Chapter 627: The Starry Sky and the Puppet

The starry sky in all four directions was dim, above an island that stretched over a million kilometers across.

Li Yuan watched the cyan-armored exotic beast not far away with great interest.

It had four hooves, stood about ten thousand zhang tall, and its cyan armor even grew wings; it also possessed four pairs of enormous golden eyes, and each pair of eyes actually radiated different emotions... fear, joy, anger, sorrow... This exotic beast made Li Yuan feel surprised.

What a peculiar existence.

"Li Yuan, as long as you break through the obstruction of this puppet and enter the divine palace at the end of the island, you will be considered successful," the voice of Old Man Mu rang out in Li Yuan's mind.

"Understood," Li Yuan responded.

Old Man Mu's voice disappeared.

"Kid," the cyan-armored exotic beast looked down at Li Yuan and growled, "It's been a long time since anyone came. If you are willing to chat with Lord Wuliang, Lord Wuliang can make it quick when I kill you later."

"I'm not willing, I'm in a hurry," Li Yuan laughed, "Little cyan beast, hurry up."

The cyan-armored exotic beast 'Wuliang' was stunned.

In a hurry?

"You tiny Celestial God, in the past, it would have been your honor to even communicate with Lord Wuliang. I am a core existence under the command of the Great Sovereign," the cyan-armored exotic beast was instantly enraged, "I swear, I will definitely make you die in incomparable pain, definitely."

"Boom~~~"

Accompanied by the cyan exotic beast's roar, endless hazy cyan light descended instantly with it as the center, and a radius of hundreds of thousands of kilometers fell into a world of cyan light. That endless cyan light was like sharp blades, directly attacking Li Yuan.

"A domain?"

"The power is not bad." Li Yuan also took a step forward, and suddenly endless starlight diffused as well. The power was vast and mighty, actually easily blocking that endless cyan light.

"Rumble~" The two great domains collided with each other at this moment.

"What? A Celestial God, and his domain can actually rival mine?" The cyan-armored exotic beast looked at this scene in disbelief.

In the past, it had encountered many Celestial Gods who came here to challenge it... many of them had strength close to or even not inferior to it, but no one had ever been able to rival it in terms of domain.

After all, a Celestial God's comprehension of laws is not high enough... and it, although only a puppet, is ultimately an Eighth Rank existence, one that controls the complete spatial laws.

One must know, as long as it is an Eighth Rank existence... many cultivation systems have not fully comprehended spatial laws upon reaching the Eighth Rank, but as long as they achieve the Eighth Rank, they will quickly comprehend spatial laws in the long years that follow.

This is the 'talent' of Eighth Rank life.

Just like a Celestial God, even if their comprehension of spatial laws is not high enough before becoming a Celestial God, the speed of comprehending spatial laws will skyrocket after becoming a Celestial God.

Once they can drive the complete spatial laws, with the help of their control over space, the domain of every Eighth Rank powerhouse is extremely terrifying, not something a Celestial God can reach.

"My domain can actually only occupy a slight upper hand? It truly deserves to be Eighth Rank." Li Yuan also sighed in his heart.

In the domain collision, Li Yuan could also distinguish the difference between them.

The opponent relied on extremely high comprehension of laws... while Li Yuan's domain, in a sense, was pure 'brute force'.

Brute force overcomes all!

"According to Old Man Mu's hint just now, this puppet only has the strength of the Divine King threshold, and its divine power is also only at the Divine King threshold," Li Yuan thought to himself.

What is the Divine King threshold?

Nine-Star Divine King Body, only comprehended spatial laws, average star techniques, only lower-grade Divine King weapons... in short, everything is just at the baseline state of a Divine King.

"And me?"

"In terms of divine power, it is ten times stronger than his," Li Yuan sighed secretly, "But the power is only comparable... this shows that the 'Starry World Sea' formed by my combination of the Dao Treasure Seven-Colored World Sea and the star technique 'Ten Thousand Brother Xing He' is slightly weaker in mystery."

"Wait until I cultivate 'Ten Thousand Brother Xing He' to the Eighth Rank extreme."

"I must find another way to get a powerful domain treasure." Many thoughts flashed through Li Yuan's mind.

The strength erupted by a powerhouse in a certain aspect.

It is formed by the combination of divine power, weapon power, and secret technique power...

Li Yuan stepped from the True God realm into the Celestial God realm, and his divine power skyrocketed a hundredfold, naturally causing his domain power to skyrocket, enough to easily crush any top-tier Divine Monarch... but Li Yuan still felt it was not enough.

