Chapter 43 Nine Heavens Star Pearl
"The Heavenly Court, located at the center of the primordial world, is the place where all things operate and all spirits are managed. It inherits the fortune of the stars above and gathers the fortune of the eight directions below. It is also favored by Mount Buzhou, making it the number one holy land in the primordial world.
"It is because the demon race occupies this place and receives the blessing of this boundless fortune that dozens of demon gods have been born in succession to contend with the witch race."
Hearing the Water Dragon Lord's words, Feng Zichen was filled with countless thoughts. The celestial bodies were of paramount importance to the demon race, practically their very foundation. Therefore, as long as Di Jun lived, Feng Zichen could not attain the Dao of the Stars.
After all, as long as the Ziwei Star remained unborn, Di Jun could continue to rule the celestial bodies as the Lord of the Sun, basking in boundless fortune.
If Feng Zichen attained the Dao, causing the Ziwei Star to emerge, the celestial bodies would spontaneously converge on it, drawing their own fortune back to the Ziwei Star. The demon race would thus suffer a great loss of strength; how could Di Jun not be furious?
At that point, the demon race would undoubtedly spare no effort to compensate . The price was enough to kill the Ziwei Star Lord. Even a sage wouldn't be able to save Feng Zichen in the face of the enraged demon race.
However, after the Lich-Demon Calamity, the top experts of both races would perish together, falling into eternal slumber.
Although top experts like Di Jun and his ilk likely have countless backup plans to ensure their return in a short time,
The sages, having painstakingly eliminated the top experts of the primordial world, would not allow them to return easily. They would surely set up numerous obstacles to delay their return, ideally preventing them from ever returning.
That would be Feng Zichen's opportunity to attain enlightenment.
Several years later, Ao Xue and the Water Dragon Lord went to the Lingxiao Palace to attend the grand gathering, while Feng Zichen, due to his own health issues, remained in the palace for seclusion.
This wasn't an excuse; his body genuinely suffered from problems.
Since arriving in the Heavenly Court, Feng Zichen had felt something in the boundless starry sky constantly calling to him, disturbing his peace of mind.
Ao Xue and the Water Dragon Lord noticed his unusual emotional state and, concerned for his health, allowed him to stay and rest.
Initially, Feng Zichen thought that what was calling to him was the Ziwei Star. But after thinking about it… He considered it, but then dismissed it.
Within the Heavenly Dao Space, his True Spirit was connected to the Purple Star. If the Purple Star wanted to summon him, it could simply send a wisp of starlight into the Heavenly Dao Space; there was no need for such a complicated arrangement.
However, the boundless starry sky was a sacred territory of the demon race, isolated by the celestial canopy. Without Di Jun's decree, outsiders were not allowed to enter. Even if Feng Zichen wanted to explore the starry sky,
He lacked the ability to breach the celestial canopy. Yet, if he didn't explore, that thing would continue to call to Feng Zichen, preventing him from calming his mind. Thus, after several months of seclusion, Feng Zichen couldn't resist emerging. He planned... Take a stroll in the Celestial Realm to clear your mind and dispel your gloom.
As the center of the primordial world, the Celestial Realm is incredibly vast, countless times larger than the Great Thousand Worlds created by the sages. The Heavenly Court, located only at the center of the Celestial Realm, occupies a tiny fraction.
Unlike the Thirty-Three Heavens of later generations, the Celestial Realm at this time has not yet been affected by the war between the Lich King and the Demon King, and has not been shattered. It is still a unified whole, divided into nine regions.
That is, the Celestial Realm has nine regions, namely the center and the four cardinal directions and four intermediate directions. The center is called Juntian, the east is called Cangtian, the northeast is called Biantian, the north is called Xuantian, and the northwest is called Juntian. The heavens are called You Tian, the west is called Hao Tian, the southwest is called Zhu Tian, the south is called Yan Tian, and the southeast is called Yang Tian.
