Chapter 666 The End of the Abyss

Although he held the Green Abyss Sword (Magic Treasure) in hand, relying solely on a single Pure Yang immortal sword made him little more than a minor pawn at best. To intervene in a battle between primordial spirits would risk utter annihilation, let alone attempting to influence the tide of war.

This sense of powerlessness rendered Eldrin speechless, yet the wisp of sword intent brewing within his heart grew ever more razor-edged.

"Do your best."

3 months passed in the blink of an eye. On this day, after the group had fully rested and the treasure ship was replenished with spiritual energy, they converged toward the designated territory.

When the 18 war treasure ships had assembled once more, Magnus the Virtuous Lord commanded the group to press onward toward the distant sea cultivation realm.

The Eastern Sea cultivation realm was vast and boundless, its territory even more expansive than the Eastern Wasteland cultivation realm. The treasure ship flew continuously toward the Distant Sea cultivation realm, and after a journey lasting over 5 years, it finally approached the edge of the Distant Sea.

"3 million li ahead lies the Outer Demonic Abyss, where we shall assemble with fellow cultivators from the 3 Veins Ancient Domain."

That day in the great hall, Magnus the Virtuous Lord gathered with the assembly. While studying the map, he remarked,

The war in the Abyss was a matter of grave consequence. Along the journey, scarcely any demons or monsters dared to block their path at such a critical time. Yet as they drew nearer to the battlefield, an aura of solemn reverence steadily enveloped them all.

The treasure ship continued its journey and soon arrived at the periphery of the Demon Abyss. Even across millions of miles of territory, everyone could still glimpse a celestial scar splitting the horizon at the edge of the world.

It was a hideous black scar, stretching across countless miles. From it, streams of demonic energy continuously seeped forth, relentlessly corroding this rift in the fabric of heaven and earth.

And around that scar of heaven and earth, 1 could faintly glimpse a scattering of spirit islands, encircling that rift between the firmaments.

"What was that?"

Lila (Person Name) couldn't help but exclaim in astonishment upon witnessing such a spectacle for the first time.

That is the Zhou Tian Star Island.

The Sect Master of Heavenly Abode began to recount the tale of the Zhou Tian Star Island.

This Zhou Tian Xing Chen Island was formed from 36,000 spirit islands, cultivated by harnessing the entire Purple Realm's power back when Emperor Jiang achieved immortality.

These spirit islands were at the very least fourth-grade, with a full 3 100 and 60-5 of them being fifth-grade spirit islands.

Not only that, but Emperor Jiang seized the essence of the sun and moon, joining forces with dozens of Human Dao Lords from the Purple Realm to channel the powers of the Great Yin and Great Yang. They descended upon the core of the Zhou Heavenly Star Islands, elevating 2 ancestral spiritual veins.

They also transplanted the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Root (Spiritual Root) 'Young Fusang Tree' and 'Lunar Divine Tree', cultivating 2 sixth-order spiritual veins at the Nascent Soul Realm for the spirit islands.

Yet these over 30,000 spirit islands served merely as formation nodes, capable of activating the Cosmic Star Formation—reputed to be unbreakable save by the 9 Heavens Immortals or Demons.

To invade the Violet Realm, the Outer Fiends must first breach the formation of the Zhou Tian Star Islands. Otherwise, even if a handful occasionally slip through the gaps, they pose no significant threat to the human race.

While the crowd was still marveling at the spectacle before them, a streak of light shot across the distant starry sky. A voice called out from afar, "Could it be that our fellow Daoists from the 3 Veins Ancient Domain have arrived?"

"Indeed."

Magnus the Virtuous Lord (Person Name) spoke, responding in a faint tone.

The visitor was delighted to hear this, then smiled faintly and said, "You've come at the perfect time. The Sacred Monarch has been waiting for you."

Hearing this, the True Monarchs swiftly departed from the treasure vessel, flying toward a resplendent spirit island ahead. Within the magnificent hall, Eldrin (Person Name) beheld the long-unseen Saint Lord Dorian (Person Name).

Dorian cast a glance at Eldrin, gave a slight nod, and then said, "This old man must still preside over Yinghuo Island. Since nearly everyone has gathered, let us first make the arrangements."

"As decreed by the Sacred Sovereign."

Hearing this, everyone immediately wore solemn expressions.

With a sweep of his sleeve, Dorian conjured a series of resplendent illusory maps and declared, "This Cosmic Star Formation consists of over 30,000 spirit islands, with precisely 365 fifth-tier spirit islands serving as its crucial formation anchors."

