Chapter 691: Conservative Stars, Heavenly Emperor Descends, (4K)

The divine light soaring to the heavens was, at the moment of its birth, obscured by a layer of invisible purple-yellow dragon-shaped divine light.

The invisible purple-yellow dragon-shaped divine light permeated every void of Nanshen Divine Prefecture, and above the void, another formation was activated, forming a magnificent mountain-rivers-and-state barrier that obscured the vision of countless beings in Nanshen Divine Prefecture.

In the depths of the void, Zhang Jian knew that gathering the stars' gate and summoning the Purple Micro Emperor to descend would inevitably not remain hidden from other primordial ancient god ancestors, but delaying it would reduce some risk.

The later the time, the more advantageous it is for him.

In the valley, Zhang Jian gazed upon the silver-white divine light soaring into the heavens above the void; this silver-white divine light illuminated the void, gradually revealing a phantom of a magnificent gate.

That magnificent gate seemed condensed from boundless starry skies, with silver-white radiance permeating its entire form, yet in the deeper void, layers of purple misty rosy light spread, as if boundless Purple Micro Emperor aura swirled around, that Purple Micro Emperor aura seeming to come from the profound depths of the void, a magnificent great star arriving, its power continuously flowing into the depths of the Stars' Gate.

Not only that Purple Micro Emperor Star.

As the Stars' Gate gradually took shape, in the depths of the firmament, more and more primordial star phantoms appeared within the Stars' Gate, thereby stabilizing its power.

On the earth, Zhang Jian witnessed this scene, and a faint smile appeared on his face.

He immediately gestured to the Nine Provinces Ancestral Gods beside him, throwing a portion of the condensed incense-gold bricks into the altar, while an endless stream of earthly essence and qi transformed and entered the altar.

Several Star Lords beside him witnessed this scene, their eyes flickering with subtle emotion.

The most standard method for the Stars' Altar is naturally to use the Zhou Tian stars as the source, conducting linkage.

But now this altar has almost become an Earth Altar.

Yet strangely, it did not affect the stability of this Stars' Altar, nor the Stars' Gate.

"What Your Majesty said is correct; only innovation can create new opportunities, refining tools and Dao arts, formations should all be the same!"

Fu Yuan watched this scene, his heart also secretly stirred.

The Heavenly Court's Warfare Department stars are too 'homebound'; this has already caused them to fall behind the other departments of the Heavenly Court's forces.

Otherwise, following the Heavenly Court's advantage, there would be no need to forcibly attack the Tianling Realm; they could completely use the Heavenly Court's economic advantage, or the multifaceted immortal-god system, to overwhelm the Tianling Realm and directly cause it to collapse from within.

By stirring the gods within the Tianling Realm to revolt against heaven and earth, they could directly crush the Tianling Realm.

In fact, at the beginning, the Heavenly Court's Warfare Department had indeed attempted such operations many times, but unfortunately, their experience lagged behind the other departments, ultimately leading to failure, and they could only resort to the most primitive frontal assault.

Boom—!

Above the void, as the Stars' Gate manifested, various magnificent star-light passages within gradually took shape.

At this moment, in the void beyond the realm, boundless purple starlight fell, and a magnificent, towering Purple Micro Star stood before the Tianling Realm.

A magnificent emperor clad in star-robes gazed silently at the void above.

At this moment, a magnificent gate took shape in the void above.

With a raise of his hand, the Purple Micro Emperor sent a stream of light into the gate, accelerating its formation.

It seemed to emerge from the illusory into the real.

This is the true primordial spiritual treasure, the Stars' Gate.

It seems that after part of the primordial star lords fell, this Purple Micro Emperor also began to stir with anger.

At this moment, the Purple Micro Emperor gazed upon the ancient star lords arrayed above the void, and upon several figures whose bodies flowed with intense divine light and starlight.

"Fellow Daoists, please help; first apply some pressure to these ancestors!"

At this moment, above the void, ancient figures emerged as if from the boundless star sea; the three leading figures were female, surrounded by magnificent immortal light, each holding a supreme treasure, or several.

The leading graceful and noble figure smiled and said.

"Emperor, please rest assured; we siblings will naturally assist the Emperor with all our strength, suppressing these god-demon ancestors!"

Beside her, another youthful and tall Daoist nun was more lively, a strand of cyan immortal light flowing around her body, passing through the passage.

"Emperor, you may go; here we three sisters will not let these primordial ancestors have a chance to return and disturb you; later we will fully activate the Zhou Tian Star-Dou Great Formation, giving them a few heavy blows!"

The Purple Micro Emperor glanced at the leading female immortal.

With this Yunxiao Immortal Maiden present, he felt at ease.

Immediately, his figure shrank, instantly transforming into a stream of light heading toward the Stars' Gate.

As the Purple Micro Star Lord descended, beside him instantly appeared two terrifying star-giant deities clad in boundless starlight, their vast forms gazing into the void, each holding a divine banner that, when waved, formed winding silver rivers in the void above.

The light of primordial main stars appeared in the void outside the Tianling Realm, accompanied by earth-shaking immortal-god divine roars; myriad starlight in the void above coalesced, ultimately manifesting a magnificent, terrifying star-light millstone.

