The invisible barriers in front of them quietly receded as the Star God passed through.

Wu Wang followed this grand avenue behind the Star God, heading for the deepest parts of the starry sky. His expression betrayed no emotion, and his Divine Soul, both inside and out, was always tinged with a touch of tension.

What to do?

The figure of the Star God continued to travel ahead in the stars.

This scene struck Wu Wang as both absurd and dreamlike.

But he did not take it lightly, for there were always some doubts in his heart that he couldn't fully dispel.

Was the Star God, perhaps, too accommodating?

He himself was a living being, referred to as 'adornment' by the Star God.

Would anyone be so cordial to an ordinary button, even going so far as to leave their estate to it?

Wu Wang tried to convince himself that the Star God's remnant soul must have been cornered by his mother into a dire situation, left with no choice but to plant hidden dangers, but...

He always felt the Star God was too calm and did not seem to emanate a sense of desperation.

It was more like harboring thoughts of 'I can still fight' and 'this round can turn defeat into victory.'

The Star God's acting skills were somewhat lacking.

Or perhaps it was that the Star God simply didn't bother to conceal anything.

Fearing that the Star God would see the thoughts in his eyes, Wu Wang lowered his head and walked forward, allowing his Divine Soul to relax as much as possible, while deep down clinging to those Great Daos from before.

The Star God, not questioning his origins?

Not even caring to ask his name?

This scene, which seemed to play out like a desperate entrustment of the Dao, had too many questions.

The biggest question was that while the Star God had shown shock and desire for Wu Wang's Great Dao before, now she seemed to be indifferent to Wu Wang's Great Dao...

But a strand of the Star God's remnant soul was still the Star God, beyond Wu Wang's ability to contend with. At this moment, he could only play it by ear and see what happens next.

Suddenly, the Star God stopped moving.

Wu Wang immediately halted, a trace of doubt in his eyes. "Star God, what's wrong?"

"We cannot return to the main body." The Star God turned to look at Wu Wang, a bitter smile on her lips. "The Ice Goddess is waiting for me."

Wu Wang asked, "The Ice Goddess? Who is she?"

"The Ice Goddess."

The Star God said softly, "This is a war among the Divine Spirits. The Ice Goddess is my enemy, and also the one the Candle Dragon trusts the most.

In the ancient war of the gods, I was gravely injured and fell into a slumber in the stars.

Upon awakening, I found that she had taken control of my divine body, was about to erase my consciousness, and had ground down the Artifact Spirit of my Divine Artifact to remodel it."

Wu Wang was speechless.

My mother, how strong.

The Star God pointed a finger ahead, and starlight converged into a blurry scene.

The Starry Sky Temple was familiar to Wu Wang.

However, the Starry Sky Temple at this moment was entwined with sixteen Great Dao chains exuding profound majesty.

Neither the strand of the Star God's Divine Thought nor Wu Wang could glimpse anything inside.

The Star God spoke slowly, "My feud with the Ice Goddess runs deep. She will not spare me, just as I won't spare her given the chance."

You're about to die, aren't you?

Those words, 'given the chance later,' sounded almost insulting!

Wu Wang asked, "According to the texts circulated in the Northern Wilderness, wasn't the other party exiled after the war of gods? How could they come back?"

"There's been a problem with the Heaven and Earth Seal," the Star God said. "The absence of the Dao of Fire has caused a rift in the Heaven and Earth Seal... alright, you don't need to know these details for now.

I will incorporate a strand of your Divine Soul into my Star God's body as a marker for your future control over the Star Dao."

Wu Wang hesitated.

He hesitated slightly, raised his hand to his forehead, and a faint light flew out, sluggishly heading toward the Star God.

At this moment, Wu Wang's somewhat conflicted gaze, slightly pursed lips, and the minimal amount of his Divine Thought he sent out all caused a hint of impatience to flicker in the Star God's eyes.

As the light approached, the Star God touched it with her fingertip and flicked it gently.

Wu Wang truly thought this strand of his Divine Soul would be carelessly tossed aside by the Star God, but what happened next touched him deeply.

In that instant, Wu Wang felt as if he had soared, traversing endless Heaven and Earth in the starry sky, flying toward the deepest part of the stars.

It was a place Wu Wang had visited before, and he had just witnessed it in the Illusionary Realm constructed by his mother.

The resting place of the Star God's true body.

That vast Star God's true body, as if in deep sleep, was still utterly pure, utterly sacred, one hand covering the wound, the other hand holding the Ten Thousand Stars disc aloft.

