Chapter 504: Divine Court Headquarters! Source Fire Star (120k)

Blade Demon Heavenly God took Li Yuan and flew toward the distant Starry Sky Ancient City with astonishing speed.

"The array of the Starry Sky Ancient Array is activated, this space is sealed, I don't have the array permission, so I can't unleash Void Displacement." Blade Demon Heavenly God said: "Wanting to break it by force, I'm afraid I have to master the complete spatial laws."

Li Yuan was secretly shocked. Usually, one has to be a God King to master the complete spatial laws.

However, even if he couldn't Void Displacement, Blade Demon Heavenly God's speed was still extremely fast... In Li Yuan's spiritual sense perception, he easily broke through 30,000 kilometers/second.

"True God limit powerhouses, the extreme flight speed is generally a few thousand kilometers/second." Li Yuan sighed: "Being able to break through 10,000 kilometers/second is very rare."

But Heavenly Gods can easily surpass it.

"Being able to be accepted as a disciple by God King Dongmang, this Blade Demon Heavenly God's strength must be very terrifying, the extreme speed is definitely far from this." Many thoughts flashed through Li Yuan's mind: "Don't know if it can reach the legendary 'Spatial Extreme Speed'."

Spatial Extreme Speed, which is the speed of light!

This is the highest speed allowed by the laws of heaven and earth, and it is difficult to surpass... Like Void Displacement, using different spatial fluctuation nodes to jump, is essentially different from flying.

Even if it was separated by hundreds of thousands of kilometers, at Blade Demon Heavenly God's speed, he quickly arrived.

Under the pressure of invisible restrictions, Li Yuan's spiritual sense could not be released, and he could only observe with the naked eye.

Looking down from high altitude, Li Yuan could find that there were quite a few practitioners coming and going in this Starry Sky Ancient City.

"Blade Demon, it is said that the Starry Sky Ancient City does not occupy territory?" Li Yuan asked curiously.

"Starry Sky Ancient City, has many arrays and restrictions added, the power is endless." Blade Demon Heavenly God introduced: "Even Heavenly Gods like me can only enter the Starry Sky Teleportation Array according to the established route, and cannot break in at will... Break in, once it attracts the hostility of the Heavenly Gods of the Starry Sky Divine Court, it will be troublesome."

"Every Starry Sky Ancient City has Heavenly Gods?" Li Yuan couldn't help but say.

"Yes!"

"The City Lord of the Starry Sky Ancient City must be a Heavenly God." Blade Demon Heavenly God said: "And they hold inheritance artifacts, their strength is at least Heavenly God third-stage, usually can reach Heavenly God fourth-stage."

"If you borrow the power of the Starry Sky Ancient City... at least in the range of the Starry Sky Ancient City, even powerful God Monarchs are not the opponents of these City Lords." Blade Demon Heavenly God said.

Li Yuan listened, as far as he knew, Heavenly Gods are divided into five stages according to their strength.

Most Heavenly Gods, reaching Heavenly God third-stage in their lifetime is not bad.

Heavenly God fourth-stage, the strength is very terrifying, and the status is very high.

Like Heavenly God fifth-stage, they are qualified to be called 'Heavenly God Monarch', which is extremely rare... every one of them is an overlord existence.

"But I heard that the Starry Sky Divine Court does not fight for territory." Li Yuan couldn't help but say: "Without territory, how can so many Heavenly Gods be born?"

"Nine thousand Starry Sky Ancient Cities, it means at least nine thousand Heavenly Gods guarding them in every generation." Li Yuan felt puzzled.

This is a point Li Yuan was puzzled about before.

As far as he knew, many Divine Court forces in the Divine Domain would carry out territory disputes... The territory is large enough, the life in the territory is enough, and enough geniuses can be born.

Only after countless geniuses accumulate, is there hope for Heavenly Gods and even God Kings to emerge...

"Wrong!"

"Little Martial Uncle, I have to correct three common sense mistakes for you." Blade Demon Heavenly God smiled: "First, in the current Divine Domain, there are no longer nine thousand Starry Sky Ancient Cities, that was the number of the first generation."

"Now, only about eight thousand remain!"

"The rest of the Starry Sky Ancient Cities, either destroyed by various wars, or taken back by the Starry Sky Divine Court." Blade Demon Heavenly God said: "Like the 'Wanlong Ancient City' of the Liechen Star Domain, it was destroyed by war more than 10,000 years ago." Blade Demon Heavenly God said: "It is said that the inheritance artifact was also lost."

Li Yuan was secretly shocked.

Wanlong Ancient City, isn't that the Starry Sky Ancient City where True God Gu Ju once was?

"The Starry Sky Divine Court doesn't care about this kind of war?" Li Yuan was puzzled.

"Can't care." Blade Demon Heavenly God shook his head: "Many Divine Court major forces, fighting and killing each other... and some wars are destined to lose, even if the Starry Sky Divine Court headquarters participates, it is destined to lose."

"Unless it is the legendary God Emperor who makes a move... but how could the God Emperor participate in such small things?"

Li Yuan had to admit that many secrets of the Divine Domain he knew were indeed only on the surface.

"Starry Sky Ancient City does not occupy territory, according to reason, it should have no conflict with all parties, right?" Li Yuan hesitated.

"Little Martial Uncle, this is exactly the second common sense mistake I want to correct for you." Blade Demon Heavenly God smiled: "You know about fighting for territory, then what is the essence of territory?"

"Population resources, treasures." Li Yuan said.

"Yes!"

"Population resources." Blade Demon Heavenly God nodded: "But in reality, like Heavenly Gods, they can easily open up small worlds, and even like God Kings and legendary God Emperors, they can directly condense a huge land world... a super-large starry sky land is enough to carry the population of a star domain."

