Zhou Heaven Star Battle Grand Formation

The old peach tree pulled itself out of the soil, its roots emerged, its branches contracted, and it quickly transformed into a miniature peach tree no more than three feet tall.

Although there are no more Peach of Immortality on the branches, they still exude a faint, Immortal Spirit Qi.

This is the Spirit Root of heaven and earth!

Yu Tunzhou and added it to the Vajra Bracelet.

At this moment, Huntian had finished counting the six Peach of Immortality.

"Four have been refined for five hundred years, one for a thousand years, and the last one is barely two thousand years old," Huntian estimated. "Although they combined are not as valuable as a single ripe Peach of Immortality, their medicinal properties are enough for you to undergo a physical rebirth."

"In ancient times, these wouldn't even make it onto the tables at the Peach of Immortality Assembly," Huntian sighed.

"Do you think the Heavenly Court is a suitable place for me to break through?" Yu Tunzhou asked.

Huntian shook his head and said, "I do not recommend that you undergo tribulation in the Heavenly Court. As part of the Immortal Realm, the Heavenly Court is one of the origins of the Great Dao. The realm of Immortals and Gods and gods can unleash its full power in the Heavenly Court, and the same applies to the tribulation of lightning. The tribulation of lightning that you underwent in the Central Plains was actually weakened."

"You mean, if I undergo tribulation in the Heavenly Court, my power will be greater than expected?"

"That's right, especially since the essence of your tribulation is most likely Dao Calamity," Huntian said in a low voice.

Yu Tunzhou slowly said, "Does this also mean that my tribulation lightning can pose a threat to those Dharma Aspect Immortals and Gods?"

Huntian paused for a moment, then pondered, "Once they reach the realm of Immortals and Gods, ordinary spells and supernatural Divine Ability are useless against them; even tribulations are commonplace for them. But..."

"But my tribulation is Dao Calamity," Yu Tunzhou continued. "Since Dao Calamity is a 'tribulation' for those above the level of Immortals and Gods..."

Huntian was speechless for a moment, not knowing what to say.

In theory, Dao Calamity are one-to-one and will not affect other living beings.

But this is the first time it has ever seen a "Dao Calamity" like that of Xuandu.

Yu Tunzhou began to calculate in his mind who he could drag into the Heavenly Court this time.

Demon Race?

After throwing Demon-Summoning Banner, he was theoretically free from conflict with the Demon Race for the time being.

Those guys probably won't have time to look for me.

On the contrary, there are many people in the Central Plains who are hostile to him.

Not long after they started their journey, they encountered several Quasi-Grandmaster, as well as Grandmaster from the Xie Household.

"Xie Lihuo..." Yu Tunzhou couldn't help but think of the red gourd in the man's hand.

A Grandmaster wielding a celestial artifact can be considered to be almost a Dharma Aspect.

Yu Tunzhou thought to himself, if it weren't for this guy, he wouldn't have had to throw out the Demon-Summoning Banner to save his life on the Immortal-Slaying Platform.

If we take care of this guy and get the gourd back, we can at least salvage some of his losses.

Once Yu Tunzhou made up his mind, he looked at An Ruyu and found that the woman was looking up at the sky.

Following her gaze, he then noticed that the several ever-changing "great suns" in the sky had somehow become fixed!

At this moment, there are seven "great suns" in the sky. They are not adjacent to each other and each guards one of the seven directions of the sky.

"It's much faster than expected... Young Hero Guo, someone has forcibly activated the Zhou Heaven Star Battle Grand Formation, so we need to speed up," An Ruyu said, turning around.

Yu Tunzhou's heart skipped a beat. He nodded and said, "I've taken care of things here. Now I'll escort you to Jade Pool."

After saying this, he activated the Secret Method again, opening a Void passage in the void. The two retraced their steps and left the Peach of Immortality Garden in an instant.

Shortly after they left.

A violent tremor came from the boundary of this Peach of Immortality Garden.

Soon, two figures appeared in the garden. Their clothing was more unusual than that of Central Plains.

They surveyed the Peach of Immortality Garden, and an old White Brow with white eyebrows and a red eye between his left brows sighed, "It's still ruined after all. Two array-breaking talismans were wasted in vain."

The man on the right has a high nose and broad eyes, with blue eyes and brown hair. He is clearly not from the Central Plains. What is most striking is that he has three heads and six arms, and his murderous aura is so intense that it forms a unique field.

This is an Asura!

His eyes were bloodshot, and he suddenly spoke, "Someone was here not long ago."

The White Brow old man exclaimed in surprise, his crimson eyes scanning the garden. After careful examination, he found that the remaining traces stopped in front of a blue stone.

"Could there be a secret passage in the Void?"

The White Brow old man seemed to be deep in thought, his crimson pupils opening between his brows, piercing through the Void, revealing everything hidden.

After a moment, the White Brow old man shook his head. "Nothing was found."

