Taking Control of the Sun Star
Within the Sun Star.
Zhou Tong continued to slowly repair the Sun Palace using the methods given by the Sun Sacred Emperor; the Sun Temples floating on the Sun Star was the key point for the Array Patterns communication.
In order to repair the Array Patterns and palace of the Sun Palace, Zhou Tong has used up many materials he has acquired over the years; in particular, he has almost exhausted the countless materials he obtained from the 176 outposts in the Human World and Hell during this period.
"Repairing the Sun Palace is truly a massive undertaking, and we're running out of materials! It's time to use the Source Technique to retrieve some more items! When the ancient races emerged, I remember they created a Heavenly Market, floating in the sky, used to exchange for various precious materials, where no fighting was allowed."
Zhou Tong pondered for a while, then unfolded the Chessboard Array Patterns once more, returning to the land of the Big Dipper.
He changed his appearance using the Great Law of Changing Heaven and Earth of the Source Heavenly Master Lineage, and after inquiring in a nearby city, he quickly confirmed the location of Heavenly Market.
The Heavenly Market drifted aimlessly in the sky, appearing above various major cities in the Eastern Wasteland Northern Region. On this day, it arrived above Dongyang City. Zhou Tong used the Chessboard Array Patterns to reach the vicinity of Dongyang City and then took to the air.
In the sky, a vast expanse of darkness stretched out, resembling a piece of land, drifting by like dark clouds and casting large shadows on the ground.
This is Heavenly Market, a place Great Sage by many Ancient Races, where disputes are absolutely forbidden.
Arriving at this Heavenly Market is like stepping into a land inhabited by countless races. All sorts of races exist, each with a different appearance; some are as majestic as gods, while others are hideously ugly.
The place is bustling with life, teeming with creatures from all races, and filled with stalls displaying a dazzling array of treasures.
"It's all barter!" Zhou Tong had a general idea of what was going on after taking a look around.
The Heavenly Market was established by the Ancient Races specifically for exchanging various rare treasures. Since the Ancient Races were not lacking in Divine Source, the market was mainly a place of barter, with very few transactions using Divine Source as currency.
"However, I remember there's a place for gambling on stones here!" Zhou Tong continued searching in Heavenly Market.
Heavenly Market was huge, almost like a city. Zhou Tong walked through several streets before finally finding the place to gamble on stones.
Zhou Tong entered the Mysterious Stone Street, and all he could see were stones, piled up into small mountains, occupying a full fifth of Heavenly Market's territory. This was also an important place in Heavenly Market, with many people coming and going, including many powerful figures and clan leaders, all of whom were very influential.
Zhou Tong had already destroyed Yuan Gu before the Myriad Races Assembly, and after the assembly, he even wiped out one of the Heavenly Emperor Son's Half-Saint subordinates. If his true form were to appear here, it would definitely attract everyone's attention and cause countless troubles.
Therefore, after entering the Mysterious Stone Street, Zhou Tong kept a low profile, occasionally making a move two or three times. Once he had made a huge profit, he immediately found another place, changed his identity, and continued cutting stones.
After cutting out countless treasures, Zhou Tong then bartered some of the unused items in other parts of Heavenly Market in exchange for some precious array materials.
Especially after Zhou Tong cut open half of the Great Luo Silver Essence, he directly used the One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones technique to create a Dao Body that rented a stall specifically to trade various array materials using the Great Luo Silver Essence.
It must be said that the value of the Great Luo Silver Essence is extremely high.
It should be noted that the vast majority of saints are unable to leave behind Heirloom Sacred Weapon after their death. One reason is that it is difficult to refine, but the most crucial reason is the lack of divine materials.
The amount of the Great Luo Silver Essence that Zhou Tong cut out was so large that it was enough to forge seven or eight Heirloom Sacred Weapon.
By dividing it up and trading it hundreds of times, Zhou Tong not only had all the array materials he lacked, but he even had many more.
"The materials are mostly complete, it's time to leave!" Zhou Tong didn't linger in Heavenly Market for long; after collecting enough materials, he left immediately.
At the center of Heavenly Market stands an extremely ancient teleportation array platform, covered with dense Dao Pattern patterns. These patterns can be adjusted to change the orientation and distance, and its existence is precisely to prevent any unfortunate events such as ambushes.
Zhou Tong eventually left through this array platform, changing his location several times along the way, before finally returning to the Sun Star.
"Let's get started! This time, we must completely repair the Array Patterns of the Sun Palace and the Sun Sacred Emperor's backup plan!" Zhou Tong made up his mind and began to continuously set up arrays on the Sun Star.
Array Patterns flowed from Zhou Tong's hands, connecting every Sun Temples scattered across the Sun Star and recombining all the countless remaining Array Patterns within them.
For a whole month, Zhou Tong worked day and night on the Sun Star to set up the formation.
Soon, after the last Array Patterns was completely formed—
"Buzz!!"
A golden light burst forth from each of the Sun Temples, and the terrifying halo spread along the patterns of the great array to every corner of the Sun Star, eventually forming an extremely terrifying invisible light shield that enveloped the entire Sun Star.
In that instant, even some powerful cultivators on the land of Big Dipper noticed something unusual.
"The Sun Emperor seems brighter today!"
"The Sun Emperor's energy seems even stronger today than usual!"
Several Saint Level beings noticed the anomaly of the Sun Star and looked up at it in the sky. They extended their divine senses toward the Sun Emperor Sun Star, but found nothing amiss.
The contingency plan left by the Sun Sacred Emperor on the Sun Star was repaired by Zhou Tong. How could these saints possibly discover it? Even Holy Capital couldn't detect anything unusual, unless they were Quasi-Emperor.
Meanwhile, in the Sun Star.
Zhou Tong could sense that as the grand formation of the Sun Palace was repaired, the fluctuations of the Sun Sacred Power throughout the entire Sun Star became increasingly intense, rising at an extremely rapid and frantic pace. The dense Sun Sacred Power permeated all the Sun Temples, and countless Dao Pattern intertwined with each other, with some spatial distortions faintly visible.
"The Sun Sacred Power within each Sun Temples has increased more than tenfold. Such a cultivation environment is absolutely unimaginable for cultivators practicing the True Sun Scripture... but not everyone can enjoy such a cultivation environment!"
Zhou Tong closed his eyes and focused intently on the sensation. With each breath, his mouth and nose were filled with an incredibly dense amount of Sun Sacred Power. This Sun Sacred Power was so concentrated that even his physical body could feel the intense heat.
"I am a cultivator who has mastered the True Sun Scripture, and I also possess the Azure Heaven Hegemonic Body. Even I can feel this way. I'm afraid that anyone below the level of a Saint would have a very hard time surviving in this place!"
Zhou Tong sighed softly, closed his eyes, and instantly all the formations on the entire Sun Star manifested before him. It could even be said that everything on the entire Sun Star manifested in his mind.
The Sun Palace, which the Sun Sacred Emperor left here, was originally the hub for controlling the entire Sun Star. Now that Zhou Tong has restored this function, the entire Sun Star has fallen into Zhou Tong's control.
"The Sun Star is now completely under our control! This Array Patterns has transformed every Divine Temple into Great Dao of Supreme Yang!" Zhou Tong felt that his divine sense had become completely integrated with the entire Sun Star, and he could clearly perceive every aspect of Sun Star movement.
But at that moment, Zhou Tong's pupils suddenly contracted, revealing a look of disbelief. "No, how is this possible? Such an extremely yin and evil aura has appeared on the Sun Star? What exactly is it?"