After all, after his divine body became comparable to a 'Nine-Star Pulse Divine King', the powerhouse Li Yuan targeted in his heart had also become a Divine King.

Being on par with a Divine King is Li Yuan's goal in the Celestial God realm.

Continue to compare with Celestial Gods? That is an insult to Li Yuan, who has a 'Perfect Ten-Star Pulse' and has cultivated into a cosmic divine body.

"Just became a Celestial God."

"Now, let's use this exotic beast puppet at the Divine King threshold to practice." Li Yuan was quite expectant.

"Kid, it's useless to have lucked into a powerful domain treasure." The cyan-armored exotic beast roared and moved instantly, whistling as it charged toward Li Yuan.

Boom!

Even though the space here was extremely stable, the cyan exotic beast's flight speed instantly soared to the speed of light.

"Roar~" A huge hoof-claw, like a heavenly pillar, surrounded by endless cyan light, carrying terrifying power, bombarded Li Yuan.

This strike could definitely make a top-tier Divine Monarch fall.

"Boom!"

Li Yuan took a step forward and transformed into a hundred-thousand-zhang towering figure, the star technique 'Law of Heaven and Earth' erupted to its fullest... His divine body was now truly too powerful, and the Seventh Rank Law of Heaven and Earth could only drive a small part of the divine body's power, but it still caused Li Yuan's divine power to skyrocket.

The most important thing was Li Yuan's temperament.

If he was somewhat 'harmless' before, then at this moment, an unprecedentedly terrifying killing intent diffused from his body... it was as if Li Yuan had directly transformed into an ancient god of slaughter.

'Senior Senior Huanxin Divine Canon' Seventh Form — Killing Intent!

"Whoosh!"

The Silver Moon Divine Spear directly pierced through heaven and earth!

As a gift left to Li Yuan by the 'Awakened Star Divine Emperor', it was already not inferior to many lower-grade Divine King weapons after only unlocking the 'Second Seal'... In the very short time since Li Yuan entered the Celestial God realm, he had already been trying to unlock its final seal.

Although it had not been completely unlocked, it still made Li Yuan feel the terrifying power contained in the Silver Moon Divine Spear, which was stronger than he had imagined.

The Silver Moon Divine Spear is probably more than just a 'middle-grade Divine King weapon'.

The terrifying killing intent contained in its origin was almost perfectly compatible with the 'Killing Intent' of the Seventh Form of the Senior Senior Huanxin Divine Canon.

"It's the Slaughter Dao!"

"The origin mystery sealed in the Silver Moon Divine Spear belongs to a part of the Slaughter Dao." Li Yuan had seen it on the Ten Thousand Saints Stone Wall and had already recognized this point.

Entering the Celestial God realm.

Li Yuan performed it again, and the power erupted by the Silver Moon Divine Spear far surpassed the past... "Bang!!!"

The divine spear soared a million zhang, colliding with the pillar-like hoof-claw, and the terrifying collision erupted. That astonishing impact force caused the cyan-armored exotic beast to suddenly fly backward.

Li Yuan stood where he was, motionless.

The difference was immediately clear!

"How is this possible!"

The cyan-armored exotic beast flew out a full ten thousand kilometers before landing heavily on the ground, staring at Li Yuan in shock, and roared: "Even if you are a Ten-Star Pulse Celestial God, you should at most be on par with me. How could you easily suppress me! You have the strength of a 'Middle-Stage Spatial Divine King'."

"Celestial God, how can your strength be so strong?"

Li Yuan couldn't help but laugh.

He now knew that for Spatial Divine Kings, their comprehension of laws is basically the same, but due to differences in comprehending ultimate techniques, divine bodies, weapons, etc., they are roughly divided into four small levels: threshold, initial stage, middle stage, and high stage.

In the vast universe, most Eighth Rank life forms stop at the realm of Spatial Divine King.

Like the so-called 'Invincible Celestial God', it actually refers to the strength of the 'Spatial Divine King threshold'.

And Li Yuan?

His divine body is much stronger than a Ten-Star Pulse Celestial God, and after comprehending the Seventh Form of the 'Senior Senior Huanxin Divine Canon', the power of the Void Realm and divine power are perfectly combined... his spear technique is also powerful enough, belonging to the outstanding ones among Divine Kings.

Coupled with the power of the 'Silver Moon Divine Spear', Li Yuan directly erupted with the strength of a 'Middle-Stage Spatial Divine King'.