Li Yuan thought of the Juexing Continent, a continent, I'm afraid it can rival thousands of star systems, close to a small star domain.

"And transforming planets... with the means of major forces in the Divine Domain, transforming countless planets into 'life planets' is easy, but after a long time, why is the number of life planets in many star domains still very small?" Blade Demon Heavenly God smiled.

Li Yuan couldn't help but shake his head, he really didn't understand.

"Origin power is limited!"

"The Divine Domain has origins, and star domains and mortal domains also have origin operations." Blade Demon Heavenly God said: "Life is born, every life's soul is unique, and it needs to consume a large amount of 'origin essence'... If too many lives are born, it will cause the origin essence that every living being can get to plummet... their talent potential will plummet, and the probability of geniuses being born will plummet."

"Powerhouses grow, and they need a lot of resources."

"And the number of treasures is also limited."

"Therefore, even if a large number of lives are propagated, in the end, the number of powerhouses that can be born and carried by star systems and star domains is also limited..."

"So, we must control the population." Blade Demon Heavenly God said: "Like my Chaos Divine Court territory, if the number of life planets in some star systems and star domains is too large, we will even take the initiative to destroy them."

Li Yuan suddenly realized, so that's it.

"High-quality population development? Sustainable development?" Li Yuan secretly thought.

It's just, what does this have to do with the Starry Sky Ancient City?

"It's just that, what does this have to do with the Ancient Starry City?"

"The Starry Divine Court may appear not to contend for territory, but their Ancient Starry Cities are, in reality, 'blood-sucking vessels' rooted upon the origins of various star domains," the Blade Demon Heavenly God said. "They directly extract the essence of the origin..."

"Every star domain has roughly one-tenth of its origin essence directly extracted by the Ancient Starry City to supply the interior of the ancient city... Inside every Ancient Starry City, there are numerous small worlds opened up, with countless living beings multiplying within them, allowing these small worlds to give birth to a large number of genius cultivators."

"Other major powers contending for territory have no way to directly extract the essence from the star domain's origin."

"They can only rely on natural growth."

"Only the Starry Divine Court can achieve this," the Blade Demon Heavenly God sighed with emotion. "Legend has it that this is the means of the Starry God Emperor... unrivaled in the Divine Realm."

"Over long ages, this has naturally allowed the Starry Divine Court to give birth to a large number of powerhouses, while also avoiding territorial conflicts with other major powers," the Blade Demon Heavenly God said. "They are able to remain transcendent."

Li Yuan understood completely.

The Starry Divine Court appears not to contend for territory, but in essence, it has occupied one-tenth of the territory of every star domain across the entire Divine Realm.

"Add to that the 'Starry Teleportation Arrays' of the Ancient Starry Cities, which continuously extract massive resources," the Blade Demon Heavenly God laughed. "Only then did the Starry Divine Court gain its mighty reputation."

"Don't think that the Starry Divine Court doesn't contend."

"On the path of cultivation, where is there no contention? For territory, for resources and treasures..."

"Genius demigods like you, Junior Uncle, as well as Void Gods and True Gods, are all contending within your respective powers."

"The powerhouses of the Starry Divine Court just don't contend within the major star domains, but in the dark zones of the universe and in certain perilous treasure lands, they fight and kill just as desperately against the powerhouses of all other major factions," the Blade Demon Heavenly God said solemnly.

"The dark zones of the universe?" Li Yuan thought of the dark regions outside those star domains he had viewed on the star map earlier.

They were vast enough to make one's heart tremble.

"The Divine Realm is vast."

"Under normal circumstances, a star domain has a diameter of only tens of millions of light-years," the Blade Demon Heavenly God said. "But different star domains are separated by at least hundreds of millions of light-years, or even further... The dark zones between star domains actually occupy the majority of the Divine Realm's territory."

"There is no star domain origin in the dark zones, and the environment during the evolution of heaven and earth is extremely harsh, making it very difficult for normal star systems or life-bearing planets to be born... Therefore, normal life races cannot multiply within them."

"Only 'Star Beasts' naturally nurtured by heaven and earth can live there."

"Star Beast is just a general term; in reality, they are strange and varied, with countless life forms."

"Within a star domain, the origin power is restrained and the environment is stable, which actually makes it difficult to nurture treasures. These dark zones are not suitable for multiplying life, yet they have given birth to a large number of rare treasures," the Blade Demon Heavenly God sighed. "Most of the precious treasures of the various Divine Court powers are seized in the dark zones."

"It's just that roaming within them is very difficult."

"The degree of danger varies in different regions."

"However, even in some relatively safe regions, one must at least be a True God," the Blade Demon Heavenly God said. "And in the most dangerous regions, even if a God King breaks in, they are full of danger and face the risk of falling."

Li Yuan felt shocked in his heart.

Even God Kings can fall?

In the absence of God Emperors, the highest echelon of the various Divine Court major powers are God Kings; they are already the true hegemon existences of the entire Divine Realm... and they all face the risk of falling?

How dangerous must that be?

"In short."

"Star domains are just cradles, meant for cultivating powerhouses," a glimmer of light appeared in the Blade Demon Heavenly God's eyes. "The dark zones of the universe are the paradise of powerhouses."

"Legend has it that God Kings and God Emperors all conduct some terrifying experiments in the dark zones of the universe to evade the suppression of the laws of heaven and earth..."

"Junior Uncle, when you become a True God in the future, you will also enter them to roam," the Blade Demon Heavenly God said. "Only then will you truly see the cruel side of the Divine Realm."

Li Yuan listened.

