Chapter 685: The Gate of the Myriad Stars, Southern Dipper Star Sovereign (4K)

That was an extremely obscure power.

It seemed that approaching this place caused the heavenly secrets and fate to become chaotic and hazy, and even spacetime was thoroughly concealed.

Zhang Jian's expression showed something unusual.

He knew it was the Hetu Luoshu secret method.

Zhang Jian had personally seen in the Time Illusion Realm how the Heavenly Emperor Fuxi obtained the Hetu Luoshu, from which he comprehended the innate Eight Trigrams and Marsh, which were passed down to the ancient human race.

He himself had also comprehended the Earth Emperor's Eight Trigrams from it, making him extremely sensitive to this power.

"It seems this branch of the ancient human race obtained the inheritance of the Wanchiu tribe? Or perhaps they received part of Emperor Fuxi's inheritance?"

Zhang Jian thought to himself.

In an instant he stepped into the Hetu Divine Palace, and as his gaze fell, he immediately saw the towering golden statue of the goddess at the center of the Hetu Divine Palace.

That towering goddess golden statue had already petrified, but the intense aura of a Dao Sovereign emanating from within was manifested, appearing in Zhang Jian's eternal will like a torch.

That was the corpse of the Hetu Dao Sovereign.

The Ancestral God of Kyushu stood to the side, gazing at the golden statue with somewhat warm eyes, and at this moment he spoke.

"Your Majesty, the fall of Hetu has already lasted for a period of time, nearly exceeding a thousand yuanhui, and moreover she was ambushed and severely wounded, her Dao Fruit and Yuan Spirit corroded by vicious magical artifacts, shattered..."

The Ancestral God of Kyushu was somewhat worried.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Jian frowned slightly, he stepped forward, and a three-colored divine light burst forth from the depths of his brow, enveloping the corpse of the Hetu Dao Sovereign.

The Three Lives Divine Stone illuminates spacetime, destiny!

At this moment, Zhang Jian could vaguely see the end of endless spacetime and destiny, where several terrifying existences were clashing in the depths of spacetime and destiny, each divine light cutting across spacetime ages, magnificent and vast.

Zhang Jian gazed upon this scene, yet slightly furrowed his brow, sensing that several other auras were extraordinary, and deep in the river of spacetime there were still several terrifying divine powers lurking.

The death of the Hetu Dao Sovereign was far from as simple as the Ancestral God of Kyushu had said.

The three-colored divine light at the depths of his brow gradually retracted.

He turned his head, his gaze falling upon the Ancestral God of Kyushu.

"The Yuan Spirit of the Hetu Dao Sovereign has been completely shattered; to recall it, one must necessarily employ special authority to search from the river of spacetime and destiny above, which will surely alarm those powerful beings, and then they will act against us!"

Upon hearing this, the Ancestral God of Kyushu remained expressionless, waiting for Zhang Jian's continuation.

"To increase the chances of reviving the Hetu Dao Sovereign, this seat needs to first obtain several authorities in this realm; if we can obtain those several authorities, then our grasp will be greater!"

Upon hearing this, the Ancestral God of Kyushu's face became solemn as he asked.

"May I ask which several authorities Your Majesty refers to?"

"Life and Death, Earth, Reincarnation, Netherworld!"

Zhang Jian's expression was calm.

He did not deliberately make excuses or delay this matter.

In fact, it was indeed so.

The heavenly dao rules of this realm were extraordinarily strict, differing somewhat from other heavenly realms.

And now these heavenly authorities have all fallen into the hands of other ancient clan progenitors; if one acts rashly, once involving these authorities, it is likely to provoke hostility from some divine demon ancient clan progenitors.

Zhang Jian asked himself: his means were sufficient, he did not fear being ganged up on, but he could not guarantee he would not capsize.

Therefore, to prevent accidents, it is naturally better to first obtain a portion of these authorities in hand; thus, when reviving the Hetu Dao Sovereign, there will also be somewhat less obstruction.

This is a matter of killing two birds with one stone.

At this moment, the Ancestral God of Kyushu's expression became very solemn.

"Your Majesty, these several authorities in the Tianling Realm occupy enormous weight, especially Reincarnation, Netherworld, and Life and Death authorities, which are now more than ever held by the Progenitor of the Nether River; the Earth authority is also in the hands of Old Ancestor Huang Chao, and is not easy to obtain!"

