Start from a baby to become a Taoist

Chapter 570 Heavenly Star Token

The fact that a true immortal guards the gate shows that the foundation of the Eternal Heavenly Star Pavilion is unfathomable.

"stop!"

As the airship approached, a leading Star Patrol Envoy flew over. His face was stern, and his gaze swept over the ancient airship before finally landing on Xu Ran and Tu Feng.

"Who goes there? Do you have the Celestial Star Token?"

His tone carried a condescending, scrutinizing quality.

Just as Tu Feng was about to step forward to negotiate, Xu Ran took a step forward and stepped off the ferry, hovering in the void.

“We don’t have the Celestial Star Token,” Xu Ran replied calmly.

The star patrolman frowned, a hint of displeasure flashing in his eyes: "Without a Celestial Star Token, no one is allowed to enter the city! Leave immediately, or you will be treated as an trespasser!"

Many people on the surrounding airships, who were queuing up, cast curious glances, eager to see what would happen.

The majesty of the Eternal Star Pavilion is not to be trifled with. These two fellows in that dilapidated wooden boat are probably in for a world of trouble.

"We need to go in." Xu Ran ignored his warning and simply repeated his purpose.

"court death!"

The star-gazing envoy's face darkened; he had lost his patience.

He raised his hand and pointed, and a chain of laws formed from starlight instantly broke through the air and wrapped around Xu Ran!

This move was swift, precise, and ruthless! It contained the immense power to seal space and suppress the primordial spirit; even an ordinary Golden Immortal would not be able to easily break free!
However, what happened next made everyone present widen their eyes in astonishment.

The starlight chain suddenly stopped when it was still three feet away from Xu Ran.

It was like a movie scene that had been paused, frozen in mid-air in a bizarre way.

Immediately afterwards, the starlight laws that formed the chains began to "analyze" and "decompose" at a speed visible to the naked eye, transforming into the most primitive light particles and dissipating into the universe.

The entire process was completely silent.

Xu Ran didn't even move a finger.

"How can this be?!"

For the first time, the star-gazing envoy's face showed a look of horror.

He simply couldn't understand how his attack had been neutralized.

The opponent did not use any magic power, did not use any supernatural abilities, and did not even show a trace of law fluctuation.

It's as if your own rules are "ineffective" in front of the other party!

“I told you, we’re going in.”

Xu Ran's gaze calmly fell on the Star Patrol Envoy.

It was just a glance.

The star-gazing envoy felt as if his soul was being gripped by an invisible hand, and even his thoughts stopped!

He was horrified to discover that his understanding of the concept of "obstruction" was rapidly becoming blurred and fading!
It's like saying that "stopping Xu Ran" is logically flawed and absolutely wrong!

His body, his will, and his path were all instinctively “correcting” this mistake!
"Pfft!"

Amidst everyone's horrified gazes, the powerful Golden Immortal-level Star Patrol Envoy involuntarily knelt down on one knee before Xu Ran!
His face was filled with struggle and fear, but his body was completely out of his control!

"team leader!"

The other star-gazing envoys were both shocked and furious upon seeing this, and they were all about to take action.

However, Xu Ran's gaze merely swept over them indifferently.

"Plop! Plop! Plop!"

A series of muffled sounds.

Those dozen or so powerful Star Patrols, regardless of their cultivation level or their inner thoughts, all made the exact same move as their captain at the same time—

They knelt on one knee and lowered their proud heads!
They didn't seem to be kneeling in worship of a single person.

Instead, they are worshipping a "truth" and an "axiom"!
To defy him is to defy the order of the entire universe!
The area in front of the star gate fell into a deathly silence.

Everyone waiting in line to enter the city was stunned and felt a chill run down their spines.

What method is this?
Subduing the enemy's army without fighting?
No, this is ten thousand times more terrifying than that!
This is... a case of words becoming law?
No, this goes beyond mere words becoming law! It directly distorts the other party's perception at the conceptual level!

Tu Feng stood behind Xu Ran, watching this scene, but his heart was no longer stirred by anything.

He had become somewhat... numb.

The strength of our predecessors cannot be fathomed by common sense.

"Now, may we go in?"

Xu Ran's voice broke the deathly silence.

The captain of the Star Patrol, kneeling on the ground, trembled violently. He used all his strength to squeeze out a single word through gritted teeth.

"……please."

Xu Ran nodded, no longer glancing at them, and led Tu Feng into the spacetime tunnel.

Until their figures completely disappeared at the other end of the passage.

The invisible pressure that had been exerting on all the Star Chasers finally dissipated.

"Huh...huh...huh..."

The captain of the Star Patrol was panting heavily, his body already drenched in cold sweat. He looked up at the empty entrance to the passage, his eyes filled with nothing but endless fear.

"Quickly...quickly go and report to the Pavilion Master!"

"There are...there are incomprehensible beings that have entered the City of Ten Thousand Stars!"

……

Passing through the time tunnel, the scene before him caused even Tu Feng, whose mind was usually calm and composed, to exclaim in amazement.

This is the interior of the City of Ten Thousand Stars.

Beneath my feet lies a wide and boundless avenue paved with glittering starlight.

Along both sides of the avenue, countless floating stars have been transformed into various magnificent buildings. There are towering pill pavilions, their fragrance spreading for billions of miles; there are celestial golden palaces floating in the void, from which divine light occasionally shoots out, piercing through the clouds; and there are enormous floating islands, where cranes fly and deer run, resembling a fairyland.

