Heavenly Stellar Formation

As more and more meteorites were "lit up," starlight swiftly gathered in the dark Primordial World starry sky, forming mysterious, beautiful trails of stellar radiance like swirling nebulae around those meteorites.

"It worked! I did it—I gathered the power of the stars!" Shi Mo, sensing the Heavenly Stellar Formation from afar at Nine Tripod Iron Fork Mountain, could not help growing excited.

As vast amounts of stellar radiance gathered, the meteorites serving as the formation's foundations were further refined by that radiance. The formation patterns on their surfaces quietly changed and improved, as though restrictions on an innate spirit treasure were naturally being conceived and born.

The completion of the formation patterns also made it easier for Shi Mo to control the formation through his "satellite." Meteorite formation foundations that had originally been far apart began rapidly drawing together.

For a time, the formation's range shrank, yet the starlight it gathered increased without end. The Heavenly Stellar Formation Shi Mo had just created also grew greatly in power.

"Hm?" Deep within the Primordial World starry sky, a stern man in a crimson-gold brocade robe sat cross-legged atop a scroll covered in complex patterns and flowing mysterious light. He suddenly opened his eyes and looked in astonishment toward the gathering starlight in the distance.

"A formation? Someone has created a formation capable of drawing upon the power of the Heavenly Stellar Formation? And they are even using it in the Primordial World starry sky, yet I knew nothing of it. Who could it be?"

Startled and angered, Di Jun immediately transformed into a crimson stream of light and flew toward the gathering starlight.

"That is... Di Jun?" Sensing that scorching aura drawing near, Shi Mo's "satellite" incarnation within the Heavenly Stellar Formation was startled and hurriedly activated the grand formation with all its strength.

Once he drew close and sensed the surging power of the Heavenly Stellar Formation, Di Jun's expression became increasingly doubtful and grim. With a wave of his hand, he shot forth a sharp crimson-gold claw shadow. It struck the formation shrouded in stellar radiance, yet only caused the gathered outer layer of stellar energy to tremble.

"It actually has such power?" Di Jun raised his brows, his eyes burning with excitement, and directly brought out the innate spirit treasure, Luoshu.

At once, the Primordial World starry sky shook. As if it were about to shatter the heavens, Luoshu rapidly expanded and slammed down fiercely upon the Heavenly Stellar Formation with terrifying might.

With a thunderous boom, the Heavenly Stellar Formation, controlled by the "satellite" incarnation and limited in power, instantly collapsed. The meteorites serving as its formation foundations also shattered and fell like stars.

"Hm? Where is the one controlling the formation?" Di Jun had not expected the grand formation to be unable to withstand a full-force strike from Luoshu. Looking at the empty Primordial World starry sky after the formation broke, he could not help but freeze.

"How could there be no one controlling the formation? For the other party to evade my senses, they could only have been within the formation. But why have they vanished?" Coming back to himself, Di Jun was filled with bewilderment.

Before long, Donghuang Taiyi, Kunpeng, Ji Meng, and several other Monster Sages, alerted by the terrifying energy fluctuations from the clash, arrived in the Primordial World starry sky one after another.

After learning from Di Jun what had happened, Donghuang Taiyi and the others were also astonished.

Kunpeng's pupils contracted, his eyes revealing doubt. Seeing his unusual expression, Di Jun could not help asking, "Demon Master, have you thought of something?"

Before Kunpeng could speak, Ji Meng hurriedly said, "Monster Emperor, I previously encountered someone who had trespassed into the Heavenly Court. He said he wanted to pass through the Heavenly Court to reach the Primordial World starry sky. Could it have been him? But I stopped him, and he later fled. The Demon Master even went after him, but failed to catch him."

"Oh?" Di Jun raised his brows and looked at Kunpeng, who hurriedly said, "He should be the person Minghe previously tried to deal with."

"So it was him! It seems he truly is no simple figure!" Di Jun said, then solemnly continued, "He can use a formation to draw upon the power of the Heavenly Stellar Formation. He should be brought into service by our Monster Clan. Find a way to investigate his identity."

"Monster Emperor, I recall that he said his name seemed to be Shi Mo," Ji Meng said with a frown as he tried to remember.

"Shi Mo?" Di Jun frowned and looked toward Donghuang Taiyi, Kunpeng, and the others. "Among those who listened to the Dao at Purple Heaven Palace, was there someone called Shi Mo?"

"Never heard of him. It seems there was no one like that," Donghuang Taiyi, Kunpeng, and the several Monster Sages all said, shaking their heads.

Di Jun frowned at this. "Just where did he come from?"

"Right, those meteorites should be the foundations of the formation. They must contain the secrets of that formation," Di Jun suddenly said as though recalling something. He immediately instructed the Monster Sages, "Quickly, go search for the meteorite fragments that just fell from the Primordial World starry sky."

Meteorites? After exchanging glances, the Monster Sages hurriedly acknowledged the order and set to work.

At the same time, in a dust-filled crater in the wilderness tens of thousands of miles from Nine Tripod Iron Fork Mountain, Shi Mo suddenly appeared beside a several-zhang-wide black ore stone gleaming with stellar radiance. He reached out and grabbed at the air. The black stone immediately shattered, and a palm-sized piece of jade with mysterious patterns and flowing light flew out from within, landing in Shi Mo's hand.

The next moment, Shi Mo burrowed into an underground spirit vein. Looking at the more than one hundred golden Earth-Core Fire Dragons gathered around him, he said, "Memorize its aura. Go search for meteorites that have fallen from the Ninth Heaven and carry a similar aura. The more you find, the better."

Amid one dragon roar after another, the Earth-Core Fire Dragons swiftly scattered and vanished into the spirit vein.

"The meteoritic iron contained in those star meteorites tempered by stellar radiance is absolutely ideal spirit material for refining the formation foundations of the Heavenly Stellar Formation. As long as I can gather enough meteoritic iron, my Heavenly Stellar Formation will be set," Shi Mo thought expectantly as he recalled the approximate places where the meteorites had fallen and headed toward the nearest, densest area.

Using the Wind-Fixing Pearl to sense his surroundings, Shi Mo also keenly detected the auras of several Monster Clan experts.

However, the Primordial World was Shi Mo's home ground. Thus, before long, with the Earth-Core Fire Dragons' help, he had collected quite a bit of stellar meteoritic iron.

"That should be enough. It is time to return. Di Jun, do you think it will be so easy to uncover the mysteries of the Heavenly Stellar Formation from those meteorite formation foundations?" Shi Mo sneered inwardly. He could not be bothered to continue gathering the remaining scattered stellar meteoritic iron. After quietly returning to Nine Tripod Iron Fork Mountain, he began refining the stellar meteoritic iron with the power of earthfire.

Under Shi Mo's refinement, chunks of stellar meteoritic iron of varying sizes transformed into miniature stars. After using up most of the stellar meteoritic iron he had gathered, he finally refined three hundred and sixty-five stars.

In the end, Shi Mo arranged the three hundred and sixty-five stars in the air around Nine Tripod Iron Fork Mountain, forming the Heavenly Stellar Formation. It drew upon the power of the stars and gathered it atop Eight Treasures Peak.

Afterward, Shi Mo used the remaining stellar meteoritic iron together with the jade used to refine the "satellite" to forge a divine sword.

Atop Eight Treasures Peak, Shi Mo looked at the ancient, unadorned divine sword bathing in starlight, its surface faintly shimmering with a jade-like luster. His eyes gleamed.

"At last, I have an offensive divine weapon of my own. I shall call it the Heavenly Stellar Cloud Sword."