The God of Heavens

Chapter 211 Descending on the Ancient Star of Mars
The next morning, as the sun rose, it was time to say goodbye. Lin Yu stood on the floating island, with Ye Fan, Pang Bo, and his classmates who had rested overnight beside him.

Li Xiaoman, Zhang Wenchang, and a dozen or so others from the Six Great Grotto-Heavens were scattered around. It was hard to find the others; some had gone to the Western Desert, and some were not even in the Big Dipper. It can only be said that they were not destined to meet.

On Yao Guang's side, there are the four little ones, Yao Xi, Wei Wei, and this guy Yun Lan. The big black dog, however, decided not to go to Earth, probably because he didn't want to leave Emperor Wu Shi.

However, Xia Jiuyou did come, and she brought her investment: a Primordial Life Stone the size of a human head. No one knows where Gai Jiuyou found it.

"boom!"

With a wave of his hand, Lin Yu pierced through the void, leading everyone into a hidden little world. This was a secret realm he had moved from the ancestral temple of the Feathered God Dynasty, specifically to store a special artifact.

At the center of the world, a five-colored altar stands silently. Built against the mountain, the altar's weathered stone walls are covered with the marks of time, and the intricate carvings seem to tell ancient secrets.

"A five-colored altar!" Ye Fan's pupils contracted slightly; it was very similar to the one they had seen on Mount Tai.

"Woof! This is an Emperor's array pattern! Let me copy it!" The big black dog quickly took out the jade slip and began to inscribe it. The Emperor's array pattern was extremely rare in the world.

Once the Black Emperor finished, Lin Yu took out several pieces of divine source and precisely embedded them into the grooves of the stone platform beside the altar. In an instant, the array patterns that had been silent for countless ages lit up one after another, and the golden Dao patterns moved and intertwined like living things, finally constructing a dazzling portal in the void.

Unlike ordinary teleportation arrays, this golden portal can directly reflect the scenery on the other side.

"An ancient forbidden land!" Pang Bo exclaimed in shock.

Through the portal of light, everyone could clearly see nine sacred mountains surrounding a bottomless abyss, with a five-colored altar suspended above the dark abyss. The abyss seemed capable of swallowing even light; just looking at it from afar sent shivers down their spines, as if they were about to be sucked into it.

"Are you ready?" Lin Yu turned to look at everyone, a faint smile on his lips. "The journey home this time might be a little exciting."

If it weren't for the numerous powerful emperors on Earth, Lin Yu could have simply used his Angel Wings to fly there directly, without having to make the trip to the Ancient Forbidden Land.

"Let's go." Having said goodbye to those who needed to, he no longer hesitated and took the lead in stepping into the ancient teleportation array, heading towards the golden gate.

Ye Fan and the others followed closely behind, and Yao Xi and Yun Lan also caught up. In the blink of an eye, they arrived at the five-colored altar in the desolate ancient forbidden land.

Upon arriving at the Five-Colored Altar in the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land, a strange power of the wilderness suddenly struck, severing one's lifespan.

Everyone felt their life force rapidly slipping away, their temples instantly turning white. Yao Xi was shocked to find wrinkles appearing on her jade-like hands, and Yun Lan's face turned deathly pale. Some of the people from Earth even recalled the fear of being dominated by the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land.

"Everyone should take some of the Divine Spring Water; it can replenish your vital energy."

Lin Yu distributed the divine spring water to everyone, his gaze sweeping over each of his companions with a solemn expression.

After everyone drank from the divine spring and regained some of their vitality, Lin Yu no longer hesitated. With a wave of his hand, he unleashed thousands of divine source stones, and the dazzling source energy poured down like a galaxy.

A surge of vital energy erupted, and celestial light soared from the five-colored altar. Within the dazzling celestial radiance, ancient and mysterious symbols continuously converged, ultimately forming a Bagua diagram.

In the center of the Bagua, the Taiji diagram appears, with two yin-yang fish guarding the center, like a tightly closed metal door.

The Tai Chi Bagua is related to space and time. At this moment, space is distorted and light is hazy. The Bagua symbols corresponding to Qian, Kun, Xun, Dui, Gen, Zhen, Li, and Kan light up in turn, like a set of mysterious and ancient codes. They are based on the flashing of a set of symbols in the water-blue stars to determine the coordinates and open the door to space and time!
"This is..." Everyone stared in disbelief as the star chart symbols flickered in the void.

"boom!"

With a deep, resounding boom, the Yin-Yang Gate suddenly swung open. Starlight surged forth, and a dazzling ancient path unfolded before everyone's eyes, leading straight into the depths of the universe.

Just then, several terrifying auras suddenly surged out from the abyss. Several incredibly powerful barbarian slaves took to the air and surrounded the closing Tai Chi Bagua Gate.

"They are slaves transformed from peerless figures!" people exclaimed.

"It's alright." Lin Yu's voice was calm and strong. "They are just witnesses."

The crowd felt somewhat relieved, as the wild slave indeed just watched without making any move.

Seeing that the Star Gate was about to disappear, Lin Yu did not hesitate any longer. With a surge of divine power, he and everyone else transformed into a stream of light and went straight into the Yin-Yang Gate.

"boom"

With a muffled roar, the ancient starry road closed completely, and the five-colored altar returned to silence.

The group found themselves in the vast universe, surrounded by boundless darkness and silence. Occasionally, starlight would pierce through spatial nodes, flashing by in an instant, only amplifying the desolation and solitude of the starry sky.

"Humans are so insignificant," Yao Xi sighed softly, her beautiful eyes reflecting the starlight. In this vast universe, a human being is not even a speck of dust, and an ancient star with life is but a drop in the ocean of stars.