It obscured the heavens and blocked the sun, seeming even to surpass the Tianling Realm beneath the firmament.

Boom—!

The tremendous star-light millstone turned, as if the great Dao laws of boundless heaven and earth were collapsing.

Within the Realm Sea Heavenly Pass, gazing upon the terrifying star-light millstone falling from the firmament into the void, the faces of the primordial ancestors changed color.

"Immediately activate the Taiji Huntu Great Formation, to block it!"

The ancestors all issued orders simultaneously; divine light burst forth from above the Realm Sea Divine City, rushing skyward to form a three-dimensional Taiji Tu floating above the firmament, while endless torrents of the Tianling Realm's heaven-earth origin, without regard for cost, flowed into it, empowering this divine diagram's might.

Yet beneath the Zhou Tian Star-Dou Great Formation, this mythic ancient formation, it nonetheless collapsed step by step.

At this moment, within the star formation, orders fell in orderly succession.

"Increase output!"

"Open the three hundred and sixty-five Zhou Tian Star Pools to the third section, mobilize the Zhou Tian Star Domain's power to superimpose the Tianyuan!"

"Outer realm stars, pay attention to scouting the various elements; the three immortal maidens, please enter the northeast direction; the Northeast Tian Realm has immortal-gods from the Four Heretical Sects strengthening harassment; fight swiftly and decisively!"

At this moment, above the void, streams of starlight fell from the firmament.

Those pillars of light piercing heaven and earth seemed to want to turn the Realm Sea Divine City into white ground.

These primordial myriad stars may be the Heavenly Court's Warfare Department's final gamble.

If they still fail to take the Tianling Realm, fearfully, the other departments of the Heavenly Court, and additionally some other superpowers, will accelerate their entry.

Then the previous sacrifices of the Heavenly Court's Warfare Department would be greatly diminished.

This is something the Warfare Department's stars cannot tolerate.

……

Nanshen Divine Prefecture, on the earth, as that magnificent Purple Micro Emperor aura surged forth from within the Stars' Gate, it stirred the Tianling Realm's heavenly Dao laws to tremble; that omen became impossible to resist.

Terrifying qi surged from within the Gate of All Stars, like a massive stone sinking into the ocean of heavenly and earthly spiritual mechanisms, triggering invisible ripples.

This anomaly, centered on the valley, swept outward in all directions; naturally, the first to sense the change were the numerous immortal sects and divine lineages of the Southern Ming Divine Continent.

Under the stimulation of this qi, alien to the Spirit Realm, countless immortals and gods felt their hairs stand on end.

Yet beneath this terrifying omen, they also sensed their refined mana and divine power seemingly suppressed by nature, as if reduced to mortals, their hearts flustered and chaotic.

"An extraterrestrial evil god!"

Only a portion of the ancient ancestors of the Southern Ming Divine Continent felt their faces change at the sight of this terrifying omen.

The extraterrestrial evil god causing celestial changes was too terrifying; that strand of cosmic law and celestial phenomena revealed itself, as if the entire Spirit Realm could barely withstand such divine power.

The Spirit Realm is the homeland of myriad gods, the source of ancestral lineages.

For a time, many powerhouses hesitated, yet some immortals and gods still rushed forward without hesitation, attempting to close the Gate of All Stars.

At this moment, several star gods watched from afar around the mountain peaks; the Southern Dipper Star Lord Fu Yuan silently shook his head.

"Karmic qi clouds the mind—better to calm down properly!"

A stellar divine banner emerged from deep within his palm, fluttering slightly; instantly, dozens of incoming divine lights were struck and fell from the void.

The Southern Dipper Star Lord oversees heavenly blessings and fortunes; his banner is especially adept at severing merit, luck, and even sealing the primordial spirit.

Nearby, another mighty star lord, his body entwined with sweeping killing qi, saw this and spoke coldly.

"Fu Daoist, if you remain so merciful and lenient, beware you implicate the Emperor Lord's great undertaking!"

Fu Yuan gazed at this tall star lord and replied coldly.

"Ji Dou, my actions need no extra words from you—just attend to your own duties. How I deal with others concerns you not; you may even kill them directly!"

Upon hearing this, Ji Dou Star Lord glanced coldly at this 'colleague'.

"Hmph, you attend to your affairs—I shall not interfere—but do not hinder fellow officials or our mission!"

With a clang, a crimson sword light burst from deep within his palm, sweeping lightly; instantly, another group of charging immortals and gods in the void had their primordial spirits shattered and bodies torn apart.

After slaying this group, the remaining immortals and gods were slightly startled, their divine light flaring wildly as they madly rushed toward the Gate of All Stars.

Fu Yuan, seeing this, coldly chuckled.

"See? Pure slaughter frightens mortals, but not these gods!"

Ji Dou Star Lord's brow twitched, and he coldly chuckled.

"You simply haven't killed enough—fear isn't deep enough!"