As expected! The so-called 'transcendence and non-contention' is all a lie... Secrets like that of the Ancient Starry City are probably unknown to ordinary Void Gods and True Gods.

"And precisely because of this."

"In the star domains directly under my Chaos Divine Court, all Ancient Starry Cities have been expelled," the Blade Demon Heavenly God said. "When major Divine Court powers like the Abyss Divine Court or the Myriad Dao Divine Court completely occupy a star domain, they also expel the forces of the Starry Divine Court."

"The few Ancient Starry Cities that are retained are only allowed to exercise the power of 'Starry Teleportation'."

"Of the eight thousand Ancient Starry Cities remaining to the Starry Divine Court today, only about seven thousand are truly exercising their full function."

Li Yuan listened.

Today, the Divine Realm has about twelve thousand star domains.

In that case, across the entire Divine Realm, there are about five thousand star domains completely occupied by the various major Divine Court powers?

"Additionally, let me correct your last mistake, Junior Uncle," the Blade Demon Heavenly God smiled. "The Starry Divine Court has also completely occupied about five hundred star domains..."

Li Yuan was speechless; many of the things he knew were indeed only superficial.

But Li Yuan still had some confusion in his heart: over long ages, why could some star domains be completely occupied while others could not?

... The spiritual sense communication of powerhouses is extremely fast. While the Blade Demon Heavenly God was telling Li Yuan some 'Divine Realm secrets', the two had already entered the interior of the Ancient Starry City.

This was a vast, empty void containing a massive building with a unique design.

It looked like two giant rings overlapping, with a diameter of perhaps ten thousand kilometers.

"Stop, travelers." Several black-robed True Gods were guarding this place; through the array, they easily detected the presence of the Blade Demon Heavenly God and Li Yuan.

"Teleportation destination."

"Chaos Divine Court, 'Guifang Star Domain'." The Blade Demon Heavenly God's voice was cold, echoing through this void. With a wave of his hand, he threw out a storage magic treasure, which flew directly into the huge void black hole in the distance.

"It's a Heavenly God!"

"A Heavenly God? Is it a Heavenly God from the Chaos Divine Court?" Those several True Gods seemed to have received a sensory message, and their expressions changed slightly.

Their location was just an ordinary star domain, and powerhouses with the ability to ride the Starry Teleportation Array alone were extremely rare.

"Please enter the teleportation array, Senior, and wait a moment," one True God said quickly.

Soon.

Li Yuan and the Blade Demon Heavenly God stood in the massive teleportation array, and immediately, intense spatial fluctuations rippled through the surrounding void.

"Ang!"

The two giant metal rings erupted with endless dazzling light, completely enveloping Li Yuan and the Blade Demon Heavenly God.

"Is this Starry Teleportation?" Li Yuan had just had this thought when he vanished into the endless light.

About nine hours later.

Guifang Star Domain, a star domain completely occupied by the Chaos Divine Court.

Whoosh!

"Two Ancient Starry Cities?" Li Yuan looked at the void in astonishment.

He and the Blade Demon Heavenly God had just flown out of the 'Yunxiao Ancient City' at the other end of the Starry Teleportation, only to be shocked to discover that ten million kilometers away, there stood a city with a diameter of nearly one million kilometers.

At first glance, it was quite similar to an Ancient Starry City.

"That city is not an Ancient Starry City, but a 'Chaos Ancient City'; this ancient city is called 'Guifang Ancient City'," the Blade Demon Heavenly God said softly.

"Chaos Ancient City? Guifang Star Domain?" Li Yuan was thoughtful.

"The Chaos Ancient City is an ancient city refined by my Chaos Divine Court; its function is similar to that of an Ancient Starry City, also serving the function of 'Starry Teleportation'," the Blade Demon Heavenly God said. "However, Chaos Ancient Cities only exist in territories directly under the Divine Court's jurisdiction."

"Every directly administered star domain will have one Chaos Ancient City."

"Like the Mohe Star Domain, where the Divine Court only occupies part of the territory, there is no Chaos Ancient City."

Li Yuan perceived the difference.

The Starry Divine Court could establish an 'Ancient Starry City' in any star domain, but the Chaos Divine Court could not.

"In other words, in the star domains directly administered by the Divine Court, the Divine Court's powerhouses all ride the Chaos Ancient City for Starry Teleportation?" Li Yuan asked curiously.

"Correct."

"So much toll money naturally cannot be given to the Ancient Starry City," the Blade Demon Heavenly God laughed. "Only when traveling outside the Divine Court's directly administered territory must one pass through an Ancient Starry City..."

"The two ancient cities being so close is actually a form of surveillance to prevent the Starry Divine Court from playing any tricks," the Blade Demon Heavenly God said.

"Let's go."

"Junior Uncle, the Ziwei Star Domain is the core of my Chaos Divine Court and has no 'Ancient Starry City', so to arrive quickly, we must transfer through the Chaos Ancient City," the Blade Demon Heavenly God laughed.

Through his exchange with the Blade Demon Heavenly God and what he had seen along the way.

Li Yuan finally had a relatively clear concept of the operation of the Divine Realm and the various Divine Court powers.

They both contend with each other and cooperate with each other.

Through the teleportation array of the 'Guifang Chaos Ancient City', two hours later, the two arrived at the 'Ziwei Star Domain'.

The Ziwei Star Domain is where the headquarters of the Chaos Divine Court is located, the most massive star domain, containing over one hundred thousand star systems...

Therefore, the number of powerhouses teleporting from various star domains to the 'Ziwei Star Domain' is very large.

Ziwei Ancient City is where the 'Starry Teleportation Array' of the Ziwei Star Domain is located.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! A large number of figures flew out from Ziwei Ancient City, and Li Yuan and the Blade Demon Heavenly God were among them.

