Chapter 1345: 望星

Setting up a seventh-tier Heavenly River Luo Star Formation would be impossible with the Five Elements Sect's current territory. However, at the very least, increasing the formation's power would certainly benefit the Primordial Bell's refinement of the Ancestral Black Dragon's remains.

Chen Mobai called over the busy Zhuo Ming to ask about this matter.

"Master, there's no problem with the Ground Vein Formation. Once all the spiritual veins in the Profound Sea are integrated into the formation disk and the banners are planted, it will be complete. However, regarding the Sky Screen..."

Zhuo Ming took this opportunity to complain. When they had previously clashed with the Dragon Palace Formation, Chen Mobai had over-activated the Sky Screen Ground Vein Formation, causing several satellites in the sky to overload and explode. The Five Elements Sect's artifact refiners were unable to repair these, so progress was still stalled.

"I understand," Chen Mobai nodded.

The reason the Five Elements Sect's Sky Screen Formation previously only had thirty-six satellites was that the Immortal Sect's grand formation had that many. So, when Chen Mobai copied it, he had a fixed mindset, believing that number would suffice.

In fact, the thirty-six satellites did cover all of the Five Elements Sect's territory across Eastern Continent, with signals even reaching parts of the desolate and profound sea regions.

However, with the recent conquest of the Profound Flood Dragon Royal Court, the entire Profound Sea was now under the Five Elements Sect's control. The original satellites were definitely insufficient; Zhuo Ming estimated that at least over a hundred would be needed.

"Let's just go for a full Heavenly Cycle number. I will refine them myself."

Chen Mobai nodded, indicating he would find time to produce three hundred and sixty satellites.

The Five Elements Sect's previous satellites were old ones that Chen Mobai had asked Yun Yangbing to repair. Even so, the local artifact refiners couldn't fix them, so he still needed to personally intervene.

Although satellites are highly technical, with his current cultivation, he could grasp their intricacies by merely reviewing the blueprints for half a day.

However, three hundred and sixty is not a small number, and Chen Mobai intended to directly upgrade them into a seventh-tier grand formation in the future, so the materials could not be of poor quality.

Previously, he would never have dared to dream of such luxury, but having obtained all the Profound Flood Dragon clan's accumulated wealth, he could now make good use of the resources.

In the following days, Chen Mobai simultaneously refined Sky Screen satellites and assisted the Primordial Bell in refining the Ancestral Black Dragon's remains.

Another half year passed quickly.

"I have something to attend to back there, so I'll trouble you, Senior, to watch over things here."

It was almost the day Chen Mobai had arranged to pick up the Profound Void Pill from Song Qingyi. Chen Mobai immediately put aside his current tasks and spoke to the Spirit Venerable.

Qing Nü was still in seclusion. After setting up the Innate Water Elemental Grand Formation with the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl, she once again felt an anomaly in her fetal essence energy.

"Rest assured."

The Spirit Venerable nodded, indicating she would take care of things here.

Amidst a flash of silver light, Chen Mobai was already back in the Purple Heavens Universe.

He booked a ticket to Hope Star. As he had temporary residency, he still needed to register with the relevant authorities. Qi Yuheng, being experienced in this, handled all the arrangements for him.

"Junior Brother, you've finally come out of seclusion. The power furnace has been repaired."

Before Chen Mobai left, Cheng Xuan called him to his workshop and handed him the repaired sixth-tier power furnace.

If he took this to the Heavenly River Realm and then dismantled the Dragon King's Palace within his Dharma Realm to construct a treasure ship from its materials, the Five Elements Sect would possess a sixth-tier treasure ship.

At that point, even if Chen Mobai and the Spirit Venerable were to leave, the Five Elements Sect would still retain a foundation equivalent to a sixth-tier power.

"Thank you, Senior Brother."

Chen Mobai inspected it, confirmed the power furnace was fine, and thanked Cheng Xuan.

"No need for formalities between us."

Cheng Xuan waved his hand, indicating it was nothing.

"Senior Brother, these are sixth-tier spiritual materials given to me by the Spirit Venerable. I've looked at them, and they are very suitable for the properties of your Scarlet Heart Treasure Mirror..."

Chen Mobai took out the fire-attributed spiritual materials he had prepared earlier. These were part of the spoils he had organized from the twenty-three Grand Abyss Blue Pearls of the little flood dragon.

"Since the Spirit Venerable gave them to you, you should use them. There's no need to give them to me."

Cheng Xuan, however, shook his head, stating that giving them to him would be a waste, even though he secretly desired them greatly.

"These materials will best unleash the power of the Can Tong Qi for you and boost your cultivation realm. I can cultivate to the Void Refinement stage on my own, so giving them to me would be a bit of a waste."

