Chapter 107: Gathering of Heroes

Star-Falling Lake, located three thousand li north of the Imperial Capital, was a huge lake as vast as an inland sea. It was rumored that stars fell here in ancient times, smashing out huge pits, gathering water veins, and forming this lake. The lake water was deep, shrouded in a layer of faint starlight mist all year round, and the water tribes in the lake also contained thin star power, which was quite miraculous.

When Lin Xuan, Huangfu Hao, and his party arrived at the shore of Star-Falling Lake, this place had long since lost its past tranquility.

Around the lake shore, hundreds of cultivators of all kinds had already gathered, their auras varying in strength, but the lowest was also at the Golden Core cultivation level. They were clearly divided into several camps, keeping a vigilant distance from each other.

The most eye-catching was the area on the east side of the lake. A group of cultivators in white robes embroidered with star and moon Dao patterns, small in number, only a dozen or so, but each aura was misty and deep, and the leader was an old man with an ancient face holding a star disk, whose spiritual power fluctuation exuded, actually reached the Early-Stage Spirit Transformation! It was the people of the Star Palace!

On the west side of the lake, there was a group of loose cultivators and small-faction cultivators with different clothes but mostly cold and sharp auras, many of whom were desperate outlaws who mixed in the Dark Hall or Ghost Market, greedily scanning the center of the lake, obviously wanting to fish in troubled waters.

On the open ground in the south of the lake, several gorgeous tents stood, flags flying, which were the signs of aristocratic families in the Imperial Capital such as the Zhao Clan and the Wang Clan. The middle-aged elder leading the Zhao Clan this time had a cultivation level that also reached the peak of the Late-Stage Soul Formation, and his gaze toward Lin Xuan's direction was full of undisguised resentment and killing intent.

In addition, neutral sects such as the Tianji Academy, the Divine Weapon Pavilion, and the Medicine King Valley also sent people to observe, scattered in the crowd.

The arrival of Lin Xuan and others instantly attracted the attention of the whole audience.

The Azure Luan soared through the sky, divine and extraordinary. Lin Xuan was upright in his blue shirt, his aura deep, and although he was just standing calmly, he naturally became the focus. Saintess Yun Yao, who had shrunk her size on his shoulder, attracted countless covetous and wary gazes.

"Lin Xuan! He really came!"

"And the Third Imperial Prince Huangfu Hao! The Imperial Family has also intervened!"

"The one from the Star Palace is 'Star-Deriving Old Man', it is said that he has a high status in the Star Palace, and even he came out in person!"

"This is going to be a good show!"

The discussion sounded like a tide.

Huangfu Hao's expression was grave, and he whispered: "Brother Lin, the situation is more complex than expected. The Star Palace has a Spirit Transformation, the Zhao Clan is also watching, and there may be experts hidden among those loose cultivators."

"No matter." Lin Xuan's gaze swept across the audience calmly, especially lingering slightly on the Spirit Transformation old man from the Star Palace. The other party seemed to feel it, looking over with muddy eyes, touching Lin Xuan's gaze and then separating, ancient and waveless, but carrying a kind of deepness that saw through everything.

Lin Xuan could feel that the pure and vast star power on the other party was far beyond his own, but precisely because it was pure, it lacked a trace of Chaos's tolerance and change.

"Observe the changes, wait for the opportunity." Lin Xuan said to Huangfu Hao, and then found a relatively quiet high ground by the lake, sat cross-legged, closed his eyes to rest, as if all the disturbances around him had nothing to do with him. Saintess Yun Yao landed on a huge rock beside him, watching the surroundings vigilantly.

Huangfu Hao saw this, and also ordered the secret guards to set up warnings around, waiting patiently.

Time passed slowly in a strange and tense atmosphere.

The strange phenomena in the center of the lake became more and more frequent. Sometimes a thick pillar of starlight could be seen soaring from the bottom of the lake, dispelling the mist and illuminating half of the sky; sometimes a dull roar could be heard from the bottom of the lake, as if something ancient was waking up. The star power in the air also became more and more active and thick.

Everyone knew that the moment for the Star-Gazing Platform to appear was getting closer and closer.

During this period, it was not that there were no conflicts. Several waves of loose cultivators who relied on their own strength could not hold back and tried to forcibly break into the central area of the lake to explore, but they were either swallowed by powerful water beasts containing star power that suddenly emerged from the lake, or were seriously injured by the star light waved by the Star Palace cultivators and fled back in embarrassment. The Star Palace temporarily maintained the "order" of the central area of the lake with absolute strength, and also demonstrated their determination to win the Star-Gazing Platform.

