North Pole, the North Pole Emperor Star, the center of the Central Heaven Ziwei Constellation.

There are five stars in the North Pole, namely the Crown Prince, the Emperor, the Harem, the Commoner, and Tianshu.

Endless is the Heavenly cycle—three lights shine in turn, yet the Polar Star remains unmoved, occupying its position as all stars gather around it.

The Emperor Star where Song Lin resides is the supreme among the Beichen Stars.

According to the ancient myth of this land, this was once the residence of Taiyi.

Of course, now it is ruled by the Jade Emperor, and these five stars have naturally fallen into desolation. Even the palaces atop them were constructed by Song Lin himself with hired labor.

The Star Lords of the Heavenly Court have long been obscure, scarce in number, and hold little authority.

It is likely deliberate on the part of the Jade Emperor.

In the Ancient Times, before the Heavenly Court was even born,

the Heavenly Emperor in people's minds was Taiyi God, dwelling within Ziwei and encircled by stars.

After ascending the throne, the Jade Emperor, to establish his own prestige, naturally refrained from creating a Divine System of celestial stars.

Nowadays, the title of Jade Emperor has deeply taken root in people's hearts. Even the Jade Emperor himself realized that the Heavenly Court seemed incomplete without such a structure, and thus restarted the Star Lord System.

As for the Central Heaven Ziwei, it was defined as an auxiliary system to assist the Jade Emperor.

Of course, at present, the title of Emperor Ziwei of the Central Heaven cannot be granted to Song Lin.

It will depend on Song Lin's future performance. If he truly establishes the Star Lord System, the Jade Emperor will not hesitate to bestow titles of rank.

After all, the Heavenly Court possesses the Immortal Jade Scroll, a treasure handed down from The Three Pure Ones, colloquially referred to in the mortal world as the Investiture of the Gods. Except for the initial Innate Divine Beings (those formed within the Heavenly Court), as well as members joining from the Buddhist Sect and overseas Loose Cultivators, all other Acquired Divine Beings require the Immortal Jade Scroll to be officially conferred, using the will of the conferring as its method.

The power that the Jade Emperor has granted can just as easily be retracted in the future.

The Emperor Star.

Song Lin sat alone in the vast, empty palace.

If the Ziwei System is to be fully established, the Four Saints of the North Pole are indispensable.

In addition, there are the Seven Luminaries and Four Remnants—the Seven Luminaries referring to the Sun, Moon, Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth; the Four Remnants being Purple Qi, Yue Bei, Luo Hou, and Jidou.

And, of course, the most familiar are the Twenty-Eight Constellations, Thirty-Six Heavenly Gang, and Seventy-Two Earthly Fiends.

Either Song Lin would have to nurture talents himself or select individuals from other factions, then transform them using the God-beating Whip; or, alternatively, summon Innate Divine Beings using Yinn Shang Heaven's method for invoking them.

As far as Song Lin knew, the Jade Emperor's Heavenly Court had no proactive rituals or methods for summoning Innate Divine Beings—it could only allow them to form naturally.

Does this mean Yinn Shang Heaven predates the Jade Emperor's Heavenly Court?

Song Lin's understanding of myths largely stemmed from the memories of his past life on Earth. The timeline in those myths might not align with the real sequence of events in this realm.

There were many instances where known narratives turned out to be quite different upon investigation.

For example, in the commonly known system of the Three Pure Ones and Four Sovereigns, there were no Three Pure Ones here, and of the Four Sovereigns, apart from Emperor Changsheng and Houtu who embodied the Great Dao, Ziwei and Gouchen only amounted to star-worship without actual divine birth.

Of course, having traversed so many worlds, Song Lin had come to understand a fundamental principle: much of the so-called common knowledge of later generations might have originated from himself.

Take The Queen Mother of the West, for instance—originally just an ordinary Innate Divine Being, one of the rulers of an ancient Divine Country.

Through the passage of time, such figures should have faded into obscurity. Yet, due to Song Lin's interventions, she became the mythical Queen Mother of the West, a counterpart to the Eastern King.

In this way, Song Lin unwittingly became the source of various myths. Perhaps one day, when he comprehended the mysteries of the Monster Chronicles, he would come to understand the workings of the Great Thousand World across time and space, as well as the reasons behind the chaotic state of the Divine System.

"The Four Saints of the North Pole: Marshal of the Heavenly Canopy Tianpeng, Zhenwu True Monarch, Vice Marshal Tianyou, and General Black Evil."

The Four Immortals are the right-hand aides of Emperor Ziwei.

The Marshal of the Heavenly Canopy Tianpeng governs yin affairs, suppressing demons and suppressing monsters, commanding the Thirty-Six Palace Demons, with an appearance marked by red hair, four heads, and eight arms.

Tianpeng is a star title, and anyone possessing such abilities—along with the natural form of four heads and eight arms, towering eighty million zhang tall—could not possibly be mere mortal cultivators.

They are either Innate Divine Beings or top-grade Great Demons.

Of course, the two concepts are not mutually exclusive; the distinction between gods and demons lies only in the thoughts of the heart.

Then there is General Black Evil and Vice Marshal Tianyou, whose origins Song Lin has also come to understand slightly.

"Where should I go to recruit them back into the fold?"

Song Lin pondered.

As for Emperor Zhenwu, there was no need to search. As the protagonist of this world, Emperor Zhenwu's prior incarnation is one of the three souls and seven spirits of the Jade Emperor.

Currently, the Jade Emperor has yet to dispatch this soul into reincarnation, so it can be set aside for now.

"Forget it, I'll search as I cultivate."

Song Lin's figure flickered and vanished from the Ziwei Stars.

Now, he planned to roam through the Thirty-Six Heavens of the Medium Thousand World: a few layers in the Upper Realm, a few in the Lower Realm, and even the Four Great Divine Continents of the mortal world beneath.

The timeline of this world would stretch far into eternity.

The Jade Emperor's soul first descended into the Ninth Realm, incarnating as Liu Changsheng; then reincarnated into Crown Prince Xuanming, followed by Xuanhuang.

The journey spanned three lifetimes.

Its narrative covered about a hundred years, but who could tell how much time might pass between each reincarnation?

Even now, Song Lin could not discern the Jade Emperor's purpose behind these actions.

The tale suggested it stemmed from greed for a treasure within Heavenly Lord Liu's household, causing the Jade Emperor to split a soul fragment into reincarnation—merely to observe the treasure, with no intent to seize it.

Following three reincarnations, this so-called treasure that preoccupied the Jade Emperor's mind was never mentioned again.

It was clear that the Jade Emperor's intent was not truly about that treasure.

The so-called treasure was evidently just an excuse.

"Isn't his real purpose to gain control over the Star Lord lineage?"

Song Lin quickly deduced the Jade Emperor's intention.

If his guess was correct, Song Lin himself was likely the mythical Emperor Ziwei—or rather, the Emperor Ziwei that future generations would come to know him as.

But Song Lin was not a native of this realm. Sooner or later, he would ascend to ultimate completion, as described in later legends: Emperor Zhenwu and Emperor Ziwei standing as equals, theoretically the highest deities of the North Heaven.

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