In Chen Mobai's Dharma Realm, there was a mountain-like pile of such materials. If it weren't for the fact that taking out too much at once might draw the attention of relevant authorities, he would have also given some to Qi Yuheng and Tao Hua.

However, once he reached the Void Refinement stage, he wouldn't need to worry about such things.

Therefore, his immediate priority was to obtain his Profound Void Pill.

"Junior Brother, thank you!"

After repeated persuasion from Chen Mobai, Cheng Xuan finally accepted the materials. He was clearly very excited, as with the help of these spiritual materials, he might be able to elevate his natal artifact to the sixth tier and completely solidify his realm as a sixth-tier artifact refiner.

The two brothers then drank wine all night, and Chen Mobai took the opportunity to inquire about the satellites.

Unfortunately, while Cheng Xuan was highly skilled in artifact refining, he knew little about formations. Although he suggested refining satellites into artifacts, the seventh-tier Heavenly River Luo Star Formation was too advanced for him; he simply didn't know how satellites could replace its components.

After all, the original seventh-tier grand formation required stars to be arranged, and each star needed to possess a sixth-tier spiritual vein.

Only powers of at least the Dao Field level could achieve this, and unless one cultivated the Grand Dao of Stars, they wouldn't even attempt to set up such a formation.

"Then, I'll first refine the satellites into embryos for sixth-tier artifacts. Later, when I have time and effort, I'll figure out how to match them with spiritual veins for upgrades."

Chen Mobai now had a plan in mind for setting up the seventh-tier Heavenly River Luo Star Formation.

However, this matter would have to wait until he reached the Void Refinement stage.

For now, he could at most refine the necessary satellites and have Zhuo Ming cover the Profound Sea's waters as an emergency measure.

At the Starry Sky Station on Fushang Star, after the guard checked Chen Mobai's ticket, he was directed to a specific spot. Once everyone had gathered, the starry sky teleportation array was activated.

Chen Mobai's cultivation was already close to the Void Refinement stage, but this was his first time formally using this starry sky teleportation array. He observed the entire process with keen interest.

From his current perspective, he quickly discovered that this starry sky teleportation array operated identically to the ones in the Heavenly River Realm. This indirectly proved that the Grand Void Dao Ancestor of the Central Dao Field and the Grand Void True King of the Heavenly River Realm were the same person.

As silver light intensified, Fushang Star before Chen Mobai's eyes suddenly became ethereal, then transformed into the boundless starry sky in the blink of an eye. He felt as if he were being stretched, and within a few breaths, he was pulled from one end of the galaxy to the other.

"Exit first, then enter. No rush..."

As the void power dissipated, Chen Mobai heard the guards outside the starry sky station, responsible for maintaining order, calling out.

He saw many pale-faced passengers around him putting away their talismans.

This kind of grand starry sky displacement could only be easily endured by cultivators at the Deity Transformation stage. Clearly, most of the passengers on this trip were below that realm, thus needing these Void-Stopping Talismans to help them cope.

There were still a few Deity Transformation cultivators on this transfer. Chen Mobai watched them leave their spots with normal expressions and exit the teleportation array, and he followed suit.

Upon reaching the outer perimeter of the starry sky station, Chen Mobai saw the core of the Xuanyu Dao Field.

In the distant dark void, four brilliant stars were positioned above, below, left, and right, encircling a central pot. From the mouth of that pot, milky-white spiritual energy constantly sprayed forth, nourishing this entire star system.

Even standing at this starry sky station, Chen Mobai could feel the immensity of the spiritual energy here, the most abundant he had ever witnessed in his life.

"Mommy, what a beautiful pot!"

"That is the Dao Monarch's treasure, the Pot of All Beings. It constantly refines the void into spiritual energy, supplying it to the cultivators of the four Xuanyu stars. The most abundant areas are equivalent to seventh-tier spiritual veins."

A mother and son, who had also used the teleportation array, walked up to Chen Mobai and conversed about the distant core of the Xuanyu Dao Field.

Hearing this, Chen Mobai was secretly astonished.

Refining the void into spiritual energy would accelerate the collapse of the universe, something the Dao-integrated Xuanyu surely knew. Yet, for the sake of the cultivators in his Dao field, he continued to do so.

Didn't the Central Dao Field intervene?

Chen Mobai was very puzzled.

"The ship for Hope Star has arrived. Please board as soon as possible. Visitors for the other three stars, please wait at the dock."

At that moment, a guard at the starry sky station called out, urging cultivators who were still recovering inside the teleportation array to come out quickly, as missing this ship would mean a long wait.

