There was an uproar outside the monolith hut. Chen Chang Sheng's words were an attempt to overthrow a truth that no one had ever doubted. The problem was, how could stars move? This was simply too absurd, and no one believed it at all. Gou Hanshi only raised his eyebrows, and the uneasiness that had appeared in everyone's hearts disappeared without a trace, and they began to mock him.
Chen Chang Sheng was not surprised by their reactions. He knew that he was definitely not the first person to discover that the stars could move. At the very least, Wang Zhice, who had left behind that notebook, must have had this idea a long time ago. So why was it that whether it was in the Daoist Canon or in daily discussions, there was never any mention of this? Because there was no way to prove it. What cultivators saw with their Fated Stars could not be used as evidence, unless they could fly to an extremely high place in the starry sky and let the people on the ground see everything.
Chen Changsheng had no way of proving that the stars could move, so the words' discovered 'were actually not accurate. This was only the result of his conjecture from the seventeen Heavenly Tome Monoliths of the front mausoleum. It could also be said that it was his comprehension from viewing the monoliths — conjecture could not convince the world, but it could convince himself, because it conformed to his aesthetics and fundamental view of the world.
At least for now, it was enough for him to believe that the stars could move. As for whether others believed it or not, he did not care.
He looked up at the starry night sky and did not speak again.
The stars in the night sky seemed to be motionless, but in fact, they were moving all the time, either forward or backward. The distance between them and the ground was sometimes longer and sometimes shorter. The distance and angle between the stars were also constantly changing. It was just that the observers on the ground were too far away from the starry sky to notice the subtle changes between the angles.
If the seventeen Heavenly Tome Monoliths of the front mausoleum depicted the positions of countless stars and their trajectories of movement, then how could these images be compared to the true starry sky?
He lowered his head and closed his eyes, continuing to observe the inscriptions in his sea of consciousness.
The seventeen Heavenly Tome Monoliths formed a straight line in front of his eyes. The monolith inscriptions overlapped and connected in space, and the countless lines became countless dots. He used his consciousness to once again disassemble these pictures, and then reassemble them. Gradually, those dots began to move along those lines, slowly and smoothly, following an indescribable law.
Those patterns were star charts. Countless star charts of different times flashed past his eyes.
With time as the axis, countless stars moved continuously in front of his eyes.
The stars moved through the night sky, leaving behind traces carved into the stone monoliths. These were the Heavenly Tome Monolith inscriptions of the front mausoleum.
Looking from the ground, the stars would always move forward and backward in a fixed position. Therefore, these changing star charts must have been observed from a different angle.
Time flowed by slowly. In reality, countless years had already passed, and the final star chart had arrived.
Logically speaking, this star chart should be describing the positions of the stars in the real night sky.
But for some reason, the positions of the stars in this Star Chart were completely different from the real Starry Sky. If at the last moment, they suddenly discovered that the result was different from what they had expected, many people's minds would be greatly impacted and might even begin to doubt their previous thoughts. But once Chen Chang Sheng's mind was set, it would no longer waver.
He looked at the last star chart and remained silent for a long time. Then, he raised his right hand and gently flicked the edge of the star chart.
The star map was a true reflection, so it was impossible for it to be flat. Instead, it was a cube.
Following Chen Chang Sheng's finger, the Star Atlas silently and slowly rotated, changing from the side to the front.
It was a new pattern. There were still countless stars on it, but it was more solemn and constant than before.
Chen Chang Sheng opened his eyes and once again raised his head to look at the night sky.
There was a brilliant starry sky.
The newest star chart in his sea of consciousness had landed on the real Starry Sky. It perfectly overlapped with the Starry Sky in the southeast corner.
Not a single star's position was off. All the stars found their own positions on the star chart.
This feeling was very beautiful and very shocking.
Chen Chang Sheng couldn't speak for a long time.
Then, he thought of more things.
Wang Zhi Ce had once asked a question about this Starry Sky in the notebook of the Pavilion of Ascending Mist.
In the long river of history, countless predecessors had asked similar questions.
If the fate of humanity was really hidden in this Starry Sky, and the positions of the stars were eternal and unchanging, then destiny naturally couldn't be changed. Then why did people have to struggle and work hard to live in this world?
In humanity's understanding, the Starry Sky was forever solemn and perfect. It was like the Heavenly Dao and destiny. It couldn't be peeped at and was high above.
Tonight, Chen Chang Sheng realized that solemnity did not mean rigidity. True perfection did not mean that it would never change.
Because the stars could move and their positions could be changed. The distance and angle between his Fated Star and other stars would naturally change.
If those connections were the traces of destiny, then didn't that mean that destiny could be changed?
At the end of the notebook, Wang Zhi Ce used all his strength to write four words: No destiny.
Yes, there was no definite destiny!
With a massive boom, Chen Chang Sheng's sea of consciousness exploded!
He had solved the problem that had plagued him for several years, the most difficult mental anguish to get rid of.
He had solved his own Heavenly Tome Monoliths.
The mental strength he had comprehended from the seventeen Heavenly Tome Monoliths had begun to affect objective reality!
In the distant night sky, the dots of starlight were all connected!
In his sea of consciousness, all the dots on the superimposed star chart formed by the monolith inscriptions began to light up!
Almost at the same time, in the night sky above the Mausoleum of Books, those stars also seemed to grow brighter!
And in the even more distant depths of the sea of stars, in a place that even the spiritual sense of Saint level experts could not perceive, a red star began to emit a boundless radiance!
This was true star radiance, a star radiance invisible to the naked eye. Together with the visible starlight, it fell upon the Mausoleum of Books!
The people around the monolith hut were all shocked. They did not know what had happened.
In the next moment, they realized with incomparable shock that Chen Chang Sheng had disappeared from in front of the monolith hut!
