Chapter 666: Chapter Previous PS

Chapter Previous PS

(PS: Regarding Tianpeng using his pronged rake to stir the power of the stars...

First, read a passage from the original text of Journey to the West, where Old Pig introduces his pronged rake.

Forged from divine ice iron, polished to a gleaming sheen.

Laojun himself wielded hammer and anvil; Huo Hu personally added charcoal.

The Five Directions' Five Emperors poured their cunning; the Six Ding and Six Jia endured great toil.

Crafted with nine teeth of jade hanging fangs, cast with twin rings of gold-leaved pendants.

Adorned with the Six Celestial Bodies arranged in Five Stars, shaped to follow the Four Seasons and Eight Solar Terms.

Length and height establish Heaven and Earth; left and right Yin and Yang divide Sun and Moon.

The Six Yao Divine Generals obey Heaven's decrees; the Eight Trigrams and Stars align with the Dipper's order.

Named the Shangbao Qinjin Rake, presented to the Jade Emperor to guard the Danque.

Because I cultivated to become a Da Luo Golden Immortal, I nurtured it as my eternal companion.

Ordained as Marshal Tianpeng, granted the pronged rake as imperial symbol.

If Old Pig wasn't boasting, when he served as Marshal Tianpeng, he should have been a Da Luo Golden Immortal (in this book, he boasts—he wasn't quite a Da Luo Golden Immortal, but he didn't lie outright either.

Hmm, only boasting without lying—we'll elaborate when relevant plot points arise later).

His pronged rake was forged by Taishang Laojun: "Adorned with the Six Celestial Bodies arranged in Five Stars, shaped to follow the Four Seasons and Eight Solar Terms. Length and height establish Heaven and Earth; left and right Yin and Yang divide Sun and Moon. The Six Yao Divine Generals obey Heaven's decrees; the Eight Trigrams and Stars align with the Dipper's order."

These lines describe the rake's appearance and general function.

Its surface bears constellations such as the Six Celestial Bodies, Five Stars, Northern and Southern Dipper.

It's certainly not mere ornamentation—he devoted three full lines to detailing its connection with the stars. If it had no miraculous effect, why say so much?

In fact, when Old Pig boasts about the rake's abilities, he primarily focuses on its link to the stars.

Therefore, I suspect that the nine-toothed pronged rake, as a divine weapon, must possess a miraculous effect: the ability to draw upon the power of the stars.

Tianpeng is one of the Four Northern Holy Ones, himself a "Star Lord."

Later, when Old Pig descended to the mortal realm and became a demon lord, without Tianpeng's authority, he could no longer connect to the power of the Great Star Array.)