Afterward, Qiu Yan turned his wrist and mounted the Observation Tube onto the Armillary Sphere. Then, with a slight movement of his fingers, he looked up at the sky and made several adjustments, changing the Observation Tube's angle.
At that moment, a ray of starlight pierced through the bloody sky and fell straight down, directly entering one end of the Observation Tube. It bounced back and forth within the tube, and before long split into countless strands. The refracted starlight emerged, shifting endlessly across the entire Armillary Sphere.
"Hm? This starlight actually fell downward—how truly mysterious..." Before Master Qingliang could finish, the starlight had already refracted repeatedly through the Armillary Sphere's major rings. Specks of starlight appeared upon the surfaces of its circular components, forming strange patterns before scattering outward again.
Rays upon rays of starlight crisscrossed through the Armillary Sphere's hollow interior, weaving through one another. At their intersections, points of light formed like stars.
When Master Qingliang focused his gaze once more, all he saw were specks of light within the Armillary Sphere, no different from the stars in the heavens!
Seeing this, he was stunned at first, then his heart trembled as he realized its implications.
"May I ask, Marquis, do you intend to use this Armillary Sphere to recreate the changes of the stars in the heavens?"
"Correct. The movements of the stars have been recorded since the ancient age of ignorance, and those records have continued to this day. Many stars are older than countless dynasties, having witnessed innumerable rises and falls. If we can understand their mysteries, it will undoubtedly be a great advancement for the Human Path!"
"This..." Master Qingliang hesitated. How could he fail to understand what an enormous boon it would be to the Human Path if the changes of the