Chapter 440: Doumu Leads Her Army, the Douji Chenyuan Destroying Ruin Array Activated

Above the Northern Ju Lu Continent, starlight poured like a waterfall, and in broad daylight, the stars appeared in the sky.

One by one, massive stars ignited deep in the heavens, their radiance piercing through shattered holes in the void and falling upon the Soul-Cutting Mountains.

The sky, originally torn open by the battle between the Peng and Zhenyuanzi, began to close under the cover of starlight; the fractured cosmic laws along the rift edges were drawn back into the cosmic order by chains of stellar light.

This was no ordinary starlight—it was the divine authority of the Celestial Court’s Dou Bu deities.

Above the Nine Heavens, the Dou Bu star deities marched into formation.

They wore star-armored robes, wielded divine weapons, stepped upon clouds of starlight, and behind them hung their respective stellar authorities.

Each star deity’s aura connected with the great stars of the heavens; when linked together, it seemed as if the entire starry sky pressed down upon the Northern Ju Lu Continent.

At the forefront stood a goddess at the center of ten thousand stars, wearing a star-crowned headdress and a dark star-embroidered robe, upon which the sun and moon revolved and countless stars surrounded her.

She was none other than Doumu Yuanjun, the Mother of All Stars and Lord of the Dou Bu.

Doumu Yuanjun’s gaze swept across the Soul-Cutting Mountains, seeing the shattered earth veins, the mountain’s blood-soaked malevolence, and the cracks upon Zhenwu’s divine body.

Her face showed no anger, yet her voice was cold enough to freeze heaven and earth.

“All Dou Bu deities, heed my command: repair the heavens, stabilize the earth veins.”

“Seal off the entire Soul-Cutting Mountains.”

As the order fell, the Dou Bu deities acted in unison: the Seven Eastern Mansions summoned emerald light to mend the broken spatial laws; the Seven Western Mansions rained down white-gold starlight to sever lingering blood malevolence; the Seven Southern Mansions burned away blood sacrifice runes with crimson starfire; the Seven Northern Mansions summoned dark water starlight to suppress the rebellious earth veins.

The remaining stars and constellations scattered to the four directions, mending the heavens, stabilizing mountains and rivers, and locking the void.

Seeing this, Zhenwu Dadi finally exhaled in relief.

He sheathed his Demon-Sweeping Sword; though cracks still marred his divine body, his aura had stabilized.

“You’ve arrived just in time.” Doumu Yuanjun landed beside him, glancing at his wounds. “Are you unharmed?”

Zhenwu Dadi shook his head.

“The Peng wasn’t targeting me—he didn’t strike to kill.”

Doumu Yuanjun’s gaze flickered slightly.

“What do you mean?”

Zhenwu Dadi looked toward the Peng in the ink-black demonic sea.

“He’s been dragging things out. He had the power to destroy my divine body, yet he only made threats. Even after Zhenyuanzi arrived, he didn’t retreat—he fought Zhenyuanzi. This is highly unusual.”

“Su Chen told me this might merely be the Peng’s ploy to draw the attention of the Three Realms.”

Upon hearing Su Chen’s name, Doumu Yuanjun paused slightly.

“Su Chen is here too?”

Zhenwu Dadi nodded. “He was just here a moment ago. Now I don’t know where he’s gone.”

Doumu Yuanjun gave a slight nod and asked no further.

Speaking of Su Chen, she recalled how, when his cultivation base was still low, he had dared to approach the Celestial Court to beg her aid, using the old affairs of the Jie Sect to persuade her to help Sun Wukong.

This man possessed extraordinary wisdom—he wouldn’t vanish without cause. If he left, he must have discovered something.

For now, the priority remains suppressing the Peng. No matter his intent, once he is contained, all will become clear.

Thinking thus, Doumu Yuanjun stepped forward, and ten thousand stars trembled in unison.

“Form the array.”

Tens of thousands of Dou Bu star deities responded in unison.

“By your decree!”

The next instant, the celestial trajectories of the stars above the Northern Ju Lu Continent shifted.

Streams of starlight descended from beyond the heavens, weaving into a vast star-net that covered the Soul-Cutting Mountains and extended outward for one hundred thousand li, completely isolating the region.

The Peng looked up, his smile unchanged.

“Doumu Yuanjun has arrived. It seems the Celestial Court means business.”

Doumu Yuanjun ignored his provocation. She raised her right hand, and a star-deity seal materialized in her palm.

As soon as the seal appeared, the power of all stars in the heavens converged upon her: Ziwei starlight as the axis, the Big Dipper as auxiliary, the Southern Dipper as the lock, the Twenty-Eight Mansions as the foundation, and three hundred sixty-five main stars cast beams of light into the four corners of the Soul-Cutting Mountains.

The entire realm of the Soul-Cutting Mountains froze in that moment.

Zhenwu Dadi watched the array, his eyes brightening.

“The Douji Chenyuan Destroying Ruin Array.”

This was a celestial array re-forged in the Celestial Court era—not the ancient Yao Court’s Zhou Tian Xing Dou Array.