Because Emperor Jun reigns over the eight directions from Jun Tian, the Heavenly Court's grand gatherings are held there, and Feng Zichen is currently in Jun Tian.
Leaving the Heavenly Court, he randomly chose a direction and began to fly aimlessly. Now, with all the powerful beings of the primordial world gathered in the Heavenly Court, who would dare to cause trouble in the Heavenly Realm at this time?
Therefore, the defenses throughout the Heavenly Realm are inevitably somewhat lax. Feng Zichen has been flying in Jun Tian for several years without anyone coming to investigate.
That day, after flying for an unknown amount of time, Feng Zichen suddenly felt the innate pure spiritual energy around him transform into innate azure energy. He then realized with a start that he had left the Central Heaven and arrived in the Eastern Azure Heaven.
When the demon race established the Heavenly Court, the demons revered Di Jun as their leader, honoring him as the Heavenly Emperor and ruling the celestial realm; they honored Fuxi as the Emperor Xi, ruling the Eastern Azure Heaven; they honored Taiyi as the Emperor Donghuang, ruling the Southeastern Yang Heaven; and they honored Kunpeng as the Demon Master, ruling the Northern Xuan Heaven.
This Eastern Azure Heaven was Fuxi's territory.
Stopping, Feng Zichen carefully examined his surroundings. He discovered that this place was not the Azure Heaven itself, but rather the junction of the Azure Heaven and the Central Heaven. He was overjoyed.
At the junction of the nine heavens, the innate energy was chaotic, preventing the celestial canopy from covering this area. Therefore, there was no celestial barrier here, allowing direct access to the stars.
Normally, this place would be heavily guarded, ensuring that outsiders would never approach.
At this moment, all the demon gods of the Heavenly Realm had gone to the Lingxiao Palace to participate in the grand gathering. This caused the Heavenly Court's defenses to be lax, allowing Feng Zichen to stumble in by accident.
Feng Zichen looked up and saw a dazzling sea of stars, with countless stars shining upon it. Among them, three hundred and sixty-five stars were the most dazzling, bursting forth with brilliant light.
These three hundred and sixty-five stars were not formed from Pangu's hair, but from the spirits of Pangu's acupoints, corresponding to the spiritual acupoints of the earth. Therefore, they possessed supreme power and were considered the main stars of the primordial world.
However, in the center of the stars, where the Ziwei Star was located, it was shrouded by endless innate Dao patterns, causing the Ziwei Star to disappear from the starry sky and become invisible.
If Feng Zichen had not been connected to the Ziwei Star, he would not have been able to discover its existence under the cover of innate Dao patterns.
This was a great formation set up by Di Jun, isolating the Ziwei Star in the void. It made it impossible for people to perceive the existence of the Ziwei Star and cut off the possibility of the birth of the Ziwei Star Lord.
Being so close to the celestial bodies, Feng Zichen's divine apertures glowed, each corresponding to one of the stars. Deities emerged from these apertures, bathed in starlight, and various Dao runes arose.
The call from the starry sky grew stronger, like a voice constantly echoing in his mind, urging him to venture into the cosmos.
Feng Zichen hesitated. The defenses here were lax, not unguarded. If he stepped into the starry sky, even the blind demon generals guarding this place would sense his intrusion. He
might obtain the treasure, but escape would be difficult. While
Feng Zichen weighed the pros and cons, and the treasures in the starry sky couldn't wait any longer. Seeing his hesitation, one of them summoned a wisp of primordial stellar energy and flew towards him.
Seeing a streak of light approaching, Feng Zichen instinctively caught it. He felt a warm, smooth texture in his hand. Looking down, he saw a precious pearl enveloped in primordial stellar energy, spinning rapidly in his palm.
"Not good!"
Seeing the pearl, Feng Zichen finally realized what had happened. He roared inwardly and turned to run.
He didn't even have time to check the pearl's origin.
(End of Chapter)