Although there were many people, apart from the Blade Demon Heavenly God, there were no other Heavenly Gods.

"Junior Uncle, look below," the Blade Demon Heavenly God pointed to the void below and said, "This is the headquarters of my Chaos Divine Court."

"This?" Li Yuan looked down.

He saw that in the void below, there was a continent of unimaginable size; the vastness of this land... with Li Yuan's current position and vision, he could not detect the boundaries at all.

"Endless ages ago, when my Chaos Divine Court was first established, the Chaos God Emperor used great divine powers to condense heaven and earth divine powers, opening up this massive continent to become the core of the Chaos Divine Court, hence naming it the 'Chaos Continent'," the Blade Demon Heavenly God said softly. "Over long ages, a large number of powerhouses within the Divine Court's territory have been able to come to the Chaos Continent to cultivate. Countless powerhouses gathered, and treasures gathered, making the Chaos Continent one of the most prosperous places in the Divine Realm..."

"Families of successive God Kings, Heavenly God families, and so on, all multiply on the Chaos Continent; this is the safest place in the Divine Court."

"The Divine Court directly governs 813 star domains and has established branches in another 2234 star domains... all are managed by issuing orders from the Chaos Continent."

"The Chaos Continent is the core and brain of the Divine Court," the Blade Demon Heavenly God said solemnly.

Li Yuan listened and felt quite shocked.

The continent before his eyes was clearly broader and more vast than the Juexing Continent.

And the number of powerhouses was clearly not on the same level.

"We are not going to the Chaos Continent," the Blade Demon Heavenly God pointed to the depths of the void: "Junior Uncle, look above."

Li Yuan looked up.

He saw that in the extremely high reaches of the void, perhaps ten million miles away, or perhaps a hundred million miles away, there were three massive palace complexes floating in the void.

Countless palaces appeared and disappeared, gathered together.

But what was most eye-catching was that on the periphery of the three palace complexes, there were countless planets forming 'star chains' orbiting the palace complexes.

A full ten star chains.

In the center of the three palace complexes, a small amount of starlight could also be faintly seen flickering.

"So profound! So beautiful!" Li Yuan looked from afar, and many thoughts emerged in his heart.

He only felt that the 'star chains' formed by the countless stars orbiting were so perfect, just like a beautiful painting.

"That is the true core of my Chaos Divine Court, the 'Three Emperor Palaces'," the Blade Demon Heavenly God's voice carried a trace of pride: "They are the Chaos Emperor Palace, the Juexing Emperor Palace, and the Xinmeng Emperor Palace."

"The three Emperor Palaces represent the three great God Emperors in the history of my Chaos Divine Court—the Chaos God Emperor, the Juexing God Emperor, and the Xinmeng God Emperor."

"The Three Emperor Palaces also represent the three major factions of the Divine Court."

"The power contained in any one Emperor Palace is not inferior to many Divine Courts."

"In my Chaos Divine Court, only by becoming a Heavenly God is one qualified to be ranked in the Three Emperor Palaces and have a palace belonging solely to oneself within the Emperor Palaces," the Blade Demon Heavenly God said. "Only when the Three Emperor Palaces gather does the Divine Court possess the might of the number one major power in the Divine Realm."

Li Yuan held his breath.

Each Emperor Palace represents the power governed by a God Emperor; with the three God Emperors joining forces, it is no wonder they are called the number one major power in the Divine Realm.

"Like you, Junior Uncle, if you become a Heavenly God in the future, you will also be qualified to open a palace in the 'Juexing Emperor Palace'," the Blade Demon Heavenly God laughed.

Li Yuan was speechless.

Probably, in the Blade Demon Heavenly God's understanding, he definitely belonged under the Juexing God Emperor, but the actual situation was not so simple.

Although he was a disciple of the Juexing God Emperor.

He also had intricate ties with the Xinmeng God Emperor.

"Legend has it."

"In the very ancient era, my Chaos Divine Court only had two Emperor Palaces," the Blade Demon Heavenly God said: "They were the Chaos Emperor Palace and the Xinmeng Emperor Palace... Later, Grandmaster Juexing God Emperor rose to become a God Emperor, and only then was the Juexing Emperor Palace established."

"I wonder when a fourth Emperor Palace will be born," the Blade Demon Heavenly God sighed with emotion.

Li Yuan nodded gently. A fourth Emperor Palace?

A new Emperor Palace would represent the birth of another God Emperor.

It is a pity that even the birth of a God King is extremely difficult, let alone a God Emperor.

Over endless ages, across the entire Divine Realm, if one were to infer from the number of Divine Courts, it seems that the 'God Emperors' standing at the very top number only a dozen or so.

"The stars orbiting the Three Emperor Palaces total 1,296,000," the Blade Demon Heavenly God said: "Taken from the meaning of the perfection of the ten stars, it is named the 'Chaos Ten-Star Array', personally refined by the Chaos God Emperor, and is known as the number one defensive array in the Divine Realm."

"Legend has it that once activated, even a God Emperor cannot break in," the Blade Demon Heavenly God sighed. "Of course, this is just a legend; over long ages, I have never heard of a day when the Chaos Ten-Star Array was activated."

Li Yuan listened and sighed inwardly.

As the number one major power in the Divine Realm, with a heritage spanning hundreds of millions of years, its foundation is indeed extraordinary.

"Junior Uncle, let's go."

"There are 1,296 stars there, all of which are important sites of my Divine Court, each with its own purpose," the Blade Demon Heavenly God pointed to the starlight flickering in the core area surrounded by the Three Emperor Palaces: "The 'Source Fire Star', where Gold-Robed Demigods and Purple-Robed Demigods gather to cultivate, is one of those stars."

