The comet remained silent, only relentlessly unleashing heavenly tribulations.

Chapter 131 Calamity

Song Yi paced back and forth in the cave a few times.

He had previously killed a Western Venerable who was at the Golden Immortal level, and that battle almost exhausted ninety percent of his physical blood energy.

Although he later nourished and replenished himself with Blood Bodhi, the depleted essence has not yet been fully restored.

Moreover, the deeper his understanding of the forbidden divine power, the more he dared not use it lightly.

The price of this supernatural power is too severe; the more fully one comprehends it, the more likely one is to sacrifice both one's physical body and primordial spirit when using it.

Even a powerful god like Pangu could not escape it.

Even though he has the Investiture of the Gods to protect his true spirit from perishment, his physical body, which he has painstakingly honed to its current level, is about to be completely ruined, which is something he absolutely cannot tolerate.

"Perhaps—we could make a trip to Mount Hua and ask the Third Holy Mother to subdue the demon?"

The thought had just formed in Song Yi's mind when he pressed it down again.

The Holy Mother Yang Chan is the younger sister of Erlang Shen Yang Jian. She has a noble status and profound magical power. If we can get her to help, dealing with that water demon will be a piece of cake.

But in the vast universe, human kindness is the hardest thing to repay.

If you owe someone a favor today, and they ask for it again tomorrow, it's hard to refuse, no matter what.

After careful consideration, Song Yi stopped and turned to Song Yu, saying, "Pass down the order: as long as that great demon doesn't leave the Huai River and doesn't actively invade our Cangmang Mountain territory, we will leave it alone for the time being. Strengthen vigilance at all checkpoints along the river, and report any unusual activity immediately."

Song Yu bowed and accepted the order, then withdrew from the Zhenjun Palace.

"In ten years, the battle between the Dao and the Demon will begin, and we still need to refine a few magical artifacts."

The battle between the Taoist and the Demonic Path, a contest between the Xuanmen (mystical sect) and the Demonic Path, is also a crucial opportunity for various forces to reshape the political landscape.

Having previously promised the Four Celestial Masters and the White-Browed Taoist, it wouldn't be right not to go.

At that moment, Song Yi waved his hand and set up the Innate Cosmic Light Array.

In an instant, the formation activated, spacetime distorted, and a huge difference appeared in the flow of time inside and outside the cave.

Then, all the Jade Void Innate Divine Treasures were taken out.

Various kinds of divine iron and immortal gold, innate jade marrow, and star sand were piled up like mountains, radiating thousands of rays of light.

One after another, streams of innate divine fire rose into the sky, slowly enveloping the various divine materials and beginning their refining process.

Meanwhile, the True Lord of the Lower Realm was in seclusion refining a weapon.

Deep in the distant void of the starry sky, on the comet star.

The main body sits upright in the center of the star core, with countless star trails reflected in his eyes.

Over the years, he has been trying to comprehend the principles of the movement of the stars in the heavens, hoping to glimpse some of the mysteries of the Great Celestial Array.

Suddenly, his brow twitched slightly.

A faint yet strangely familiar aura emanated from the depths of the distant starry sky.

The aura was cold, chaotic, and decaying, like the traces left behind when all things in the world came to an end.

Without hesitation, Song Yi sent out a phantom image of Dharma form from his body, which transformed into a stream of light and shot into the depths of the void.

The illusory image of the Dharma traversed the starry sky, following the source of that wisp of energy.

The further they flew, the clearer the aura of calamity became. In the end, the entire starry sky seemed to be shrouded in a thin layer of gray mist, the scent of impending doom.

Ahead, a meteorite spanning hundreds of miles floated silently in the void.

It is entirely grayish-black, with a pitted and uneven surface, not much different from the meteorite fragments that can be seen everywhere in the void.

But that terrifying aura of calamity emanated continuously from the depths of this meteorite.

Song Yi's illusory Dharma image stopped in front of the meteorite, a hint of shock flashing in his eyes.

"Could this be a fragment of the primordial essence of an ancient calamity star?"

Legend has it that before the great calamity of the Lich King, a calamity star once roamed the heavens and earth. It was the source of all calamities, and wherever it passed, stars shattered and all living beings perished.

Later, the calamity star shattered, and part of its origin transformed into a broom star. As for the other fragments, they were scattered throughout the void and could not be found again.

Song Yi had been flying through the void for five or six hundred years, traversing countless star fields, but this was the first time he had encountered the primordial fragments of a calamity star.

If he could refine it into the broom star, his divine authority would surely rise to a higher level, and he might even be able to touch upon a trace of the inheritance of an ancient calamity star.

Just as he was about to draw the meteorite over and refine it with the power of the comet's origin, he suddenly detected an extremely subtle life fluctuation in his divine sense.

That aura was wild and ancient, fierce and tyrannical, and even in its slumber, it still exuded a chilling sense of oppression.

"Is this a cosmic behemoth?"

Song Yi's expression darkened slightly.

The Starry Sky Beast is a strange creature born from the fusion of the remaining flesh, resentment, and star fragments of countless powerful beings who perished during the Lich Wars.

They feed on stars and nest in the void. Once they reach adulthood, they can even tear through space and traverse billions of miles of starry sea, making them one of the most dangerous creatures in the vast void.

As his divine sense continued to probe deeper, the true nature of the giant beast gradually came to Song Yi's attention.

After a long while, he slowly withdrew his divine sense, his expression becoming more serious than ever before.

This colossal star beast had already reached the peak of the Xuanxian realm, and was only one step away from becoming a Jinxian.

Such a being, even if encountered by an ordinary Golden Immortal, would only be devoured and refined.

Even if a Taiyi Golden Immortal were to take action, it would still take considerable effort to defeat him.

He resides atop a comet, enabling him to mobilize the primordial power of the entire star, reaching a strength roughly equivalent to the mid-to-late stage of a Golden Immortal.

Even so, it was still too much of a stretch to subdue this colossal star beast at the peak of the Xuanxian realm.

However, Song Yi quickly calmed down.

These giant beasts spend most of their time sleeping, sometimes for tens or even hundreds of thousands of years.

Now that the Zhou Tian Star Array has been restarted, the stars in the heavens are resuming their operation according to the celestial trajectories, and the boundless stellar power is shaking the void, awakening many slumbering ancient species.

Unfortunately, this star field is located in a remote area and has been less affected, so the behemoth has not yet fully awakened.

This also means that he still has enough time to make plans.

Song Yi quickly made a mental calculation.

There are only two ways to achieve victory against overwhelming odds.

One method is to rely on magic weapons.

When Emperor Yu had his axe, he was truly unstoppable, cleaving through gods and Buddhas with a single stroke.

However, the most powerful magical treasures are now in the possession of the True Lord of Tribulation and Calamity in the lower realm. Although I have refined a few magical artifacts on the Broom Star, they are far inferior to the Immortal Tree and the Eight Treasures Profound Yellow Pagoda, which are innate spiritual treasures, and are simply not enough to fight against the giant beasts in the starry sky.

That leaves only the second option.

Formation.

Song Yi's gaze swept across the surrounding starry sky, and he gradually formed a plan in his mind.

He immediately activated the Broom Star and began to patrol the nearby star field. Although the void was vast, star fragments were not difficult to find. Using his supernatural powers, Song Yi quickly collected twenty-eight meteorites containing rich stellar power.

These meteorites are not ordinary fragments; their cores contain the essence of ancient stars, making them ideal carriers for setting up star arrays.