Chapter 473

"I can feel the destructive power of the surrounding storm growing stronger; we must be heading towards the eye of the storm."

Xiao Minghuang frowned.

She couldn't even perceive the edge of the storm. This was the Outer Deep Space, and even as a Celestial King, she couldn't extend her Great Dao too far. At most, she could only go a few dozen miles before she couldn't go any further.

However, as she continued forward, she did indeed discover a Dead Star that was roughly the size of a medium-sized world.

This Dead Star was pitch black, like a mountain of death suspended in the Void Storm.

Its size is almost comparable to that of a medium-sized world.

Xiao Minghuang continued forward until she could see the entire Dead Star with her naked eye, at which point she stopped.

Could this be the eye of the storm?

Xiao Minghuang gazed intently at the Dead Star and spoke slowly.

"This Dead Star is probably about one-fifth the size of the Ziwei Main Realm, making it undoubtedly a medium-sized world."

Ye Ruoshui looked at it for a moment before speaking.

Within the Cosmic Great Dao, there are usually no life-bearing stars.

Every star that possesses life will be occupied by immortals, who will evolve its Heavenly Dao Source, transforming it into a small world to enhance their own strength.

Therefore, the division of stars corresponds directly to the division of the world.

A small world is equivalent to a small star, capable of supporting the birth of at most one Earth Immortal, with a total number of living beings of no more than ten million, like the North Sea World before the Ziwei Great World was merged.

A medium-sized world is equivalent to a medium-sized star, which can support at most a few Earth Immortals and a total number of living beings that can reach tens or hundreds of billions, such as the former Western Lands and Southern Wilderness worlds.

Large worlds are equivalent to large stars, which can give birth to immortals. At the very least, they can give birth to a true immortal, and at the very least, they can even support an immortal king. The range is extremely large and cannot be generalized.

Above that are star domains or immortal kingdoms. Star domains are divided in a chaotic and disorderly manner, but generally, a star domain with an immortal king is recognized as a large star domain, while an immortal kingdom is established by an immortal king.

Above that lie the myriad realms and the vast star fields, where great beings at the Celestial Venerable level reside.

The Ziwei Star Domain founded by Xiao Minghuang currently consists of only three great worlds: her Ziwei Main Realm, and the Xuanjin World and Yuming World, which she has subdued.

Later, although many immortals joined the Ziwei Star Domain, the worlds from which they came from were not very large.

Therefore, if this medium-sized star could be incorporated into the Ziwei Immortal Kingdom, it should enhance her strength.

However, what Xiao Minghuang actually valued was not how much his strength would increase.

Rather, it was to verify something.

Just how much of a role can her Star Dao play in reshaping the Dead Star?

Xiao Minghuang's beautiful eyes shone like stars, filled with anticipation.

Immediately.

She transformed into a flowing rainbow, heading towards the Dead Star.

567. Stellar Power, Absorbing the Dead Star

As she drew closer to the Dead Star, she felt the surrounding storm growing stronger, which prompted her to gradually increase the output of her Immortal Dao Law to resist the storm's onslaught.

Gradually, Xiao Minghuang also discovered a phenomenon: in a large area around this planet, all the Cosmic Storm were centered around this Dead Star.

This means that if she can guide the Dead Star, then the Void Storm will subside.

Of course, this is based on the premise that this Dead Star is indeed the source of the storm.

Xiao Minghuang walked around the Dead Star for a while and found that with each step she took, she could feel the increase and decrease of the storm's pressure. This undoubtedly proved that the Dead Star was indeed the eye of the storm!

Whew!

She exhaled softly, her eyes sparkling with excitement. Then, she formed a hand seal and cast the Star Attraction Technique, beginning to channel the Great Dao Power Stars within her body into the Dead Star.

In an instant, the stars shone brightly and the stars twinkled. The once silent surface of the Dead Star began to glow faintly.

Buzz!

Immediately afterwards, Xiao Minghuang made a hand seal with her jade fingers and flicked it towards the Dead Star. In an instant, a ray of starlight shot out from her fingertip and fell into the Dead Star.

Suddenly, the once silent Dead Star burst forth with dazzling starlight, as if night had fallen, illuminating the entire Dead Star in a silvery-white light.

In the void, the dense, Void Storm suddenly boiled over, forming raging, turbulent waves.

As the Void Storm swept through, Xiao Minghuang and Ye Ruoshui's clothes fluttered wildly, their long hair flowing freely.

Is a storm about to break out?

Ye Ruoshui couldn't help but say.

"No, this is the final ripple!"

Xiao Minghuang spoke with focused concentration.

Her eyes were fixed intently on the ever-changing storm in the void. Suddenly, the surging, Void Storm receded like the tide.

In just half an incense stick's time, the entire Void Storm completely vanished without a trace.

"It's really gone..."

Ye Ruoshui asked in surprise.

"Let's go, let's go check out the Dead Star!"

Xiao Minghuang nodded and led Ye Ruoshui swiftly toward the Dead Star, soon standing on its surface.

The Dead Star wasn't very large, only a few thousand feet in circumference, but that was only how it appeared from the outside. As Xiao Minghuang landed on its surface, he realized that it wasn't actually a complete star.

"Your Highness, this... this looks like a cluster of meteorites!"

Ye Ruoshui exclaimed in surprise.

Xiao Minghuang looked around. Previously, being in the storm, she couldn't observe it carefully. Now that she was closer, she realized that this so-called Dead Star was not a complete star, but an aggregation of countless meteorites that made it look like a star.