Whoosh! Whoosh!

The Blade Demon Heavenly God took Li Yuan and flew all the way towards the direction of the 'Three Emperor Palaces'.

Looking at a mountain while running a horse to death!

Even though they could 'void shift' through most of the regions along the way, it still took the two of them a quarter of an hour to pass through many secret probes and arrive outside the Source Fire Star.

To enter the Source Fire Star, one must enter through the 'Star Gate'.

Outside the Star Gate, there were a large number of powerful puppets emitting terrifying auras guarding the place.

"Heavenly Gods stop!"

"Blade Demon Heavenly God, please stop," one puppet after another shouted angrily: "This place does not allow Heavenly Gods to approach."

These puppets could all sense the identity of the Blade Demon Heavenly God.

"Junior Uncle, I can only send you this far," the Blade Demon Heavenly God laughed via voice transmission: "Later, when you enter the Source Fire Star with your Purple-Robed Token, someone will naturally introduce everything to you."

"Cultivating on the Source Fire Star, apart from you demigods, the others are basically all puppets," the Blade Demon Heavenly God said: "This is to ensure the safety of you young geniuses."

Li Yuan couldn't help but nod. Although the Gold-Robed Demigods and Purple-Robed Demigods had high talent, their strength was indeed very weak.

If there were no precautions, perhaps any random Heavenly God who broke in could slaughter them all.

"Is Senior Brother Dongmang not seeing me?" Li Yuan asked via voice transmission.

"Teacher has given instructions, no rush," the Blade Demon Heavenly God said: "Junior Uncle, your soul has reached the True God level, so you are qualified to enter the Xinmeng Domain. When the time comes, Teacher will naturally come to see you... Meeting in the Xinmeng Domain is the only way to avoid all risks and not be detected by anyone."

"After all, your identity, Junior Uncle, must be kept secret."

"At the very least, before you become a Heavenly God, you must not expose that you are the Grandmaster's disciple," the Blade Demon Heavenly God transmitted: "Otherwise, other major Divine Court powers will definitely do everything in their power to secretly assassinate you."

"The major powers of the Divine Realm have a tacit understanding; the supreme God Emperors are transcendent, and God Kings generally do not interfere in the contention below the God King level," the Blade Demon Heavenly God said solemnly.

"Understood." Li Yuan nodded.

Like himself, although he was a nominal disciple of the Juexing God Emperor... but as Senior Star said back then, if he didn't become a God King, he might not even be able to see the Juexing God Emperor once.

If they don't become God Kings, the God Emperors don't care.

God Kings, as the actual power-holders of the major Divine Court factions, also do not easily engage in battle.

A great war at that top level would set off monstrous waves and affect the situation of the entire Divine Realm.

"Go." The Blade Demon Heavenly God pointed to the huge star gate in the distance.

Li Yuan nodded, the Purple-Robed Token appeared in his palm, and he flew directly towards the star gate.

Whoosh!

Immediately, a Gold-Robed puppet flew forward. His appearance was no different from a normal living being, looking like a young man. He bowed respectfully and said: "Greetings, God Child Li Yuan. My name is 'Gao Yang', and I will serve as your 'Guide Puppet' to lead you in your cultivation on the Source Fire Star from now on."

"You know me?" Li Yuan was surprised.

"All information on Gold-Robed Demigods and Purple-Robed Demigods is recorded in the virtual mother machine 'Source Fire God' on the Source Fire Star," the Gold-Robed youth laughed: "Your Purple-Robed Token records the corresponding information."

"Therefore, as soon as you arrived on the Chaos Continent, the Source Fire God sent a message to us, letting us prepare for your reception."

Li Yuan suddenly understood.

"God Child Li Yuan being able to obtain the 'Purple-Robed' title in the outside world is clearly the mark of a top-tier genius; remarkable," the Gold-Robed youth laughed: "Please follow me."

The Gold-Robed youth took Li Yuan, and the two passed through the star gate and vanished.

"Finally finished the mission, can go and report to Teacher," the Blade Demon Heavenly God laughed and turned into a stream of light, flying towards the Juexing Emperor Palace.

Swish~

Crossing the star gate, Li Yuan felt the space shift and found himself in the starry sky outside a massive star.

"So big? Is this the Source Fire Star?" Li Yuan looked at the massive star below in shock.

When he observed the Source Fire Star just now, it clearly wasn't this big.

"Observing from the outside, the Source Fire Star has a diameter of only ten thousand miles," the Gold-Robed youth laughed: "In reality, the 1,296 stars surrounded and protected by the Three Emperor Palaces, as important sites of the Divine Court, are each their own space-time, and the Source Fire Star is no exception."

"The Source Fire Star has a diameter of about 4.8 million kilometers."

"One must enter and exit through the star gate," the Gold-Robed youth pointed to several teleportation arrays in the distance: "If you want to go to other important sites of the Three Emperor Palaces, you must pass through the teleportation arrays."

The Gold-Robed youth led Li Yuan to continue forward.

Not long after, they arrived outside a teleportation array.

Around the teleportation array, there were a large number of puppets guarding it, at least emitting the aura of the Void God level.

At this moment, over a hundred people were waiting here, all demigods, each wearing silver armor.

"Stand straight."

"No loud noises." The many Void God puppets looked coldly at these silver-armored demigods, scolding them constantly.

As puppets, they also had wisdom, and even joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness.

"Someone is coming."

"It's a Gold-Robed puppet leading the way; that person is also a demigod. Could he be an official member of the Source Fire Star?"

