Chapter 152 – The Purple Tenuity Emperor Star

Power is not frightening, but what is truly unsettling is that from beginning to end, Zuo Li never discovered how Mu Lin made his move.

And this also convinced him of one thing: such a Mu Lin would never remain obscure in the future.

Just as he was sinking into self-doubt, with a “boom,” Mu Lin’s body burst into flames out of thin air.

At the same time, a voice rang out from within the burning flames.

“The future is the future, and the present is the present. The future is not set in stone. Perhaps in another timeline, you become powerful. But with your current mindset, heh, I don’t believe you can achieve the same accomplishments as in the future!”

“Take care.”

“Whoosh…”

As the words fell, Mu Lin’s body burned to ashes completely within the room.

This sudden scene, along with the humiliating words, left many in the room feeling ashamed and angry.

“Bastard… what do you know!”

“Knowing the future, I’ll only do better than before…”

“Hmph, with so many resources, how could my present self possibly be inferior to my future self…”

Some were broken by Mu Lin’s words, but others wore thoughtful expressions.

However, regardless of whether they gained anything from Mu Lin’s words, it was irrelevant to Mu Lin himself.

Having already returned to his courtyard, he was pondering whether Zuo Li’s words were correct.

After much contemplation, Mu Lin frowned and realized that the possibility of an apocalypse was over fifty percent.

“In this world, some Celestial Masters and True Lords inherently possess the ability to predict the future.”

“Not to mention, the will of the Human Dao and the Heavenly Dao can also slightly deduce the future. If they discover unfavorable circumstances ahead, there is a high probability they will implant the deduced information into the minds of some fortunate individuals, allowing them to experience ‘rebirth’ and become children of destiny, thereby saving the world.”

“With such manipulation, even some low-level Qi Refiners, or even ordinary mortals, can observe future information… that so-called leader is likely such a child of destiny…”

Of course, Mu Lin’s speculation was not necessarily accurate.

However, regarding the prediction of a future apocalypse, Mu Lin adopted the mindset of “better safe than sorry.”

After all, with this mindset, even if he was wrong, he would only waste some time and resources. But if he was right, it could grant him a chance to survive.

“Even so, the information I’ve obtained is still too limited… Forget it, no more thinking. Time to cultivate!”

“No matter what happens in the future, as long as I am strong enough, I can handle anything.”

Thinking this, the impatient Mu Lin immediately folded the Star-Twilight Marquis Paper into a paper figure and painted it with pigments.

Soon, a lifelike paper figure—Mu Lin—appeared before his eyes.

With a casual blow, Mu Lin infused his avatar into the paper figure, causing it to inflate and grow.

Thus, within a short time, seven Mu Lins appeared in the courtyard.

The seven then sat cross-legged, forming a spoon-like shape, and activated the Big Dipper Seven Stars Purple Tenuity Array.

—As for how to operate this array when it wasn’t nighttime, it naturally relied on the Twilight Illusion Life-Death Array.

Using the life-death opposition between the living and the paper figures, Mu Lin first activated the Twilight Illusion Array, turning the sky from day to night, before initiating the Big Dipper Seven Stars Purple Tenuity Array.

At the same time, he wasn’t worried about daytime affecting the array’s effectiveness.

“The Northern Dipper Seven Stars have always stood firm in the cosmic void; the alternation of our day and night has nearly no effect on them—being in daylight merely makes them difficult for us to observe.”

While recalling knowledge of the cosmic starry sky from his past life, Mu Lin formed the array and sensed the seven stars.

With the assistance of the Starlight Paper Figures, Mu Lin easily connected with the stars of Celestial Pivot, Celestial Authority, Jade Balance, Opening Yang, Shaking Light, and others.

It should be mentioned that because the Paper Figures possessed a Stellar Attribute, they connected with the stars even faster than Mu Lin’s Main Body.

Fortunately, the Substitute Paper Figures shared a mental connection with Mu Lin’s Main Body. After receiving that insight and some exploration, he too connected with the first star of the Northern Dipper, Celestial Pivot.

“Hum…”

Upon connecting with the stars, Mu Lin instantly felt seven distinct yet vast forces transmitted from the far reaches of the heavens, flowing into his body and those of the Paper Figures.

