Chapter 266: Star Law

"This is the Hundred Star Pavilion. It is not convenient for me to enter again. Once you step inside, Fellow Daoist, I believe you will understand everything."

Qing Xuanyi led Chen Mo to a six-story wooden pavilion; the wood used for the entire structure was a profound black color.

Approaching this place, one could not help but feel a sense of seclusion and stillness, and looking inside through the door crack—

it was pitch black, with only the bluestone floor and a low table vaguely visible.

This point was actually somewhat strange; logically speaking, with the eyesight of an Innate Martial Artist, it should be impossible not to see the situation inside a room clearly.

But upon careful thought, this was also normal; there must be some kind of power within this pavilion blocking outsiders from peeking.

Chen Mo nodded slightly toward Qing Xuanyi, stepped forward, pushed open the door, and walked inside.

Stepping into the Hundred Star Pavilion, Chen Mo had only one feeling.

Dark, too dark!

As far as the eye could see, nothing could be seen; there was not a single glimmer of light.

Chen Mo walked forward cautiously. His pace was not fast. Previously, outside, although he could not see the situation inside the building clearly, he could at least see some basic layout.

The other party was not physically present here now, but had only left behind a phantom image.

"Since you can see me now, Fellow Daoist, then I am likely already dead." Zhang Qianlian's expression was calm, and it seemed he could fully accept the fact of his own death.

As for his affairs in the other world, he had already finished explaining them one after another beforehand.

He was nearing death and truly did not wish to waste precious time on such matters.

These starlights intertwined and formed a Great Dao, leading to a higher place.

Upon reaching there, Chen Mo could attempt to find members who also originated from the Alliance to guide him and explain the situation within Ju Hai City.

But whether he could find them, and whether these people were still around, would depend entirely on Chen Mo's own luck.

Zhang Qianlian continued to speak, and Chen Mo listened with a serious expression, very carefully.

Zhang Qianlian also mentioned Ju Hai City and that Peerless Killing Array; not only that, he also spoke of a method to reach Ju Hai City from the Alliance's base.

As for the Huantian Alliance, although he was the Alliance Leader, even without him, there were many elders in the Alliance who could nominate the next Alliance Leader.

Chen Mo stepped here, feeling himself bathed in starlight; with every breath, Star Essence entered his body, cleansing his physical form.

He had wanted to entrust this matter to other True One Martial Artists in the Alliance, but the situation was complex, and not everyone could necessarily spare the time.

In his perception, the outside world had become boundless; he felt as if he were in chaos, unable to find any direction.

"That Star Intent is of no use to me. If you can take it, it is your own opportunity."

After thinking it over, I decided to leave a phantom image here to explain everything carefully to you, Fellow Daoist."

As the voice fell, the phantom began to dissipate, turning into specks of starlight within a single breath.

"There remains a strand of Star Intent within this Hundred Star Pavilion, a remnant from the previous epoch.

And this Star Law resides within this pavilion, separated by boundless space; even if I could perceive it, I could not truly investigate it.

However, what was said next did not exceed his expectations.

If Chen Mo reached the True One Realm, he could then use the Teleportation Array here to arrive at Ju Hai City.

Chen Mo stepped forward to meet it; having walked less than a hundred steps, he could feel the power of the Star Intent ahead growing stronger.

Yet now, he could not even see those things. Not only could he not see, but in his perception, everything around him had ceased to exist.

But at the very end, he still entrusted one thing to Chen Mo.

He could feel himself climbing toward a higher level of this pavilion, but all of this existed only within his own perception.

"The reason I asked you to break through to the True One Realm before coming here is that there are truly some things I must entrust to you alone.

Zhang Qianlian's expression was carefree; he was not a body-refining cultivator, so even if this Star Intent had some benefits for him, they would not be many.

Since you are a Martial Artist who practices body-refining techniques, you should have a Small World within your body. Even if the laws you have mastered are unrelated to these stars, if you can refine it, it will be of great benefit to your future cultivation."

Chen Mo looked toward the sound and saw Zhang Qianlian smiling, standing to the side and observing him.

Whether it was Chen Mo or other True One Realm Martial Artists, anyone with the ability could take it.

The phantom image left behind by Zhang Qianlian continued to speak.

After carefully narrating these matters, Zhang Qianlian did not entrust anything else to Chen Mo; he and Chen Mo did not come from the same world.

In death, all things are empty; Zhang Qianlian no longer cared about these external objects.

Not long after walking, he arrived at the end of the starlight, where starlight swirled, as if ancient stars had reappeared.

There was no Huantian Alliance base in Ju Hai City, but Zhang Qianlian mentioned it nonetheless.

These starlights rose and fell, turning into a path leading into the distance, and Chen Mo followed this path, moving forward cautiously.

Chen Mo stood still, not moving rashly, but within an instant, he saw specks of starlight emerge.