"Even your awakened Asura Eye didn't detect it?" Another Asura's eyes gleamed with anxiety. "It seems the one who left the secret passage was a great Divine Ability. Let's go, don't even think about tracking them. First, go and kill that person from the Supreme Purity Lineage. If we can offer that array diagram to the Blood River, the Venerable God will surely be satisfied!"

The White Brow old man nodded, and the two transformed into streaks of blood and rushed outwards.

Emerging from the secret passage, they returned to the Imperial Horse Bureau.

Having determined the direction, An Ruyu headed towards Jade Pool.

Along the way, she would occasionally look up at the sky, as if confirming or deducing something.

Seeing how concerned she was, Yu Tunzhou asked, "The Zhou Heaven Star Battle Grand Formation should be an offensive killing formation, right?"

An Ruyu said softly, "The Zhou Heaven Star Battle Grand Formation of the Primeval Heavenly Court was not truly used for attack or defense. At that time, there were no powerful forces that warranted the Heavenly Court maintaining such an array to fight enemies."

Its true purpose is to suppress the "Dao" that governs all realms.

"Throughout the myriad realms, except for the Central Plains, whenever the Heavenly Dao deviates or order collapses in any realm, the Great Array can directly intervene to correct it, while simultaneously opening portals to the heavens, allowing heavenly troops to descend directly upon that realm."

"At that time, the Heavenly Emperor was the true master of heaven and earth, wielding the highest authority over all the heavens, and only the Sect Master Sage of various sects could check and balance him."

Upon hearing this, Yu Tunzhou was visibly shaken and murmured, "Dominion all heavens... So this is Dominion all heavens means."

The Azure Emperor Dominion all spirits, and these spirits are called True Spirit.

Haotian Dominion all the heavens, and these "all the heavens" refer to the true myriad realms.

At its core lies the entire Heavenly Court and the Zhou Heaven Star Battle Grand Formation built upon Heavenly Court.

The more Yu Tunzhou learned, the less he could understand why Haotian chose to destroy the Heavenly Court.

This isn't just cutting off one's own limbs; it's destroying Dao Foundation and abdicating one's divine status.

"Are you worried that the Zhou Heaven Star Battle Grand Formation might be controlled by those beings?" Yu Tunzhou asked.

He had originally intended to seek Xie Lihuo to make up for the losses, but given the current situation, he could only leave it to fate.

If only this guy would come looking for me...

At that time, both old and new grudges will be settled together.

"Young Hero Guo, there's no need to worry." An Ruyu suddenly smiled, her eyes crinkling. "They will never gain complete control of the Zhou Heaven Star Battle Grand Formation."

Yu Tunzhou was taken aback. Judging from his tone, this guy seemed to have some incredible information. Was it revealed to her by the twelve old mothers? Or did Luo River Diagram foresee it?

"Do you have reliable sources?" Yu Tunzhou pressed, "Why are you so certain?"

"Young Hero Guo will find out then."

An Ruyu kept everyone in suspense, her smile sly.

Yu Tunzhou's lips twitched slightly; this vixen was still the same as ever.

"And what is your purpose in going to Jade Pool?" Yu Tunzhou asked again.

"Legend has it that the waters of Jade Pool can reflect three lifetimes. I wish to see what I looked like in my past life, and whether I had a predestined connection with Young Hero Guo." An Ruyu smiled, then changed the subject, "Young Hero Guo, have you heard of a saying?"

"All things created by Heaven possess three souls: Heaven, Earth, and Man. This is the glimmer of hope that the Great Dao has left for all living beings."

"With each reincarnation, one soul disappears and another is reborn. After this happens three times, all three souls are 'new,' and the person is no longer the same as before."

Yu Tunzhou wondered in his heart if Huntian had such a saying.

Huntian not only acknowledged this statement, but also indicated that even the most Divine Ability beings would find it difficult to avoid it.

Therefore, they will not choose to reincarnate and start over unless absolutely necessary.

Only extremely special Cultivation Method can guarantee that the three souls will not be lost and will not be trapped in the cycle of reincarnation, but this comes at a price.

As for whether the existence of Sect Master Sage level can be avoided, Huntian speculates that it is highly likely, but there is no way to verify it.

Because none of the known Sect Master Sage have had a similar experience.

Yu Tunzhou pondered, wondering which incarnation he was in now.

Second life?

Or is it the third incarnation?

"Young Hero Guo, how did I perform this time? Did I leave a good impression on you and increase my credibility score?" An Ruyu blinked, interrupting his thoughts, and changed the subject again.

The leaps in thought are so rapid that even Yu Tunzhou cannot keep up.

Yu Tunzhou replied perfunctorily, "Well, you did alright this time, more reliable than before. Keep up the good work, and I hope this trip will have a perfect ending for us."

The journey from the Imperial Horse Bureau to the Jade Pool was far longer than Yu Tunzhou had anticipated.

Since the Heavenly Court has no reference for the flow of time, they can only estimate time themselves.

It took them about half a day to get from the Southern Heavenly Gate to the Peach of Immortality Garden, passing through two secret passages.

Even with the Luo River Diagram guiding them, it still took them nearly two days to travel from the Imperial Horse Bureau to Jade Pool.

