Projection of the Heavens: I prove my immortality through slaughter.

Lin Xuan's acceptance of the position of alliance leader was not just empty talk. He knew that facing the endless and fearless army of demons, relying solely on passion and the remnants of his troops fighting individually would not be enough to form an effective resistance, and they would only be swallowed up by the demonic tide bit by bit.

We must build a solid defense line, a barrier that can withstand the onslaught of the demonic tide and effectively kill the Heavenly Demons!

His divine sense, like an invisible giant net, instantly covered the chaotic battlefield ahead and extended backward, sweeping across several relatively stable areas of starry sky near the heart of the Xuan Tian Star Region. He was searching, searching for the foundation to build a defensive line.

Soon, his gaze locked onto an area. There were seven enormous, but spiritually sparse and lifeless, desolate stars, their positions forming a slightly incomplete spoon shape spanning hundreds of thousands of miles.

"The Big Dipper's configuration... though not perfect, is barely usable."

Lin Xuan's mind raced, and a grand plan quickly took shape in his mind. What he was going to set up was not an ordinary formation, but a simplified prototype of a famous ancient killing formation—the Zhou Tian Star Formation—from his inherited memories of the Nine Revolutions Golden Core Dao!

The true Zhou Tian Star Array requires 365 main stars as its foundation, corresponding to the Zhou Tian Zheng Shen (the righteous gods of the Zhou Tian), supplemented by 14,800 secondary stars. It mobilizes the stellar power of the entire universe, and its power is enough to obliterate a saint. With his current abilities, he naturally cannot set up the complete version, and cannot even reach one ten-millionth of its power.

Even if it is just a very simple prototype, if it can draw on a portion of the power of the stars in this star field, its power will be enough to deal with the current demonic calamity!

"Issue my alliance leader's order!"

Lin Xuan's voice, carrying supreme authority, instantly reached the ears of every cultivator on the battlefield, as well as all the leaders of the allied forces behind the battlefield.

"All cultivators, immediately disengage and assemble at the border of the 'Yaoguang' and 'Kaiyang' star domains! If you encounter small groups of Heavenly Demons along the way, engage them quickly and decisively; do not linger!" "The Tian Shu Sect fleet is responsible for rearguard cover, fighting and retreating without fail!" "The 'Wan Shou Sect' of the Yao Guang Star Domain, you are skilled in beast taming and containment; be responsible for clearing out any wandering demonic soldiers on the flanks!" "The 'Jingang Temple' of the Yu Heng Star Domain, Buddhist light has a restraining effect on demonic energy; set up the 'Purifying Demonic Light Array' at the assembly point to receive the wounded and purify the demonic energy!"

One command after another was issued clearly, precisely, and without question. The previously chaotic and disorganized forces seemed to have instantly found their leader. Although they still had doubts about the new leader's orders, no one dared to openly disobey him under his unfathomable pressure and the divine power he had just displayed.

The Tian Shu Sect fleet reacted first, with its remaining warships unleashing their full firepower, forming a dense barrage to cover the retreat of other forces. The demon fleet, Buddhist cultivators, and rogue cultivators seized the opportunity, transforming into streaks of light and desperately flying towards the rendezvous point designated by Lin Xuan.

Due to Lin Xuan's orders, the overall situation on the battlefield began to shift from chaotic rout to an organized strategic retreat.

Lin Xuan himself took a step forward, and his figure instantly appeared in the core area of ​​the seven dead stars.

He floated in the starry sky, his black hair moving without wind, and the purple-gold Dao aura around him shone with unprecedented intensity! The vast power of the Nine-Turn Second-Turn Golden Core surged and roared within his body like a vast starry sea!

"The stars are the chess pieces, the void is the board..."

He slowly raised his hands, as if he were pushing the entire universe! Between his ten fingers, countless fine and mysterious purple-gold runes flowed out, like living things, and instantly shot towards the seven huge, lifeless stars!

"Buzz—!" "Buzz—!" "Buzz—!"

As the runes merged, the seven stars, which had been dormant for countless millennia, suddenly emitted a deep, ancient hum! On the surface of the stars, intricate purple-gold array patterns corresponding to them lit up!

"The power to attract stars determines the fate of the world!"

Lin Xuan let out a low shout and pressed his hands down! An invisible, cosmic force erupted!

Under the pull of his supreme magical power, those seven stars began to move slowly! They broke away from their fixed orbits of billions of years and rearranged and recombined according to some mysterious trajectory! The gravitational tides brought about by the movement of the stars caused the surrounding space to be violently distorted, and some floating small meteorite belts were directly crushed by the invisible force!

This earth-shattering, star-studded spectacle left all the retreating cultivators utterly dumbfounded and deeply shaken! What kind of divine power was this? What kind of might was this? It was beyond their comprehension of "power"!

Even the proud and arrogant cultivators of the Tian Shu Sect had to admit that this Xuan Zun's strength was probably far beyond that of their sect leader!

As the seven main stars were in place, Lin Xuan continued his actions without pause, his divine sense splitting into countless invisible giant hands, reaching out into the distant starry sky! Smaller, equally lifeless auxiliary stars were forcibly restrained and drawn towards him by his magic power, like stars surrounding the moon, circling around the seven main stars and filling the gaps in the formation!

Gradually, the outline of a colossal array, with seven main stars at its core and hundreds of auxiliary stars forming its network, covering a vast area of ​​star field ahead, began to appear in the starry sky!

The instant the formation took shape, the omnipresent yet elusive stellar power in the cosmic void seemed to be summoned by a king, and began to converge madly into this area! Visible stardust, like a silver waterfall, cascaded down from the depths of the universe and poured into the great formation!

The space within the array's range became incredibly solid, as if it had transformed into a tangible crystal wall! The originally pervasive chaotic demonic energy was rapidly repelled and purified by the pure and boundless star power!

A starlight barrier, stretching for hundreds of thousands of miles, shimmering with countless starlight points and exuding an aura of eternity, order, and annihilation, stands majestically between the Xuan Tian Star Domain and the extraterrestrial demons, like an ancient Great Wall!

The Zhou Tian Star Array (prototype) is complete!

Although it was only in its nascent stage, the majestic aura it exuded had already stirred the hearts of the allied cultivators gathered behind it, greatly boosting their morale! It also caused the demons that surged out from the rift to roar restlessly, instinctively sensing the deadly threat posed by the light barrier in front of them!

Lin Xuan stood atop the main star at the core of the grand formation, his face slightly pale. Setting up this formation had taken a tremendous toll on his magical power and mental strength. Yet, a blazing divine light burned in his deep eyes.

With this formation as a foundation, he will completely dominate the battle ahead!

His icy gaze pierced through the starlight barrier, looking at the spatial rift that was still spewing demonic tides, and behind the rift, at the several even deeper and more terrifying auras of demon lords.

"Come, let me see how many stars you demons can fill in your graveyard."

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