"I think there were originally two Dead Star that collided and shattered upon impact, triggering Void Storm... But why did their fragments come together?"

Xiao Minghuang murmured to herself, her delicate brows furrowed slightly as she fell into deep thought.

"Whatever the reason, since it's Dead Star, Your Highness should just take it."

Ye Ruoshui said.

"You're right."

The words had barely left his mouth.

Xiao Minghuang lightly touched her toes, and ripples spread out, instantly engulfing the entire meteorite mass.

Rumble...

A series of loud bangs rang out, as if countless stars were exploding within the meteorite cluster, yet strangely, no damage was caused.

Soon, the enormous Dead Star shrank countless times, transforming into a fist-sized, crystal-clear stone that floated in Xiao Minghuang's palm.

"Is this the sealed source of power within the Dead Star?"

Ye Ruoshui asked curiously.

"Yes and no..."

"Oh? Your Highness is saying strange things again..."

"Haha, what I mean is, this is indeed a closed-loop source, but not one, but two."

As he spoke, the crystalline stone floating in Xiao Minghuang's palm split into two smaller pieces.

"Was Your Highness's guess true?"

"I think it's highly likely..."

Xiao Minghuang pondered, "When the two Dead Star collided and exploded, the outer shell of the Boundary Source, which was the layer upon layer of bedrock, shattered into countless meteorites. However, the core, the Boundary Source, remained intact, making the Dead Star even larger. Given time, this cluster of meteorites will gradually coalesce into an even larger Dead Star."

"Hmm... I see..."

Ye Ruoshui nodded. "But what's the point?"

Xiao Minghuang stroked Ye Ruoshui's hair and smiled, "Of course this is meaningful."

"If my conjecture is correct, then it means that in the Outer Deep Space, there should be an extremely massive Dead Star, its size comparable to a celestial realm..."

Upon hearing this explanation, Ye Ruoshui suddenly understood, and a look of excitement immediately lit up in her eyes.

"If Your Highness could absorb this Dead Star, wouldn't you be able to instantly become a Celestial Venerable!"

"Hard to say."

Xiao Minghuang shook her head. Assuming there really was such a large-scale Dead Star, with her current abilities, she probably wouldn't be able to absorb it completely.

Next.

Xiao Minghuang absorbed one of the Dead Star's essences, and gifted the other to Ye Ruoshui.

Perhaps because the Dead Star wasn't very large, in just a few breaths, she completely integrated this new world, which had evolved from the origin, into her own small world.

She possesses the Star Dao, and without relying on the Cosmic Great Dao, she can still revitalize Dead Star and reshape the order of the Heavenly Dao.

However, it wouldn't be so easy for Ye Ruoshui to incorporate it into her inner world. In the Outer Deep Space, without the Cosmic Great Dao, she would find it difficult to rekindle the life force of the Dead Star.

"Your Highness..."

Ye Ruoshui looked at Xiao Minghuang for help.

"Don't worry, I'll lend you a hand."

As she spoke, Xiao Minghuang extended her right hand, placing a slender finger on Ye Ruoshui's brow. A gentle Great Dao Power of Stars slowly seeped in and merged into Ye Ruoshui's mind.

Soon, the origin of the Dead Star came back to life within Ye Ruoshui's small world, evolving into the prototype of a new world.

Sensing the changes in her inner world, Ye Ruoshui opened her eyes, her beautiful eyes filled with joy.

"Your Highness... thank you..."

"Don't mention it, how are you feeling?"

"I feel... if I could obtain a sufficient number of these Dead Star Essences, I should be able to advance to the Immortal King realm!"

Ye Ruoshui asked somewhat uncertainly.

"Yes, I will find these Dead Star as soon as possible and collect as many as possible for you, so that you can reach the Immortal King level soon."

Xiao Minghuang said earnestly.

As her spiritual level rose, she gained a deeper understanding of the intangible and mysterious concepts of destiny and cause and effect.

Xiao Minghuang knew that she was burdened by the Immortal Sealing Scroll, and even if she tried to conceal it, it might be exposed one day.

At that time, she would surely be surrounded by enemies. If Ye Ruoshui and the other five women could not grow up quickly, she had no confidence in protecting them when they were surrounded by enemies.

Moreover, Ye Ruoshui and the other four women received a promotion, which could be compensated and rewarded by the system, making it a win-win situation.

At this point, the system also popped up a notification that some progress in the lottery had been accumulated.

It was a treasure given to her before, and she had actually accumulated quite a bit of progress, but she still hadn't drawn the prize.

After all, her cultivation level is getting higher and higher, and ordinary treasures are of no use to her.

Even with the Great Zhou Heavenly Star Chart in her possession, even the most Immortal Dao Supreme Treasure were of little use to her.

"Right now, my most important task has become improving my cultivation..."

Xiao Minghuang thought to herself.

Asteroid habitat.

Inside the central palace.

Countless immortals gathered here.

"Gentlemen, look! The storm has dissipated!"

A man in a gold robe shouted excitedly.

Upon hearing this, everyone turned to look into the distance, only to see that the dark, stormy tide had vanished, replaced by a desolate, deep, and boundless abyss of darkness.

"It seems the catastrophe has subsided. Where is the Ziwei Immortal King? Didn't she rush into the storm? Why haven't we seen her?"

"Yes, logically speaking, with such a terrifying storm, there's no way the Ziwei Immortal King could have survived, right?"