Chen Mobai saw a colossal starry sky ship approaching, seemingly gliding on starlight. After it stopped, a transparent staircase formed from condensed water automatically extended, connecting to the dock.

The mother and son beside him immediately clutched their tickets and queued to board the starry sky ship.

This starry sky station, built in space outside the planets, served all four Xuanyu stars. With a starry sky teleportation array ticket, one could ride the starry sky ship for free, a policy Chen Mobai quite appreciated.

After boarding, he found his seat according to the ticket number. The free seats were naturally not ideal, so Chen Mobai paid extra to upgrade his cabin and chose a window seat.

Soon, the starry sky ship began to move, flying towards a blue star.

That was Hope Star.

From the starry sky station, it seemed close, but once the ship started flying, they realized the journey was quite long.

This was mainly because the starry sky ship's speed wasn't fast, at least not as fast as Chen Mobai could fly on his own.

If one relied on high cultivation to avoid taking the ship, it was possible, but one should be prepared for their divine sense to be swept several times by Void Refinement cultivators before entering the planet.

Chen Mobai certainly wouldn't be so high-profile. Although the starry sky ship was slow, he took the opportunity to observe the core of the Xuanyu Dao Field from space.

The Pot of All Beings, the Xuanyu Dao Field's treasure of enlightenment, had stood there since the establishment of the Dao field.

It was said that, initially, all seventy-six star systems of the Xuanyu Dao Field were nourished by the Pot of All Beings. Some planets with their own natural spiritual origins thus gave birth to life.

Chen Mobai recalled the scenes he had witnessed with the Sea-Stabilizing Sword. When Tianhai first arrived at the Mortal Star, humanity indeed already existed. If that were the case, as a human from the Mortal Star, would he still owe a debt of gratitude to the Xuanyu Dao Monarch?

On the ship's screens, various news reports from the Xuanyu Dao Field over the past millennium were being played.

The most significant news concerned the delegation from the Central Dao Field when the first batch of Profound Void Pills was refined.

The Xuanyu Dao Monarch had even personally greeted them.

On the screen, Chen Mobai saw an old man with white hair and beard and kindly eyes, and a handsome, extraordinary Daoist.

The former was the Xuanyu Dao Monarch, and the latter was the Star Illusion Dao Monarch of the Central Dao Field.

"Could the Star Illusion Dao Monarch have mastered the Grand Dao of Stars?" Chen Mobai wondered inwardly.

The Heavenly River Luo Star Formation precisely elucidated the Grand Dao of Stars.

If this Grand Dao was indeed occupied, he would need to find a way to warn the Immortal Sect, lest that boy A-Xing continued to labor fruitlessly on this Grand Dao in this lifetime.

Although for Immortal Sect cultivators, reaching the Void Refinement stage was already the highest aspiration, Chen Mobai felt that with Qianxing's talent, one could still hope for integration with the Dao.

If he had time before reaching Void Refinement, he would see if he could find a way to return to the Mortal Star.

As Chen Mobai was pondering this, the starry sky ship had already traversed space and entered the blue Hope Star. A vast divine sense swept over, and after a symbolic scan, the world's embryonic membrane opened a gateway, allowing the starry sky ship to descend.

Chen Mobai disembarked with the main group after his ticket was checked. He recalled the address information provided by Song Qingyi and inquired with a guard nearby.

Hope Star, Hongzhi Road, Section C, No. 7851.

Because flying was prohibited on Hope Star, Chen Mobai asked many cultivators and transferred through several ground teleportation arrays before finally arriving at his destination.

"I didn't expect fellow Daoist to be so young."

Song Qingyi, having received the message, emerged from the office. The moment she saw Chen Mobai, she couldn't help but be slightly surprised.

As a disciple of the Xuanyu Dao Monarch, Song Qingyi also cultivated medical arts, and being a Void Refinement cultivator, she could discern Chen Mobai's true age at a glance.

"Greetings, Fellow Daoist Song. This is a small token for our first meeting. Please accept it."

Chen Mobai smiled faintly and handed a jade box to Song Qingyi. She waved her hands repeatedly, saying it was too much, but after several refusals, she finally accepted it.

The jade box was made of fifth-tier material, so Song Qingyi was curious about its contents and opened it to look.

Inside, she saw a piece of dark blue, translucent, silk-like fabric. Tiny stars glittered on its surface, weaving together to form a faint silhouette of a true dragon, exuding a profound Dao charm.

"What a treasure!"

Song Qingyi was greatly astonished.

With her knowledge, she naturally recognized the extraordinary nature of the item; it was a top-grade sixth-tier material.

"This is Star-Weaving Dragon Gauze..." Chen Mobai began to introduce it, explaining that he had chosen it from the Dragon King's Palace treasures.