Wu Wang rapidly approached the Star God's true body. The speck of light twinkled faintly, shuddering a few times as if avoiding some obstacle, and went straight into the Star God's brow.

At that moment, Wu Wang even had the illusion that 'I am the Star God!'

His strand of Divine Soul almost immediately felt a bone-chilling coldness, similar to the area of a Cultivator's God's Mansion or Spirit Platform, seeming to be a stretch of frozen tundra.

Those were Cang Xue's techniques!

In a fleeting moment, Wu Wang's strand of Divine Soul was protected by a point of starlight, residing in the warmth of the starry sky.

His strand of Divine Soul had entered a hidden sanctuary for Divine Souls that his mother had not yet discovered.

At that moment, Wu Wang had come to understand what would happen next.

"It's done."

The Star God spoke softly, turned to glimpse at Wu Wang, then calmly faced the Starry Sky Temple. "I will draw away the Ice Goddess's attention. You need to comprehend the Star Dao here and transform your Divine Soul into a Dao nail, embedding it into the Star Dao.

Upon leaving, I will burn all the power of this strand of remnant soul to dispel the Ice Goddess's suspicions.

Whether you can stop the Ice Goddess and protect the Great Wilderness is now up to you, Human race."

Wu Wang sat cross-legged with a solemn expression, immediately enveloped by circling starlight.

His face showed a dignified reverence as he looked towards the Star God and spoke softly, "Your magnanimity truly makes me ashamed. Praise to the Star God, may the starlight be with you."

"I accept your prayers."

A serene smile appeared on the corner of the Star God's lips.

She gazed at the Starry Sky Temple, her eyes gradually becoming misty. The slender figure, transformed into the semblance of an Innate Dao body, stood with determination, effusing specks of light.

She said, "Let us begin."

Wu Wang was about to close his eyes and commence his cultivation, while the wisp of the Star God's remnant soul, taking form, was ready to leap upward.

"Star God!"

Wu Wang suddenly called out, breaking the Star God's concentration.

"What is it?"

"The rapid advancement Divine Arts you mentioned you would grant me, you have yet to bestow."

Oh, these living beings.

The Star God, with a flicker of disgust in her eyes as she turned away from Wu Wang, still maintained a semblance of a smile. A thread of faint light burst from her fingertips, drilling into Wu Wang's brow.

A complex Priestly Spell appeared in the depths of Wu Wang's heart.

The Star God said, "I shall depart, and you shall become the new God."

With that, her form shattered into a breathtaking illumination, transforming into boundless Liu Guang that surged toward the Starry Sky Temple!

Wu Wang immediately closed his eyes, a multitude of insights surfacing in his heart. That strand of Divine Soul resonated with the 'Source of Divinity' of the Star God, embedding itself into the Star God's Dao!

The wisp of the Star God's remnant soul, now manifesting as a vast expanse of Liu Guang, was about to hit the Starry Sky Temple.

With a thought, Wu Wang ended the divine journey; his body rapidly retreated in the starry space, passing through layers of Dao marks, plummeting towards his own Spirit Platform!

「Inside the Starry Sky Temple.」

The group of Heavenly Gods from the Heaven Palace, led by Young Master, together with the Artifact Spirit and Sun Ritual secretly manipulated by Cang Xue, now all looked down towards the bottom left of the temple.

Doubt filled the eyes of Cang Xue and Young Master.

Cang Xue had sensed the wisp of the Star God's fleeing remnant soul, which, at this moment, had actually released the majority of its power.

It was released into emptiness, as though it faced some sort of crisis.

Young Master had sensed this turn of events too, but was unaware of what was happening with the Star God, and at this moment, couldn't understand why the Star God would release the force of her Source of Divinity for no apparent reason.

But Young Master faintly sensed that matters were developing in a direction beyond the control of the Heaven Palace.

"Lead the way, I wish to see the Star God."

CLANG!

The six Sun Ritual guards, including Cang Xue, simultaneously gripped their Staffs, which, as they thrust them down, emitted a sharp, clear sound.

"The Star God has not summoned you."

"If that's so," Young Master said, opening her right hand to reveal a softly spinning colored feather, "then forgive my trespass."

Behind her, the fifteen Innate Gods of the Heaven Palace were ready to make their move.

「In the Royal Court of the Bear Hug Tribe, within Wu Wang's great tent.」

Wu Wang's eyelids trembled lightly, but he did not awaken.

An eerie azure starlight appeared around him, sticking to his back like ghostly fire.

