Chapter 754 - 9: Star Gods Beyond Heaven, Species Explosion

Chapter 754: Chapter 9: Star Gods Beyond Heaven, Species Explosion

Yunmeng Marsh, the Mountain God Temple of Feilai Peak.

When the brightest star above the Hundred Lands Mountain Range suddenly began to flicker, like a lightbulb about to burn out.

On Feilai Peak, the highest point of the Hundred Lands Mountain Range, Li Boyang and Xiluo naturally noticed that suddenly dimming and brightening night sky at the first moment.

"So they finally couldn’t hold back from making a move?"

"I thought that bunch of Star Gods could keep enduring a bit longer!"

Tilting her head slightly in a listening posture, Xiluo almost immediately heard the cries of surprise coming from all parts of the Hundred Lands Mountain Range.

It was obvious that, for the present Hundred Lands Mountain Range, observing the motion of the stellar trajectories had already become a daily practice.

Almost at the very instant that an anomaly appeared in the Gouchen Celestial Palace.

All kinds of official and unofficial observers noticed that something was wrong.

It so happened that, as a Mountain God, Xiluo’s statues were also spread throughout the entire Hundred Lands Mountain Range.

So when the disturbance arose, Xiluo’s statues also received these signals at the very first moment.

In fact, nowadays Xiluo’s statues were no longer limited to her own temples.

A considerable number of Mountain People, Spirit Monsters, and even Gods would enshrine her statues in their homes.

Compared to Li Boyang, who only listened and did not respond.

Xiluo’s attitude toward her believers was much more approachable.

This led many Mountain People to firmly believe that their Mountain God Grandmother was everywhere, and that the red-furred raccoons occasionally appearing near the Divine Temples were incarnations of the Mountain God Grandmother.

Outside the Hundred Lands Mountain Range, Xiluo’s statues as the Queen Mother of the West were in fact also widely present.

Unfortunately, Xiluo’s attitude toward those statues was somewhat noncommittal; she had basically never actively descended upon them.

"The fact that they managed to endure until now already far surpassed my expectations."

Tilting his head back to gaze at the stars in the sky, Li Boyang smiled and began his divinations.

Although for Pathfinders like Li Boyang and Xiluo, who could perceive changes in the timeline, the All Heaven Star God system was something that had only descended a few decades ago.

For ordinary living beings of this era, however.

These All Heaven Star Gods were ancient things that had already existed twenty thousand years ago.

Due to Houtu’s descent, the Star System of the Circulation, which should originally have been born in the future, appeared early in this world.

Later, with the changes of the timeline, it turned into a path of enlightenment that had existed since ancient times.

As a shortcut to enlightenment, the Star System of the Circulation allowed those Great Celestial Gods and Transformed Taoists who had crossed the Divine Gate Celestial Pass yet did not know where their path lay ahead to attain the Dao as Star Gods.

Although, in Li Boyang’s words, Pathfinders who attained enlightenment this way were only attaining the Dao of Taiyi.

Compared to the Daluo Dao, this was merely a second-best choice.

But for the overwhelming majority of Pathfinders without talent, merely being able to attain the Dao was already their lifelong goal; they simply did not have the qualifications to choose.

Of course, the elites within the All Heaven Star God system would definitely, later on, draw inferences by analogy and move from Taiyi toward Daluo.

However, most Star Gods had already exhausted their potential.

As time passed, they would shift from the initial diligence and boldness in seeking the Dao toward conservatism and compromise.

At this point, one had to mention the special aspect of the All Heaven Star God system, which differed from ordinary paths of the Dao.

For Pathfinders who normally attained the Daluo Dao, their path was unique and almost impossible for outsiders to replicate.

But All Heaven Star Gods were different.

Their standards for attainment were unified and had already been set by Doumu Primordial Monarch when she first created the All Heaven Star God system.

Therefore, fierce competition often existed within the All Heaven Star God system.

Especially among those seeking to attain the same "Star God Path," the competition between them was far more intense than ordinary people could imagine.

Even after successfully attaining the Dao, their status was not permanently secure.

The forerunners only had the advantage of being first; it did not mean that the latecomers could not replace their predecessors.

Under such circumstances, those Star Gods who had attained the Dao naturally would not feel that they could rest easy after one effort.

On the contrary, regardless of their temperament, Star Gods who could attain the Dao were, at the very least, beyond question in terms of ability and vision.

Leaving aside the three hundred and sixty-five All Heaven Principal Stars that had not yet fully returned to their positions.

The remaining eighteen thousand Evil Stars had, under the meticulous management of the Star Gods, become domains no inferior to Blessed Cave Heavens.

Considering that after Emperor Hao attained the Taiyi Dao, the Sun Star accelerated the evolution of life.

Within the current Stars of the Circulation, there had even already been born extraterrestrial creatures completely adapted to the stellar environment.

As Followers of the Star Gods, they had already become another form of life entirely different from land-dwelling creatures.

In such circumstances, the pressure and resistance faced by later Star Gods seeking to attain the same path of the Dao could well be imagined.

Some Star Gods whose strength and influence were both at the bottom rank had even formed alliances to jointly respond to threats from other Star Gods and latecomers.

"Who do you think will be the ones making a move this time?"

With a trace of amused interest, Xiluo turned her head to look at Li Boyang.

Over twenty thousand years, no one knew exactly how many Star Gods had been born or how many had fallen.

The only thing that was certain was that this ongoing turmoil and instability within the Star Gods was definitely inseparable from Doumu Primordial Monarch and this Tao Ancestor Li Boyang.

The capable would depart from the Star God system, turning from Taiyi toward Daluo.

The incapable had to accept the challenges of the latecomers, either retreating or advancing; there was no third choice.

In any case, according to the rules of Li Boyang and Wang Shu, it was absolutely not permitted for a solidified upper tier to appear and thereby strangle all latecomers.

It was not that no Star Gods had tried to challenge this rule, but the outcome was often that the latecomers had yet to appear before they themselves inexplicably fell.

"There are many possibilities."

"Those who have seen the potential of the ’Gouchen Celestial Palace’ and want to seize the technology behind it..."

"Those who are unwilling to see another powerful competitor and so want to strangle the other party in the cradle ahead of time..."

"At the very least, the appearance of this ’Gouchen Celestial Palace’ itself is shaking the status of a certain star."

"After all, there are only three hundred and sixty-five positions for the All Heaven Principal Stars, and no one wants to suddenly find another superior above their head."

On hearing this, Xiluo’s eyes instantly widened in astonishment.

"You think this ’Gouchen Star’ will become one of the three hundred and sixty-five All Heaven Principal Stars?"

Xiluo had considered the position of this Gouchen Celestial Palace within the Great Array of the Stars of the Celestial Sphere, but she had never imagined that Li Boyang would look so highly upon this artificial star.

"It’s that you’re thinking too small. Although this ’Gouchen Celestial Palace’ is currently very small, with less than ten thousand li in size."

"As long as the Mountain People do not go extinct, it can continue to expand without end..."

"Don’t just talk about the three hundred and sixty-five All Heaven Principal Stars; even becoming one of the Heavenly Gang Thirty-Six Stars, or even a Four Constellations–level star, is by no means impossible."

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