132: The Lord of the Stars appears, an eternal game of chess begins!

The Star Sea boiled as if being cooked, and billions of Star Power condensed into dazzling rivers of light in the Primordial Dao Domain.

Gu Qingchen sat cross-legged in the Void Realm. All 129,600 stars in the Primordial Dao Domain trembled simultaneously, operating in a peculiar trajectory, appearing like the Origin of stars.

Those were primitive Dao patterns that even Yue Nanli had never seen.

His robes flapped, and a self-generated radiance emanated from his entire body, as if resonating mysteriously with the Radiance of Destiny within the altar of destiny.

At this moment, the Yin and Yang Qi in the Primordial Dao Domain transformed into a Taiji dual fish, the Five Elements Origin became five-colored glazed light suspended in mid-air, the Divine Thunder of Creation split open the nine layers of Chaos, and in the shadows of the Thirty-Three Heavens, the eighteen layers of foundation, the Vast Great World, and the boundless Exquisite Small World, a gigantic six paths furnace wheel plate rose... All the Dao principles Gu Qingchen had comprehended transformed into various phenomena at this moment.

“Boom—”

As the Star Sea vibrated, the massive altar of destiny rapidly shrunk, becoming about three thousand meters in size, and settled beneath Gu Qingchen.

And the various phenomena formed by the Dao principles Gu Qingchen had comprehended also rushed onto the altar of destiny.

They merged with the countless converging Divine Radiance of Destiny, and in the next moment, raging Heavenly Mandate Fire and Luck Flames ignited!

Immediately, the power within Gu Qingchen's body surged at an unprecedented speed.

Faintly, within the Primordial Dao Domain behind him, illusory figures that had once appeared on the Three Lives Road re-manifested.

There was a middle-aged back facing all beings alone, a passionate youth charging forward fearlessly, an elderly man returning to simplicity... Simultaneously, various Dao sounds and Zen chants also echoed in the Void Realm.

“Calamity fire burns stars to forge a Dao embryo, a single thought burns away eternal sorrow...”

“Three Thousand Realms incinerated to condense a Dao seed, six paths furnace refines true form...”

...At this moment, all the Dao principles Gu Qingchen had comprehended, fused with the endless Radiance of Destiny, were to offer a Dao Fruit on this altar of destiny!

Beside him, An Zhiyu watched this scene, dumbfounded.

She didn't even have the thought of using her Heavenly Mandate Divine Eye to peek at Gu Qingchen's current state!

The events before her made her certain that even if she didn't peek into Gu Qingchen's future, merely trying to see what changes were happening to him now would incur a backlash from the Heavenly Secrets.

What Child of Destiny, Daughter of Destiny, or even Heavenly Mandate Great Villain, all paled in comparison to Gu Qingchen at this moment.

At this moment, Gu Qingchen was practically Destiny itself!

“This aura...”

Not far away, Yue Nanli also reappeared beside Ye Qingxian.

She looked at the scene before her, her eyes filled with shock.

Gu Qingchen's transformation at this moment was truly astonishing.

Moreover, the aura emanating from Gu Qingchen made her feel incredibly familiar.

That feeling was exactly the same as when she first saw the altar of destiny after arriving in this Star Sea.

This intensely familiar feeling, as if she could recall it any second but always couldn't grasp it, was truly unbearable.

“Revered Master...”

At this moment, Ye Qingxian's slightly hesitant voice sounded in her ear: “Can I really still catch up to Gu Qingchen?”

She had doubted herself countless times, yet countless times she had strengthened her conviction, making her state of mind even more powerful.

But everything Gu Qingchen displayed before her still somewhat broke her inner limits.

She knew Gu Qingchen would be very strong.

At the age of twenty, he could defeat Di Xuancang by crossing major Realms, earning him the title of the Human Race's number one Prodigy.

How could such a person be weak?

But before today, before seeing this scene, she still firmly believed that she could catch up to and even surpass Gu Qingchen.

This was the invincible heart she had cultivated after countless setbacks and rebuilding.

However, now, looking at Gu Qingchen above the altar of destiny, she genuinely felt a sense of powerlessness.

That was simply not something that could be compensated for by effort, conviction, willpower, or resources.

“Perhaps... not.”

At this moment, Yue Nanli could no longer comfort her good disciple against her will... “Buzz buzz buzz—”

Just then, the Void Realm trembled slightly.

A colossal force suddenly enveloped Ye Qingxian, pulling her down onto the altar of destiny.

Ye Qingxian was about to struggle, but in the next moment, the entire Star Sea erupted, and countless Origin Power poured down, rushing into her body.

The next moment, an supreme aura seemed to awaken.

Ye Qingxian, who had just been in a panic, had now calmed down. She opened her eyes, and in an instant, her pupils seemed to hide billions of starry skies.

Faintly, an illusory figure projected from her eyes, transforming into a star-radiance phantom.

The face of this phantom was also very similar to Ye Qingxian's.

However, her face was even colder and more imposing, her features exquisite, and her aura seemed to merge with this Star Sea.

Her gaze fell upon Gu Qingchen, and a complex expression flashed in her eyes.

“There is no time in the Dark Abyss of Death, has hundreds of billions of years passed in the blink of an eye?”

The phantom sighed softly.

Then she scanned her surroundings, her gaze passing over An Zhiyu, Yue Nanli, and Huang Liner in sequence.

“As expected of your grand scheme, even ‘my’ Revered Master is a chess piece you placed?”

After sighing, the phantom reached out and pointed, and in an instant, infinite Star Origin transformed into raging Dao Fire, burning through the Void Realm.

Beyond the Void Realm, countless Dao patterns of the Great Dao's Origin flowed slowly, like a magnificent scroll.

“Has the Great Dao manifested?”

An Zhiyu's eyes widened instantly, filled with surprise.

She could hardly imagine what Realm of powerful being had left behind the means that suddenly appeared, capable of making the Great Dao manifest!

One must know that 'peeking at the Dao' meant glimpsing Dao principles.

The Dao principles here were countless levels lower than the Great Dao manifesting before their eyes.

She immediately realized that this was an excellent opportunity for Cultivation.

To 'peek at the Dao,' and now with the true Great Dao manifesting, allowing them to glimpse its true form, wouldn't their Cultivation Realm improve extraordinarily?

Therefore, after reminding Huang Liner, the two women immediately began to comprehend and Cultivate.

Seeing this, the phantom showed no special reaction. She looked around again, her gaze seemingly piercing through the obstruction of the Ancient Star Tomb, seeing this brilliant and splendid Major Thousand Worlds.

A trace of longing flashed in her eyes.

“Reincarnation as the board, Destiny as the pieces.

All living beings under heaven, all myriad spirits, are but chess pieces.

This game...”

The phantom lowered her head, gently bent down and cupped Ye Qingxian's face in her hands, then dissipated into faint starlight.

Only a soft question, filled with regret, anticipation, and worry, remained.

“...Can we truly win?”

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