Cultivation: I Have Studied Abroad in the Modern World-Chapter 1223 - 541: The Great Array’s Function and Keen Insight

Chapter 1223: Chapter 541: The Great Array’s Function and Keen Insight

Upon mentioning the celestial chessboard, the Taiyin Fairy frowned deeply, clearly troubled.

She wasn’t specifically speaking to Zheng Fa, but rather introducing to Lord Nichang: "This All Heaven Stars Great Array dates back to ancient times, with power beyond estimation. If one rashly enters, even Lady Water Mother wouldn’t be able to escape..."

"What is Lady Water Mother’s current situation?"

Lord Nichang asked urgently.

The Taiyin Fairy and Qingnv exchanged a glance, hesitating for a moment before speaking: "Since we practice the Divine Dao Skill, we have a connection with Lady Water Mother. She should... be in no mortal danger."

That statement implied no mortal danger, but it didn’t mean there were no issues.

In fact, the issues might be significant.

Zheng Fa pondered for a moment. Rather than worrying about Lady Water Mother’s situation, he considered that the All Heaven Stars Great Array had the power of teleportation, potentially allowing him to return without relying on Lady Water Mother.

The Taiyin Fairy and the others seemed to feel the same; even if something happened to Lady Water Mother, as long as they controlled the All Heaven Stars Great Array, they could escape from Chaos.

If they wanted to rescue Lady Water Mother, they needed to thoroughly understand this Great Array.

It seemed Lord Nichang also came to this conclusion and asked: "What function does this Great Array serve? What is this chessboard? What are its rules?"

Her eagerness made the Taiyin Fairy shake her head, but she patiently explained:

"The All Heaven Stars Great Array takes the stars as its foundation. Its main function is to kill enemies and trap individuals; Lady Water Mother is trapped within."

"According to my calculations, even a Golden Immortal can’t escape this partial Array, but a Taiyi Golden Immortal... might have some hope."

The Taiyin Fairy spoke conservatively, presumably unsure of a Taiyi Golden Immortal’s might, and sighed before continuing: "That’s why I am waiting for the Nine Nether."

She glanced at Zheng Fa, not saying much more, and continued: "But the greatest function of this Great Array is actually to relocate and transform Chaos into Star Power."

Transform Chaos?

He could understand the relocation, having experienced it earlier from the Yaochi Immortal Realm to this place.

But transforming Chaos...

That’s no small feat.

Come to think of it, Zheng Fa had developed some understanding of Spiritual Energy.

In his previous thinking, Chaos and Spiritual Energy were separate matters, but now it’s different. In his current understanding, Chaos is unordered Spiritual Energy, whereas Spiritual Energy is the ordered, partial, and cognizable form of Chaos.

Spiritual Energy originates from Chaos, leading to the cycle of "One begets Two, Two begets Three, Three begets all things," returning to Chaos, which results in the Spiritual Energy tides of the Xuanwei Realm.

This makes the function of the All Heaven Stars Great Array thought-provoking.

"Star Power is, in fact, a special type of Spiritual Energy, and perhaps it’s the oldest Spiritual Energy of Xuanwei," the Taiyin Fairy paused and explained, "We use it in our Cultivation Cave Heaven Technique, don’t we?"

Zheng Fa was startled, finally realizing.

Back then, when Lord Nichang taught him the Cave Heaven Technique, it was mentioned that once the technique took form, it would attract Star Power.

The greatest benefit of Star Power is that it allows the Grotto Heaven to grow.

He previously didn’t pay much attention to this, but now he understood—this Star Power likely comes from the residual All Heaven Stars Array in the depths of Chaos.

"Lady Taiyin, what do you mean by the oldest Spiritual Energy?"

"Spiritual Energy is something our Golden Immortal Dao Fruits evoke from Chaos," the Taiyin Fairy, as a Golden Immortal, also had her understanding, "But what about before we attained the Dao? Or before the Daoist Venerable attained the Golden Immortal? Where did Spiritual Energy come from?"

Much of the Spiritual Energy of Xuanwei indeed originates from Golden Immortal Dao Fruits—in essence, it’s their understanding of Chaos, which is then shared with Xuanwei and all heavens and myriads of worlds.

But the Taiyin Fairy posed an enlightening question to Zheng Fa, where did the most primitive Spiritual Energy come from?

"This isn’t something I figured out; it was said by Water Mother," the Taiyin Fairy continued, "The All Heaven Stars Great Array is probably the ancient celestial orthodoxy, meaning the complete Array can control which Spiritual Energies Xuanwei can receive, leading to the prestige of the Ancient Heavenly Court."

"Water Mother believed this Array could help her achieve Daluo precisely because of this idea."

In that case, the All Heaven Stars Great Array... was even more formidable than Zheng Fa imagined.

The teleportation ability alone was enough to enable the Heavenly Court to swiftly conquer all heavens and myriads of worlds, but that is not the Array’s greatest function.

The most formidable aspect is what the Taiyin Fairy referred to with those two words—orthodoxy.

If Zheng Fa understood correctly, once the All Heaven Stars Great Array takes form, the types of Spiritual Energy in the Xuanwei Realm could be controlled by this Array—it’s akin to the Jiushan Realm once only having the Spiritual Energy that corresponded with the Sun and Moon Clock, greatly limiting the cultivation techniques practicable in the Jiushan Realm, and at one point, disciples in the Jiushan Realm could only practice Thunder Skill.

Simply put, whatever cultivation techniques the Array allows, you can practice, and other techniques are pointless.

Star Power is essentially Spiritual Energy selected by the Heavenly Court.

As the Taiyin Fairy mentioned, this is what solidified the glory of the Ancient Heavenly Court and even the Ancient Demon Court—all Spiritual Energy originated from them.

Compared to this function, the Array’s power is relatively insignificant.

Understanding this, Zheng Fa grew even more interested in the All Heaven Stars Great Array.

He glanced at the thirty-six chess pieces behind him, with a single thought, he sent a message to the Heavenly Emperor Body.

...

In the Jiushan Realm, the Heavenly Emperor Body found Zhang and recounted Zheng Fa’s encounter, which Zhang quickly grasped.

"You want me to use the Heavenly Inference Array Plate to help deduce the chessboard?" She nodded, seemingly confident, "What are the rules of this chessboard, or rather, this Great Array?"

...

"The rules of this chessboard are actually quite simple," the Taiyin Fairy told Lord Nichang, "Place the thirty-six stars in Chaos, letting the Great Array operate, and once we find the Array’s Life Gate, we can escape."