The ancient Yao Court, centered on the Yao Emperor Jun and Donghuang Taiyi, used the Hetu and Luoshu to calculate the stars, emphasizing destruction and entrapment.

But this Dou Bu array, led by Doumu Yuanjun’s divine authority, grounded in the Dao of cosmic order, and sustained by the star deities’ essence, focuses on sealing and annihilating ruins. Once formed, even a Semi-Immortal cannot escape.

Zhenyuanzi looked up at the star chains blanketing the sky, a faint smile appearing on his face.

“Peng, where will you run today?”

The Peng stood before the Yao Shi Palace, his ink-black robe stirred by the star-wind.

Layers of starlight chains descended, binding him above and below, front and back, left and right—even the spatial laws were nailed fast by Douji starlight.

His Peng Extreme Speed had been reduced by seventy percent within this array.

Watching the array complete, the Peng did not fear—he laughed.

Zhenwu Dadi frowned at his expression; Zhenyuanzi did not strike immediately.

The Peng’s laughter was too unnatural. He did not look trapped—he looked as if he had been waiting for this moment a long time.

Doumu Yuanjun’s gaze turned icy.

“What are you laughing at?”

The Peng raised his hand and lightly tapped the Yao Shi Palace.

“I laugh at your arrogance. Do you truly believe this can trap me?”

“Die.”

Hearing the Peng’s mockery, Doumu Yuanjun’s killing intent surged.

She brought down the star-deity seal, activating the full power of the Douji Chenyuan Destroying Ruin Array. Ten thousand stars sang in unison; starlight chains tightened from all directions.

Each chain carried the Celestial Court’s divine laws—severing demonic qi, locking dao fruits, annihilating primordial spirits.

Zhenwu Dadi forced his divine body to hold firm and drew his Demon-Sweeping Sword again.

“Demon-Sweeping!”

The frost-white blade-light slashed into the star array; Zhenyuanzi’s Mountain-Shaking Seal crashed down, fueled by the earth veins’ power.

Doumu Yuanjun summoned ten thousand stars to deliver punishment; multiple forces struck the Peng simultaneously.

This blow alone could kill a Semi-Immortal.

Facing this united assault, the Peng dared not underestimate. He retracted his divine form, revealing his true Peng body.

His true form stretched across the heavens, his black scales etched with spatial dao patterns, his wings covering the layered skies; with a single beat, he stirred a storm of heavenly winds, his cry echoing through heaven and earth.

He flapped his wings and summoned another primordial spiritual treasure: the Beiming Sword.

As the Beiming Sword emerged, its cold light severed the star-net.

The Peng beat his wings again, positioning the Yao Shi Palace before him, and swung the Beiming Sword upward at the star chains above.

Both primordial spiritual treasures erupted at once; ink-black demonic qi surged into a ten-thousand-zhang tidal wave, outright blocking the first combined strike from Doumu Yuanjun, Zhenyuanzi, and Zhenwu Dadi.

The Mountain-Shaking Seal struck, causing the Yao Shi Palace to tremble violently; the Demon-Sweeping Sword’s light slashed, dimming the Beiming Sword’s primordial dao patterns.

The Douji Chenyuan Destroying Ruin Array tightened; starlight chains pierced the Peng’s true body, shattering large patches of black scales.

The Peng grunted, his massive form pressed downward.

Doumu Yuanjun spoke coldly: “Subdue.”

Ten thousand stars fell; Zhenyuanzi raised his hand and pressed the Earth Book, sealing the Peng’s escape with mountain chains; Zhenwu Dadi swung his sword again, the frost-white blade aimed straight at the Peng’s third eye.

If this strike landed, the Peng’s current avatar would be instantly crushed.

But the Peng suddenly laughed.

“Enough.”

Zhenyuanzi’s eyes narrowed: “He still has a trick!”

The Peng opened his colossal mouth and spat forth a divine light—not brilliant, yet carrying the aura of suppressing boundless primordial chaos.

Doumu Yuanjun’s face changed instantly.

“The Chaos Bell?”

Yet she immediately realized it was not the Bell’s true body—only a mark.

Yet even within the mark, a trace of the primordial supreme treasure’s power remained.

“Dong!”

A bell toll rang, and the Douji Chenyuan Destroying Ruin Array halted for an instant.

For the Peng, that instant was enough.

His true body became a shadow; his Peng Extreme Speed exploded, tearing open the array’s core with spatial laws.

He abandoned the Chaos Bell mark he had spent eons cultivating, finally breaking free from the array’s seal.

Doumu Yuanjun moved to pursue, but she knew—without the array’s seal, catching the Peng, who possessed the Peng Extreme Speed, was nearly impossible.

Zhenyuanzi watched the Peng flee, his expression darkening.

Zhenwu Dadi murmured: “Why does he possess a Chaos Bell mark?”

All three fell silent.

Beyond the Three Realms, deep within the Shattered Star Abyss, Su Chen’s true Chaos Bell suddenly rang with a clear tone.