Every step Chen Mo took now felt like gliding and shifting; he was stepping on the air to climb the building bit by bit.

"You have finally come!" A human voice suddenly rang out in the endless darkness.

Of course, this Star Essence had no great use for him, but if an ordinary Innate or even a Heaven-man Martial Artist absorbed it, it would be enough to improve their dantian and meridians, and enhance their aptitude.

However, while breathing in this Star Essence, he could still feel that these powers originated from a Star Law.

But immediately after looking again, he realized something was wrong; Zhang Qianlian's figure was slightly ethereal, and there was not a trace of the aura of a living person.

With ten thousand stars twinkling and endless starlight blooming, Chen Mo soon saw that mass of Star Intent.

The infinite Star Intent evolved and condensed into a Star Core; this Star Core appeared to be only the size of a fist.

Yet its weight was equivalent to ten thousand stars; it simply remained there quietly, and the surrounding space was distorted by the pull of the star power.

Chen Mo gently extended his palm; with his cultivation suppressed to the True One Realm, it was by no means an easy task for him to take it away.

Fortunately, unlike other Martial Artists, he also possessed the Gui Xu Gate. As long as Chen Mo could briefly master it, he could expend Heaven and Earth Divine Liquid to send himself back to the Heavenly Court Secret Realm.

There, he would be able to use his True One Realm strength to master this Star Intent.

"Bang!" An extremely crisp sound rang out.

Chen Mo could perceive that the muscles and bones throughout his entire body were exerting force, ten thousand laws emerged within his body, and he pushed his Innate Realm True Qi to the limit.

Furthermore, the physical strength he had gained through repeated Mortal Transformation was not suppressed by the Return Ruins, allowing the power of the laws within Chen Mo's body to surge one after another.

The reason for this was that he was using his own strength to bear the Star Law.

If this were in the outside world, it would certainly not be a problem, as a Martial Artist in the True One Realm is already proficient in mastering the power of laws.

For certain laws, they even have their own unique insights, so bearing the power of a law is not a difficult task for a Martial Artist at this realm.

But this was inside the Return Ruins, where his cultivation was suppressed to the Innate Realm.

Relying solely on the power of this realm to bear the Star Law, even for a single instant, was no easy feat.

It is precisely because of this that both taking away and refining this Star Law are incredibly troublesome; it is not something just anyone can easily accomplish, which is why this law has been able to persist until today.

"Boom—!" The entire Hundred Star Pavilion seemed to be shaking, and Chen Mo could feel that the boundless chaotic power from before was currently roaring incessantly.

He had already pushed his own strength to the limit; Chen Mo could even feel his True Qi emitting a mournful cry.

His muscles and bones could indeed withstand this Star Law, but his suppressed True Qi found it extremely difficult to do so.

"Crack!" The surging True Qi kept shattering, but Chen Mo ultimately managed to lift up this Star Intent.

He did not hesitate in the slightest and decisively utilized the mark left on him by the Gui Xu Gate; in a fleeting, ethereal moment, the scenery before his eyes changed, and he arrived inside the Guixu Divine Hall.

The Star Intent that had been incredibly strenuous to lift before was now directly taken into his body.

Within his Small World, the Yin-Yang True Gang circulated and created, and Chen Mo used his own strength to begin devouring and refining this Star Intent, merging it into his own Small World.

The Small World he had condensed contained Myriad Phenomena Law, but it was not yet complete.

Every strand of law power was still somewhat lacking compared to the laws of the outside Da Tiandi.

Precisely because of this, his Small World could not be compared to the outside Da Tiandi at all, and to make up for this deficiency, he could only rely on painstaking cultivation in the future.

But the Star Intent he had obtained now, if it could be successfully refined, would indeed be of great help to his subsequent cultivation.

Chen Mo flashed away and, in an instant, arrived back inside the Hengyu Asking Dao Hall to go into seclusion.

The Yin-Yang True Gang he mastered within his Small World evolved continuously, dispersing and digesting the Star Intent throughout the entire world.

The Small World within his body also began to change during this process; originally, it only had the sun and moon, and these two stars had no physical form, being merely evolutions of the Yin-Yang Law.

But as the Star Intent merged into the Small World, Chen Mo was already able to evolve some relatively simple and basic images within his own world.

Such as the Big Dipper Seven Stars or the Southern Dipper Six Stars; evolving such star patterns within the Small World allowed him to manifest them to empower himself when facing an enemy.

Not only that, but the sun and moon stars within Chen Mo's Small World also operated with more regularity after merging with the Star Law.

These were all benefits; they might not be apparent now, but they laid a foundation for his future cultivation.

After refining this Star Law, Chen Mo was in no hurry to return to the Return Ruins.

The message had already been left, and it would take some time for it to be transmitted; he could just wait calmly.

Moreover, if news arrived immediately, someone would notify him.

