As Feng Wu drew closer to the star gate inch by inch, the tens of thousands—perhaps hundreds of thousands—of years of accumulation from his enlightenment beneath the South Sea Dragon Palace melted away bit by bit. Like Xiao Hua's sudden enlightenment between life and death, it transformed into starlight and fell into his consciousness! At the same time, the profound mysteries of the starry sky born from the Great Sacred Hall's illusions were likewise engraved into his star patterns and consciousness!
Who knew whether time held any meaning here? Perhaps it was but the flick of a finger, perhaps it was ten thousand long years. Feng Wu had no sense of it at all. He only knew that everything was changing, yet he had no idea what exactly had changed, until his body fell into the star gate.
Boom... Feng Wu's consciousness went completely blank again. Just as when the Great Sacred Hall had been annihilated and reborn, all consciousness gathered into a single point before being born anew. After this cycle repeated itself seven full times, Feng Wu finally saw that he was already within a vast expanse of stars.
The starry sky spread in every direction, above, below, left, and right. At its center, six stars stood out with particular brilliance. Yet of those six stars, three shone brightly while the other three were dim and devoid of light.
"Is this the Great Sacred Hall?" A proud voice came from Feng Wu's mouth. It was exactly Feng Wu's voice, yet its tone was entirely different. Was it not Heavenly Phoenix's consciousness?
"Oh?" Heavenly Phoenix curled his lips, for he had already seen the faint forms of the Golden-Winged Great Peng, the Feathered Sky-Piercing Beast, and the Five-Colored Sea God Conch within those three shining stars.
"Haha, Phoenix Sage..."