Primordial Era: Starting with the repair of Penglai Immortal Island

"Young friend Huanglong, didn't you enter the Heavenly Realm? Why have you come to this desolate and cold place again?"

A gentle voice sounded in Huanglong's ear, tinged with surprise.

Huang Long's gaze followed the sound to a raised platform on the mountainside, where there was a thatched hut and a medicinal garden in front of it. A figure was moving among the medicinal herbs, carefully tending to them.

The figure, dressed in a white Taoist robe, was none other than Bai Ze, a wise man from the demon race.

Huang Long smiled and said loudly, "Senior, if this is a harsh and cold place, then how many prosperous places are there in this primordial wilderness?"

"What, Senior Bai Ze doesn't welcome this junior and is chatting with me through this barrier?"

Bai Ze paused in his movements, raised his head, and glanced at Huang Long through the barrier.

A complex look flashed in his intelligent eyes, and then he waved his hand, opening a portal in the restriction that enveloped the area.

"Come in!"

Huanglong stepped into it and landed on the platform halfway up the mountain.

Bai Ze continued to move back and forth among the spiritual herbs, loosening the soil, watering, and pruning the branches and leaves. His movements were skillful and focused, just like an ordinary herbalist. Where was the demeanor of a quasi-saint of the demon race?

But Huanglong discovered that Bai Ze's ordinary movements were drawing upon the Daoist principles of heaven and earth, which were nourishing the spiritual herbs.

"Senior has quite the refined taste," Huang Long said, walking to the edge of the herb garden and admiring the thriving medicinal herbs.

Bai Ze didn't even look up, and said indifferently, "Whenever you show up, nothing good ever comes of it."

Huang Long looked aggrieved. "If you don't welcome me, just say so. Why make fun of me?"

Bai Ze's hands continued working. "In the past, I would certainly welcome you, young friend, but today..."

He paused, then finally straightened up, turned to look at Huang Long, and said, "Young friend, you must have something important to discuss today, and it's quite significant!"

Huang Long neither answered nor denied it.

Bai Ze continued, "If I'm not mistaken, you've come for the Zhou Tian Star Array."

Huanglong looked at Bai Ze in surprise. As expected of a wise man of the demon race, he was born with the most sensitive perception of heavenly secrets.

"Senior, you truly have discerning eyes." Huang Long cupped his hands and said, "This junior has indeed come for the Zhou Tian Star Array."

Bai Ze remained silent for a moment, then walked out of the pharmacy, sat down at the stone table, picked up the teapot, poured two cups of tea, and gestured for Huang Long to sit down as well.

"Speak!" Bai Ze picked up his teacup, gently blew on it, and said, "Why do you need the Zhou Tian Star Array?"

Huang Long looked at Bai Ze and smiled. It seemed that Bai Ze was not omniscient or omnipotent.

He made no secret of how he became the Great Emperor of the Central Heaven, took charge of the operation of the stars in the heavens, and recounted the ancient stars he had to sacrifice.

Bai Ze listened quietly, and when he heard the name "Zhongtian Ziwei Emperor," a look of surprise appeared on his face.

"The Great Emperor of the Central Heaven, Ziwei...!"

Bai Ze put down his teacup, his gaze becoming profound. "Back when we were in the Heavenly Court, we didn't have this divine position, nor the authority to rule over the stars."

Huang Long nodded, knowing why Bai Ze was so surprised.

When the Heavenly Court was first established, Di Jun was the Heavenly Emperor.

He appointed Taiyi as the Eastern Emperor, Fuxi as the Xi Emperor, and honored Nuwa as the Holy Woman, while Bai Ze and ten other quasi-saints were named the Ten Great Demon Saints.

Although demon saints like Bai Ze are blessed with the fortune of the demon race, they do not have the authority of the Heavenly Dao.

The Heavenly Court back then should have been called the Demon Court.

Di Jun used the Heavenly Court as a tool to unify the prehistoric world and as a platform for him to ascend to the supreme position among all living beings.

Now that Haotian is in charge of the Heavenly Court, the Heavenly Dao has given rise to a series of divine positions containing different powers... the Great Emperor of the Central Heaven, the Great Emperor of the Southern Pole, the God of the Eastern Hooked Chen...!

Each deity holds a portion of the authority bestowed upon them by the Heavenly Dao, and each performs their own duties!

"I never imagined that the Heavenly Court would have a new master, and that the divine authority would also have changed," Bai Ze sighed.

"If Your Majesty had acted in the same way back then, perhaps the demon race wouldn't have had this problem...!"

He didn't continue, but just sighed, picked up his teacup, and drank it all in one gulp.

Huanglong did not respond; the demon race was a thing of the past.

"Senior!" Huang Long said solemnly, "This junior would like to know how to set up the Zhou Tian Star Array."

Bai Ze put down his teacup and looked at Huang Long's face, as if trying to figure out his intentions.

After a long silence, Bai Ze slowly spoke:

"The Zhou Tian Star Array is a grand array evolved by Emperor Xi using the Hetu and Luoshu. It is based on 365 demon clan Daluo and supplemented by 365 star banners, drawing upon the origin of the Zhou Tian stars and containing boundless power."

"During the great war between the Lich and the Demon, it was this formation that blocked the Twelve Heavenly Gods and Demons Formation of the Lich Clan."

"I understand," Huang Long said. "What I want to know is the method of setting up this great formation, and the connection between the stars in the heavens."

Upon hearing this, Bai Ze shook his head: "Although I participated in the deduction of the Zhou Tian Star Array, the main deducer was Fuxi, who was in charge of the Hetu Luoshu."

"The Hetu and Luoshu are the most precious treasures of the Heavenly Secrets, capable of deducing the laws of heaven and earth and all things. The true secrets of the Zhou Tian Star Array can only be known in full by Fuxi."

Bai Ze paused, looked at Huang Long, and said, "We only know the part that we are responsible for."

"That's enough!" Huanglong said to Bai Ze. "I hope you can give me some guidance, senior!"

Bai Ze remained silent for a moment, then suddenly smiled and took out a jade slip made of innate spiritual jade.

"This is the content of my understanding of the Zhou Tian Star Array. Although it is not complete, it contains some of the trajectories of the stars and the basic connections between them, which should be helpful to you."

Huang Long looked at the jade slip with some wariness, and did not immediately reach out to take it.

"Senior," he looked directly at Bai Ze, his gaze intense, "you're just handing this over to me like this? Aren't you going to set any conditions?"

Upon hearing this, Bai Ze smiled.

That smile contained relief, emotion, and a touch of bitterness.

"What?" Bai Ze pushed the jade slip forward. "You think I'd make demands of you?"

Huang Long didn't speak, but his eyes said it all.

Bai Ze stood up, walked to the edge of the herb garden, his back to Huang Long, and spoke calmly:

"Huanglong, do you know how much karma the demon race has borne after the war between the Lich King and the Demon King?"

Huang Long was slightly taken aback!

Bai Ze continued, "During the decisive battle between the Wu and Yao tribes, Mount Buzhou collapsed, the heavens crumbled, and countless lives perished. The Heavenly Dao will hold the Wu and Yao tribes accountable for these karmic debts."

"The Witch Clan has retreated into the underworld created by Houtu, while we demons can only wait in this bitter and cold land to be eroded by boundless karma."

He turned around and looked directly at Huanglong. "The demon race is not like the dragon and phoenix races, one suppressing the sea eye and the other suppressing the immortal volcano, which can continuously obtain the merits of the Heavenly Dao to offset the boundless karmic obstacles."

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