Xiuxian: I studied abroad in modern times

Chapter 634 The Effect of the Grand Array, A Good Perspective

Speaking of the Star Chess Game, the Moon Fairy frowned deeply, clearly troubled.

She wasn't speaking specifically to Zheng Fa, but rather introducing it to Ni Chang Yuan Jun: "This Great Zhou Celestial Star Array originated in ancient times, and its power is unfathomable. If one rashly enters, even a jellyfish will not be able to escape..."

"How is Lady Jellyfish doing now?"

"Immortal Lady Ni Chang asked anxiously."

The Moon Fairy and the Green Maiden exchanged a glance, hesitated for a long time before speaking: "Because we practice divine magic, we have a connection with the Water Mother. She should... be out of danger."

Just because someone's life isn't in danger doesn't mean there's no problem.

The problem is actually quite big.

Zheng Fa thought for a moment, then decided not to worry about the jellyfish. The Zhou Tian Star Array had teleportation capabilities, so he might be able to return without relying on the jellyfish.

It's likely that the two Fairies of the Moon shared the same goal: even if the jellyfish encountered problems, as long as they controlled the Zhou Tian Star Array, they could escape from the chaos.

If you want to save the jellyfish, you need to understand this great formation even more thoroughly.

Ni Chang Yuanjun seemed to have figured it out as well, and asked, "What is the purpose of this grand formation? What is this chess game? And what are its rules?"

Her eagerness made the Moon Fairy shake her head, but she patiently explained:

"This Zhou Tian Star Array is based on stars. Its primary function is to kill enemies and trap people. The jellyfish is trapped inside it."

"According to my calculations, even with just this one remnant formation, a Golden Immortal cannot escape, but a Taiyi Golden Immortal... might have a chance."

The Moon Fairy spoke conservatively, which suggests she didn't understand the strength of a Taiyi Golden Immortal. At this point, she sighed again and said, "That's why I have to wait for Jiuyou."

She glanced at Zheng Fa but didn't say much, continuing, "But the greatest function of this great formation is actually to teleport and transform chaos into the power of stars."

Transforming chaos?

He could understand being moved; he had experienced it before when he came here from the Jade Pool Wonderland.

Can transform chaos...

This is no small matter.

Speaking of which, Zheng Fa has also gained some understanding of spiritual energy.

Previously, he thought chaos and spiritual energy were two different things, but now it's different. In his current understanding, chaos is unregulated spiritual energy, while spiritual energy is regulated, partial, and knowable chaos.

Spiritual energy originates from chaos. Thus, the Dao gives birth to one, one gives birth to two, three gives birth to all things, and then returns to chaos, in an endless cycle. This is what causes the tides of spiritual energy in the Xuanwei Realm.

The function of the Zhou Tian Star Array is something to ponder.

"The power of stars is actually a special kind of spiritual energy, possibly the most ancient spiritual energy in the Xuanwei realm." The Moon Fairy paused, then gave an example: "Don't we rely on the power of stars when we cultivate the Cave Heaven Technique?"

Zheng Fa was startled and then realized what was happening.

When the Goddess of the Rainbow Robe passed on the Cave Heaven Technique to him, she told him that once the Cave Heaven Technique was completed, it would draw upon the power of the stars.

The greatest benefit of the power of stars is that it can make the cave heaven grow.

He hadn't paid much attention to it before, but now he understood—this power of the stars probably came from the remnants of the Zhou Tian Star Array deep within the chaos.

"Lord Taiyin, why do you say that the power of stars is the most ancient spiritual energy?"

“Spiritual energy is something that we Golden Immortals cultivate in the chaos.” As a Golden Immortal, the Moon Fairy also had her own understanding of this matter. “But what about before we attained the Dao? Or rather, before the Dao Venerable became a Golden Immortal? Where did the spiritual energy come from then?”

The spiritual energy of Xuanwei does indeed mostly come from the Golden Immortal Dao Fruit—essentially, they are analyzing chaos and then channeling it into Xuanwei and the myriad worlds.

But the Moon Fairy asked a question that made Zheng Fa suddenly realize: Where does the most primordial spiritual energy come from?
“This is not something I figured out myself, but something the jellyfish said,” the Moon Fairy continued. “This Zhou Tian Star Array is probably the orthodox system of the ancient world. In other words, a complete Zhou Tian Star Array can control which spiritual energy Xuanwei can receive, and that is why it has the prestige of the ancient Heavenly Court.”

"It was precisely because of this idea that the jellyfish felt that this great formation was enough for her to achieve the Great Luo realm."

So, the Zhou Tian Star Array... is even more powerful than Zheng Fa imagined.

The teleportation ability is enough to allow the Heavenly Court to quickly conquer all the heavens, but this is not the greatest function of this formation.

The most powerful thing was the two words spoken by the Moon Fairy: "orthodox".

If Zheng Fa understands correctly, if the Zhou Tian Star Array is completed, the types of spiritual energy in the Xuanwei Realm can even be controlled by this array—just like how the Nine Mountains Realm only had the spiritual energy corresponding to the Sun and Moon Bell before, which greatly limited the cultivation techniques that could be practiced in the Nine Mountains Realm. For a period of time, the disciples in the Nine Mountains Realm could only practice thunder techniques.

