixia Yuanjun, Fengdu Dadi, and Taishan Fujun, etc.

The Star Lord does not possess such an innate divine title.

The deities he controlled were all speculating whether he was an Eastern or Western star god.

In fact, he himself did not know which side he belonged to, or the combination of the two sides.

However, given his appearance and abilities, which lean towards the Eastern system, he generally judged himself to be an Eastern-type star god.

Another strong piece of evidence is that only Eastern civilizations, especially those of the Chinese civilization, could support the birth of such a powerful star god.

A shallow civilization cannot give birth to something so sacred.

However, due to the incomplete gestation, he obtained an origin beyond that of the Star Lord, but did not receive the inheritance that the Star Lord should have received.

It doesn't even have the formal title of a divinely ordained god.

The "Innate Star God Refining Divine Diagram" is a cultivation technique created by the Star Lord himself. It is a very powerful technique. I dare not say that it can rival the methods of Confucius and Jiang Ziya, but it is only half a level behind, and it is definitely not at the level of the first level.

The main insights came from the three great laws of Xuanhuang, as well as the integration of understanding into formations.

It must be said that although he hated Xuanhuang, he also respected him.

Without Xuanhuang's creation method, he could not have created such a method.

The "Innate Star God Refining Divine Diagram" is a powerful combination of visualization techniques, body-refining methods, and formations.

However, the visualization diagram is not fixed. Each star has its own visualization diagram, and the visualization diagram is each star.

After all, the ultimate goal of the "Innate Star God Refining Diagram" is to transform oneself into an innate star god, so it is quite appropriate for the visualization diagram to correspond to the stars.

Temper the physical body with the power of stars, and further refine it through the combination of formations.

Moreover, each star is the best method of suppression, making it a very perfect system where each element is linked to the next.

He also has starlight as his eyes and ears, and the secrets he wants to obtain are usually hard to resist.

He naturally couldn't spy on the true cultivators within the Xia Kingdom. He had tried, but was blocked by the boundless radiance. Even the Starlight Innate Divine Power couldn't covet them.

However, once the cultivators leave the Xia Kingdom and are no longer under protection, they can be detected.

Of course, it's not an intrusion into the soul, but rather something he can observe and see when a cultivator uses it, practices, or casts a spell.

For cultivators who are not proficient in the three invincible techniques, this is even easier; his starlight can easily invade the cultivator's soul.

There are quite a few true cultivators who have left the Xia Kingdom, and even more foreign creatures.

Through years of observation, coupled with his outstanding talent, he created the "Innate Star God Refining Method".

Also.

Although Xuanhuang's actions brought him great disaster, they also brought him considerable opportunities.

The sacred nature of the act is well-known.

It is difficult to escape the control of the realm; it is a child born from the origin of the realm, and also plays the role of a beast of burden.

Because of the decline of the Starry Sky Realm and the loss of its origin, the Starry Sky Realm he was in was in a state of chaos and constant extinction.

This gave him a great opportunity.

Other deities who wish to break free from the control of the realm, even those as powerful as Confucius and Jiang Ziya, need to plan meticulously and it is a long process.

He, however, did not have this problem.

How could a decaying realm possibly contain a saint like him?

Even with her fading consciousness, she was still wholeheartedly helping him, helping her only child.

This only child cannot perish with me; it must live on to prove its existence.

Therefore, the Starry Sky Realm did not restrict him at all, but gave him everything it could, and went all out to help him become independent.

To become, as far as possible, a saint who can survive independently even without boundaries.

This is what makes the Star Lord different from ordinary deities.

There's no need to outwit or outmaneuver the primordial consciousness of the realm; in fact, the primordial consciousness is sacrificing itself to fulfill the purpose of its only child.

His origin level is so high, with a cultivation level of the late sixth rank. This is because firstly, the corresponding Star Mother's origin was refined by Him, and secondly, the Starry Sky Domain was replenished at great personal cost.

This is what led to his cultivation level reaching the late stage of the sixth rank.

The Star Lord is different from ordinary saints; he is a very special kind. In terms of pure cultivation, he is about the same as a saint, or even a little weaker.

The reason for this is that although normal holiness is restricted, it is ultimately recharged by a complete primordial source.

Although the Star Lord has no restrictions, he also doesn't have a complete realm to power him.

A sixth-order saint from a complete realm and a sixth-order saint from a fragmented realm are naturally stronger in the complete realm.

One provided automatic rifles, and the other provided flintlock muskets; there's no explanation needed.

There is another crisis: the Star Realm is gradually withering away, and its decline is ongoing. Once it completely withers away, the Star Lord will have no new source of energy, and he cannot even guarantee that he can maintain his current strength.

This is the drawback of being sacred: it has no source of its own magical power, and no dantian (energy center).

However, a genius like the Star Lord is already thinking of a solution.

The method is simple: drawing on the ideas of Confucius and Jiang Ziya, one can refine the starry sky realm and transform it into one's own dantian.

This provides a source of magical power.

However, he could not refine a complete top-tier realm, even if the top-tier realm was willing.

What kind of entity, created and nurtured by a realm, has the ability to refine that realm in return? They are fundamentally unequal.

Unless it's the method used by Jiang Shang and Confucius, I will also advance to the seventh rank.

The gradually declining star realm presents an opportunity; as the realm weakens, he can refine it in return.

It's undeniably a huge joke.

Such a complex relationship is hard to understand without careful analysis.