"Not sure." These demigods all looked at Li Yuan and the Gold-Robed youth flying over with quite a bit of awe.

They could all sense that Li Yuan was only a demigod.

Immediately following, these silver-armored demigods witnessed a scene that shocked them quite a bit.

"Greetings, God Child."

"Greetings, God Child!" The over a hundred Void God puppets that were just scolding them suddenly all knelt down and bowed respectfully in the direction Li Yuan was walking.

The uniform, low voice echoed through this area.

Silence fell; the over a hundred silver-armored demigods who were staying in place were all frightened and dared not make any sound.

"So many demigods gathered here?" Li Yuan looked at these over a hundred demigods in surprise, feeling quite puzzled.

"They are just some silver-armored demigods," Gao Yang explained: "The Divine Court has established branches in all major star domains, and each branch also recruits elite demigods for cultivation."

"Like a star domain branch, it will normally recruit tens of thousands of silver-armored demigods for cultivation... The top existences among these silver-armored demigods will all be sent to the Source Fire Star to cultivate for a period of time. Those who can withstand many tests will be qualified to become Gold-Robed members."

"With over three thousand branches, even if they arrive in batches... it results in a large number of silver-armored demigods cultivating on the Source Fire Star for a long time," Gao Yang said: "You don't need to pay attention to them, God Child."

"Among these silver-armored members, it's good if one or two occasionally become Gold-Robed members; they are far from being comparable to you."

Li Yuan nodded gently.

Gao Yang took Li Yuan and went straight into the teleportation array. Immediately, the light of the teleportation array flashed, and they vanished from the sight of the over a hundred silver-armored demigods.

Soon after, those Void God puppets stood up and resumed their cold and haughty posture.

"God Child?"

"Was that the Purple-Robed God Child just now? The legendary Purple-Robed God Child whose status is close to that of a Heavenly God?"

"Is this the Purple-Robed God Child?" These silver-armored demigods were completely stunned, their hearts receiving a shock.

Being selected to come to the Source Fire Star to participate in 'trial cultivation', they were all 'elite geniuses' of their respective branches.

"Among the over a hundred of us in this batch, it would be good if one could be promoted to Gold-Robed."

"And on the Source Fire Star, it is said that there are tens of thousands of Gold-Robed demigods long-term."

"But there are said to be only a few dozen Purple-Robed God Children... Purple-Robed demigods are the true top-tier geniuses of the entire Divine Court and even the entire Divine Realm." These silver-armored demigods had different thoughts.

In the branches, they belonged to the top-tier geniuses, and the True Gods valued them highly.

But on the Source Fire Star, everyone was a super genius... Only the genius among geniuses could be dazzling enough.

Through the teleportation array, Gao Yang and Li Yuan finally descended onto the Source Fire Star.

Flying out from the teleportation array.

This was a massive square, empty and deserted, with no one to be seen.

"The Source Fire Star is very massive, but most of it belongs to the 'Trial Grounds', and the actual residential area is not that big," Gao Yang laughed: "The God Child's residential area is the highest grade, with a length and width reaching over a thousand kilometers, and there is also a separate 'Trial Space'."

"But let me first introduce the major trial areas to you, God Child."

"Okay." Li Yuan nodded.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

The two moved along a wide passage, with mountain ranges stretching on both sides, rich in origin force, waterfalls and flowing water, beautiful beyond compare.

Along the way, they could occasionally see some silver-armored demigods.

They had all obtained 'temporary permission' from the Source Fire Star and could easily sense Li Yuan's identity aura.

"Greetings, God Child."

"Greetings, God Child." These silver-armored demigods bowed one after another.

"On the Source Fire Star, Gold-Robed demigods do not need to bow when seeing a Purple-Robed one; at most, they can just address you as 'God Child'," Gao Yang explained: "But these silver-armored demigods who are staying temporarily must bow when seeing a Purple-Robed one."

As a massive power, the Chaos Divine Court's strict hierarchy was evident.

"Rumble~"

Not far away, intense battle fluctuations were transmitted, faintly causing the space to tremble.

"Hmm? A battle?" A trace of surprise flashed in Li Yuan's eyes.

Soon, Li Yuan saw that not far away, there was a massive dueling arena.

From the outside, the arena looked only a few kilometers in size, but in reality, it spanned hundreds of kilometers inside and was shrouded by an array.

At this moment, inside the arena, an intense battle was erupting.

A young man in white held a long sword, quite free and easy, fighting against a silver-armored woman holding a long spear.

Neither side was using body-refining star arts.

The silver-armored woman's spear technique was wide open and closed.

While the white-clothed youth's sword technique was elegant, like lightning and mist; every sword strike seemed to cause the void to ripple in layers, yet it completely suppressed the silver-armored woman.

Around the arena, dozens of people were watching the battle.

From their identity auras, Li Yuan could confirm that these people were all Gold-Robed demigods.

"Not bad sword technique." Li Yuan revealed a mysterious smile.

From Li Yuan's perspective, just in terms of the profundity of moves, the silver-armored woman's spear technique was probably on par with his own.

As for the white-clothed youth? His sword technique should be above his own.

"It's Demigod Ning Chi and Demigod Nanyu; the two of them are sparring again," Gao Yang introduced from the side: "God Child, you don't know, that white-clothed man is named Ning Chi, and his strength is remarkable. In the last Gold-Robed ranking battle, he was among the top fifty out of ten thousand Gold-Robed demigods."

"And recently, his sword technique has broken through again; he has already passed the tenth realm of the Nine Heavens Palace, which is extremely remarkable. In the next ranking battle, he probably has hope of becoming a Purple-Robed member."