The Ancestral God of Kyushu's expression showed some worry.

Zhang Jian's eyes moved slightly.

Before entering the Tianling Realm, the Holy Emperor Fuxi had given him a distribution map of the forces in the Tianling Realm.

The Progenitor of the Nether River and Old Ancestor Huang Chao are the two progenitors of the Tianling Realm.

And among the many progenitors, they count as extremely powerful existences.

Especially the Progenitor of the Nether River, who can be called the most ancient among the wilderness gods progenitors of the Tianling Realm, with unfathomable cultivation, possibly even an existence of the Dao Venerable realm.

That is not merely obtaining a single-pole Dao Venerable status, but truly breaking through the Dao Venerable realm.

The power of such an existence is unimaginable.

In the intelligence obtained in the Three Sovereigns Heavenly Realm, this one had once acted in the peripheral border battlefield of the Tianling Realm, wiping out millions of heavenly soldiers and generals in one strike, and even including several powerful Star Sovereigns hidden deep in the ancient stars, whose star sovereign imprints were erased, causing several ancient Star Sovereigns to have their souls fly and spirits scatter.

The Heavenly Court also dispatched a Heavenly Court Sovereign to descend for this, but this progenitor was rather cunning and unwilling to fight head-on, instead retreating deep into the Tianling Realm, always avoiding battle.

On the contrary, Old Ancestor Huang Chao is somewhat weaker.

This one is among the hawk progenitors advocating resistance against the Heavenly Court, with cultivation quite tyrannical, but there is no trace indicating this one is a Dao Venerable in person; however, he controls part of the earthly origin of the Tianling Realm, likely also possessing a Pure Purple status, and is not easy to deal with.

However, in Zhang Jian's view, it is not without opportunity.

Especially at this juncture, the Heavenly Court is launching a fierce attack in the outer Tianling Realm, and most of the progenitors' energy is focused on the Heavenly Court's great army, which just gives him an opportunity.

Zhang Jian calculated in his heart.

Besides reviving the Hetu Dao Sovereign, Zhang Jian also had his own plans.

Since entering the Tianling Realm, what he seeks naturally is not merely to protect the human race of the Tianling Realm.

This realm is vast and boundless, the heavenly dao vast and profound; if he cannot take a share from it to prepare himself for stepping into the Dao Venerable realm, it would have been in vain to come here.

"To revive the Hetu Dao Sovereign, we still await heavenly timing!"

Zhang Jian glanced at the Ancestral God of Kyushu, letting him not worry; for now, the plan is to do well in his assigned great task, first stabilize the situation of the Kyushu Divine Dynasty, then plot for other things.

The Ancestral God of Kyushu was somewhat disappointed, but still nodded in agreement.

Zhang Jian's mind then searched for information about Old Ancestor Huang Chao.

Old Ancestor Huang Chao now presides over the overall situation beyond the heavens; he could not but take this opportunity to raid Old Ancestor Huang Chao's lair, to take over the magpie's nest.

With his divine abilities and methods, this matter may not be impossible.

Especially since he still holds the Earth Emperor Golden Register in his hand, which might allow him to seize the earthly authority of the Heavenly Spirit Realm; then he could plot to take control of the netherworld, reincarnation, and life-and-death authority of this realm.

……

After Zhang Jian returned to the depths of Purple Bamboo Ridge, the next step was to release part of the Grand Void Spirit Bodies outward.

Not long after, a powerful divine deity named Qinglian Jiuku Tianzun simultaneously emerged from the depths of the Heavenly Spirit Realm.

Zhang Jian had done this before, so it came naturally to him; meanwhile, with the aid of these Grand Void Illusory Bodies, Zhang Jian also began actively collecting parts of the true forms of mountains, rivers, and sacred lands from the divine soils of the various provinces of the Heavenly Spirit Realm.

But Zhang Jian later discovered that the heavenly and earthly law net of the Heavenly Spirit Realm was denser than that of the previous Celestial Court Heaven.

His attempt to use the Grand Void Spirit Bodies to survey and map the true form of the Heavenly Spirit Realm's earth was soon obstructed.

Part of the Grand Void Spirit Bodies were thus annihilated because of this.

Many sacred mountains and blessed lands, divine mountains and rivers in the Heavenly Spirit Realm are occupied by ancient divine and demonic clans, who are extremely domineering and fundamentally do not allow infiltration by other divine sects.