He longed for his domain to be powerful, yet he didn't want a fully formed domain to bind him.

He longed for the realm not to decay, but if it didn't decay, he couldn't refine it himself.

Very complicated.

He could only watch as the realm that nurtured him decayed little by little, and wait until it decayed to a certain extent before he could refine it.

During this period, one has to watch helplessly as one's strength declines, and even if there are remedial measures, it is difficult to make up for the loss.

The means of making amends is his method, "The Innate Star God Refining Spirit Method".

However, this is very slow. Even someone as powerful as Xuanhuang, who is only at the fourth level of cultivation, will find it slow even if he cultivates his own methods. So far, his true level, which is the fourth level of cultivation after he has separated from the energy provided by the origin of the realm, is only at the fourth level.

It's actually already very fast.

If the Starry Sky Realm hadn't been so generous in giving it to him, he would never have been able to achieve such strength.

"It'll be soon, it'll be soon. After a little more time of weakening, I'll be able to try refining the domain and turning it into my dantian. At that time, I'll be free to roam as I please."

"However, at that time I was probably only at the sixth level of cultivation, and without the protection of the realm, I still couldn't be arrogant."

Once he has completely refined the incomplete Starry Sky Domain and transformed it into his own Dantian World, his true strength will reach a level that is barely at the sixth rank, or even less than the sixth rank.

Then he will be able to fly freely.

Even if you can't afford to offend them, you can at least avoid them. Whether you're at the sixth or fifth rank, you can easily roam the universe.

They're not just living a very comfortable life; fifth-tier Venerables are giants in the universe.

First-tier is cannon fodder, second-tier is a lowly soldier, third-tier is carefree, and fourth-tier is a true king, a hegemon and a king even in the universe.

Those above the fourth rank are giants in the universe.

As for the sixth rank, that's even more extraordinary. They are rulers of their own domain in the universe, at the level of a sovereign. Sovereigns are rulers of their own domain, and they are rulers of their own domain no matter where they are.

The seventh-order true spirit is another level, which can be understood as becoming an immortal and transcending the Three Realms and the Five Elements.

Such an existence cannot be described as a ruler of one place, but rather as a ruler of space and time.

It can travel through the river of time and space, to any era, any place, and even cover the entire river, dominating the past, present, and future with ease.

An indescribable level.

In general, the classification of the universe into levels refers to the first to sixth order. The seventh order is not included in this classification because it is ubiquitous.

Nothing in the known universe could stop them anymore; they all went out to explore the unknown.

Moreover, the first to third levels are still profound and mysterious, while the fourth to sixth levels are about the strength and condensation of laws, and the seventh level and above are existences that strongly occupy a path.

The Tao will never perish, therefore I will never perish.

The true spirit, representing the unity of essence, energy, and spirit, is immortal and indestructible.

Even if they are wiped out, as long as there are still people who remember them and traces of their existence remain, they will one day return.

Unless we completely erase him from the concept of time and space and modify the rules of time and space, we can't prevent his return.

However, this can only be done by a powerhouse at least at the eighth level of causality, denying his existence from the source of causality. Only in this way can death be truly achieved.

Even if they miraculously survive, they will be instantly locked in by cause and effect and die completely.

As for the ninth rank? That's a conceptual level existence, a true unknown level of powerhouse.

This existence is beyond comprehension, incredible; everything you think is wrong to them.

So what if there's an eighth-order causal cycle? It's just your idea of ​​a causal cycle, but I think that's wrong.

Closer to home.

The Star Lord felt that even if he failed at that time, he wouldn't be afraid; if he couldn't win, he could still run away.

At the sixth level, one becomes a ruler wherever one goes, controlling the rise and fall of a region.

He was quite certain that the Xuanhuang Dao Master would not pursue and kill him.

This Dao Lord is quite special. You could say he's a homebody, but the truth is, the universe is vast, and it really can't compare to the sacred Blue Star.

We're already at the very center of the universe, why bother going to a desolate place?

The reason why Xuanhuang and his disciples stubbornly guarded Blue Star and refused to leave, and even their exploration was very limited, is this.

Compared to the sacred land of Earth, the universe is vast but devoid of civilization.

Blue Star is a sacred place longed for by all living beings in the endless universe, a place that all living beings yearn to reach; this is where loyalty resides.

Being in the center is so boring; there's no way to explore new maps.

Therefore, the Star Lord felt that if he wanted to run away, the Dao Lord would definitely not chase after him.

Although the Dao Lord is at the fourth level, he is by no means a simple fourth level. He has experienced it before, yet he still insists on not kneeling, which proves that he is not as simple as the fourth level he understands.

My actual strength is also at the fourth level, but it feels different.

"Besides, even if I were to escape, I wouldn't be running away alone. I have so many subordinates, all of whom are loyal and won't watch their leader escape alone."

This is also a layout.

The subordinate, who was granted a natal star, would never have imagined that once he succumbed to the temptations he offered, things would not be so simple.

He had refined the starry sky realm into his dantian, meaning that these stars were now within his dantian.

He could easily control the life or death of the Star God.

If they choose to either wander the universe with me or die, then a group of saints will surely follow me on this journey.

In other words, even if he fails, he will still wander with a group of people and become an absolute overlord wherever he goes.

"Of course, success is the best outcome, but failure is even better."

He thought to himself.

But this is difficult. He has a very contradictory idea that he still can't figure out and finds no solution.

That means I'm destined to lose.

...(End of chapter)