Countless cultivators, riding various magical artifacts and mounts, shuttled back and forth among these star-shaped structures, creating a lively and bustling scene.

The laws here are incredibly stable, and the spiritual energy is so dense that it's almost impossible to breathe through. Just taking a breath here makes you feel your cultivation level increasing.

"What a magnificent Eternal Star Pavilion!" Tu Feng exclaimed sincerely.

However, Xu Ran's gaze did not linger on these bustling scenes.

From the very beginning, his gaze was fixed on the highest point of the city.

That colossal tower that reaches the heavens and the earth.

"Let's go, our destination is there."

As Xu Ran spoke, he took a step forward.

His figure blurred instantly, as if merging into the light.

Tu Feng only felt a blur before his eyes, and the next moment, they had already crossed a vast distance and appeared directly beneath that towering tower!
Such terrifying teleportation ability did not cause any spatial fluctuations, as if they had always been standing there.

Beneath the giant tower lies a vast white jade plaza.

The square was deserted, except for nine towering bronze cauldrons, each ten thousand feet tall, arranged in a nine-palace formation. Unknown divine fires burned within the cauldrons, emanating a terrifying aura that suppressed eternity.

At the far end of the square, at the entrance to the giant tower, stood an elderly man dressed in simple linen clothes, with white hair and beard, standing quietly as if he had been waiting for a long time.

He looked like an ordinary old man, with no magical energy emanating from him.

But the moment Xu Ran and Tu Feng appeared, his eyes snapped open!

What a pair of eyes those are!

There are no whites of the eyes, no pupils, only endless rivers of stars flowing and stars being born and dying!
It was as if his eyes held the secrets of the entire universe!
"This old man is 'Tianjizi' and greets fellow Daoist."

The old man bowed slightly to Xu Ran, showing respect as an equal.

His voice, though not loud, seemed to resonate directly in the depths of one's soul, carrying a profound wisdom and insight that seemed to see through everything.

Tianjizi!
Tu Feng's heart suddenly clenched!
This name is a legend throughout the entire Tianxuan Starfield and even dozens of surrounding starfields!
He is the current head of the Eternal Star Pavilion!

An old monster who has lived for countless epochs, and who, according to legend, has already transcended the river of time and sat down to discuss the Dao with the immortals!

He actually... waited here in person?
Moreover, why does he address his senior as "fellow Daoist"?
Xu Ran's gaze fell on Tianjizi, and for the first time, a flicker of emotion appeared in his eyes.

"Can you see me?"

This seemingly random statement startled Tu Feng.

But a bitter smile appeared on Tianjizi's face.

“I can’t see it all.” He shook his head. “In my ‘Heavenly Secrets Disc,’ your ‘past’ is a chaotic mess, and your ‘future’ is nothingness. Only this coordinate point of ‘present’ is so clear… that the entire Heavenly Secrets Disc is trembling, as if it can’t bear the weight of it.”

"I have been in charge of the Heavenly Star Pavilion for three eras, deduced immortality, and explored forbidden things, but I have never seen a fellow Daoist like you... an existence that cannot be 'recorded'."

“So, you wait for me here,” Xu Ran said. This was a statement, not a question.

"Yes." Tianjizi nodded. "May I ask, fellow Daoist, what brings you to my humble Tianxing Pavilion?"

“I need a star map,” Xu Ran said bluntly, “the oldest and most complete kind.”

Upon hearing this, Tianjizi fell silent.

His eyes, which held the promise of a galaxy, gazed intently at Xu Ran, as if trying to see through him. After a long while, he slowly spoke: "Fellow Daoist, do you know that a star map of that level is the highest secret of my Heavenly Star Pavilion? It was painstakingly pieced together by countless predecessors who spent several eras traversing the ruins of the heavens. Its value... is immeasurable."

“I know.” Xu Ran’s tone remained calm. “So, I can ‘exchange’ with you.”

"Exchange?" Tianjizi raised an eyebrow with interest. "Oh? I'm very curious, is there anything in this world that my Tianxing Pavilion doesn't have, but you... can offer?"

His words carried a powerful sense of confidence.

As the largest repository of intelligence and knowledge in the universe, the Eternal Celestial Star Pavilion encompasses almost everything in all the heavens and myriad realms. Cultivation techniques, supernatural powers, divine materials, secrets... they lack nothing.

Xu Ran looked at him without saying a word.

He simply and slowly extended his right hand.

In his palm, the black chess piece, formed from the "erroneous seed of Tao," floated silently.

Tianjizi's gaze fell on the chess piece, initially with a hint of scrutiny.

But soon, the expression on his face changed.

From curiosity, to solemnity, and then to...unbelievable shock!

"This...this is...the aura of 'The End'?!" he exclaimed in shock, his voice trembling slightly. "No! It's not pure The End! It also contains...a will of 'Return'!"

"Chaos and order, end and rebirth... Two completely opposite 'fundamental principles' have been perfectly unified in a tiny chess piece?!"

"What...what kind of creation is this?! Whose work is this?!"

Tianjizi completely lost his composure.

He has lived for countless ages and has seen more treasures than the sands of the Ganges.

But nothing could make him feel as...disruptive as this chess piece before him!
This is no longer a magic weapon!