Chapter 205 Starry Sky and Cosmic Light
Pushing the Three Enclosures Dao Scripture to its limit, Feng Zichen raised his hand and made a sweeping motion towards the starry sea.
Instantly, the starry sea trembled, the three lights split, and the sun, moon, and stars appeared, evolving into a vast starry sky that enveloped Feng Zichen, severing his connection with the Void.
Then, the Qi of the End stopped flowing into Feng Zichen's body, and the changes in his body gradually ceased. Although he still looked incredibly old, he was no longer in mortal danger.
"Turn!"
Feng Zichen formed hand seals, and amidst the pervasive innate Daoist aura, he pointed at the celestial stars, causing the sun, moon, and stars to begin rotating with a roar.
The sun rose and the moon set, the stars rotated, endlessly repeating, with brilliant starlight appearing, interpreting the mysteries of time and driving the rotation of the starry sky.
Feng Zichen divided the three lights, fixed the sun, moon, and stars, and used the vast starry sky to evolve the Great Dao of Space.
By rotating the sun, moon, and stars, he propelled the boundless void, causing space to change from stillness to motion, constantly altering, thus interpreting the Dao of Time.
The combination of the two can be described as the Great Dao of Time and Space.
This is the Dao of Stars, redefined by Feng Zichen based on the Dao of Stars of the Star Demon God and the Dao of Stars in the Primordial World. It is his own unique Dao of Stars:
using the stars of the heavens to drive the operation of the universe and spacetime, expounding the mysteries of the Great Dao of Time and Space.
Strands of starlight gathered behind his head, forming a radiant halo, adorned with the sun, moon, and stars, with innate runes shining, flowing with the aura of time and space.
This is the Wheel of Time and Space, the supreme divine power of the Dao of Time and Space, capable of reversing the flow of time and tracing the past; capable of predicting the future and reversing fate, it is truly miraculous.
Boom!
As soon as the Wheel of Time and Space took shape, it began to rotate counterclockwise, the power of time and space surging out, all acting on Feng Zichen, reversing his years. With each rotation of the Wheel of Time and Space, Feng Zichen's appearance became younger. After it rotated nine times, Feng Zichen was completely restored to the appearance he had when he first arrived at the Land of Return to Nothingness.
The aura of annihilation completely dissipated!
"Buzz!"
The anomaly here attracted the attention of the Will of Returning to Nothingness.
Instantly, a strange tremor arose, the void itself shook, and the aura of annihilation boiled over, forming a terrifying energy tide that crashed towards Feng Zichen.
"Star River Cosmic Light Array, activate!" As soon as the words fell, the sun, moon, and stars rotated together, transforming into a massive array that evolved the cosmos, sealing off the surrounding spacetime.
As the array operated, a Milky Way appeared in the starry sky, shining brightly, like a flowing light, magnificent and dreamlike.
That was the Star River, the Cosmic Light, the supreme array evolved by Feng Zichen using his own Dao of Stars. It used the sun, moon, and stars to drive the operation of spacetime, evolving the Star River Cosmic Light, annihilating space, erasing time, completely erasing all concepts of existence, and returning the world to a state of nothingness.
The Aura of the End merely brings everything to a halt, returning it to its most primordial form. Clearly, the Star River Cosmic Light is far more domineering; it directly addresses the root cause, erasing all concepts of existence.
Thus, how could the Aura of the End be a match for the Star River Cosmic Light? Wherever the Star River Cosmic Light passed, the void was cleared, and all things ceased to exist! However, lacking a main array, the operation of the Star River Cosmic Light array currently relies entirely on Feng Zichen, consuming a vast amount of his magical power every moment.
If not for the World Tree, he would have been completely drained long ago.
"It's time to prove my Dao!"
With the Star River Cosmic Light array in place, the Void of Return is temporarily safe, allowing Feng Zichen to peacefully pursue his Dao.
As for the Ruins of Return, where all paths cease to exist, and laws are obscured, it is isolated from all external connections, making it impossible to verify with the Way of the Stars, or even to attain enlightenment.
Feng Zichen, however, remained completely unconcerned.
His path differed from that of the other cultivators in the Primordial World; he followed the method of proving enlightenment through force.
He used the celestial sphere as his foundation, reversed the refinement of Pangu's body, gathered supreme magical power, forcibly shattered the endless vacuum, and proved his enlightenment across the heavens and the universe, past and future, without needing to verify with the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth.
Besides, he might not even attain enlightenment in the Primordial World!
This place was the Ruins of Return, the vent of the Primordial World, with a passage leading to the Great Chaos beyond the boundary.
With the Chaos Pearl protecting him, he might be able to attempt to travel to the Great Chaos beyond the boundary and attain enlightenment there.
The Way of the Stars within the Primordial World had always been controlled by Di Jun and Taiyi, and outsiders were not allowed to spy on it.
The Ruins of Return was ultimately part of the Primordial World, and Di Jun and Taiyi would not be able to detect his enlightenment here. But once Feng Zichen left this place, the aura of the Great Dao would spread, inevitably being sensed by the two of them.
At that time, he would face the thunderous wrath of Di Jun and Tai Yi, his chances of survival slim.
The Great Chaos beyond the boundary was different; it was an existence even vaster and more advanced than the Primordial World, the origin of all worlds.
Attaining Dao there meant proving the most ancient and primordial Great Dao, possessing unparalleled fortune, and possessing strength far greater than attaining Dao in the Primordial World! Now, Feng Zichen possessed the advantages of timing, location, and people; he himself was somewhat unwilling not to risk everything in the Great Chaos beyond the boundary!
"Hah..." With a deep shout, Feng Zichen unleashed all his power.
Instantly, a powerful aura surged around him, radiating brilliant divine light, and 129,600 illusory stars appeared, slowly rising from his body.
Among those illusory stars, the 365 main stars were the largest and most dazzling, the rest revolving around them.
"Zhou Tian Xing Chen, spin for me!" Continuously forming Dao seals, Feng Zichen urged the Zhou Tian Xing Chen to follow their instincts and slowly rotate. Then, he calmed his mind and focused his spirit, visualizing the Daoist principles of Pangu within his sea of consciousness. He projected his understanding of Pangu's Dao onto the celestial bodies, accelerating their rotation. Rumble!
The rotation of the celestial bodies suddenly accelerated, and trajectories appeared between them, connecting them into a vast expanse, resembling a diagram of the Great Dao's pathways, mysterious and unpredictable, drawing upon inexplicable power.
This was the Pangu Meridian Diagram, a great secret and opportunity hidden in the primordial starry sky, and also the reliance Feng Zichen had for reversing Pangu's Dao. As the celestial bodies rotated faster and faster, the Pangu Meridian Diagram became clearer and clearer. A hazy Daoist figure gradually emerged, radiating a power that suppressed all heavens, as if the Great Dao itself had descended.
It was the illusory image of Pangu! Although this illusory image was extremely faint, like a shadow, completely indistinct, its appearance caused the entire Guixu to tremble. An inexplicable aura surged towards the illusory image of Pangu.
This was the lingering aura of Pangu in the Ruins of Return. Now, sensing the presence of Pangu's phantom, it naturally felt a sense of familiarity and spontaneously converged towards it.
The originally extremely ethereal phantom of Pangu, after absorbing the Pangu aura of the Ruins of Return, inevitably solidified somewhat, becoming clearer and filled with the aura of the Great Dao.
(End of Chapter)