Within the Spirit Platform, missing its habitual flame, Wu Wang's Nascent Soul stepped out from that gate, all that had transpired before now seeming a bit hazy.

The restrictions of the Great Dao had been lifted.

Becoming an Immortal was just a shudder away.

But Wu Wang was not in a hurry. His Nascent Soul simply sat quietly in the Spirit Platform, adorned with twinkling Immortal Light, and heaved a slight sigh.

"Star God, have a safe journey. Your Moon Ritual prays for you here and will carry on your will to shatter the Ice God's conspiracy."

All at once, a voice tinged with amusement rang out from behind Wu Wang.

"You... you don't want me to pass away that much?"

Wu Wang tensed every muscle in his body!

His Nascent Soul trembled slightly, and as it turned its head, it saw endless starlight cascading down one corner of its Spirit Platform.

The silvery starlight formed a luminous path from which the figure of the Star God emerged gradually, offering Wu Wang a faint smile.

The next instant, the Star God reverted from an Innate Dao body to her human form with a serpent's tail.

If the Nascent Soul were considered a normal-sized person, the Star God now stood over thirty feet tall with an imposing face, her long hair billowing forward. She emanated a faint glow, clad in ancient divine armor, and crowned with a golden laurel.

She said, "Since you wish so much for me not to pass away, I shall grant you such an opportunity. Merge with me."

Wu Wang's Nascent Soul instinctively moved back, filled with shock.

"Star God, you didn't...!"

The Star God slowly advanced, her beautiful, fierce head raised slightly.

"I am a wielder of the Great Dao, I am the sovereign of the starry skies. Merging with me is your supreme glory."

Wu Wang suddenly asked, "After the merge, will it be you who dominates, or will my consciousness take precedence?"

The Star God seemed amused by Wu Wang's question, continuing forward, now close to where Wu Wang's Nascent Soul had originally been sitting.

"In recognition of your exceptional contribution to completing my Great Dao, once I reclaim my position, I will naturally restore your consciousness and reconstruct a body for you, making you my child.

Now, offer up your Great Dao, offer up your body.

This is your supreme honor, my child."

Wu Wang's Nascent Soul shone with Divine Light, yet remained fixated on the Star God.

"Star God, what if I refuse?"

"Refuse?"

A sharp glint crossed the Star God's eyes. "Since you have detached from the Star Dao and returned to your own body, you have no other choice."

A slight twitch appeared on Wu Wang's lips.

So this is how it is, so this is what it comes to.

Yet the corners of his mouth curved into a self-mocking smile as he sighed deeply within his Spirit Platform.

「Starry Sky Temple!」

Sixteen Heavenly Gods from the Heaven Palace were either floating or stepping forward, surrounding Cang Xue, the other six Sun Ritual practitioners, and the Artifact Spirit, the old crone.

Cang Xue and her companions had no room to retreat, and the power they could display was being completely suppressed by their adversaries.

A ruthless determination flashed through the eyes of the Young Master.

Cang Xue's exquisite brows furrowed slightly. However, at this moment, within the Star God's body, she felt a trace of a very familiar and intimate aura.

Ba'er?

Brilliant light suddenly burst from the colorful feathers in the Young Master's hand!

Cang Xue's lips parted slightly.

Inside Wu Wang, at this moment, in a corner of the Spirit Platform filled with starlight, Wu Wang, who was trapped there, also abruptly looked up.

Mother and son almost simultaneously shouted, "Wait!"

The Young Master's brow furrowed slightly but did not launch an attack.

Cang Xue said, "Fine, you can take a distant look at the Star God."

Several Sun Ritual practitioners looked anxiously towards Cang Xue, seemingly questioning why she was conceding.

To put on a play, one must act out the entire part.

「At Wu Wang's Spirit Platform!」

As the word "Wait!" echoed back and forth, the smile that Wu Wang had revealed made the Star God stop her advancing steps.

"Wait?"

The Star God gazed at Wu Wang and spoke slowly, "Do you have something else to say?"

"Of course, I have something to say," Wu Wang said, looking intently at the Star God. "Star God, do you know the origins of this humble mortal before you?"

The Star God laughed, "I will know soon enough."

"I've suddenly understood," Wu Wang sighed. "You covet my understanding of the Star Dao."

"Not entirely," the Star God said indifferently. "The Ice God indeed drove me into a corner. Even if this strand of Divine Soul returns to my Star God's body, she would destroy it.

What she undertakes is merely the risk of exposing herself.

