King of Assassins
Chapter 1142 - 725: Withering
The purple, deep starlight weaves like threads in the void, sketching the shape of a room like a palace.
At the center of this room constructed from purple starlight, a purple star adorned with nine-pointed rays silently rotates.
This star appears to be only about a yard high, yet its silent rotation carries emperor-like majestic authority.
It seems like the emperor presiding over the stars across the sky!
Gao Xuan has been in the Immortal Realm for a hundred years, but this is the first time he has come into such deep contact with the Power of the Stars.
His Jun Heaven Wheel has refined Star Sand, which contains a trace of Star Power. However, after being refined by Primordial Magnetic Divine Light, the Star Sand has already been transformed into the carrier of Primordial Magnetic Divine Light.
The subtle Star Power within the Star Sand has long been dissolved and transformed by the Primordial Magnetic Divine Light.
It was only after Gao Xuan refined the Future Star Constellation Pearl that he directly felt the Power of the Stars from above the Nine Heavens.
The sun, moon, and stars are the oldest and most powerful forces in the Immortal Realm. Even the Daluo Golden Immortals above the Nine Heavens cannot fully control them.
Through the Future Star Constellation Pearl, Gao Xuan was able to establish direct contact with the Ziwei Star for the first time.
Then, his Divine Soul was attracted by the Star Power to this peculiar location.
This star-lit constructed palace is not real, and it certainly cannot be the real Ziwei Star Palace.
Gao Xuan knows this well. His connection with the Ziwei Star is established by utilizing its Star Power for his own purposes, yet he cannot reach the actual Ziwei Star through this mere thread of connection.
His mode of utilizing the Ziwei Star Power is like a child using a magnifying glass to gather sunlight, merely borrowing a billionth of the Ziwei Star Power.
This Ziwei Star Palace is merely naturally condensed from the laws of Star Power and the Future Star Constellation Pearl, existing between reality and illusion.
Upon entering this Ziwei Star Palace, Gao Xuan understood that once he refines the nine-pointed star representing the Ziwei Star, he can preliminarily master the Future Star Constellation Pearl.
The Ziwei Star is the master of the stars, and it’s said that the Arctic Ziwei Immortal Emperor, the master of a myriad of stars, resides inside the Ziwei Star Palace. That is, one of the four Immortal Emperors of the Celestial Court.
However, there is no clear account of exactly how many Immortal Emperors exist in the Celestial Court.
For it’s said only one Taihao Immortal Emperor truly governs everything. The other three Immortal Emperors mentioned in legends do not appear in public records.
Gao Xuan has read various sect books and notes in the Northern Province, having seen some sayings of the four Immortal Emperors existing together. However, these records are overly ancient and lack clear evidence.
After all, the Cyan Celestial Realm is too low in rank, and its understanding of matters of the Upper Realm is too limited.
It’s like old farmers in rural areas discussing the emperor, definitely unreliable. Yet, it’s not entirely without a trace... 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢
Facing the Ziwei Star Projection, Gao Xuan also recalled the legendary Arctic Ziwei Immortal Emperor.
Unfortunately, this Ziwei Star Projection is a stabilized and mysterious structure of Star Power without any intelligence.
By refining this Ziwei Star Projection with the Divine Soul, one can master the Future Star Constellation Pearl through special Star Power.
Gao Xuan certainly knows the Future Star Constellation Pearl has issues, and he wants to check out what those issues actually are.
The intuition from the Ninth Consciousness tells him that the Future Star Constellation Pearl has problems but poses no substantial threat. It is worth trying.
On the other hand, Gao Xuan has great self-confidence.
With the situation of the Cyan Celestial Realm, whatever tricks the Future Star Constellation Pearl may have, it’s hard to harm him.
The worst-case scenario is that he gets transferred to another world.
Gao Xuan is prepared for this, equipped with the coordinates Ripples and Ice Soul, ensuring he can return instantly to the Cyan Celestial Realm as long as he isn’t dead.
Everything ready, Gao Xuan then began refining the Future Star Constellation Pearl.
When his Divine Soul entered the Ziwei Star Palace formed by the condensed Star Power, Gao Xuan realized that Celestial Hatred Demon Monarch could only cause trouble here.
The virtual Star Palace constructed by Ziwei Star Power isolates all Divine Techniques and Divine Artifacts outside.
Inside here, there is only Gao Xuan’s Divine Soul origin, which is his most fundamental essence.
Five Elements Celestial Net Divine Light, Jun Heaven Wheel, Eternal Celestial Dragon Claw, Celestial Dragon Eye, Hongyi Sword, Celestial Sound Daoist Hat, these Divine Artifacts are all isolated by the Star Power.
Even the Nine-Revolutions Divine Cicada is shielded by Ziwei Star Power.
When Gao Xuan’s Divine Soul is here, he can barely sense his own physical body.
Thanks to cultivating the Innate Dao Body, Primordial Unity. Yet, even so, his Divine Soul and body are forcibly separated by the Ziwei Star Palace.
Gao Xuan is quite stunned, having thought his Innate Primordial Chaos Dao Body was perfect and flawless, immune to all harm.
In reality, Ziwei Star Power isolated his Divine Soul separately. Though he actively cooperates, this also shows the prowess of Ziwei Star Power.
At the same time, it reveals the significant flaws his Innate Primordial Chaos Dao Body still possesses.
Gao Xuan finds this discovery more important than the Future Star Constellation Pearl.
No matter how mysterious the Future Star Constellation Pearl is, it’s merely a Magical Treasure, an external object.
On the Celestial Immortal Level, the effect of such low-tier Magical Treasures is very, very small.
Gao Xuan did not rush to refine the Ziwei Star Projection; he sensed the distant barrier between the Divine Soul and the body, feeling the subtle differences between them.
In this state, any disharmony between his Divine Soul and body is fully exposed.
Gao Xuan memorizes these issues, planning to fix them one by one upon return.
At that point, his Innate Primordial Chaos Dao Body should achieve a preliminary minor accomplishment level.
Actually, when Gao Xuan confronted Jin Xiang, he already noticed his own issues.
Jin Xiang follows the path of Unity of Inner and Outer too, being more pure with fiercer power.
Gao Xuan prevailed over Jin Xiang because his Dao Practice is higher, his Divine Techniques are stronger, and his Martial Dao level surpasses Jin Xiang.