I Have A Cultivation World Chapter 2679 - 1231: Star Sky Transmission Array (Part 2)

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Previously on I Have A Cultivation World...
Chen Mobai and three other God-Transcendent cultivators departed through a newly activated portal. After twenty years of travel through the Cosmic Starry Sky, encountering minor hazards and even discovering a crashed fortress with a remaining Star Core from a fallen civilization, they finally arrived at Zhu Ye Star.

Initially, Chen Mobai considered visiting the Xuanhu Dojo. Should that prove unfruitful, he intended to list the item directly on the Demon Market Platform.

Even though this Nameless Planet was devoid of resources, the presence of the Demonic Thought rendered it a virtual offering of Dao Merit. Any cultivator venturing to the Xuanhu Dojo would find the journey worthwhile.

With Zhu Ye Star now behind them, their passage through the cosmic expanse would surely be uneventful.

Upon arrival at Zhu Ye Star, Chen Mobai and his companions sought out the sole remaining cultivator faction. In this era marking the End of Dharma, the peak cultivation level was a mere Qi Cultivation ninth level, and knowledge of the fabled Star Sky Transmission Array eluded them entirely.

Employing the Heavenly Calculation Bead, Chen Mobai assimilated all recorded information on the planet. Amidst the data, he discovered fragmented mentions of ancient Qi Practitioners and the Star Sky Transmission Array.

All trails converged on a location known as "Qinghuang Immortal City."

According to the ancient chronicles of Zhu Ye Star, this was the very place where celestial beings from beyond the stars once descended.

However, this city had long since faded into obscurity within the historical records of Zhu Ye Star.

Despite meticulously scouring the planet's entirety multiple times with their divine senses, the Star Sky Transmission Array, let alone Qinghuang Immortal City, remained undiscovered.

The only logical conclusion was that the array resided within a pocket dimension.

Should it resemble a Law Domain, a self-contained universe, it was plausible that Qinghuang Immortal City had vanished along with it.

With no other recourse, Chen Mobai resorted to a rather rudimentary approach.

Utilizing the Void Evasion Technique, he traversed the planet's farthest reaches. This evasion technique granted him the ability to sense adjacent Void Domains accessible for entry.

After dedicating half a year to fruitless searching on Zhu Ye Star, Chen Mobai finally detected a concealed pocket dimension nestled within a secluded valley.

Upon entering via the Void Evasion Technique, he discovered a Fifth Rank Spirit Vein and a small community of cultivators residing within.

Yet, the highest cultivation level observed here was merely Nascent Soul.

Once Chen Mobai revealed his Divinity Transformation cultivation, the foremost Nascent Soul Cultivator, identified as Elder Guozhu, promptly divulged all pertinent information.

It transpired that following Zhu Ye Star's entry into the End of Dharma Age, the ten most powerful sects on the planet attempted a desperate preservation effort, ultimately finding their endeavors futile. One fateful day, the paramount cultivators utilized Supreme Grade Spirit Stones to escape via the Star Sky Transmission Array, reaching the Xuanhu Dojo.

The individuals left behind were the descendants of the abandoned. However, prior to their departure, the leading cultivators transferred all Spirit Veins into Qinghuang Immortal City. Their aim was to prolong the End of Dharma Age, effectively sealing the pocket dimension from the outside world and retarding the dissipation of spiritual energy until Chen Mobai’s arrival.

Upon understanding Chen Mobai's objective, the cultivators of Qinghuang Immortal City implored him to grant them passage.

In response, Chen Mobai regretfully conveyed that his supply of Spirit Stones was insufficient.

This declaration, however, ignited a lethal intent within the local cultivators.

While guiding Chen Mobai towards the Star Sky Transmission Array, Elder Guozhu deliberately steered him toward the core of Qinghuang Immortal City's premier Sixth Rank Formation. His intention was to leverage this formation to eliminate Chen Mobai, seize the Supreme Grade Spirit Stones, and escape the End of Dharma Age planet.

Had Chen Mobai been an ordinary Divinity Transformation cultivator, confronting a Sixth Rank Great Array might have proven insurmountable. Yet, Chen Mobai was himself a Sixth Rank Array Master, and the most formidable cultivators in Qinghuang Immortal City possessed only Nascent Soul cultivation, rendering them incapable of unleashing even ten percent of the array's formidable power.

As Elder Guozhu's murderous intent became palpable, Chen Mobai let out a soft sigh. He then effortlessly egressed the formation and, with a single exhalation, reduced all the attacking cultivators to mere ash.

Upon gaining entry to Qinghuang Immortal City, Chen Mobai's unparalleled mastery as an Earth Master ensured nothing remained hidden from his perception.

A Taixu Temple was also present, naturally containing a Taixu Statue within its sacred grounds. Chen Mobai offered three sticks of incense, then proceeded to the courtyard situated behind the temple, where the Star Sky Transmission Array was located.

It was evident that this transmission array was also under the purview of Taixu Ancestor.

Much like in the Tianhe Realm, where the Taixu MiaoMiao Palace held a monopoly over the transmission arrays spanning the Five Continents and Four Seas.