But this risk is very minimal for her because, should she wish, she is already capable of using my Star God's body to break the Heaven and Earth Seal and summon the return of the Candle Dragon."

Wu Wang asked, "Then why hasn't she done it before?"

The Star God cut to the chase, "She's merely waiting for the moment when the Heaven Palace weakens. Even if the Candle Dragon returns, reclaiming the world would come at a terrible cost."

Wu Wang asked further, "Can't you sense my body now?"

"You talk too much."

The Star God's left hand opened, her palm resembling a Dragon Claw. "Become part of me, and you will know everything."

Wu Wang was speechless.

So much for villains dying because they talk too much.

"I know the Ice God!"

Wu Wang suddenly shouted, indeed causing the Star God to halt for a moment.

"Oh? What of it?"

"I have one last question," Wu Wang said seriously. "If you can answer this question, I would have no regrets dying here today, even if you grind away my own volition.

You wouldn't refuse to satisfy such a humble request from me, would you?"

"Speak."

"Have you considered it?"

With earnestness in his eyes, Wu Wang's Nascent Soul leaned forward slightly and pleaded, "Rename your Great Dao to the Starry Sky Dao. I feel it's unworthy of the name Star Dao."

The Star God was slightly taken aback, followed by rage!

Wu Wang laughed heartily, flames rising fiercely within his Nascent Soul's eyes!

Outside Wu Wang's body, white flames soared skyward, shooting out of the opened canopy of the large tent, startling the guards outside.

At Wu Wang's Spirit Platform, intricate flame patterns suddenly appeared beneath the Star God's serpent tail!

The firelight surged and turned into hundreds of chains, instantly enveloping the Star God's remnant soul completely!

The shock in the Star God's eyes intensified, and she suddenly turned her head, looking towards where Wu Wang had been sitting, her pupils reflecting the rolling, multicoloured fireball!

Behind the firelight, a white flame flickered gently, and within the flame sat the ghostly image of an old man.

The old man's long hair was disheveled, his eyes half-open, nine Azure Fire Dragons circling around him, and in his hand, he held a vermilion wooden whip, having appeared at some unknown time, having emerged imperceptibly.

The Human Emperor, Shen Nong!

The multicoloured fireball had already enveloped the Star God, and the Star God only managed to shout, "Fire God, you dare!"

What followed was a painful, piercing scream.

At this moment, Wu Wang seemed to be enduring immense pressure. His Nascent Soul tried its best to hide in the corner but continued to provoke the Star God, keeping her angry and preventing her from escaping his Spirit Platform.

"Star God, I am waiting for reinforcements! What are you waiting for?"

The Star God's soul, being burned by the fire of the Yan Emperor, turned her head to glare fixedly at Wu Wang, her mouth emitting incessant screams.

"Your pathetic acting, barely short of writing the word 'possession' on your face, yet you arrogantly refused to even glance at my physical body.

Can't you see? Inside me is your Essence Blood! Can't you think? Where did this Essence Blood come from?

Did you truly think I would so easily surrender a strand of my Divine Soul?

I just wanted to draw you into my Spirit Platform!

From the day your 'blessing' killed my grandmother, I've sworn to erase you from existence one day!

Praise the Star God! Praise my ass! Coveting even the Great Dao of the Moon Ritual, do you still deserve the title of Star God?"

The Star God's body had become increasingly ethereal.

Struggling, fear shone in her eyes. Waves of Divine Thoughts forcibly burst free from the flames, striking Wu Wang's Spirit Platform.

However, Wu Wang gritted his teeth and held firm, even mobilizing all his Divine Thoughts to form a cage.

With my body, I shall seal the Divine Spirit!

In the Spirit Platform, Wu Wang's Nascent Soul raised his left hand, from the palm erupted a burst of flames.

The fire of the Yan Emperor shattered the remaining contours of the Star God's soul.

Upon seeing this, Shen Nong was about to stop the burning to avoid causing severe damage to Wu Wang himself, but Wu Wang gritted his teeth and said, "Senior, keep burning a while longer!"

"Is this...?"

Wu Wang gritted his teeth and said, "I can take it! We cannot let the Star God escape! My mother is currently facing the Heavenly Gods of the Heaven Palace! If even a wisp of the Star God's Divine Thought escapes, my mother will be in danger!"

"Good."

Without any hesitation, Shen Nong intensified the flames, nearly piercing through Wu Wang's Spirit Platform.

A short while later...

"Again!"

"Do not harm your foundation..."

"Senior, burn!"

