Chapter 788: Celestial and Mortal Realms, the 33 Heavens

Meanwhile, in the depths of the distant starry sky.

When Gouchen shattered the star core of Shanggui Star using the power of the Celestial Eye, a pitch-black singularity appeared out of nowhere here.

The next second, this singularity, akin to a black hole, began to release a powerful gravitational pull.

Whirlpool… Whirlpool… Whirlpool…

Under the massive gravitational force, nearby energy, matter, meteors, comets, and even stars rapidly converged towards it.

In a flash, a star core even more peculiar and radiant than Shanggui Star was born.

The star core emitted a vermilion hue, with a faintly discernible wave of murderous intent and brutal Qi flowing within.

As more and more substances surged towards the star core, the wave of murderous intent and brutal Qi also began to permeate outward, emitting a strange light unlike any other stars.

From nothing to something, from small to large…

In just a few breaths, a star comparable to the Sun Star was born quietly.

Even in this Mythical Era, such a colossal star was extremely rare.

This signifies its status is at least equivalent to the Sun Star.

Before the All Heaven Star Gods system was born, Taiyin and Taiyang were undoubtedly the two poles of this world.

However, as the all-encompassing stars returned to their places, the positions of Taiyin and Taiyang, though still important, no longer held absolute dominance.

Especially after the birth of Taiyi Star, it further led to the decline of these two ancient stars, Taiyin and Taiyang.

“Gouchen Star.”

Silently gazing at the newly born star, Emperor Ziwei knew that the outcome was already determined.

During the time he was delayed, that mortal named “Gouchen” actually achieved the Gouchen Path.

Even though Gouchen has yet to take his place or ascend to Gouchen Star, the current star was born because of Gouchen.

Its birth not only occupied the position of Gouchen but also triggered the brilliance of the Beidou Seven Stars.

“So, you intend to make Gouchen the Emperor Star?”

Looking with a complex expression towards Li Boyang, Emperor Ziwei’s voice for the first time revealed a trembling nuance.

After previous tests, Emperor Ziwei knew that if Li Boyang were willing, this Gouchen Star might replace Ziwei Star as the future new Emperor.

Not only would this mean Emperor Ziwei’s plan failed, but he even faced total defeat.

“Or are you intending to use this to prove the Dao and become the Emperor Star yourself?”

Gouchen is the “Auxiliary Star,” a position within the All Heaven Star Gods system from its inception.

Thus, in most eras, Gouchen has always been the Star Monarch proven before Ziwei.

In Emperor Ziwei’s cognitive system, he absolutely does not believe the Eastern Monarch went to such lengths just to prevent Taiyi Star from becoming Emperor Star again.

Whether letting Gouchen become the Emperor Star or occupying the position himself is the most logical approach according to Emperor Ziwei’s understanding.

Further, Emperor Ziwei feels it is not impossible that the Eastern Monarch seeks to become the new Taiyi Star Monarch.

“Honestly, I’m now a bit curious about which era you were born in.”

Facing Emperor Ziwei’s remarks, Li Boyang, after a brief silence, sighed a bit helplessly.

“It seems in your era, everything had to have… a purpose?”

“Or has the long-standing struggle for power made you accustomed to thinking in terms of ‘imperial techniques’?”

“Maximizing benefits is indeed the nature of intelligent life…”

“But not everyone in this world likes to think this way.”

Emperor Ziwei naturally did not believe Li Boyang’s words.

He simply thought that even now, in this situation, Li Boyang did not wish to reveal his true intention to him.

“Fine, if you need a reason to alleviate your frustration, I don’t mind giving you one.”

Under Emperor Ziwei’s astonished gaze, Li Boyang’s Eight-direction Sword suddenly slashed through time and space.

The Eight-direction Sword pierced through time and space in the form of Bagua, but did not cross the River of Time, instead, it severed the barrier between the Celestial Realm and the human world.

Boom!

Thus, Emperor Ziwei could clearly see the Celestial Realm reflection behind him.

That was the complete Thirty-Three Heavens, a site sought by countless Gods and Demons for proving the Dao.

There, likewise, had a vast starry sky and complete all-encompassing stars, with the brilliance of Taiyin and Taiyang illuminating the Thirty-Three Heavens.

The only difference from the present world is that the starlight there was not an illusion, but a series of tangible paths.

The Celestial Realm has no mortals, or rather, there are no ordinary beings who are not cultivators.

Whether born in the Six Desire Heavens as Demon Gods or All Buddhas, or cultivators proving the Dao from the human world, they possess unimaginable power for mortals.

Thus, the vast starlight for them was a series of paths they could traverse.

Following the guidance of the starlight, those Celestial Beings could freely roam the Thirty-Three Heavens, displaying a prosperity distinctly different from the human world.

However, Emperor Ziwei was more concerned about the scorching great Sun Star.

The light of that great Sun Star illuminated the Three Realms, granting the sentient beings of this era extraordinary evolution and adaptation abilities.

Bathing in the glory of the Sun Star year-round, the beings of the Celestial Realm transformed at a speed unimaginable to ordinary people.

“Tai! Yi!”

Articulating the name of the great Sun Star word by word, Emperor Ziwei was spellbound.

Upon seeing the great Sun Star, Emperor Ziwei suddenly found answers to his previous confusion.

—Indeed, he had become a pawn, a pawn of Taiyi.

It was not just that he wanted to become Taiyi Star Monarch and prove the Dao in this world.

The Taiyi who had already ventured to the Celestial Realm also sought to intervene in the human world again.

He wasn’t concerned with who proved the Taiyi Path; he simply desired the status of Taiyi Star within the all-encompassing stars.

Disregarding other stars, solely concerning Taiyi Star:

Taiyi to Taiyi Star is akin to Doumu Primordial Monarch to all-encompassing stars.

Regardless of who becomes Taiyi Star Monarch, the creator of Taiyi Star is Taiyi, who holds the final say over Taiyi Star.

“Taiyi Path” is merely a shortcut to proving the Dao, and the creator of this shortcut could rewrite the definition of “Taiyi Path” anytime.

Upon realizing this, Emperor Ziwei suddenly understood.

Concurrently, Emperor Ziwei also grasped who set the condition “Emperor Star cannot be Taiyi Star”.

Besides the Tao Ancestor of the present world, who else could contend with the creator of another world?

In other words, he seemed to have become an enemy of the Tao Ancestor unwittingly.

“I just wanted to prove the Dao!”

After understanding the whole truth, all Emperor Ziwei could do was smile wryly.

“Had I known earlier that the fall of Taiyi Star was related to the Tao Ancestor, I wouldn’t have dared to meddle with Taiyi Star.”

“Di Jun’s mouth is really tight; just a word from him would have directly dissuaded me.”

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