Following Bai Tang's gesture, Jiang Yang looked closely and saw that the book was filled with patterns of scattered stars.
These points of light varied in size and brightness. Some areas were simply blank, as though a piece had been erased, leaving him utterly baffled.
"Uh..."
Seeing Jiang Yang's clueless expression, Bai Tang had never expected him to make any sense of it.
Even she had to interpret it alongside written records. An ordinary person could never understand it just by looking, so she smiled and said:
"This is an Ancient Star Chart. You have to read it in the context of the circumstances of its time. Naturally, you can't understand it now."
As she spoke, she tipped her chin toward the Armillary Sphere farther inside and said:
"Even in ancient times, this Celestial Globe wasn't something an ordinary Dao Lineage could build. Only with it could star charts be drawn."
"Then what use is this star chart? Observing the stars?"
Jiang Yang involuntarily recalled knowledge from his previous life, and a vague suspicion formed in his mind.
"Yes, that's one of its functions."
Bai Tang nodded, then continued:
"Since ancient times, the stars of the heavens have been symbols of Golden Core True Lords. Even whenever they act, stars respond and follow them. At the same time, changes in the brightness of those stars provide the clearest indication of a True Lord's condition."
"For example... the Year Star represents the True Lord occupying the rightful seat of Wood Virtue. Corresponding to it are other stars such as Yinghuo, Taibai, Chang Geng, and Chonghua."
"You mean a star in the sky represents a True Lord? Their standing is that exalted?"
Deeply shaken, Jiang Yang murmured these words. However highly he imagined the standing of True Lords, the grandeur of these