Moreover, most of these places are covered with powerful prohibitive laws; ordinary means cannot observe the true form of the earth at all.

For a time, Zhang Jian's efforts to gather the primordial earth qi slowed considerably.

In Purple Bamboo Ridge, Zhang Jian was not in a hurry, but simply proceeded step by step to complete all of this.

At this moment, above the Southern Ming Divine Province, the Divine Investiture Ceremony, once again presided over by the Nine Provinces Divine Dynasty, proceeded quite smoothly, with an endless stream of incense offerings, and the earth's essence and qi entering the Earth Emperor Golden Register through the Earth Emperor Auxiliary Register.

Gazing at the gradually increasing earth-origin essence qi within the earth-origin space inside the Earth Emperor Golden Register, Zhang Jian felt quite pleased.

As long as the earth-origin essence qi within the earth-origin space continues to increase, he will soon be able to use it to continue communicating with the earth's dao will of this realm; and if the earth-origin essence qi is abundant enough, he could entirely rely on it to suppress the Old Ancestor Huang Chao and seize the central pivot of heaven and earth within the earth's domain.

Zhang Jian calmed his mind, silently plotting and waiting for the right time.

……

Six hundred years later, on this day, a magnificent and resplendent radiance suddenly appeared in the skies of the Heavenly Spirit Realm; yet one saw the surrounding stars gradually glowing, a massive star suffused with purple qi coalescing from the void, it hovered into view and immediately suppressed the vast ocean of primordial qi in the Heavenly Spirit Realm, with boundless starlight condensing around it.

At the moment this great star appeared, a fierce black light suddenly shot upward from the void, piercing the heavens, obscuring the sky and sun; the black light gradually manifested and transformed into a yin-yang fish of the Taiji symbol, continuously expanding, as if enveloping the heavens within it.

On Purple Bamboo Ridge, seated on the meditation mat, Zhang Jian raised his head, his gaze falling upon the heavens; his expression showed slight astonishment as he fixed his eyes upon that magnificent purple great star.

"Ziwei Star!"

His expression was one of astonishment.

As the former Holy King of the Xia Dynasty, he had once carried the destiny of the Ziwei Emperor; thus, he was naturally very familiar with that great star.

Yet he could not have imagined that this purple great star would actually manifest in the Heavenly Spirit Realm.

"It seems the Ziwei Emperor has personally taken action!"

Zhang Jian secretly thought to himself.

However, the light of the Ziwei Star penetrated the endless void, but when projected onto the Heavenly Spirit Realm, it was still weakened; its power could not descend, and it was subsequently blocked by the powerful beings of the Heavenly Spirit Realm.

Boom—!

At this moment, the heavens above changed color, and boundless thunder roared; the sound of the Great Dao's thunderclap caused many immortals and gods within and beyond the Heavenly Spirit Realm to feel a violent tremor in their hearts, as if that force were to fall, it would instantly reduce them to dust.

"Heavenly Dao Backlash!"

Zhang Jian's face slightly tightened.

A backlash from the Heavenly Dao is undoubtedly extremely terrifying; likely even the Ziwei Heavenly Emperor could not directly break through the Heavenly Dao's defense to invade the Heavenly Spirit Realm.

When the mighty power of the Heavenly Spirit Realm's Heavenly Dao descended, one saw countless gentle innate primordial qi on the heavens above transform into a torrent rushing upward, eventually forming a magnificent innate Taiji Divine Diagram, gradually obscuring that boundless purple starlight, then vanishing in an instant.

Above the heavens, the purple starlight disappeared, yet one saw scattered meteors falling from all directions in the void, each meteor falling in a different direction.

"The Stars of the Dipper Division..."

Zhang Jian gazed at this scene, his eyes showing some fluctuation.

He knew that this must mean another group of heavenly court powerhouses had seized the opportunity to invade the Heavenly Spirit Realm.

It seems the opportunity he had been waiting for will arrive soon.

Zhang Jian did not wait long before the Ancestral Gods of the Nine Provinces sent word.

News came from within the Divine Dynasty Alliance: not long ago, an extraterrestrial deity attacked the Heavenly Spirit Realm, but was repelled by the Divine Dynasty Alliance joining forces with some primordial ancestors of the Heavenly Spirit Realm, who used a secret art to draw down the Heavenly Dao's origin, and the gate known as the Gate of Numerous Stars was resealed.