During this time, he could still do other things.

Chen Mo arrived at the Secret Realm Main Hall again; he took the Beast Egg and carefully sensed the life force circulating within it.

He used his own strength to further draw power from the outside world to nourish the Beast Egg.

Due to his intervention, this speed was ten million times faster than before; the boundless Heaven and Earth Qi was transformed into Five Elements Vitality under the circulation of the Yin-Yang True Gang, continuously pouring into the Beast Egg.

The living being inside the Beast Egg also felt this aura and clearly became joyful and encouraged.

Chen Mo then began to further attempt to guide it, letting the spiritual will of this living being become familiar with his own aura.

In this way, when it hatched, even if it did not recognize him as its master, it would be extremely close to him and consider him its parent.

The reason for this was that Chen Mo was now using his own strength to hatch it.

Of course, this was by no means an easy task, nor was it a feat to be accomplished in a single day.

Endless Heaven and Earth Power was drawn in, and Chen Mo reinforced the imprint he had carved into the Beast Egg, which could accelerate the hatching of this Beast Egg.

Logically speaking, this Beast Egg should have been born long ago, but because it was previously in the Return Ruins, even with the protection of a secret place, a newly emerging life is an absolute taboo to the Return Ruins.

Therefore, even though enough time had passed, it had never been born; not only that, but because it had stayed in the Return Ruins for so long, its origin had been damaged.

Even though Chen Mo had rescued it, it would still require a long time for it to slowly recover before it would break out of its shell.

Fortunately, as long as he could push open the Heaven and Earth Profound Gate and Chen Mo could fully unleash his own strength, hatching it would no longer be a problem.

As the descendant left behind by an peerless powerhouse of the previous epoch, its combat power would certainly be quite formidable, and in terms of cultivation speed, it could be said to be advancing by leaps and bounds.

As long as it could be hatched, it would definitely be a significant help to him.

Chen Mo refined the Beast Egg in the Secret Realm Main Hall while waiting for news from the Return Ruins.

In the meantime, he naturally took time to do other things; Chu Tianxiu brought six carefully selected Innate Martial Artists to be responsible for daily reception and other trivial matters within the Guixu Divine Hall.

Chen Mo took the time to meet them and arranged their duties.

Furthermore, he spent time with Zhao Yu; Chen Mo would be leaving before long and heading to Ju Hai City, and even if he could return, it would inevitably take a considerable amount of time.

Therefore, before his departure, he wanted to spend more time with his wife.

Not only in the Heavenly Court Secret Realm, but they even returned to the Capital together and went to pay respects to his foster father and his brother Mo Hu.

Several months passed in a flash, and news finally came from the Return Ruins that a top powerhouse in another world had also made a breakthrough and intended to push open the Heaven and Earth Profound Gate.

The moment Chen Mo received the news, he decisively set aside other matters and returned to the Return Ruins through the Gui Xu Gate.

On the desolate and withered land, his figure appeared once again; Chen Mo had previously used the Gui Xu Gate to teleport away directly.

Now that he had returned, he naturally could not go back to the place where he had left, and could only arrive beside the Gui Xu Gate.

However, this did save him the trouble of returning from the third layer of the Return Ruins to the first layer.

Chen Mo walked away from the Gui Xu Gate all the way toward Ten Thousand Ren City.

His pace was fast, and after unleashing his full speed, he saw the city before long.

Bai Yuxia and Shui Qianqiu were standing on the left and right, waiting outside the city gate.

Seeing Chen Mo's figure, Bai Yuxia could not help but reveal a smile and waved at him from afar.

Chen Mo's figure flickered, and in a flash, he arrived by her side.

"What are the specific circumstances? Where does that world come from, and is the Alliance familiar with the Martial Artists of that world? How many Small Worlds is that world composed of?"

Chen Mo spoke, asking several questions in a row.

Opening the Heaven and Earth Profound Gate to connect with another Small World is not just a matter for Chen Mo alone, but a matter for all Martial Artists in the Cangxuan World and the Xuantian World.

In this matter, every Martial Artist has a responsibility to contribute.

"That world is two Small Worlds connected together, namely the Red River World and the Qingyu World. Currently, the strongest person is in the Supernatural Power Realm, named Yu Lingyi. He is currently in the Alliance and wants to discuss this matter with you in person.

The Alliance is quite familiar with this world, and there are now dozens of Alliance members who come from this world."

Bai Yuxia's tone was calm as he carefully introduced the situation to Chen Mo.

"I have also carefully investigated; although there is a Demonic Path within that world, it does not amount to much, and the vast majority of Martial Artists belong to the righteous path. If we are to connect with them, it is a relatively reliable choice." Shui Qianqiu immediately followed up to add.

Chen Mo nodded, took note of these matters, and stepped toward the Alliance's station.

(End of this chapter)