"Of course, compared to you, God Child, he is far inferior," Gao Yang flattered.

"Ning Chi?" Li Yuan smiled.

He had known him for a long time.

"What is the Nine Heavens Palace?" Li Yuan asked.

"The Nine Heavens Palace is not far away; it is a trial ground on the Source Fire Star, specifically for testing the Dao comprehension and material combat techniques of demigod members," Gao Yang said: "When entering the Nine Heavens Palace, things like secret treasures, star arts, soul secret arts, etc., cannot be used."

"The Nine Heavens Palace is divided into seventeen realms, with increasing difficulty."

"In fact, the Nine Heavens Palace is established in the Three Emperor Palaces, the Chaos Continent, and all major star domain branches."

"It's not just demigod members who go to challenge it; even True Gods and Heavenly Gods often go to challenge it to verify what they have learned," Gao Yang said: "It is already extremely remarkable for a demigod member to reach the tenth realm."

"The higher the demigod members challenge, the more generous the corresponding rewards will be."

A trace of curiosity arose in Li Yuan's heart; even Heavenly Gods go to challenge it?

Just as the two were communicating.

On the arena in the distance, the sparring between the two Gold-Robed members was nearing its end.

"Nanyu, you lost!"

He saw the white-clothed youth's divine sword turn; the sword light split into nine in the void, and nine sword marks appeared in the void, causing the space to ripple like a tide, instantly knocking away the long spear in the silver-armored woman's hand.

Her whole body flew backward involuntarily.

"Ning Chi, wins!" A low voice echoed in the arena; it was the spirit of the array.

For this kind of sparring, the winner is judged by the spirit of the array.

"I lost! Ning Chi, this is the third time I've lost to you," the silver-armored woman gritted her teeth: "You wait, when the next Gold-Robed ranking battle comes, I will definitely win against you."

Whoosh!

The silver-armored woman flew out of the arena.

"When the Gold-Robed ranking battle comes, I will defeat you for the fourth time," Demigod Ning Chi laughed, standing in the arena with his long sword: "Is there anyone else from the Juexing lineage who dares to come up for a fight? Feel free to come."

"Juexing lineage?" Li Yuan was thoughtful upon hearing this.

"God Child, all demigod members, unless they have a master, are generally divided into one of the three major Emperor Palace lineages according to their hometown," Gao Yang whispered: "Like your hometown, the 'Mohe Star Domain Branch', it belongs to the Juexing lineage, so you are also of the Juexing lineage."

"Chaos, Juexing, Xinmeng... the three lineages are always fighting each other," Gao Yang said.

Li Yuan nodded slightly.

Factions and cliques are inevitable in any major power... internal competition is not necessarily a bad thing.

The Three Emperor Palaces are just the major factions.

Within each Emperor Palace, there are probably smaller faction divisions.

Outside the arena.

"Ning Chi is indeed powerful."

"He swept the Juexing lineage," many Gold-Robed demigods watching the battle revealed smiles.

"The tenth realm sword technique is considered quite good even among True Gods. Among the Gold-Robed members, there are only three who have publicly passed the tenth realm."

"Too arrogant." Other Gold-Robed members were gnashing their teeth in hatred, but were helpless.

Cultivators value strength.

Although Ning Chi was arrogant, his strength was indeed extremely strong, stronger than it was during the Battle of the Ancestral Realm.

Suddenly.

"Brother Ning Chi, long time no see," a leisurely voice sounded, echoing in this square and also transmitting into the arena.

Swish! Swish!

This voice immediately attracted the attention of many people, and they all turned their heads to look.

Upon looking, their expressions changed.

"Purple-Robed?"

"How did I sense a Purple-Robed aura? I haven't seen him before!"

"It's a Purple-Robed! Could it be a newly arrived Purple-Robed member? He's being led by a Gold-Robed puppet, so it's highly likely he just arrived."

"Just entered the Source Fire Star and is already a Purple-Robed member? How is that possible?" This group of Gold-Robed members was in an uproar, looking at Li Yuan with both shock and doubt.

They sensed Li Yuan's identity aura.

But!!

Under normal circumstances, only the top-tier Gold-Robed demigods selected through the 'Gold-Robed Ranking Battle' have hope of becoming Purple-Robed demigods.

There are very few Purple-Robed demigods who appear out of nowhere.

"Xu... Xu Yuan?" Demigod Ning Chi in the arena, however, widened his eyes, as if he had seen a ghost.

He never expected.

After more than ten years, since the Battle of the Ancestral Realm, he would actually run into Li Yuan again, and it was on the Source Fire Star. The key was, Li Yuan seemed to have already become a Purple-Robed demigod?

"Demigod Ning Chi."

"Don't call the wrong name," the Gold-Robed puppet Gao Yang said loudly: "This is God Child Li Yuan, who just arrived on the Source Fire Star today."

"Li Yuan?" Ning Chi flashed and flew out of the arena, arriving in front of Li Yuan.

Staring at Li Yuan.

"Brother Ning Chi, it's been many years, don't you recognize me?" Li Yuan smiled.

"Are you really Xu Yuan? No, Li Yuan?" Ning Chi couldn't help but say: "How did you manage to come to the Divine Realm?"

"If you can go, why can't I come?" Li Yuan laughed.

Ning Chi was stunned.

That's right!

Back then, his group of nine Gold-Robed members descended upon the Juexing Continent, which showed that the Juexing Continent and the Divine Realm were connected... With Li Yuan's monstrous talent, it was very normal for him to be absorbed into the core of the Divine Court.

"Brother Ning Chi."

"I heard you shouting just now, asking who else from the Juexing lineage dares to fight," Li Yuan laughed: "I am also considered part of the Juexing lineage, how about we spar one more time?"