"You... very well, very well."

The five-colored flames continued to burn, but the vestige of the Star God's soul no longer held any shape.

Finally, after a moment, Wu Wang lowered his head in the tent and spat out a mouthful of fresh blood. His clothes were completely burnt away. He collapsed weakly onto the bed, yet a faint smile was on his lips.

He had done it.

Calculating the Star God's moves three steps ahead, the moment the Star God was punched away by him and laughed, Wu Wang had already understood the Star God's intentions.

The Star God, driven to desperation by his mother, intended to seize his body, invade his Great Dao, and perfect her own Star Dao using the Star Dao insights he had just comprehended.

A threefold gain, why not go for it?

But the Star God, either having slept too long or being too arrogant in her bones, did not take the threat of living beings seriously.

She dangled a grand, unattainable prize, seeking to lure Wu Wang into her trap.

But she never expected that a living being cultivating the Star Dao, with such profound understanding of it, also housed another force within.

The Yan Emperor's Mandate became Wu Wang's ace for counteraction.

Shen Nong personally descended to Wu Wang's Spirit Platform, the tacit understanding between grandfather and grandson, father-in-law and son-in-law, was undoubtedly displayed.

Grandmother...

Wu Wang felt dizzy, about to pass out.

Shen Nong softly instructed him a few words before retreating from his Spirit Platform. The Yan Emperor's Mandate radiated a gentle light, nourishing Wu Wang's Divine Soul.

In a daze, Wu Wang seemed to see his grandmother chasing him by the river with a staff, making a fuss.

He also seemed to see that old person, crying out the Star God's grievances with arms raised when facing the blessing of the Huge Beast.

He saw her sitting quietly on the grass, leaning on her staff and slowly falling asleep...

Suddenly, such images emerged within Wu Wang's heart.

From a profound and unique perspective, he sensed more than a dozen Great Daos rapidly approaching.

Wu Wang was startled for a moment, then, with a strong bite on the tip of his tongue, his already wilted Nascent Soul opened his eyes once more.

Could this be...

His wisp of Divine Soul, as if merged with the Star God's body, was faintly sensing that his mother and the other Sun Ritual cultivators were being slowly surrounded by sixteen Divine Spirits, approaching the Star God.

"Star God!"

The Young Master?

Indeed, it was the Young Master who was calling out, apparently planning to do something.

What to do?

Wu Wang's mind spun rapidly, quickly understanding several key points, and grasped the difficult situation his mother was in.

Concentrating, perceiving, the gate to the Great Dao once again revealed itself. Wu Wang, without any hesitation, stepped his Divine Soul into it.

Rewalking the Star Dao!

At this moment, the Star Dao unfolded completely before him, without any obstacles, without any barriers, as if even pushing him to rise, to advance, to infiltrate the resplendent Stars, breaking through the endless void.

The Star God's body flickered in Wu Wang's mind, and Wu Wang had a vague feeling that he had switched bodies.

But this body was incredibly heavy, incredibly dense. The overwhelming fatigue crashed like a tidal wave, and boundless fragments of memories surged towards Wu Wang's mind, almost causing his Nascent Soul to burst!

He resisted forcefully, and that wisp of his Divine Soul merged into the surrounding starlight, shedding light on the Star God's God's Mansion despite several layers of Ice Crystals attempting to block it.

Cang Xue seemed to feel something, and she looked up at the Star God's body.

The Young Master leapt up, floating before the Star God's eyes, her gentle voice transmitting through the Great Dao, "Is the Star God in good health?"

The eyes of the Star God were slowly opening!

「In the Royal Court, within Wu Wang's tent, Wu Wang was nearly bleeding from all seven orifices, yet still clenched his teeth and held firm.」

The next instant, a chill ran through the Young Master's body, because the Star God's half-opened eyes were filled with booming fury!

And then, the Star God's reprimand caused her to plummet instantly. Without any hesitation, along with the other fifteen Innate Gods, they collectively bowed and turned into Liu Guang, fleeing into the starry sky.

It was as if Ten Thousand Stars were trembling, as though the starry sky was roaring!

"SCRAM!"

In the tent, Wu Wang slowly closed his eyes, no longer able to persist, fresh blood continuously trickling from the corner of his mouth.

In the starry sky, Cang Xue gripped her Staff tightly. Her figure flickered and vanished, reappearing beside Wu Wang, and she pointed a finger to his forehead.

"Ba'er."

"Heh..."

Wu Wang pulled a smile, shifted to lie on his side, and then fell silent.

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