Compared to a true Spatial Divine King, what Li Yuan lacks most is actually some auxiliary secret techniques.

Such as body-protecting secret techniques, explosive secret techniques, etc.

"Wait until I cultivate all eight perfect star techniques to the Eighth Rank extreme, I guess my strength will be comparable to a High-Stage Spatial Divine King," Li Yuan thought to himself: "Even, my strength will be close to a Dao-Opening Divine King."

In the Celestial God realm, if one can erupt with strength close to a Dao-Opening Divine King, looking at the endless universe, it is absolutely a legend.

Once he enters the Divine King realm, even if he doesn't open the Dao, his strength will reach an unimaginable level.

"In this world, there is nothing impossible," Li Yuan laughed: "If you have any other means, just use them."

Being able to practice with a Divine King puppet, Li Yuan was not in such a hurry.

"I don't believe it." The cyan-armored exotic beast roared and moved again. Its huge body actually instantly split into ten thousand cyan exotic beasts. Each cyan exotic beast was much smaller, but its life aura was complete.

"Incarnation technique?" Li Yuan was surprised in his heart.

Just like Li Yuan entering the Celestial God realm, he thought of opening up '12960' square star sky worlds in his divine body simultaneously to form a perfect structure.

In the long years, many powerful existences in the universe had long discovered this point, and when they created some secret techniques, they would also try their best to get close to this point... Celestial Gods couldn't do it, but they would try when they reached the Divine King realm.

The incarnation technique is one of these secret techniques.

Forming so many incarnations allows them to combine with each other, trigger some mysteries in the universe, and then perform some super-powerful ultimate techniques.

"Rumble~" I saw ten thousand cyan exotic beasts, like a formless cyan torrent, also like a cyan star river, brilliant and dazzling, radiating unimaginable power.

"What kind of ultimate move is this?" Li Yuan wanted to try it actively.

"Whoosh~"

Ten thousand cyan exotic beasts whistled, and in the blink of an eye, they formed a sharp cone shape while rotating and shrinking, like a terrifying weapon, directly piercing toward Li Yuan... This is using the divine body as a weapon.

"Destroy!" "Destroy!" "Destroy!"... It was as if ten thousand cyan exotic beasts were roaring at the same time, containing terrifying killing intent.

Boom!!!

The sharp cone pierced directly, instantly bombarding Li Yuan.

"Whoosh!" The Silver Moon Divine Spear arrived first despite being launched later, also piercing directly, almost like a needle point against a wheat awn.

Accompanied by terrifying vibrations, Li Yuan took a few steps back, but countless cracks appeared on the surface of the huge sharp cone, as if it were about to shatter at any moment.

This strike still couldn't shake Li Yuan.

"What? I've already used a 'forbidden move', and this Celestial God's life aura still hasn't decreased?" The cyan exotic beast was dumbfounded.

By common sense, as a gatekeeper, it shouldn't use a 'forbidden move', but Old Man Mu didn't stop it, and in its anger, it didn't care... but even after using a forbidden move, it still couldn't gain the upper hand.

Crucially, normally, even if a Celestial God's material attack is terrifying, it's very difficult for their divine body to withstand such an impact, which would cause heavy damage.

"Want to use material impact to hurt my divine body?" Li Yuan laughed.

In terms of the sturdiness of the divine body, after the breakthrough, the divine body, which was originally comparable to a Celestial Artifact, had become much stronger... it could already be called a half-step Divine King weapon.

The toughness of the Divine Spark was even enough to be comparable to the Divine Spark of a Divine King.

This is the terrifying aspect of the 'Cosmic Divine Body'... even if Li Yuan's comprehension of laws is not high enough, the divine body alone endowed him with terrifying strength.

Moreover, there was the Silver Light Divine Armor protecting him.

Let alone the cyan-armored exotic beast... even the material attack of a High-Stage Spatial Divine King could be easily withstood by Li Yuan.

Want to destroy the current Li Yuan? At least a Dao-Opening Divine King would have to descend.

"I don't believe it." The cyan-armored exotic beast roared and moved again. The cracks on the surface of the huge sharp cone recovered as before, tearing through the sky.

It whistled and pierced again!

"It seems you have no other moves." Li Yuan nodded: "Then this battle should end."

"Sleep."

Li Yuan's gaze fell on that huge sharp cone, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.

Whoosh!

An invisible soul fluctuation erupted, instantly impacting the ten thousand cyan-armored exotic beasts that made up the sharp cone... sweeping through.

"Hum~" Silently, those cyan exotic beasts fell down one by one, and its four eyes were filled with confusion.