Chen Mobai immediately recognized the underlying principles to be identical.

However, this particular Star Sky Transmission Array had attained the status of Sixth Rank Superior Grade. Ordinary Nascent Soul Cultivators, even with knowledge of its principles, would struggle to establish it.

Only those who had attained mastery over the Void Great Dao could possibly operate it.

Such as Xu Sijiu.

Although the Star Sky Transmission Array had lain dormant for millennia, Chen Mobai, drawing upon his profound comprehension of its underlying principles, succeeded in activating it without any prior instructions.

Furthermore, he discovered that the seemingly abundant one hundred Supreme Grade Spirit Stones were merely the fare for a single cultivator’s interstellar transport. To facilitate the journey for all four, assuming they were all in the Divinity Transformation stage, a total of four hundred Supreme Grade Spirit Stones would be needed.

Upon grasping this stark reality, Qi Yuheng, with great magnanimity, volunteered to remain behind. He proposed to wait until Chen Mobai successfully reached the Xuanhu Dojo and amassed sufficient Supreme Grade Spirit Stones for his own return trip.

Although they had initially set out with two hundred Supreme Grade Spirit Stones, and each individual possessed considerable personal wealth, the two decades spent traversing the cosmos had depleted most of their resources, leaving them with fewer than one hundred remaining.

Even by leveraging the Fifth Rank Spirit Vein within Qinghuang Immortal City for replenishment, their collective reserves could only be bolstered to approximately two hundred Supreme Grade Spirit Stones.

Following Qi Yuheng’s declaration, Master Peach Blossom cast a meaningful glance at Cheng Xuan, discreetly conveying her reluctance to remain with Qi Yuheng and signaling a plea for assistance.

Cheng Xuan found himself in a predicament, wrestling with the notion that an immediate departure would be unduly abrupt, especially considering his shared affiliation with the Weapon Dancing Sect alongside Chen Mobai.

"Pure Yang, then I shall remain with True Monarch Yuheng…"

Just as Cheng Xuan uttered the first half of his sentence, Chen Mobai gestured dismissively. Instantly, over two hundred resplendent Supreme Grade Spirit Stones cascaded from his Law Domain, clattering onto the ground and accumulating upon the transmission array nodes, joining the stones they had brought from the Immortal Gate.

Following the significant discovery of a vast Spirit Stone Mine within the Ruins, the Five Elements Sect had successfully extracted an immense quantity of Supreme Grade Spirit Stones from its very core. This yielded Chen Mobai over a thousand stones, in addition to those already secured within the Immortal Gate’s coffers. These newly acquired treasures were now proving exceptionally useful.

Witnessing the opulent display of Supreme Grade Spirit Stones blanketing the ground, Qi Yuheng and the other two cultivators were rendered speechless, their mouths agape in astonishment.

"Where did all these originate? There are so many!"

Chen Mobai offered a casual fabrication: "These were accumulated savings, left behind by an elder of the Divinity Transformation stage from the Weapon Dancing Sect in the Yuping Small Realm. I happened to bring them along on this expedition."

Qi Yuheng and Peach Blossom silently mused on the Weapon Dancing Sect’s immense wealth, attributing their profound reserves of Supreme Grade Spirit Stones to their lineage as the Purple Cloud Inheritance.

Meanwhile, Cheng Xuan, lost in thought, pondered: [How is it that I was unaware of such treasures within our own sect? Could they possibly be hidden beneath the Dan Cauldron Jade Tree? It must be so…] The only area within the Yuping Small Realm that remained uncultivated with medicinal herbs or other spiritual flora was the secluded ground beneath the Dan Cauldron Jade Tree.

After a moment of personal adjustment, Cheng Xuan, with renewed enthusiasm, followed Chen Mobai’s lead towards the Star Sky Transmission Array.

Observing this, Qi Yuheng and Peach Blossom followed suit, stepping onto the platform.

Chen Mobai instructed them to take their respective positions before channeling the potent energy of his Void Great Dao, thereby igniting the Star Sky Transmission Array.

In a flash, an incandescent pillar of silver light erupted from Qinghuang Immortal City, ascending with such force that it breached the very fabric of the domain barriers.

All inhabitants across the planet witnessed the awe-inspiring spectacle of the colossal pillar, a radiant bridge connecting the heavens and the earth.

Those in the immediate vicinity were even afforded a glimpse of four towering figures being drawn upwards, merging with the dazzling column of light as they ascended into the vast, uncharted depths of the cosmic expanse.

...

Upon the northernmost celestial body within the Xuanhu Dojo, a long-dormant teleportation array flickered to life with astonishing brilliance today.

Through a shimmering veil of grey luminescence, four figures materialized as if from nothingness.

"We have arrived!"

Chen Mobai disembarked from the Star Sky Transmission Array, his gaze sweeping across the familiar, spirit-infused landscape of the planet, alive with the chirping of birds and the blooming of fragrant flowers, a sight that evoked a sense of profound nostalgia.