However, the eastern heavens suffered from the two-sided battle, resulting in numerous spacetime rifts through which many extraterrestrial evil deities have invaded this realm; thus, please urge all major immortal and divine powers to act swiftly, search thoroughly, and uncover these extraterrestrial deities.

The Ancestral Gods of the Nine Provinces sent a message to Zhang Jian for instructions.

Zhang Jian pondered slightly; although he and the Dipper Division gods are colleagues in the Heavenly Court, if he were to hide these heavenly court powerhouses at this time, it would likely bring trouble to the Nine Provinces Divine Dynasty of the Southern Ming Divine Province, which would not aid him in completing his mission; thus, he sent word to the Ancestral Gods of the Nine Provinces, following convention to capture the extraterrestrial deities, but once captured, they must not be killed outright.

Additionally, Zhang Jian had the Ancestral Gods of the Nine Provinces inquire about news from within one or two divine dynasties.

Zhang Jian knew that after the Ziwei Heavenly Emperor's intervention, the pressure on the many primordial ancestors within the Heavenly Spirit Realm would likely increase further, and at this time, the Divine Dynasty Alliance would probably only be able to continually draw strong cultivators from within to go to the external battlefield.

At this time, he could naturally further devour the earthly authority of this realm, even directly seize it.

The Ancestral Gods of the Nine Provinces did not dare delay; they immediately actively contacted allies within the Divine Dynasty Alliance to gather intelligence.

The Nine Provinces Divine Dynasty, based in the Southern Ming Divine Province, has endured thousands of yuanhui, weathered countless storms; within the Divine Dynasty Alliance, it naturally possesses its own network of connections.

As Zhang Jian had anticipated, this time the Heavenly Spirit Realm's heavenly gate was nearly breached by the star named Ziwei, causing a great uproar within the Divine Dynasty Alliance.

Within the Divine Dynasty Alliance, troops are being mobilized and dispatched; forces from the Eastern Departure Divine Province and even the Southern Ming Divine Province are being drawn to enter the outer realm, replenishing troops and sending reinforcements.

……

In the void above, at this moment, a star fell from the void, descending toward the direction of the Primordial Sea.

Behind this starlight, two streams of light followed closely, pursuing without cease.

Within the starlight, at this moment, a star god with a handsome visage wore a gloomy face, secretly lamenting his misfortune.

He wore a purple robe, a star crown upon his head, his eyes revealing a hard-to-describe yin and soft quality; the starlight circulating around his body involved profound mysteries of multiple heavenly and earthly great dao rules, as if governing vitality, blessings, and lifespan—all under his control.

He is the Southern Dipper Star Lord Fu Yuan.

After the Ziwei Emperor shattered the heavenly gate of the Heavenly Spirit Realm with a single strike, some of the ancient star masters from the Ziwei Emperor's mansion took the opportunity to enter the Heavenly Spirit Realm.

But upon entering the Heavenly Spirit Realm, he was immediately targeted by two primordial divine and demonic ancient clan ancestors of the Heavenly Spirit Realm.

Compared to several of the Northern Dipper Star Lords, his fortune could be considered quite poor.

At this time, as he entered and exited the Heavenly Spirit Dimension, he still lacked mastery over the great Dao rules of heaven and earth in the Heavenly Spirit Realm; no matter how many methods he had, he could not employ them, and could only flee blindly, trying to escape the two primordial god-demon ancient clan ancestors behind him.

"Evil god, today you have encountered us two—your death is certain!"

At this moment behind him, a cluster of intense fire-attribute divine light resembled a long rainbow, within which stood a fire-attribute deity holding a divine lamp.

The Dao cultivation radiating from his body was immensely strong; as he arrived, the surrounding void and earth for billions of miles seemed to have rolling blazing flames emerge, forming fire dragons that manifested and surged toward the Southern Dipper Star Lord to bind him.

The other clan ancestor remained silent, merely having his eyes glow with intense divine Dao radiance deep within, his entire body like a straight, sharp sword.

But in an instant, the three fleeing deities suddenly changed expression, yet discovered they could not move at all, and saw the surrounding boundless spacetime reverse, manifesting the birth and extinction of the myriad heavens' void universe, the grand influence of all things' spacetime reincarnation.

In the astonishment, a magnificent figure with immeasurable divine light all over appeared above the boundless spacetime.

This figure gradually manifested, and the Star Lord of the Fu Yuan Star first startled, then rejoiced!