Clatter~

Ten thousand cyan exotic beasts gathered to form the original huge cyan exotic beast... Its consciousness had already sunk, so naturally, it couldn't maintain such a powerful secret technique and returned to its original form.

"Rumble~" The cyan-armored exotic beast landed heavily on the ground and actually fell into a deep sleep.

"Sure enough."

"This kind of Eighth Rank puppet hasn't comprehended the 'Eternal Heart'." Li Yuan was very satisfied with his move.

After entering the Celestial God realm, besides the transformation of divine power causing material attacks to skyrocket... Li Yuan's soul attacks also had earth-shaking changes.

One must know!

Before Li Yuan entered the Earth Seam Abyss, his soul will was only at the Celestial God extreme... and now? Both had entered the Divine King level.

Performing the Divine King level secret technique "Heart World" again, it could be said that it was like a Spatial Divine King good at soul attacks performing a soul killing move... weak Eighth Rank life forms simply couldn't withstand it.

"Whoosh!"

Li Yuan directly bypassed the cyan-armored exotic beast and flew directly into the divine palace at the end of the star island.

Li Yuan landed in the main hall of the divine palace. This palace looked only ten thousand zhang tall from the outside, but the interior had a different world, a million kilometers towering... it was indeed the divine palace Li Yuan had first arrived at.

Because, at the end of the divine palace, the huge Ten Thousand Saints Stone Wall still stood there.

"This?" Li Yuan thought for a moment and understood that he had probably been "going in circles" all along.

However.

It was enough to pass the test successfully.

"Li Yuan, you kid, just breaking into the palace is enough, why did you put that Wuliang to sleep?" A childish voice suddenly rang out.

When he first arrived at the island, Li Yuan received an order that he only needed to break through the obstruction of the cyan-armored exotic beast... but Li Yuan had stubbornly beaten the opponent to the ground.

Hum~

The void in front of the Ten Thousand Saints Stone Wall suddenly split open, and at the same time, there was a strange light. A phantom flew down from it. He was wearing a gray robe, bald, about 1.2 meters tall, just like a five or six-year-old boy, and his cheeks even had some baby fat...

To describe it accurately, it was a "bald little fatty wearing adult clothes".

At first glance, it was quite cute.

"Who are you?" A trace of vigilance arose in Li Yuan's heart, and he actually found that he couldn't see through this phantom in front of him at all.

"I am 'Old Man Mu'," the gray-robed little fatty said, his voice as childish as a child's.

Li Yuan was stunned!

Old Man Mu? The Grave-Guarding Old Man, the behind-the-scenes manager of North Star? Actually such a cute little fatty?

Li Yuan felt it was a bit absurd.

But Li Yuan was also very calm deep in his heart... The world is vast, and many terrifying existences will deliberately change into the appearance of children, old men, or enchanting beauties due to mindset problems, which is very normal.

Li Yuan wouldn't truly think the other party was just a child because of his appearance.

"Old Man Mu," Li Yuan bowed and saluted.

Suddenly.

Whoosh! A cyan stream of light flew into the palace. Its aura was very strong, but its figure was very small, like a little fat dog with wings... only its skin was cyan.

"Master," the little fat dog flew to the gray-robed little fatty's side, flying around the little fatty, quite flattering.

Only, its peripheral vision kept staring at Li Yuan, faintly with a trace of awe.

"This little fat dog... is the puppet from just now?" Li Yuan was stunned for a moment, realizing the identity of the little fat dog in front of him.

"I'm not a little fat dog, I'm Wuliang!!" The little fat dog protested.

Li Yuan couldn't help but show a smile.

Of course, Li Yuan didn't forget that the other party was a powerful puppet with Divine King level strength.

"Old Man Mu, you are?" Li Yuan couldn't help but ask.

What exactly is going on?

"I understand your confusion, this was originally my form... only, most outsiders are not qualified to see my true face," the gray-robed little fatty said: "The Grave-Guarding Old Man was just a nickname I gave myself when I was bored."

"Well, my real name is 'Xiao Mu'," the gray-robed little fatty hesitated for a moment and said in a low voice: "The 'Mu' from graveyard, from now on, you can call me Xiao Mu."

"Hmm," Li Yuan nodded, feeling a trace of strangeness in his heart.

Why take such a name?

"Master, you told him your real name?" The little fat dog was shocked.

"Wuliang," the gray-robed little fatty glanced at the fat dog: "This kid is not those Celestial Gods you encountered before who passed the test left by 'Brother Beihe'... he passed the test I set."