  At this point, Mu Lin’s Big Dipper Seven Stars Purple Tenuity Array was already one-third complete.

It should be noted that even at one-third completion, Mu Lin could gain benefits—not in cultivation, but in combat.

Stars are the great source of Spiritual Energy, their power nearly limitless. Many of a Qi Refiner’s Mystical Arts are driven by the power of the stars.

Among the stars, the Seven Stars are also exceptional.

For example, the Shaking Light Star, which one of Mu Lin’s Paper Figures was now channeling, is also known as the “Army Breaker.” It could imbue the Paper Figure’s Mana with the attribute of the Army Breaker, granting it formidable lethality against demons, Malevolent Ghosts, and evil beings.

“Unfortunately, although the energy of the stellar great source is nearly infinite, what I can channel is limited—only gathering some residual light…”

After sighing, Mu Lin immediately proceeded to the second and third steps of the Big Dipper Purple Tenuity Array: fusion and sublimation.

For ordinary people, these two steps were extremely difficult, as it was hard to merge the powers into one with a shared will.

But this posed no problem for Mu Lin. Relying on his connection with the Substitute Paper Figures, he easily gathered the stellar power from the other Paper Figures into his own body.

Then, with a “pfft,” Mu Lin spat out blood.

Seven different forces converged within one body, and this power was exceedingly sublime. Absorbing so much power at once, it would be strange if Mu Lin didn’t spit blood.

Especially since among the Seven Stars were the Seven Killers Star, the Army Breaker Star, and the Greedy Wolf Star… The power of these three stars was fierce and domineering, most adept at slaughter. By drawing such stellar power into his body, Mu Lin naturally became disarrayed by their impact.

However, Mu Lin also discovered that as the seven different stellar forces chaotically clashed and collided within his body, they were also merging with one another.

The Seven Stars were originally one entity, so their fusion was no surprise.

Yet, after fusion, the stellar power became even more sublime, and Mu Lin was even less capable of bearing it.

This time, Mu Lin didn’t just suffer physical injury; the sublime power even began to encroach upon his Divine Soul.

This gave Mu Lin a clear realization: if he couldn’t withstand it, his Divine Soul would immediately be scattered and dispersed.

‘Heavy is the head that wears the crown!’

In his contemplation, Mu Lin quickly summarized the three difficulties of the Big Dipper Seven Stars Purple Tenuity Array.

The first difficulty was channeling—drawing down the seven different stellar powers, which formed the foundation for setting up the Big Dipper Seven Stars Purple Tenuity Array.

The second challenge was fusion. Mu Lin needed to gather the seven types of stellar power into a single body, contain them within, and prevent these seven distinct forces from tearing his physical form apart.

The third challenge was sublimation. The power after fusion was supremely elevated, and an ordinary divine soul simply could not withstand it.

Guidance, fusion, and sublimation—these three challenges grew progressively more difficult.

However, what Mu Lin found fortunate was that, for someone with numerous skills and traits like him, the hardest of the three was actually guidance.

Once the stellar power was guided down using the Star Paper, everything became relatively effortless for Mu Lin.

Fusion? Through heart-mind connection, Mu Lin easily gathered the seven powers within his body.

As for the injuries sustained inside his body—enter injury transference.

Of course, injury transference would damage his Substitute Paper Figure, so Mu Lin couldn’t rely on it indefinitely.

But he wasn’t a fool. While transferring injuries, Mu Lin also adjusted the rhythm of gathering stellar power within his body.

“I can’t gather too much at once. Too much would cause my body to explode. I can gather it bit by bit…”

Under Mu Lin’s adjustments, the stellar power from the other six Paper Figures flowed into his body, shifting from a floodgate release to a gentle, steady stream.

The control afforded by heart-mind connection quickly improved the condition within Mu Lin’s body.

Thus, the second challenge was gradually overcome.

As for the third challenge, Mu Lin resolved it even more easily.

The fused power was too elevated, and the physical body and divine soul couldn’t withstand it?

With Transcendence activated, his rank sublimated, and the power of the Seven Stars gathering was gradually borne by Mu Lin.

As sublimation completed, the fused power of the Seven Stars merged with Mu Lin’s divine soul, and he understood the essence of this power.

“Ziwei Emperor Star Power!”

(End of Chapter)