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The Pill Masters of the Celestial Pill Department naturally hoped Brother Cheng would stay here forever.

Don't abandon the fundamentals for the trivial, wasting such great Alchemy Dao talent to go learn some Sword Dao.

But Brother Cheng's mind was already made up.

He didn't even wait for them to say more, and directly activated that Emperor Sword Talisman.

And then he vanished from where he stood.

The next instant, he arrived in a vast night sky.

Scattered stars were spread out before his eyes.

This wasn't an ordinary starry sky, but a special Main Star formed by the Heavenly Dao.

In the very first second here, Jiang Cheng felt a faint prickle on his skin—that was a kind of power completely unfamiliar to him.

Luckily, he now had some understanding of the Immortal Realm.

He knew this was the legendary special Star Power, coming from the Main Star of Circulation.

If an Immortal can comprehend this power, then in battle they can receive infusions of Main Star power, as if divinely assisted.

This power isn't higher level than Immortal Power; it's just one more type of power, and more power always means more strength.

With the Emperor Sword Talisman in hand, he didn't even need to search.

The closest silver-white star to him was exuding a rich aura of Sword Rules; at a glance, that had to be Emperor Sword Star.

And Jiang Cheng didn't hesitate.

This guy didn't go through any observation or probing at all, he just dove straight in headfirst.

This was also because he had the Emperor Sword Order.

Without it, it was impossible to approach Emperor Sword Star.

And just as he entered, far away in the Celestial Palace, King Lv's brow twitched.

Immediately after, he revealed a satisfied smile of "everything is under control."

"Jiang Cheng entered Emperor Sword Star."

"This troublemaker finally won't be able to stir up any more problems."

Hearing this, the several Divine Monarchs beside him burst into laughter together.

"That kid might not even be able to come out alive."

"Having an Emperor Sword Talisman to be buried with him, he should count himself lucky!"

Breaking through that thin layer of illusory cloud on the surface, Jiang Cheng formally entered the interior of this Upper-rank Main Star.

It was as if he'd stepped into another bizarre, fantastical world.

Immortal Yuan Qi vanished completely in that instant.

All that remained was that mysterious Star Power that clashed with him.

The scene before his eyes was entirely different from what he'd imagined—no desolate land full of rocks and gravel at all.

In this vast world, he couldn't see any ground.

All he could see was a single sword floating in midair.

A very ordinary sword, without excessive ornamentation, and without emanating any overwhelming might.

It just lay there abruptly, in a position that touched neither sky above nor earth below.

Though it looked tiny, it could instantly seize all of Jiang Cheng's attention.

Since he hadn't checked any "guides" before coming in, Sect Leader Jiang was completely baffled when he saw this.

He looked all around, but didn't see a single person, nor any other items.

"Don't tell me this so-called Emperor Sword Star is just this tiny little sword?"

"That's way too ridiculous, isn't it?"

He could only fly toward that sword.

Once he got close, he very instinctively raised his hand and gripped the hilt.

Right after that, he disappeared once more from where he stood.

And when he reappeared, he was already inside a long corridor.

Though it was his first time here, Jiang Cheng reacted quickly.

He should have entered the inner world of that sword.

Sure enough, there was no way Emperor Sword Star was just that tiny; its inside was full of hidden depths.

Then he was assaulted by Star Power from all directions.

However, with the Emperor Sword Talisman in hand, all that Star Power halted obediently as soon as it neared his body, as if it had hit a barrier.

Jiang Cheng finally understood why those Divine Monarchs had said the Emperor Sword Talisman was so precious.

Star Power is a type of power that the vast majority of Immortals have never come into contact with.

Without this talisman on him, those whose power was on the weaker side would find it impossible to move even an inch.

Just as the Immortal Furnace in the Celestial Pill Department contains only Pill Rule, this inner world of the sword contains only Sword Rule.

In here, he'd lost the ability to fly and was cut off from all other Rule Origins.

With no clear direction or target, he could only follow the corridor straight ahead.

He didn't know how long it took, but eventually an expanse of sea appeared ahead.

At the first instant he saw the sea, Brother Cheng thought this should be the Water Sword Heart among the Five Elements Sword Heart, right?

Could it be that Emperor Sword Star is like Celestial Sword Mountain back then—one Sword Heart is one Secret Realm, and each Sword Heart has a round of trials?

But when he drew closer, he realized he'd guessed wrong.

There was no Water Sword Heart here.

What there was, was the Heavenly Dao aura that clashed with him.

This was an ocean of the Heavenly Dao.

On the shore, tender leaves were "moored" in patches.

Staring at the boundless sea before him, then looking down at the leaf under his feet that was barely an inch or so long, having lost the ability to fly, Brother Cheng was torn between laughter and tears.

He understood now: the trial of Emperor Sword Star should be to cross this sea.

And the only tool to cross it was those leaves.

"So you want me to stand on a single leaf and play at crossing a river on one reed? No, crossing the sea on one leaf?"

No matter what he thought, the Rules of this wondrous place were just like that.

He didn't hesitate much; he stepped onto one.

The leaf beneath his foot rapidly expanded, and in the blink of an eye it grew to three feet wide and six feet long.

"Yo, it can grow bigger on its own?"

Brother Cheng found this quite novel.

And the moment he stepped onto the leaf, he was already intuitively aware of what he needed to do.

Yes, the trial of Emperor Sword Star really was to cross this Heavenly Dao sea while standing on a leaf.

Whoever can be the first to reach the far shore of the sea will become the Star Lord of Emperor Sword Star!

After the Celestial Palace was founded, under the blessing of the vast Power of the Celestial Dao, 810 Main Stars appeared.

These Main Stars are divided into ranks of lower, middle, and upper, with huge differences between them.

The Star Power of Lower-Rank Main Stars isn't strong; the Celestial Palace directly controls them completely.

Their Star Lords are appointed by the Celestial Palace.

Similarly, the Star Power of Middle Rank Main Stars is more than ten times stronger, but the Celestial Palace still retains partial control.

Thus, the Star Lords there likewise lack absolute autonomy; the Celestial Palace can revoke their authority at any time.

But the final thirty-six Upper-rank Main Stars are different.

Because their Star Power is too strong and the Power of the Celestial Dao too vast, the Celestial Palace simply cannot control them.

Therefore, if an Immortal becomes the Star Lord of any one of these thirty-six Upper-rank Main Stars, they will immediately be conferred by the Celestial Palace as a First Grade Star Monarch!

Their status will be no lower than a Divine Monarch like King Yi of Shi!

The reason is simple: once they become Star Lord, they can command that mighty Main Star that even the Celestial Palace can't control.

At the same time, they can receive special Star Power infusions into their body.

How could the Celestial Palace not try to win over such people?

Currently, among the thirty-six Upper-rank Main Stars, thirty-three already have Star Lords.

The powers of these Star Lords vary widely; some have even reached the level of Divine Monarchs or the Celestial Emperor!

While some are only Daoist Venerables.

Emperor Sword Star is one of the only three Upper-rank Main Stars without a Star Lord yet, so you can imagine how many people flock to it.

Yet ever since the founding of the Celestial Palace, from the Celestial Emperor above, whose fortune surges and who is capable of anything, to Venerables below with peerless Talent, not a single person has ever successfully reached that far shore.

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