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Like a cool breeze, like a strand of starlight, noiselessly coming and going without hindrance.
Chen Chang Sheng disappeared from in front of the Reflecting Monolith. In the next moment, he appeared in front of the Cloud Piercing Monolith.
In front of the Cloud Piercing Monolith, he paused for a moment, and then his figure disappeared again, reappearing in front of the Bent Osmanthus Monolith.
Soon after, he appeared in front of the River Guiding Monolith, the Fowl Language Monolith, and the East Pavilion Monolith.
In a flash, he appeared in front of the seventeen Heavenly Tome Monoliths of the front mausoleum, and then disappeared. Finally, he appeared in front of the broken monolith!
His eyes were still closed, oblivious to everything else. He had no idea what had happened.
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Tonight, there was a strange phenomenon in the sky.
When observed with the naked eye, the many stars in the night sky did not seem to grow brighter, but many people knew that those stars had grown brighter. After a little while, even the common people discovered this astonishing fact.
A star growing slightly brighter was not easy to see, but if the tens of millions of stars in the southeast region simultaneously grew slightly brighter, just what sort of scene would that be?
The starlight illuminated the Mausoleum of Books, and also illuminated the entire capital.
The streets of the late night seemed to have returned to daytime.
The Dew Platform was the closest to the night sky, so it was illuminated to the finest detail. The Night Pearls at the edge of the platform seemed to dim in contrast.
The Divine Empress stood at the edge of the platform, gazing at the vast starry sky. Her expression was somewhat surprised, even somewhat solemn.
She had not imagined that with Chen Chang Sheng's personality, he would actually return to the monolith hut to comprehend the monoliths. She had not imagined that Chen Chang Sheng would actually be like that person, comprehending these monoliths of the front mausoleum and attracting countless stars. But even now, she still did not believe that Chen Chang Sheng could do what that person had done.
Because the present was no longer the past, and the Mausoleum of Books was no longer the Mausoleum of Books of the past.
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The starlight shone through the window onto the table. The memorials that had been slightly yellowed by the candlelight became somewhat whiter, and the words on them also became somewhat clearer.
Mo Yu slightly raised her brows and looked out the window. She thought in shock, could it be that he really understood those Heavenly Tome Monoliths?
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In the southern city's Bitter Rain Alley, there was a government office. The appearance of the government office was very simple, but in the eyes of the people, it seemed especially sinister, because this was the Great Zhou's Department for Purging Officials.
Tonight, the sinister atmosphere of the government office was somewhat dispelled by the bright starlight.
Zhou Tong walked into the courtyard and lowered the black gauze in front of his hat, blocking out the somewhat dazzling starlight. He slightly creased his brow, somewhat displeased.
Prince Chen Liu's words to Tianhai Shengxue were not true. He had not been waiting for Chen Chang Sheng outside the Mausoleum of Books.
Even though Chen Chang Sheng had obtained first rank of the First Banner in the Grand Examination, in his eyes, he was still an unremarkable nobody.
But now, seeing the sky filled with starlight, he finally had a different thought.
Or perhaps it could be said that this sky full of starlight forced him to begin looking at that youth.
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Starlight filled the world, illuminating the houses and courtyards, and naturally also illuminating the well at New North Bridge.
The soil at the bottom of the well had been dug out two days ago, a strand of starlight somewhat miserably yet stubbornly penetrated into the dark world below.
The starlight illuminated the red mole between the little girl's eyebrows, but it could not dispel the indifference between her eyebrows.
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Luo Luo stood by the railing at the top of the Education Hall, suddenly raising her head to look at the dome.
The night sky here was fake, the stars were eternal and unchanging, but there was no life.
She sensed something, Chen Chang Sheng should be doing something extraordinary.
She said to Jin Yu Lu: "I want to go out."
Jin Yu Lu was silent for a moment, then said: "Sir cannot help him."
"Sir does not need my help." Luo Luo said full of confidence: "I want to go to Orthodox Academy and wait for him, to congratulate him."
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The starlight illuminated the Mausoleum of Books, and also illuminated the capital.
The Li Palace was bathed in the sacred starlight.
Several thousand priests and students from the various schools came to the plaza and the Divine Avenue, praying to the sky full of stars, their expressions incomparably pious.
In the deepest part of the palace.
The Pope looked at the starlight leaking down from the hall, illuminating the Green Leaf within the basin, his elderly face revealed a loving smile.
His Eminence, Archbishop Mei Li Sha, gazed at the snow-like starlight outside the hall, sighing with emotion: "Just like back then."
The Pope knew that he was referring to the scene when Wang Zhi Ce comprehended the Dao and broke through. That night, the entire capital lit up.
Tonight, the scene from back then reappeared.
This scene had not appeared for several hundred years.
Mei Li Sha suddenly frowned, asking in confusion: "This is Star Condensation?"
The Pope said: "No, he is still at Ethereal Opening."
Mei Li Sha asked: "Then why is the starry sky so bright?"
The Pope thought about it, then said with some hesitation: "Perhaps, he is using Star Condensation to continue his Ethereal Opening?"
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(This chapter has a line from the Principal's lyrics, the chapter's title is' Gala Style ', I really like it, because it's especially brilliant, especially carrying on the past and opening up the future, especially fitting for Chen Chang Sheng. Today, there is only one chapter, but if everyone is happy reading it, please cast a few more votes, monthly votes and recommended votes are all extremely good. Just now, before the update, I saw on the page of Heaven's Chosen Diary that the Heaven's Chosen Diary's in-house testing will begin on the 7th of November … Ah, there really is only two days left, the producer is extremely nervous, even someone as thick as me was actually affected by him, I hope everyone will have fun when the time comes.)
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