The crimson sword light in his palm flared again; deep in the void, a dense web of red threads appeared, sweeping across—immortals and gods who had painstakingly condensed their divine nations, or even immortal treasures, shattered beneath the divine light, and many more were slashed into countless fragments.

After this sword slew the immortals and gods, seeing ever more madly charging toward the Gate of All Stars, Ji Dou Star Lord grew impatient; he took out a horn, blew softly, and instantly, terrifying sounds of slaughter erupted from within.

The Boundless Slaughter Dao Resonance burst forth, forming in the deep void countless blood-colored divine light puppets; thousands upon thousands of blood-colored puppets coalesced from the blood rain, entangling with the immortals and gods.

In the deep void, several divine lights swiftly tore through the void from above the heavens.

These were the ancestors of the primordial ancient clans.

Seeing the ancestors descend, the Wen Qu Star Lord and Wu Qu Star Lord beside them stirred slightly, then addressed several other star lords.

"Activate the formation—buy as much time as possible for the Emperor Lord!"

Upon hearing this, the central star lord clad in deep brown stellar robes nodded slightly.

He is the Tian Liang Star Lord of the ancient stars.

This Tian Liang Star Lord is among the strongest in cultivation among the stellar host entering the Spirit Realm this time.

He is a Three-Reversion Dao Lord and one of the oldest primordial stellar masters, his cultivation immensely strong.

With his nod, other star lords—even the Southern Dipper and Ji Dou Star Lords—ceased their opposing stances.

On the earth, divine lights rapidly formed, continuously flying toward the mountains, rivers, and sacred lands of the Southern Ming Divine Continent, linking the numerous divinely ordained god-offices and even parts of the earth's spiritual apertures, forming a grand formation.

This is the Heavenly Earth Xuan Huang Embryonic Membrane Formation.

Zhang Jian has seen this formation several times before; the first was in the Primordial Dao Realm of the Dong Hua Heavenly Realm, where it left a deep impression. Later, following the teachings of various earth-attribute Dao Lords and even the lecture of the Zhen Yuanzi Great Immortal, he truly mastered this mighty earthen law formation.

Now, covering the Southern Ming Divine Continent with it, it is truly earth-shaking.

A hazy yellow radiance rose from the earth, flooding the boundless void, obscuring the sight of countless immortals and gods.

Those ancestors who fell into it were as if mired in a swamp—the more they struggled, the larger the earthly vortex around them grew.

Moreover, several star lords took advantage of the formation's cover to swarm upward.

In the void above, Zhang Jian watched this scene, his expression showing no joy; these ordinary ancient ancestors, before mighty divine powers, were naturally just offering their heads—but even older primordial ancestors of Dao Lord level remained.

If they appeared, his Heavenly Earth Xuan Huang Embryonic Membrane Formation might not necessarily hold.

Still, he wished to test the methods of these fully intact Dao Lord-level primordial ancestors.

Naturally, Zhang Jian also hoped the celestial heavenly court's Dipper Department stellar host could exert some effect, restraining those mighty Dao Lord-level primordial ancestors of the Spirit Realm as long as possible.

At this moment, Zhang Jian noticed the Gate of All Stars gradually turning pure purple; deep within the gate, a terrifying purple star slowly emerged behind it, forcefully squeezing toward the gate.

The true form of the Purple Micro Emperor Lord had already emerged, pressing outward from beyond the gate.

……

Deep within the Realm Sea Heavenly Pass, shortly after the anomaly appeared in the Southern Ming Divine Continent, several Dao Lord-level primordial ancestors sensed it—they all carried heavenly scrolls, and such a heaven-shaking change in the Spirit Realm could not escape their senses.

One after another, the ancestors' faces changed.

They had experienced many times the establishment of extraterrestrial gates by the extraterrestrial heavenly court, but each time had successfully repelled them.

Yet a gate like this anomaly before them—surely it was no ordinary matter.

Likely, it was the true form of the Purple Micro Emperor Lord of the heavenly court descending.

They had personally experienced the divine power of that Purple Micro Emperor Lord; facing him alone meant certain death, no survival.

"I entrust the Realm Sea Heavenly Pass to you—I shall go close that star gate!"

In the void above, that figure, his body covered in boundless destructive golden light, gave a cold, light laugh; his silhouette vanished from the spot, heedless of whether the other ancestors agreed.

Seeing this, the other primordial ancestors each had their expressions fluctuate.

Although the God of Destruction was mad, his strength was undeniable; even they might not be able to defeat him.

At this moment, above the void, from the ancient tree ancestor entwined with endless verdant vitality, a female voice rang out.

"I, the true self, will lend him a hand; you all hold on for one or two, we shall swiftly engage and swiftly return!"

Her form also turned into a flowing light and vanished from the spot.

Seeing this, the other ancestors remained expressionless; two ancestors stepped forward simultaneously, seemingly for greater reliability.

Boom—

At this moment, above the firmament, the millstone formed by the Zhou Tian starlight descended, yet the entire Jiehai Divine City seemed unable to bear the weight; countless radiance burst from the city walls, many innate runes already worn away.

For a moment, the faces of all the ancestors changed color.

The Jiehai Heavenly Pass has been damaged!