Ye Fan stared into the deep passage and said in a deep voice, "If we try to cross the starry sky with human strength, we probably won't even be able to fly out of a small star system in our entire lives, let alone cross this infinite star field."

“Throughout history, only the Great Emperor has been able to roam the universe freely.” Lin Yu stood with his hands behind his back, his robes fluttering in the starlight. “Even ancient sages mostly had to rely on ancient star paths like the Five-Colored Altar.”

The crowd fell silent. In this cold, dark universe, they felt their own insignificance for the first time so acutely.

"Linzi, when will we be able to get to Earth?" Pang Bo asked, rubbing his hands together, his eyes filled with both anticipation and a hint of trepidation.

This is probably what is meant by feeling apprehensive the closer one gets to home; the closer one gets to home, the more uneasy one feels.

Lin Yu looked ahead and calmly said, "Don't rush. If all goes well, it should take about the same amount of time as when we came." Just then, through the spatial node, everyone suddenly saw a shocking scene: a meteor streaked across the sky and collided violently with a large, dark blue star.

In an instant, brilliant light burst forth like fireworks, and the two stars simultaneously headed towards destruction, stirring up earth-shattering energy fluctuations.

"This..." Ye Fan's pupils contracted slightly. "If such a meteorite were to fall on the Big Dipper, I'm afraid that, apart from the ancient sages, billions of living beings would be reduced to ashes."

Yao Xi sighed softly, "In this vast universe, humanity is truly as insignificant as a speck of dust."

“Speaking of which,” Zhang Wenchang pushed up his glasses, “Earth astronomy believes that the Milky Way galaxy has hundreds of billions of stars. I wonder how many life-bearing planets have been born among them?”

Upon hearing this, Lin Yu explained, "Small life-bearing planets are actually not uncommon. With the power of a sage, one can draw upon cosmic energy and revive a star field."

However," he paused, "ancient origin sites like the Big Dipper and the Crape Myrtle are indeed extremely rare in the world."

Upon hearing this, everyone couldn't help but look towards the end of the ancient starry road. Somewhere in that boundless sea of ​​stars, a blue planet awaits the return of its wanderers.

But as they were talking, the ancient starry road suddenly trembled, the space twisted rapidly, and a serious upheaval occurred. It seemed as if the ancient starry road was about to break or explode.

"What's going on?!" Panic instantly gripped the crowd, fear spreading through them. If they were thrown into the vast expanse of space, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Stay calm! Everything will be alright." Lin Yu's expression was calm, his voice piercing through the panic. "It's most likely that something went wrong with the altar ahead."

He was confident that even if he were to be swept into space, he could protect everyone.

"Can we still go back to Earth?" someone asked urgently.

"Don't worry. We'll descend upon the nearest altar. Once we've come this far, even if we fly there, we'll be able to fly back to Earth," Lin Yu said firmly, reassuring everyone.

No sooner had he finished speaking than seventeen more spatial nodes collapsed, confirming Lin Yu's guess.

"It seems there's indeed a problem with the five-colored altar at our destination; we can't pinpoint its location. Everyone, prepare for our descent," Lin Yu said after analyzing the meaning of those spatial nodes.

It looks like we're about to land on Mars.

Lin Yu thought to himself, the five-colored altar on Mars is still intact, but if we've reached Mars, how far away can Earth be?
"boom"

A faint light appeared, and the ancient starry road came to an end. Accompanied by a crash, the group landed on a smooth, five-colored altar.

Where are we?

Is it Earth?

"Has it reached Earth?"

The crowd was in a chaotic mess, but once they calmed down, they suddenly realized that this place looked so familiar.
“It’s Mars. We’ve been here before, it’s exactly the same,” someone said, seeing the dark red land.

"Yinghuo!"

When the giant rock engraved with ancient characters in bold, powerful strokes came into view again, everyone involuntarily held their breath.

These two powerful ancient seal characters instantly pulled their memories back to that thrilling night several years ago.

“We’re back here again.” Ye Fan’s fingers gently traced the mottled carvings on the boulder, his voice trembling slightly.

Pang Bo slammed his fist on the stone and grinned, "If it weren't for Old Lin leading us back then, those crocodiles alone would have been enough to give us a run for our money!"

Memories flooded back: the bronze bell of the Great Thunder Temple, the faint glow of the Bodhi seeds, and the menacing shadows of crocodiles that loomed in and out of sight during the sandstorm.

Looking back now, those magical artifacts they used as amulets were probably all extraordinary Buddhist treasures.

"boom!"

A chilling aura swept across the land, a malevolent energy surging through the sky, and demonic energy soaring into the heavens. In the darkness, two blood-red eyes the size of lanterns stared intently at this place, while black clouds churned, obscuring the sky and earth.

"It's you who rode away on nine dragons pulling a coffin, and now you've actually returned?" A cloud of demonic mist rose, and two enormous blood-red eyes, like red lanterns, rapidly approached from afar.

Ye Fan and the others felt their souls tremble, almost leaving their bodies.

The aura of that demonic saint was truly terrifying. Even before it appeared, the fluctuations it emitted seemed capable of crushing ancient mountains. In a daze, it was as if one could see a colossal being awakening, effortlessly plucking stars and seizing the moon.

"Roar--"

Another roar exploded, like ten thousand thunderclaps booming simultaneously. At that moment, heaven and earth seemed to be torn apart, and surging demonic energy boiled and churned, instantly engulfing all vision.

Amidst the sandstorm, the outline of the Demon Saint appeared and disappeared. Its body was immensely enormous, surpassing even the ancient divine mountains.

Several years have passed, and he has not left Mars; he is still in this place.

(End of this chapter)