Yu Tunzhou dared not imagine that without the Luo River Diagram to guide him, he would have had to rely entirely on luck.

Along the way, I hardly encountered anyone. Even when I did, we only exchanged glances from afar, looking wary and neither of us wanted to get closer before we went our separate ways.

As you reach the end, a vast expanse of shimmering water stretches out between the sea of clouds.

"This is the Jade Pool?"

Yu Tunzhou looked up and clearly showed surprise.

Calling the water ahead a "pond" is too modest; it should be called "Jade Lake."

On the surface of the pond, the water vapor was like mist, a vast expanse of white that stretched to the horizon. A few lotus flowers could be seen floating on the water, their stems bent over, their withered and decaying over countless years.

This place is probably in a similar state to the Peach of Immortality Garden; without the nourishment of the spirit, this once sacred land has now become a dead wasteland.

They came to the edge of the pool and found faint footprints remaining on the bluestone steps by the pool.

Yu Tunzhou leaned down and looked over. He saw that the footprints were slender, like those of a woman, probably left by a female immortal.

An Ruyu arrived at the poolside, paused for a moment, and looked into the depths of the pool.

Yu Tunzhou ignored her and soon discovered a broken white jade platform on the north side of Jade Pool.

Ascension Platform!

Just as he was about to step forward to check if the Ascension Platform was still intact, he felt a tremor beneath his feet.

Ripples appeared on the surface of the Jade Pool.

He stopped abruptly, carefully sensing the vibrations emanating from deep underground.

Suddenly, he looked up in the direction he had come from.

A huge rift suddenly appeared in the sky, as if two forces were colliding head-on, tearing the Void apart. Golden light and starlight intertwined and surged, illuminating half of the sky and dyeing it with a glass-like color.

This collision affected the entire Heavenly Court!

Yu Tunzhou's gaze was fixed on the crack. Even from a great distance, he could still sense two completely different, yet strangely familiar, auras intertwining.

The source that felt familiar to him was...

Martial Ancestor Lu Daolin!

The other, slightly unfamiliar aura surged with immense majesty, like the might of heaven, yet it also evoked a sense of familiarity in him...

His heart suddenly skipped a beat.

It's that young man in the High Heaven Treasure Hall!

Lu Daolin clashed with that young man from the High Heaven Treasure Hall?

Yu Tunzhou looked astonished.

"It's begun..." An Ruyu's voice drifted over, "I didn't expect those beings to be eliminated so quickly."

"What's started? Who's going to participate?" Yu Tunzhou asked in a deep voice. "Those two auras seem to be the Martial Ancestor and that young man from the High Heaven Treasure Hall!"

"This Heavenly Court is both a place of fortuitous opportunity and a vast hunting ground. And the so-called 'beginning' is naturally the start of the hunt."

An Ruyu's white dress fluttered in the strong wind blowing from afar. She raised her hand to gather a stray strand of hair, gazed at the distant sky, and whispered,

"Now it seems that the person in the High Heaven Treasure Hall..."

"Also prey."

"Of course, Young Hero Guo, you and I are both prey."

The Sun Palace.

A colossal tree, burning with Indestructible true fire, pierced the Void, its top invisible. Its leaves were like mulberry leaves, and between its branches hung great suns, with Golden Crow circling and rising and falling.

Ancient Fusang Tree!

Beneath this divine tree, a figure in golden robes sat upright, slowly opening his eyes. The power contained in his gaze alone gave Huang Tian the illusion that his physical body was melting.

This is...

The Sun Divine Lord of the Primeval Heavenly Court?!

He's not dead yet?

And we'll wait right here!

In Huang Tian's mind, the aged voice snorted coldly, revealing its arrogance:

"Such arrogance! Do you really think you can easily defeat me?"

The High Heaven Treasure Hall.

boom--

The tightly closed door was suddenly flung open, as if it had been kicked open!

"Who?!"

The young man, still seated amidst the numerous corpses of Immortals and Gods, suddenly opened his eyes, his voice filled with shock and anger, and he rebuked them.

"How dare you!"

Before the words were finished, a figure barged in. He didn't utter a single word, ask any questions, or pause for a moment; he simply took one step and stood before the young man.

The young man's pupils constricted sharply, and he raised his hand, intending to activate the power of the High Heaven Hall and mobilize the remaining power of the Great Dao of the Heavens within the palace to suppress the enemy.

At this moment, he has already taken control of a portion of Lingxiao's essence, so even if Immortals and Gods trespass, he can defend the palace and retreat unscathed.

But the intruder didn't give him a chance to make a move.

The next moment.

Not long ago, the "Lord of Heaven and Earth" who boasted that he controlled all living beings and regarded Yu Tunzhou and An Ruyu as ants had his head easily removed.

His face still held the shock, anger, and bewilderment of his last moments, as if he couldn't understand how anyone could so easily take his head from the High Heaven Treasure Hall until his death.

Lu Daolin held the severed head, his gaze sweeping over the corpses of numerous Immortals and Gods.

"The first puzzle piece..."