The Zhao Clan also tried to approach the area where Lin Xuan was located to provoke, but after feeling the trace of cold killing intent inadvertently leaked by Lin Xuan and Saintess Yun Yao's unkind gaze, they finally didn't dare to really take action.

Sunset and moonrise, no words for a night.

When the dawn of the second day was about to arrive, before the first ray of light pierced the clouds, a change occurred!

"Hum——!!!"

A low and vast hum, as if from the ancient prehistoric times, sounded from the deepest part of Star-Falling Lake, instantly spreading to all directions!

The lake water of the entire Star-Falling Lake began to rotate slowly with a certain point in the center of the lake, forming a huge whirlpool! In the whirlpool, endless starlight erupted, dyeing the sky into a gorgeous silver-blue!

Immediately after, under the gaze of countless shocked eyes, a huge circular platform constructed entirely of some kind of dark blue crystal, bathed in dazzling starlight, slowly rose from the whirlpool in the center of the lake!

The platform was more than a thousand zhang in diameter, with countless complex and mysterious star runes engraved on the edges, and dozens of star stone pillars up to a hundred zhang high stood in the center. At the top of the stone pillars, star phantoms of reduced versions were suspended, running slowly, forming a micro Zhou Tian Star Array!

Ancient, vast, and vast star Dao rhyme swept out like a tide!

The Star-Gazing Platform has appeared!

The moment the Star-Gazing Platform completely left the lake surface and hovered stably in the air—

"Sou!" "Sou!" "Sou!"

Several figures turned into streamers almost at the same time, rushing toward the starlight stairs leading to the Star-Gazing Platform impatiently!

It was those loose cultivators and small-faction cultivators who had been holding back for a long time!

However, they had just approached the range of the stairs—

"Humph! Ants also dare to covet the holy land?"

In the Star Palace camp, the Spirit Transformation old man, Star-Deriving Old Man, snorted coldly, not even standing up, just flicking his sleeves lightly.

A condensed starlight streamer, like a silver river rolling backward, instantly swept across those figures!

"Puff ah...!"

The screams stopped abruptly!

Those few cultivators who were at least at the Early-Stage Soul Formation, together with their protective magic treasures, annihilated instantly under that starlight streamer like dust, without leaving a trace!

The power of Spirit Transformation is terrifying!

The whole audience was silent instantly! All the eager thoughts were forcibly suppressed by this cold and ruthless blow!

Star-Deriving Old Man stood up slowly, his gaze sweeping across the audience, his voice flat but carrying supreme majesty: "The Star-Gazing Platform is the holy land of the Star Dao orthodoxy. Those who are not favored by the stars cannot enter easily. Idle people, retreat!"

Overbearing! Undisguised overbearing!

He wanted to clear the field and dominate the Star-Gazing Platform!

The Zhao Clan, the Wang Clan, and other aristocratic families looked ugly, but dared to be angry and dare not speak. The loose cultivators were even more silent.

Just then, a calm voice sounded, breaking this oppressive silence.

"Oh? According to what Lin knows, this Star-Gazing Platform doesn't seem to be the private property of the Star Palace, right?"

Everyone looked at the sound, only to see Lin Xuan, who had been closing his eyes to rest, had stood up at some point, his gaze indifferently looking at Star-Deriving Old Man across the air.

He took a step, and had reached the shore of the lake, facing the starlight stairs from afar.

"Ancient observer Starfall Child left a legacy, only the true inheritance of Chaos can hold the Starfall Token and restart the observation function. I wonder what identity the Star Palace uses to set this rule of entry?"

As the words fell, Lin Xuan flipped his palm, and the Starfall Token (Star Iron) obtained from the Star Burial Valley ruins appeared in his hand. The token seemed to be attracted by the Star-Gazing Platform, vibrating slightly, exuding star light of the same origin as the Star-Gazing Platform!

At the same time, his heart moved, and the three-inch-high Chaos Star Dharma Image appeared and disappeared behind him. Although it was small, it exuded a vast Dao rhyme that transcended the ordinary Star Dao!

On Star-Deriving Old Man's ancient and waveless face, a clear fluctuation appeared for the first time, and a flash of shock and intense killing intent flashed in his eyes!

"Chaos successor... Starfall Token! It really is in your hands!"

The whole audience was in an uproar!

Chaos successor! Starfall Token!

These two phrases combined contained huge information!

Everyone understood that the ownership of the Star-Gazing Platform today was probably not something the Star Palace could decide alone!

A dragon-and-tiger fight around the entrance of the Star-Gazing Platform was about to break out!

Lin Xuan stood with the token, facing the Spirit Transformation pressure, without any fear.

"This platform, Lin will break into it today!" ===== CHAPTER 108 =====