Instantly.

"This newly arrived Purple-Robed God Child is named Li Yuan? And he's also from our Juexing lineage?"

"The Juexing lineage has another Purple-Robed God Child?" The Gold-Robed demigods present all looked at the two.

"Ning Chi, dare to accept the challenge?"

"A Purple-Robed demigod who joined directly might not necessarily be strong; Ning Chi's current strength is not inferior to a Purple-Robed member," many Gold-Robed members thought so.

Ning Chi's expression changed.

Spar?

He had learned of Li Yuan's terror during the Battle of the Ancestral Realm. Under that terrifying soul attack, even though his strength had greatly increased, he was definitely no match.

"Li Yuan, stop teasing me."

"You know I'm no match for you," Ning Chi shook his head very decisively: "I concede."

Directly giving up.

Swish—

The many Gold-Robed members around were dumbfounded.

Directly conceding? Most of them knew Ning Chi's character; he seemed lazy, but in his bones, he was extremely proud. Before, when facing some Purple-Robed demigods, he had dared to accept the challenge.

Facing Li Yuan, he actually conceded directly?

"Fine, I just arrived on the Source Fire Star today, let me look around first," Li Yuan laughed: "Brother Ning Chi, let's talk again when there's an opportunity."

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Li Yuan and Gao Yang continued to fly into the distance.

Leaving many Gold-Robed members looking at each other in dismay.

"Ning Chi, do you know that God Child Li Yuan?" A Gold-Robed member couldn't help but say: "Is he really that strong?"

These Gold-Robed members were also extremely proud; without going through a ranking battle, it was hard to get their approval.

"Hmph!"

"If you don't believe me, you can go and challenge him," Ning Chi's gaze swept across the circle of people: "If you lose miserably, don't blame me for not reminding you."

Whoosh!

Ning Chi left quickly.

Gold-Robed demigods all have their circles.

And a 'Purple-Robed demigod' dropping from the sky was far more shocking than having one more Purple-Robed member promoted through a ranking battle.

Because this kind of 'Purple-Robed demigod' who is directly bestowed the Purple-Robed title is extremely rare, and it represents that in the eyes of the high-level, their talent is meant to surpass most Purple-Robed demigods.

Therefore, in a very short time.

News about the 'newly arrived Purple-Robed demigod Li Yuan' spread rapidly across the Source Fire Star.

And Li Yuan, at this time, had already followed Gao Yang to another place.

"Is this the Myriad Dharma Palace?" Li Yuan looked.

This was a palace emitting an endless ancient aura, occupying an area of a hundred miles.

"Correct."

"The Myriad Dharma Palace collects a large number of methods gathered by my Chaos Divine Court over long ages, including combat secret arts, star arts, arrays, soul secret arts, alchemy, artifact refining, and so on; everything is available," Gao Yang introduced: "God Child, follow me inside to take a look."

Li Yuan nodded.

The two flew straight into the palace. Along the way, there were also many silver-armored demigods entering and exiting, and they would all be questioned by the puppets guarding the door.

But Li Yuan was not hindered in the slightest.

The Myriad Dharma Palace was divided into several levels. Just the first level, spanning a hundred miles, was how vast? It was densely packed with countless bookshelves.

On the bookshelves, there were books made of jade.

How many were there?

Whoosh!

Li Yuan picked up one of the jade books at random. As his spiritual sense penetrated it, he felt a large amount of information surge into his heart.

"Not bad method." Li Yuan was secretly surprised.

This was a True God-level soul secret art; if cultivated to the extreme, it would be no less than "Mind Soul".

"But it's only the first half?" Li Yuan put down the jade book.

"The Great Dao is difficult to manifest and cannot be easily passed on," Gao Yang said from the side: "Like these cultivation methods, they cannot be directly preserved through the virtual network. If they are simply described in words, they will be distorted."

Li Yuan couldn't help but nod.

The technology of the Divine Realm is actually very advanced; like the many planets he had seen, they all had virtual networks.

But technology has an upper limit; like when different planets are far apart, communication alone is extremely difficult, and the delay is extremely high.

As for the inheritance of these methods, they cannot be spread wantonly.

The Great Dao is difficult to describe; any secret art inheritance, if described in words, would probably not be enough even with ten billion or a hundred billion words, and it wouldn't be precise enough.

A miss is as good as a mile.

"Similarly, the methods on these countless bookshelves only have the first half," Gao Yang said: "If you want the second half, you must go and receive the inheritance again after making your selection."

"How many methods are there here?" Li Yuan asked curiously.

"Many."

"The first level contains True God-level methods."

"Over hundreds of millions of years, any True God of the Divine Court who creates their own method can apply to leave it here," Gao Yang said: "There are also Heavenly Gods and God Kings who created a large number of secret arts during their cultivation years; creating secret arts is a cultivation process in itself..."

"In the end, the number of methods on the first level reached a staggering level," Gao Yang said: "Those that can be preserved until now are all relatively excellent, but I estimate there must be over a hundred million."

Li Yuan gasped.

Over a hundred million? Too exaggerated.

"Are there any requirements for learning these secret arts?" Li Yuan asked.

"Silver-armored demigods have quantity limits, but Gold-Robed members do not," Gao Yang said: "As for you, God Child, even the millions of Heavenly God-level methods placed on the second level... you can learn them at will, just not allowed to spread them."

"Only the God King-level methods on the third level will have restrictions."

Li Yuan sighed inwardly; this Myriad Dharma Palace is completely a huge treasure house.

"Does the Myriad Dharma Palace have God Emperor-level methods?" Li Yuan asked curiously.

(End of chapter)