Free Web NovelChapter 1533: Chapter 180: Spying on Jade Balance (Extra Chapter for major ally Yan Shaofei! 12/78)
"Is the Dragon God’s goal the Jade Balance Stars?" Jiang Wang asked in shock.
Guan Yan said: "After exhausting all possibilities, this is the only true answer."
"This... it..." Jiang Wang still found it difficult to understand.
How could one target the stars?
Those stars, high above in the night sky, illuminating the Ten Thousand Realms...
"What do you think stars are?" Guan Yan asked.
What are stars?
Many people have many answers.
To most cultivators, stars represent the distant Star Vault, beacons of the Starlight Holy Tower.
In the Star Divination Technique, stars are the basis of calculations, linking to the River of Destiny.
If Jiang Anan were to answer, she might say they are those watching her from afar, her father and mother...
As one gazes at the long night, the stars flicker in the sky.
People always have various curiosities—
How high must one jump, how long must one fly, to touch the stars?
What mysteries lie on those seemingly infinitely distant stars?
But Transcendent Cultivators who reach a certain realm should know that the distance between stars and reality doesn’t manifest spatially.
Every star reflects the Ten Thousand Realms.
For instance, the Forest sea source realm is within the shine of the Jade Balance Star, uniquely illuminated by it. Yet the Jade Balance Star doesn’t just shine on the Forest sea source realm but also projects its rays into reality.
For example, the Floating Land World is within the shine of the Heavenly Pivot Star, uniquely illuminated by it. However, Qinghuo Qiming once recounted the legend of the Floating Land—
He said that many stars once existed in the Celestial Sky and fell into the Dark Heaven, piercing through the earth in this process, thereby creating caverns. And above the Celestial Sky, because of the stars falling, only one Heavenly Pivot Star remains.
From this legend, it can be seen that the Floating Land World seemed to be illuminated by many stars initially. Because of some change, only the Heavenly Pivot remains.
In the Forest sea source realm, such a notion was never heard of, as if only the Jade Balance Star has always been high in the sky, eternal as it was.
Of course, maybe Jiang Wang’s time in the Forest sea source realm was too brief, having not heard many legends...
From this unique meaning of the Jade Balance, the Forest sea source realm is certainly special.
But not special enough.
Including the Hidden Source World Jiang Wang has visited, which also has only one Hidden Star suspended.
It can probably be said that the entire Secret Realm of the Seven Star Tower seems to send participants to worlds uniquely illuminated by the seven stars...
Regarding the richness of worlds, the Floating Land World clearly surpasses the Forest sea source realm, and the Forest sea source realm far surpasses the Hidden Source World.
"Stars, to some extent, link to the River of Destiny and are the beacons for positioning the Starlight Holy Tower." Jiang Wang stated.
He did not shy away from demonstrating some of what he knew to Guan Yan, though he was aware of the shallow breadth of his knowledge.
"How rare, that you have an understanding of the Star Divination Technique; it will assist you in comprehending stars," Guan Yan said. "Stars are specific existences but do not concretely exist in any one place. They’re enchanting and ethereal. We can hardly grasp them in the sense of reality; usually, only starlight can be touched... How do you perceive the Star Tower?"
Jiang Wang thought seriously and replied: "The foundation of the Tao path."
Given his current strength, he naturally wasn’t satisfied with merely erecting an ordinary Star Tower. His Inner Mansion, first of all, past and present, if he were to establish a Starlight Holy Tower, it must become an Outer Building of the Tao Path.
Things like Starlight Tempering Body, invoking starlight for battle, anchoring positions, are not what Jiang Wang values most. What he values is that the Starlight Holy Tower emits radiance in the vast cosmos, describing his Jiang Wang’s Tao!
This is how he understands the Outer Building.
Of course, Guan Yan could glean sufficient information from this answer, so he smiled with satisfaction and asked, "If your foundation of the Tao path changed from your Starlight Holy Tower to cosmic stars, how would it be?"
A single stone can stir a thousand-layered wave!
When cultivators resonate with the Star Tower’s power, it seems to echo the celestial stars. But who would truly consider the Star Tower as stars?
Who can think this way? Who dares to think this way!
A cultivator’s personal Starlight Holy Tower and the real, world-illuminating cosmic stars are utterly incomparable. frёeωebɳovel.com
The former often dissipates with the cultivator’s death; the only one Jiang Wang has seen until now, called "tenacious," was the one Guan Yan retrieved. Even after Guan Yan’s "death," it still stubbornly drifts in the Star Vault... Whereas cosmic stars are enduring and eternal existences.
Across the Long River of Time, countless heroes have perished, yet the stars today are still the stars of ages past!
Jiang Wang almost instantly realized why the Dragon God would target the Jade Balance Stars!
The Jade Balance Stars are real entities, illuminating the Ten Thousand Realms. If one could embody this Tao, the Tao would surely spread across the Ten Thousand Realms!
Even if the Dragon God consolidates the Forest sea source realm, it is merely a realm’s belief. If it could control the Jade Balance Star, then it has the chance to become the Dragon God of the Ten Thousand Realms!
But...
Can it truly be done?
With Jiang Wang’s current cultivation and knowledge, he couldn’t comprehend or imagine how to achieve this. Even knowing the ultimate goal and many previous developments didn’t allow him to deduce the principles.
But without a doubt, the Dragon God started its plan eight hundred years ago and has been pushing forward unwaveringly.
And five hundred years ago, Master Guan Yan deduced its purpose by analyzing its various arrangements!
His Inner Mansion, first recorded in history, perhaps couldn’t include the Inner Mansion Realm Guan Yan who descended upon the Forest sea source realm over five hundred years ago...
From this, it can be inferred—throughout history, countless hidden geniuses exist, merely obscured by circumstances, not illuminating brilliance. The feats of the Tianfu Age might not be truly unbreakable; it may be unknown, untold...
Though, purely in terms of combat strength, regardless of facing any Neifu Cultivator, Jiang Wang, who has reached the ultimate combat strength of the Inner Mansion, has the confidence to fight and win.
This confidence is forged through victory after victory. He didn’t start invincible in the same realm but has resiliently walked to where he is now, never doubting himself.
He believes that in the Long River of History, there must have been many Inner Mansion geniuses with the strength to defeat him. But he also believes that in life-and-death struggles to the end, he would certainly be the victor.
Yet... he still cannot comprehend the Dragon God’s layout.
And doesn’t know if Zhongxuan Sheng can understand... What about Zhao Xiaowu? Jiang Wang couldn’t help but wonder.
So he voiced his question: "How can it be done?"
Guan Yan said: "First, you must know one thing—stars have their own will. This kind of will may not mean the thoughts or considerations of a living being but is an indescribably great existence. Similar to the will of reality—you know the will of reality, right?"
Jiang Wang certainly knew.
Wasn’t the Bone Demon God repeatedly hindered by the will of reality, providing Zhuang Chenggan with an opportunity to exploit?
"I know a little," Jiang Wang said.
"For someone of your age who doesn’t care for reading, understanding this much is quite difficult," Guan Yan praised.
"Elder doesn’t speak carelessly," Jiang Wang was a bit upset. "I enjoy reading very much! Lately, I’ve been reading regularly!"
Guan Yan glanced at him: "When I initially asked you to fetch my monk’s robe from the book house, you truly only took the robe and left without flipping through a book... Actually, there were some of my cultivation thoughts intended as recompense for you."
"At that time, I was rather hurried... too hurried! With a heart longing to return, not that I dislike reading," Jiang Wang felt very embarrassed, hurriedly changing the subject: "Elder, if the Dragon God wants to achieve its goal, what needs to be done? Please continue!"
