Countless stars blanketed the sky — tens of millions of them — converging into a vast sea of stars that hovered above Central Continent.
The azure radiance of the stars interwove into a single, breathtaking tapestry, creating a scene of dreamlike splendor.
Had one looked down upon the Five Regions at that moment, Northern Plains, Southern Border, Eastern Sea, and Western Desert would all have been shrouded in darkness, with only a handful of special locations flickering with faint light.
The stark contrast to the other four regions was Central Continent alone.
Central Continent, resplendent with starlight.
Compared to Giant Sun Immortal Venerable, Star Constellation Immortal Venerable understood Spectral Soul Demon Venerable's condition far better, and so she had begun making her preparations long ago.
Even Fang Yuan had fallen behind Star Constellation, gradually piecing together the truth of Spectral Soul's current state.
This was precisely the Wisdom Path's forte — planning ahead before the storm.
Star Constellation Immortal Venerable resided within the Embroidered Tower.
At this moment, she was multitasking on multiple fronts — refining the natural Wisdom Path Dao marks across Central Continent, healing her injuries, operating the Myriad Stars Calculation Formation that spanned the entire sky, and maintaining a portion of her consciousness within Heavenly Court.
This was another advantage of the Wisdom Path — an inexhaustible abundance of thoughts!
The Myriad Stars Calculation Formation hummed along smoothly. Everything was operating normally.
The formation possessed only basic offensive and defensive capabilities — not even at the Quasi-Immortal Venerable level. But it was precisely this harmless quality that had allowed Great Love Immortal Venerable and Giant Sun Immortal Venerable to let it be, choosing instead to trade with Star Constellation and pursue their respective interests.
Giant Sun Immortal Venerable had an urgent need in the Blood Path, while Fang Yuan had obtained a batch of Primordial Domain resources.
The Myriad Stars Calculation Formation's primary function was to blanket all of Central Continent, gathering intelligence from every corner and processing it through calculation, thereby coordinating the Gu Immortals of Central Continent for more precise cooperation.
Star Constellation Immortal Venerable was the foremost practitioner of the Wisdom Path. The Wisdom Path itself had been founded by her, and she remained the greatest Wisdom Path Gu Immortal of the current era. No one understood the essence of the Wisdom Path better than she did!
The Wisdom Path emphasized control — the study of constants and certainties.
The three pillars of Wisdom Path cultivation were thought, will, and emotion.
Thoughts were mutable, wills were fierce, and emotions were disruptive — Wisdom Path cultivation thus demanded that its practitioners master control over these three aspects!
This was the most fundamental requirement.
As a result, Wisdom Path Gu Cultivators tended to be exceptionally calm, self-disciplined, and adept at managing and regulating themselves.
Building upon this foundation, Wisdom Path Gu Cultivators excelled at using information to form memories, to understand the present state of affairs — this was controlling the now.
Taking it a step further, Wisdom Path Gu Cultivators used various clues and intelligence, in accordance with the rules of heaven and earth and the logic of human affairs, to calculate certain possibilities — this was controlling the future.
This was the very essence of the Wisdom Path!
It was because of this essence that Star Constellation Immortal Venerable was the only Venerable in all of history to have merged her body with the Dao.
Her interference with Heavenly Will and her influence over Fate Gu — all of it stemmed from the fact that fate was the greatest constant of all.
In this regard, Star Constellation Immortal Venerable was utterly unique.
Countless streams of information flowed toward her from the Myriad Stars Calculation Formation like tens of thousands of babbling brooks, pouring into her mind.
These streams included the most fundamental data — terrain of mountains and rivers, changes in weather patterns, the distribution and positioning of major Gu Cultivator factions, as well as the precise locations and current states of individual Gu Immortals.
A torrential flood of intelligence surged into her mind like a hundred rivers emptying into the sea.
Had it been Giant Sun Immortal Venerable or Great Love Immortal Venerable, they would have been overwhelmed in an instant.
But Star Constellation Immortal Venerable was different.
She specialized in the Wisdom Path. The vastness of her mind far surpassed that of any other Venerable, and receiving this chaotic, unsorted deluge of information was entirely effortless — she had more than enough capacity to spare.
A faint trace of satisfaction welled up in Star Constellation Immortal Venerable's heart.
Her degree of control over the entirety of Central Continent was rising rapidly.
The more real intelligence a Wisdom Path Gu Cultivator possessed, the greater the advantage they could leverage.
This was why the Information Path and the Wisdom Path were such natural partners!
"With the Myriad Stars Calculation Formation, I can monitor all of Central Continent at all times — it serves as a miniature Heaven Monitoring Tower."
"Central Continent's morale is relatively stable. The ten great ancient sects are even more spirited than before. It seems they've compared themselves against the other four regions."
"However, the current Myriad Stars Calculation Formation is still at the most basic level. It has enormous room for improvement."
Star Constellation Immortal Venerable schemed silently.
For instance, in terms of information gathering, the surveillance methods were not sharp enough.
Setting aside Gu Immortals, even powerful mortal Gu Masters could, to a certain degree, conceal their own small secrets.
Or consider the fact that the Information Path Immortal Gu stored within the Myriad Stars Calculation Formation for information retention were still rather scarce and needed replenishing. The best configuration, of course, would be to insert the Cosmos Crystal Wall directly into the formation.
The formation's own capacity for calculation, reasoning, and coordination could also be elevated.
But this too required a large number of relevant Immortal Gu.
Thieving Heaven Demon Venerable's creations — the Computer Gu, the Intelligence Gu, the Light Brain Gu, and so on.
The special immortal plant developed by Primordial Lotus Demon Venerable — the Skullcap.
The Monkey Brain Gu, Dragon Brain Gu, and Phoenix Brain Gu that Reckless Savage Demon Venerable had once possessed, along with the Sinew Brain Gu that paired well with Strength Path methods.
And Spectral Soul Demon Venerable's achievements in the Food Path — the Brain Essence Gu.
All of these Gu Insects were applicable to the Myriad Stars Calculation Formation.
Beyond these, the formation's most basic offensive and defensive capabilities also had a vast room for growth.
"But as it stands now, the Myriad Stars Calculation Formation has already reached the threshold of tolerance for the other Venerables. Any further enhancement in any area would invite their attacks."
Star Constellation Immortal Venerable saw the state of the world with perfect clarity.