"What?" The little fat dog was completely stunned.

Li Yuan became more and more confused as he listened.

Brother Beihe? Is this Grave-Guarding Old Man so close to Beihe Sovereign?

And "my test", could it be that the test in the depths of North Star was set by the Grave-Guarding Old Man?

At this moment, Li Yuan's heart was filled with confusion.

What exactly is the other party's identity?

"Sit down, I know you have many questions in your heart, I will explain it to you," the gray-robed little fatty waved his hand, and a jade platform not far away quickly shrank and flew under Li Yuan: "After all, it is indeed not easy to meet a Perfect Ten-Star Pulse with such extraordinary comprehension and will."

"Sit."

Li Yuan sat down obediently.

"Some of the things I told you before were true and some were false," the gray-robed little fatty looked at Li Yuan: "Now, let me reintroduce myself. I am Beihe Divine Emperor's life-and-death partner, Vice Alliance Leader of the Honghe Universe Alliance, Master of North Star, the eternal and indestructible 'Spirit of the Grave'... well, you can call me 'Xiao Mu'."

"Of course, from today on."

"I will also become your life-and-death partner. As for whether you are qualified to be called 'Big Brother' by me, it depends on how far you can go in the future," the gray-robed little fatty said.

Li Yuan was completely stunned.

This had completely confused him... but he understood one thing: it seemed that everything about North Star was related to the gray-robed little fatty in front of him.

"Xiao Mu... can you tell me everything in detail?" Li Yuan couldn't help but ask: "Isn't everything about North Star left by Beihe Sovereign?"

"It was left by Brother Beihe," the gray-robed little fatty said: "But I asked him to leave it... After all, after Brother Beihe died, I would still be alive, and I have to continue searching for the truth."

Truth? Li Yuan's heart moved, and he listened patiently.

"You should know the concept of 'Eternal'," the gray-robed little fatty said: "The Eternal Realm."

Li Yuan nodded.

In the vast universe, no matter which universe, there should be legends of eternity, and countless Divine Kings and Divine Emperors pursue it bitterly, all longing for eternity.

"This vast universe has many eternal relics."

"However, there are no living Eternal Realm existences anymore," the gray-robed little fatty said in a low voice: "More accurately, perhaps there are still eternal existences, but no one can contact such existences... Back then, Brother Beihe stood at the peak of the universe and was honored by all parties as 'Sovereign'. He traveled all over the universe and exhausted all means, but he only found a few traces of the Eternal Realm and never saw a true 'Eternal Life'."

Li Yuan held his breath as he listened.

This is absolutely a big secret. If it spreads, it will definitely shock all parties... Beihe Sovereign actually hasn't seen an eternal life?

In the past, Li Yuan had never doubted the existence of the "Eternal Realm".

After all, there are too many cases in the past... but at this moment, many thoughts and guesses arose in Li Yuan's heart.

After all, that was a Sovereign, an existence who truly reached the absolute peak of the universe and was more powerful than all the Divine Emperors he knew.

"In the end."

"When the universe cycle collapsed, even with my help, even if Brother Beihe finally obtained an 'Eternal Dao Weapon' and his combat power reached an unprecedented level, even if he appeared in the universe for a long time, the power of light and time could no longer erode him, and he had transcended the shackles of lifespan, which could be called a half-step eternity... he still couldn't resist the cycle of calamity," the gray-robed little fatty had a trace of sorrow in his eyes: "When the universe collapsed, he could only sit and watch himself turn into ashes and completely vanish in the torrent of time."

"Without becoming eternal, it is ultimately vanity, a mirror image and a moon in the water."

Li Yuan listened quietly.

He seemed to see a Sovereign existence roaming the universe... in the face of the great power of the universe cycle, he could only helplessly fall!

Unstoppable, this is like the supreme iron law! No one can cross or violate it!

"When foreseeing this scene."

"Brother Beihe began to arrange... He knew that I was eternal and indestructible. He originally wanted me to drift in the universe and find the next suitable partner," the gray-robed little fatty said in a low voice: "But I refused. I hope my new partner can still be a 'creature of the Honghe Universe'. Perhaps... among them is Brother Beihe's reincarnation?"

"Or, if my new partner can finally be eternal, maybe he can follow the traces of the universe cycle and revive Brother Beihe?"

"Therefore, North Star came into being," the gray-robed little fatty said slowly: "And you are the person I have been waiting for for thirty billion years."

"And you are also the new partner I have chosen."

(End of chapter)