The process of collecting materials was simple. Wuxiang Tongzi used the Supreme Diagram to emit a barrier that obscured true information, temporarily severing the connection between these material buildings and the star field's original power, creating the illusion of natural material consumption.
Though this process seemed simple, it was likely only Ming Qi could pull it off. He was confident that Wuxiang Tongzi, having integrated the Supreme Diagram, was a unique existence, unless a superior power came here on their own.
"This should be the Burning Heaven Stone, with its ultimate fire attribute, a crucial ingredient for refining the fan."
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"This is the Deepwater Cold Iron, with its ultimate water attribute, also a crucial ingredient for refining the fan."
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Under Wuxiang Tongzi's guidance, Ming Qi frantically shuttled back and forth among the countless god-level material buildings. This shocked Xing Yun, who had been idle until then. However, Ming Qi made it clear that she couldn't intervene, so she naturally didn't dare. She knew that if anything went wrong, she could lose her life.
While collecting materials may seem effortless on the surface, the dangers involved are clearly understood by Ming Qi alone.
"I want one Miracle Stone. Oh no, two."
Xing Yun followed Ming Qi, muttering constantly. Miracle Stones originated from the Star World, so she knew their value best and the forging techniques used to create this divine material. As long as she possessed them, it wouldn't take long for them to become a peerless divine weapon.
"Stop talking."
Ming Qi signaled Xing Yu to stop his constant chatter. Then, he and Wu Xiang Tongzi found a building constructed with Miracle Stones and successfully unearthed seven or eight pieces.
Seeing so many Miracle Stones fly into the small scroll before Ming Qi, Xing Yun was overjoyed. Even the top forgers in the Star World would go crazy seeing so many Miracle Stones.
After several hours of exhaustion, Ming Qi finally breathed a sigh of relief and sat down to rest.
It wasn't that he didn't want to continue, but rather that the space within the Supreme Diagram was no longer able to accommodate any more divine-level materials. Although the space within the Supreme Diagram had recovered somewhat when Wuxiang Tongzi awakened, the absolute space occupied by divine-level materials was incredibly vast. Often, a fist-sized piece of divine-level material would occupy dozens or even hundreds of meters of absolute space. Although the surrounding area was empty, within this space, divine-level materials of different properties would strongly repel each other, even causing energy annihilation.
"Give me the fan. I'll open the refining space within the Divine Diagram and begin refining immediately."
Wuxiang Tongzi didn't want to waste any time. After receiving the small Five Elements Fan from Mingqi, he immediately carved out a space in the center of the Divine Diagram and began refining with the power of various materials.
This was a long process, perhaps three to five years, or even ten or eight years.
After resting for over an hour, Mingqi stood up. He planned to continue exploring the Future Star Palace, naturally aiming for the World Axis, which he hadn't encountered yet.
"Let's search here. Maybe we'll stumble upon the Axis of the World."
Xing Yun nodded. After choosing a direction, the two began their leisurely exploration.
The entire Future Star Palace was approximately a hundred miles in radius. At their pace, it wouldn't take long to complete their exploration. If they still hadn't encountered the Axis by then, they would have no choice but to leave.
It wasn't just Ming Qi who was interested in the Axis of the World. After hearing Ming Qi's brief explanation, Xing Yun's interest seemed even greater. The Axis of the World implicated numerous mysteries concerning the stars. For her, who came from the Great Star World, nothing was more important than comprehending these mysteries.
The interior of the Future Star Palace seemed somewhat disorganized, seemingly consisting of nothing but buildings constructed from divine-grade materials. Furthermore, there was no discernible pattern in the arrangement of these buildings; they seemed simply thrown together at random.
Thus, the two searched the Star Palace for half a month. Aside from the occasional glimpse of a higher-level source of energy emanating from the ethereal heavens, they encountered nothing else worth exploring.
But there was one thing that puzzled both Ming Qi and Xing Yun: a faint mist constantly enveloped the Star Palace. This mist had a faint golden hue, and walking through it was warm and often drowsy.
"It seems we're unlucky enough to encounter the so-called Axis of the World."
A month later, the two had explored the entire Star Palace, but found no trace of the Axis of the World. It seemed they truly lacked the opportunity and luck to explore the mysteries of the stars from within the Axis of the World. However, every time they encountered new, unknown, divine-level materials, they felt a pang of frustration.
"Let's go, then. We've already explored everything."
Xing Yun's interest had waned by this point. She was more interested in figuring out what kind of weapon she could forge with the Miracle Stones after leaving the Star Region.
The two of them didn't linger any longer, choosing a nearly straight path to quickly leave the Star Palace.
The return journey was naturally faster than their exploration, and after just ten days, they had successfully exited the Star Palace. Once outside, Ming Qi naturally didn't stop. He immediately used Celestial Shift and headed back to where he had first entered the Star Region.
Since he couldn't find any method for breaking through to Nirvana Heaven within the Future Star Palace, he didn't expect to find an opportunity for such a breakthrough within the Star Region.
Since they chose a nearly straight path back, rather than the route they had taken earlier, they unexpectedly came across another stone tablet several months later.
This stone tablet also contained extensive information on the star region's geography and star monsters. However, since Ming Qi planned to leave the star region, this information was no longer of much importance to him. However, just as he was about to depart, a note beneath the stone tablet caught his attention. This was also a note about the Future Star Palace, but the message was simple: the Future Star Palace did not exist!
The Future Star Palace did not exist?
Ming Qi naturally disagreed, after all, he had walked back from the Future Star Palace. However, the note clearly pointed to the location of the Star Forest, the exact spot where Ming Qi had previously found the Future Star Palace.
Unable to determine the truth, Ming Qi decided not to delay his journey and continued as quickly as possible towards the teleportation array.
Traveling together, they felt less lonely. After several months, they finally reached their destination when Ming Qi unexpectedly discovered that Nirvana Heaven had unknowingly achieved a breakthrough!
Having successfully condensed the Nirvana Nebula, the corresponding great immortal technique of Nirvana Heaven naturally surfaced in his mind.
Nirvana Heaven's Great Immortal Art: Rebirth! As long as the star power within the Nirvana Nebula is at full strength, even if injured and killed, one will be reborn!
After experiencing the joy of Nirvana Heaven's breakthrough, Ming Qi suddenly realized what the true world axis is.
"Xingyun, perhaps I know what the true world axis is."
"Oh? It's been so long, how did you suddenly think of this?"
Xingyun expressed surprise. They had searched the entire Future Star Palace and found no trace of the world axis. Could it be that the world axis was right before their eyes?
"The Future Star Palace is the world axis."