To put it bluntly, you can only cultivate what the great formation allows you to cultivate; other cultivation methods are completely useless.

The power of stars is actually spiritual energy that has been selected by the Heavenly Court.

Just as the Moon Fairy said, only in this way could the glory of the ancient Heavenly Court and even the ancient Demon Court be established—the spiritual energy all came from them.

Compared to this function, the power of this formation is actually nothing.

Having understood this, Zheng Fa became even more interested in the Zhou Tian Star Array.

He glanced at the thirty-six chess pieces behind him, and with a thought, sent a message to the Heavenly Emperor.

……

In the Nine Mountains Realm, the Heavenly Emperor found Senior Sister Zhang and told her about Zheng Fa's encounter, which made Senior Sister Zhang understand.

"You want me to use the Heavenly Evolution Array Plate to help deduce the chess game?" She nodded, seemingly very confident. "What are the rules of this chess game, or rather, this grand array?"

……

"The rules of this game are actually very simple," the Moon Fairy said to the Rainbow Lady. "Thirty-six planets are placed in the chaos, and the great formation operates as it pleases. Once we find the life gate of the formation, we can escape."

“So easy?”

"I am surprised," asked the Princess of the Rainbow Garments.

"Easy?" Qing Nu gritted her teeth, glaring at Ni Chang Yuan Jun, and asked, "Do you know how long it took us?"

"...We tried more than 87,000 times!" Qing Nu's voice was filled with a sense of near-madness and collapse. "At most, at most the eighth attempt, after putting in eight stars, we still couldn't find the gate to life."

Ni Chang Yuan Jun was so frightened that she dared not speak, but there was still some doubt on her face, as if she was wondering why this thing was so difficult.

"Fine, try it yourself."

Ni Chang Yuan Jun was not afraid at all; on the contrary, she was somewhat eager to try.

Zheng Fa also understood that this was probably a small space created by the Taiyin Fairy using the power of creation, specifically to simulate the Zhou Tian Star Array.

With a flick of her finger, the Moon Fairy sent two stars flying out, landing beside the Rainbow Lady.

They circled each other, facing each other, as if they were dancing a waltz.

"The Gate of Life is the very center of these planets. It is the same for two planets, and for three planets... and for all thirty-six planets." The Moon Fairy pointed to the very center of the line connecting the stars and explained, "Only from here can we pass through the great formation, enter or leave, until the formation is broken. If we are not at the Gate of Life, we will be affected by the formation, fall into chaos, or even be suppressed."

"I understand!"

Ni Chang Yuan Jun stood between the two planets, full of confidence.

Qingnu's lips curled up, and she said, "Then let's put in the third one..."

As it turns out, Lady Ni Chang knew absolutely nothing!

"This this……"

After trying thirty-eight times in a row, Ni Chang Yuan Jun was ejected from the formation, her eyes wide and her voice trembling: "Why is it different every time?"

They are different, and it's almost impossible for them to be the same.

Zheng Fa understood it completely.

There seems to be a gravitational pull between these stars—I wonder if it's due to the spiritual talismans on them.

This leads to a major problem: this great formation is a chaotic system.

The simplest example is the three-body problem. The biggest mathematical problem with chaotic systems is that they have no solution.

It's not that it can't be calculated, but that calculations are required for every step. In the three-body problem, you can only calculate the positions of the three celestial bodies in the next second if you first calculate their positions in the previous second.

This also leads to another problem.

Any tiny change in initial values ​​has a huge impact on the system, and it is almost impossible for the same situation to occur again.

Simply put, the only way to break this Zhou Tian Star Array is through brute force calculation!

Three planets are already complicated enough; there are thirty-six stars here…

To be honest, Zheng Fa was quite impressed that the Moon Fairy and the others were able to reach the level of eight stars—they were truly ruthless.

Ni Chang Yuan Jun tried again for a while, but couldn't even get past the fourth star. She became completely dejected and lost all her previous confidence.

Zheng Fa watched from the side without saying a word.

On the one hand, he didn't actually have much confidence and wanted to observe the situation further.

On the other hand, he could certainly tell that the Moon Goddess did not trust him much, and he was not the type to rush into things; he simply watched as the Goddess of Rainbow Garments tried.

Seeing the dejected look on Ni Chang Yuan Jun's face, Tai Yin Xian Zi also shook her head and said in a hoarse voice, "Actually, we got to the eighth position mostly by luck, which is why I wanted to wait for Jiu You to come and break this great formation directly."

That's quite true, because the irregularity of this ridiculous formation leads to one result—experience is useless.

Even if the Moon Fairy and her companions tried millions more times, they probably wouldn't be much different from a complete new recruit.

The two, Taiyin Fairy and Taiyin Fairy, seemed to be working on a math problem that was impossible to solve even with their lives on the line. They hadn't gone crazy yet, which was worthy of being Golden Immortals.

