Chapter 1689 Star Wheel Palm Array
The Great Realm of Xuanhuang, above the Celestial Pivot.
This place is a floating continent suspended in the heavens, naturally formed by countless fragments of stars and innate array patterns. It is the supreme holy land in the Xuanhuang Great Realm for deducing and refining high-level arrays.
Zhang Xuan stood with his hands behind his back in the center of the Star Pivot, with the ever-flowing illusory Milky Way beneath his feet and the dazzling sea of stars within reach above his head.
His first task was to refine a Star Wheel Palm Array that could interfere with the operation of the Great Dao to a certain extent!
This formation is of the seventh rank and can control the birth and death of the Great Dao of Stars!
Compared to the Bone Scale Array, which required 1,800 array masters to forge during the Foundation Establishment stage to defend against external enemies, the scale and ambition of this array are more than ten thousand times greater!
Recalling the scene of refining the Bone Scale Array during the Foundation Establishment period, the array control technique was used to guide the living patterns and control the array pattern rivers. It required three third-level array masters to coordinate in the middle and a thousand low-level array masters to surround and block the power of the fish and beast phantom array patterns in order to differentiate and capture them, and finally achieve the defensive array with 144 composite arrays.
At that time, I felt it was already magnificent.
"However, the Great Dao is simple in its essence, yet it evolves into complexity. Why should I, today, need the power of all living beings? My own laws and intentions are sufficient to govern the entire universe!"
Zhang Xuan's mind was clear and focused, his eyes reflecting the entire trajectory of the starry sea, and he himself had become one with the core of this celestial array.
The foundation of the great array he was about to create was not any physical array plate, but the vast and boundless celestial constellations surrounding the Xuanhuang Great Realm!
He used the principles of the universe to understand the workings of the stars, and drew upon the power of the stars to weave a network of stars.
The key point of the formation is located on the celestial pivot, which serves as the core to control all the stars.
Upon hearing the news, all the Dao Lords of the Xuanhuang Great Realm were alarmed.
The Celestial Craftsman Dao Lord himself arrived. This Mahayana cultivator, who was in charge of weapon crafting and array formations, clapped his hands in amazement as he watched Zhang Xuan use his divine sense to connect with the stars in his starting stance: "Fellow Daoist Zhang, are you trying to emulate the ancient innate gods and demons, using stars as pieces and realms as a board, to carry out a world-changing feat!"
Zhang Xuan sought advice from Tiangong Daojun and the various array masters who had come upon hearing the news, but not from the specific array diagrams.
He was seeking guidance on the subtle balance of stellar gravity, and the reconciliation of conflicts between the laws governing different stellar domains…
These questions point directly to the fundamental principles of Tao, requiring even the most accomplished masters to ponder them deeply and engage in debate in order to offer some insights.
It incorporates the most advanced wisdom of array formations in this world, which Zhang Xuan carefully pondered and comprehended.
He did not take out any materials, nor did he draw any runes.
He simply stood quietly in the center of the star hub and slowly closed his eyes.
With the workings of the Illusionary Principles at full capacity, his divine sense spread out with unprecedented intensity and breadth, like invisible tentacles, traversing layers of void, touching and connecting with the bright or dark stars of the Xuanhuang Great Realm.
In his perception, each star was no longer a cold celestial body, but an energy node and a carrier of laws with unique gravitational properties and Daoist attributes.
"Attract stars!"
He silently recited the Great Dao rules of gravity, which began to influence the inherent workings of the stars.
At first, it was just a barely perceptible shift, but the tiny shifts of billions of stars came together to form a vast and magnificent force!
Above the Xuanhuang Great Realm, the starry sky began to become unusually active.
The light of countless stars became more dazzling than ever before, and beams of starlight, as solid as tangible matter, traversed the endless void and converged towards the Zhou Tian Star Pivot!
The entire Xuanhuang Great Realm was illuminated by starlight during the day, and the nights were as bright as day!
Throughout the Xuanhuang Realm, whether it was cultivators discussing the Dao, old monsters in seclusion, or rogue cultivators trading in the markets, all were alarmed by this unprecedented celestial phenomenon.
"Look! The stars... the stars are all moving in one direction!"
"It's the Zhou Tian Xing Shu! What happened there?"
"Is a Dao Lord practicing a supreme divine power?"
"Such a grand gesture, could it be that Daoist Xuanhuang is perfecting the protective array?"
Exclamations and whispers arose from every corner.
Lower-level cultivators were mostly just shocked and curious, but those with higher cultivation levels could better understand that what this scene represented was a mastery of the laws of heaven and earth and the formations that had reached an extremely high level!
When Fairy Miaoyin saw the magnificent sight of countless stars and the Milky Way hanging upside down, surging into the distance, her clear, autumn-water-like eyes reflected the flowing light, and she was momentarily mesmerized.
Unlike others, she felt more than just immense energy and exquisite control.
In that vast flow of stellar energy, she seemed to "hear" a silent, grand symphony!
The trajectory of stars is a musical note, the flow of stellar power is a melody, and what governs all of this is the Way of the Ruler of All Laws.
"His path... it turns out that even in the realm of array formations, it is so magnificent..."
The Fairy of Wonderful Sounds murmured softly, her cheeks slightly flushed.
She recalled the daily fusion of spirit and flesh.
At this moment, feeling the star formation that enveloped the heavens and earth, what welled up in her heart was not only amazement at her Daoist partner's talent, but also a trace of indescribable pride and tenderness.
She could sense that the aura of this great formation originated from the same source as Zhang Xuan's own Daoist essence that governed all laws, forming a seamless whole.
Xuanhuang Daojun's divine sense swept across the entire Great Realm, taking in everyone's reactions.
He gazed at the figure on the Zhou Tian Xing Shu that had merged with the starry sea, his expression incredibly complex, which ultimately turned into a long sigh.
It contains admiration, satisfaction, and a subtle sense of relief.
"Perhaps... binding the future of the Xuanhuang Realm to this child is not a risk, but an opportunity." He thought to himself, "To have such a son-in-law is the good fortune of my Xuanhuang Realm."
Under Zhang Xuan's guidance, Xinghui did not rush around recklessly, but instead began to weave automatically along the energy trajectory he deduced using the principles of the weaving of all things.
They are interconnected, forming stellar energy networks that stretch across the sky.
Between these veins, countless intricate tributaries emerge, forming the prototype of an extremely complex star network!
This process, seemingly silent and uneventful, is actually extremely dangerous.
The power of billions of stars is immense. If one is not careful, it can disrupt the trajectory of stars and even trigger a chain reaction of star collisions, which would be a disaster affecting an entire realm.
Zhang Xuan's Great Dao Tree was under immense pressure, but his eyes grew ever sharper and clearer.
"During the Foundation Establishment stage, I used array control techniques to guide the rivers of array patterns, requiring the combined efforts of many to form bone scales. Today, I use the Great Dao to govern the starlight and refine the Star Wheel Palm Array!"
As the array gradually took shape, strange phenomena reappeared.
The vast network of stellar energy began to resonate with the Great Dao Laws of the Xuanhuang Great Realm itself.
The earth's dragon energy rises, intertwined with starlight.
The water's ethereal essence flows and reflects the starlight.
The essence of plants sways, absorbing stellar energy...
Everything seemed to become part of this soon-to-be-formed grand array, providing it with a continuous source of support and evolutionary power.
Suddenly, a series of muffled rumbling sounds came from the depths of the void. They were not thunder, but rather the wailing and repulsion of the Great Dao rules being forcibly twisted!
