In other words, words alone could never capture the essence of Seven Star Numerology. Only when the vast river of stars lay fully revealed before him could its past errors and disharmony vanish in an instant, clear as the lines on his palm.
It was almost like the difference between two and three dimensions. Put Seven Star Numerology into words, and it could only lie flat on the page. No matter how Xu Yi built his models from it, there were simply too many stars involved. Even with genius enough to reach the heavens, he could never render them perfectly.
But now, the deity he had visualized had brought the boundless starry sky vividly to life before his eyes.
For the first time, he realized there might be another way to solve the problem.
Xu Yi forcibly suppressed the stir in his heart and began working through Seven Star Numerology.
The myriad stars shone brilliantly, reflected perfectly in the sea of his mind. With the starry sky mirrored there, manipulating it became far easier.
Within that imagined sea, he could shift the stars wherever he pleased and work through the patterns at will.
An hour later, Xu Yi threw back his head and laughed.
The Seven Star Numerology that had puzzled him for years had finally yielded to him. Only someone who had been lost in it could understand the sheer joy of the breakthrough.
The joy came quickly, and passed just as quickly. Once his mind settled, Xu Yi abruptly realized that what he needed to break through was not Seven Star Numerology, but the Twenty-Eight Mansions before him.
He immediately steadied himself and summoned his deepest sorrow. His thoughts grew calm in an instant. Then, following the method described in the cultivation art, he tried to draw upon