The entire Zhou Tian Star Array, as the six supreme great powers comprehended more and more stars, gradually merged into the entire starry sky.
Time flowed by, and a mysterious and profound aura permeated the starry sky. The Tai Yin and Tai Yang merged, and the Four Symbols starry sky manifested, repeatedly evolving from the primordial qi giving rise to two extremes, the two extremes transforming into three divisions, the three divisions evolving into four symbols, the four symbols forming five elements, six unions, seven poles, eight trigrams, nine palaces, and then the cycle of one beginning anew!
With each cycle, more and more stars were integrated, and each cycle drew closer to that ten!
Within the Nine Revolutions, numerous smaller cycles also emerged.
There were cycles of the twelve hours, eighteen days of celestial movement, twenty-four minor circulations, thirty-six circulations, forty-nine for minor completion, ninety-nine for major completion, three hundred and sixty-five major circulations...
The more the six supreme great powers deduced, the more engrossed they became, until the stars completely merged into the starry sky.
Perhaps it was a single star among countless billions that triggered a qualitative change, and the entire sea of stars transformed in myriad ways in an instant!
All six were shocked!
They had reached the boundless starry sky!
Unlike before, they themselves were now the boundless starry sky; the starry sky was infinite, and so were they.
The wills of the six supreme beings expanded with the stars throughout the cosmos, and billions of stars became them all.
At this moment, time slowed, starlight flowed like water, and the six supreme great powers were all lost in the starry sky.
Qing Ling’s primordial spirit, after the initial shock, stabilized. This was not a time to panic.
Although they were lost in the starry sky and could not return to the Primordial World for a time, they were in a slow-motion phase of the starry sky.
According to Qing Ling’s calculations, the speed of time flow in the starry sky had become one percent. This meant that ten thousand years in the starry sky would only be a hundred years in the Primordial World!
This was what had shocked the six supreme beings in the first place.
Time stoppage, they could all do it, could all achieve it. But at most, it could only be for a brief moment within a particular realm and for specific beings, and it could not involve any Da Luo Golden Immortals!
Once the Great Dao of time beyond Da Luo was involved, the difficulty was even greater than that of Hun Yuan. This was because the energy required to delay different existences, which were also different in size as energy bodies, was vastly different for trapping an ant and for freezing a supreme being.
Now, the starry sky simultaneously encompassed all six of them, and at a tenth of the speed of flow.
Such a situation was likely one in billions of trillions, yet it had happened to them. It was a chance that would never come again, even if the world were to be remade!
Qing Ling’s primordial spirit resonated, transmitting a message: "Fellow Daoists, this realm is our opportunity. Whether we can gain something depends on our individual destinies! We shall agree to meet after a thousand Yuanhui to jointly reverse the star array and return to the Primordial World!"
Nuwa's eyebrows curved, a smile in her eyes: "This is excellent!"
Fuxi transmitted: "I agree!"
Tai Yi expressed some worry: "Will the Heavenly Court...?"
Dijun, on the other hand, laughed heartily: "No matter! A mere ten Yuanhui, even if something were to happen to the Heavenly Court, as long as we are here, the demon race will remain.
Moreover, this is such a great opportunity; if we do not seize it, we would truly be letting ourselves down."
Xi He transmitted: "I have no objections either!"
Upon hearing this, Qing Ling was the first to rise and head towards the boundless eastern starry sky.
Nuwa followed, heading to the southern starry sky. She traveled for hundreds of times the distance of the Primordial World without seeing its edge.
Fuxi turned and headed west, disappearing into the layers of stars in an instant.
Tai Yi ascended upwards, traversing countless heights of the thirty-three heavens.
Dijun and Xi He went north and south respectively, flashing into the vast expanse of stars.
Each of them went their own way, not only for their own opportunities but also to perfect this star array!
If this array were to be integrated into the starry sky, its power would surely surpass the legendary Zhou Tian Xing Chen Da Zhen.
Alas, this array could only be set up in the starry sky, using the true bodies of stars as its foundation and eyes. Though it lacked the power to destroy heaven and earth, it possessed the ability to create heaven and earth!
Qing Ling flew eastward for an immeasurable distance of billions upon billions of trillions of miles, still seeing no end.
He glimpsed the true form of the starry sky, which was formed from the lower layers of boundless chaos.
However, the starry sky manifested in the Primordial World was above the heavens, and the heavens of the Primordial World were above the chaos.
Qing Ling could not glimpse the true form of the complete chaos; he was not standing high enough, only seeing a small part of the whole.
But for a supreme great power, this was enough!
Qing Ling casually found a patch of starry sky and sat down, his primordial spirit continuously mirroring the entire starry sky.
The six of them should have been integrated into the core sea of stars within the starry sky. The time laws of this inner sea differed from those of the Primordial World, hence the disparity in time.
Qing Ling knew that if he could not comprehend the mysteries of the starry sky and break through the constraints of Jian Mu, he would never have another chance!
Jian Mu was trapped at the height of the twenty-eight heavens, which meant he could only stop at half a step below Hun Yuan, with no possibility of advancing further!
Qing Ling’s primordial spirit manifested, the starry sky revolved, and countless stars spun, simulating the Tai Yin, Tai Yang, the Twenty-Eight Mansions, and the stars manifested in the Primordial World.
Ten thousand stars ascended, hanging high in the starry sky, like a celestial chasm.
Qing Ling sat cross-legged, serenely becoming a tree.
An ancient tree grew for ten thousand and again ten thousand zhang, standing beneath the starry sky.
The stars revolved, the celestial curtain of the starry sky prevented the ancient tree from advancing further.
Qing Ling’s primordial spirit shifted, and the ancient tree branched out infinitely. On countless branches, there were no leaves, but rather stellar energy of various colors!
At the top of the ancient tree formed a vast canopy, with tens of thousands of subdivisions. Each subdivision was connected to the energy of a single star, pure and uncontaminated by the energy of any other star.
Stars were received one by one, integrated into the branches, dividing into the four cardinal star domains in the east, west, north, and south. The top of the canopy was the top of the star domain, and the bottom of the star domain was precisely above the canopy.
Qing Ling’s primordial spirit deduced layer by layer, experiencing countless major and minor failures, countless major and minor successes, all of which consumed his vast primordial spirit power.
With each failure, Qing Ling would sever his own branches, as if severing his own limbs. Countless times of self-mutilation, countless combinations and transformations, countless receptions, consumed his primordial spirit until it repeatedly ran dry.
In the inner star sea domain, time flowed rapidly. Ten thousand years passed in the blink of an eye, a hundred thousand years was but a fleeting moment, a million years but a brief interlude, and ten million years were merely repeated successes and failures!
Time traveled through the vast sea of stars; years passed without being counted, and time itself was exhausted.
After more than a thousand Yuanhui, the time was so long that Qing Ling almost truly lost himself in the endless years!
But the starry sky was boundless, and to them, it was unfamiliar.
After countless failures and trials, Qing Ling finally stood up, his eyes truly containing the boundless stars!