Among these spirit islands, they were further divided into several regions: the 3 Enclosures, the 20-8 Mansions, and the 5 Luminaries.

As Dorian recounted, Eldrin came to grasp the general layout of the Great Zhou Heaven Star Formation.

Within the Cosmic Stars Grand Array, the 3 Enclosures correspond to 3 distinct regions: the Purple Forbidden Enclosure, the Supreme Palace Enclosure, and the Heavenly Market Enclosure. The 20-8 Mansions align respectively with the 4 celestial palaces—the Vermilion Bird, White Tiger, Black Tortoise, and Azure Dragon.

The 5 Luminaries correspond to the celestial bodies of Taibai, Suixing, Chenxing, Yinghuo, and Zhenxing—representing the 5 stars of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth.

Each spirit island corresponds to the 9 celestial stars, with the 3 Enclosures and 5 Luminaries islands serving as crucial array eyes. Nascent Soul clans led by Primordial Immortal lineages personally guard these locations. As for the Sun and Moon Twin Islands, multiple Dao Lords maintain rotating shifts there year-round.

Dorian was to be stationed at the critical Glimmerfire Island. The island itself was but a single landmass, and the Ji Clan's strength alone would suffice to hold it.

With the Ji Clan no longer guarding the region, the armies of the 3 Veins Ancient Domain were naturally unfit for the crucial duty of defending the 3 Enclosures. In all likelihood, they would be relegated to the slightly lesser stations of the 4 Direction Star Palaces.

Indeed, this was the case. The core sixth-rank Sun and Moon Twin Islands were overseen by the Central Ancestral Domain, while the most crucial Ziwei Enclosure among the 3 Enclosures was guarded by the Star Palace alongside cultivators from the 7 Stars Ancient Domain and the Star Lake Ancient Domain.

The Eternal River Sacred Land led its disciples from the Ancient Eternal River Domain to guard the location of the Great Subtlety Wall. As for the 3 lineages of the Ancient Domains engaging in discourse, it was naturally the 4 Directions Star Palace Spirit Islands that presided over them.

Sure enough, after Dorian (Person Name) explained the situation, he spoke up: "Our 3 Veins Ancient Domain is responsible for the Vermilion Bird Star Palace."

"I have already delineated the territories each of you shall guard. Go forth and assume your posts."

With that, Dorian handed a jade slip to the group.

Eldrin glanced at the jade slip, his brow subtly tightening with solemnity.

The Vermilion Bird Sky encompassed 40-7 primary stars, corresponding to 40-7 fifth-order spirit islands. These were divided into 7 celestial regions: Well, Ghost, Willow, Star, Spread, Wings, and Chariot.

Also known as the 7 constellations: Wellwood Ghoul (Wellwood Ghoul), Ghost Gold Sheep (Ghost Gold Sheep), Willow Earth Antelope (Willow Earth Antelope), Star Sun Horse (Star Sun Horse), Zhang Moon Deer (Zhang Moon Deer), Wing Fire Snake (Wing Fire Snake), Chariot Water Worm (Chariot Water Worm).

Each of these 7 territories contained several Grade-5 spirit islands, and every Grade-5 spirit island required 1 or even multiple powerful immortal clans to garrison them.

The Featherflight Pavilion will oversee the Well Domain, the Celestial Profound Sect will take primary responsibility for the Ghost Domain, the Half-Step Primordial Spirit (Cultivation Realm) Daoist Xuanxu will manage the Zhang Moon Deer Region, and Maris the Sea Steader (Person Name) will preside over the Winged Fire Snake Domain.

Meanwhile, Eldrin and his fellow cultivators were situated within the Starry Expanse, also known as the Lunar Equine Region, guarded by a total of 7 fifth-order spirit islands.

With the Chen Clan's strength alone being insufficient to guard these 7 spirit islands, Dorian simply assigned Magnus the Virtuous Lord, the Tianlu Sect, and other allied cultivators to this location.

Within the Stellar Equine Region, a total of 38 True Lords stood guard. Though this number fell short compared to other domains, the presence of Magnus the Virtuous Lord and multiple late-stage Nascent Soul combatants rendered their collective strength formidably substantial.

After Dorian had departed, Magnus the Virtuous Lord gathered everyone once more and declared, "As the 1 overseeing the grand scheme of the star domain, I invite you all to discuss suitable candidates to guard the various spirit islands."