……

To everyone's surprise, when Ni Chang Yuan Jun heard this, her eyes lit up and she suddenly turned to look at Zheng Fa.

"Let Sect Leader Zheng come! Sect Leader Zheng can definitely do it!"

"..."

The Moon Fairy looked at Zheng Fa, and while she didn't say anything bad, she frowned slightly, somewhat puzzled.

Qingnu was even more outspoken and straightforward, and somewhat frustrated: "If we can't do it, how do you know he can?"

Zheng Fa was also very curious and looked at Ni Chang Yuan Jun.

"Throughout the myriad realms, there is no difficulty that can stump Sect Leader Zheng!" Ni Chang Yuanjun declared with absolute certainty, making Zheng Fa blush slightly. "If Sect Leader Zheng is incapable, then no one can!"

"While the two gentlemen are intelligent and wise, compared to Sect Leader Zheng..."

Ni Chang Yuan Jun didn't finish speaking, but everyone understood what she meant.

"..."

The two women, Taiyin Fairy and Taiyin Fairy, looked at Zheng Fa strangely, their expressions sending chills down his spine.

He didn't know how he ended up with such a die-hard fan...

"My lords, you are unaware that a few days ago, Sect Leader Zheng ventured alone into Leiyin Temple..."

Seemingly fearing that the two fairies of Taiyin wouldn't believe her, Ni Chang Yuanjun began to recount the Great Luo Dharma Assembly. As a participant herself, her story inevitably gave the audience a sense of being there.

More importantly, she added extra praise to Zheng Fa in her words.

"At that time, Headmaster Zheng sat on the lotus platform and coldly denounced the Buddhist teachings of Leiyin Temple as heretical, and none of the Five Buddhas could refute him..."

"The Pure Land was shattered, and even the Buddha of Thunder Sound was deeply injured!"

"Throughout history, Leiyin Temple has never suffered such a great loss!"

The Lady of the Rainbow Robes spoke with great passion, and Zheng Fa had practically dug a four-room-one-living-room structure out of the sole of his shoe. However, the two Fairies of the Moon looked at Zheng Fa with much more serious expressions.

They didn't care about the Nine Mountains Sect leader.

If it could cause Leiyin Temple to suffer a great loss... then that would be extraordinary.

"Would Sect Leader Zheng be willing to give it a try?"

Zheng Fa nodded slightly and explained, "Your words are too kind to me. I can only say that I have done my best."

Having said that, he flew into the chaos and nodded to the Moon Fairy.

The Moon Fairy was curious about what the Rainbow Lady said, and also held hope in her heart, so she threw out three planets on the first try.

Three planets began to orbit Zheng Fa, moving erratically.

Zheng Fa did not move, but simply watched their movement trajectory and the talismans on it at close range.

"Sect Leader Zheng, the very center is the Gate of Life!" Seeing that Zheng Fa didn't move, Ni Chang Yuan Jun thought he didn't remember where the Gate of Life was, so she reminded him loudly.

Zheng Fa nodded slightly, but still didn't move, as if he was in a daze, and was bounced out by Chaos.

"..."

Qingnu looked at Zheng Fa, opened her mouth, then looked at Ni Chang Yuanjun with a suspicious gaze, and whispered to Taiyin Fairy, "Look, has Ni Chang been converted yet?"

The Moon Fairy stared at Zheng Fa for a long time before shaking her head and sighing softly.

Qingnu was still somewhat puzzled and asked again, "Ni Chang doesn't seem to be lying, but... I understand now, could it be that she has romantic feelings for this Sect Leader Zheng?"

The Moon Fairy's expression returned to calm as she said, "Regardless of whether it works or not, our primary goal is still to break this formation. Since this Sect Leader Zheng is incapable, we can only rely on ourselves."

Qingnu's face fell, clearly indicating she didn't want to struggle anymore, but she couldn't come up with any other solution.

……

Inside the Nine Mountains Sect, the Heavenly Emperor looked at the Heavenly Evolution Array Plate beside Senior Sister Zhang's hand.

"Did you write it down?"

What he needed to do was actually quite simple: collect as much information as possible about the characteristics, talismans, and interactions between these thirty-six planets, and input this information into the Heavenly Evolution Array Plate so that Senior Sister Zhang could deduce the location of the Gate of Life.

In terms of computing power, Senior Sister Zhang's Heavenly Evolution Array Plate combines the essence of the Xuanwei and modern worlds, and its deductive ability is almost at the pinnacle of all the heavens and myriad worlds.

Zheng Fa couldn't remember all the stars at once, so he could only observe them part by part, record the data, and have the Heavenly Emperor relay it to Senior Sister Zhang.

He turned to look at the Moon Fairy:
"Fairy, may I try again?"

"Try again?"

"Yes, let's try again, and try a few more stars."

The Moon Fairy glanced at him but didn't refuse, saying "okay."

After a while...

"try again."

"..."

"Come again."

"..."

"Again……"

Watching Zheng Fa enter the formation again and again without moving, Qing Nu couldn't help but sigh, "Ni Chang isn't completely blind. Although this Sect Leader Zheng is a bit slow, he is very persistent."

(End of this chapter)