“ shǒu qiū ！”
“守丘！”
"Guard the Tomb!"
“ yǒng gē ！”
“永歌！”
"Eternal Song!"
“ lián shān ！”
“连山！”
"Continuous Mountain!"
xīng huī biàn sā shān hǎi ， xī rì qīn mì zhàn yǒu zé shì biàn qí nú pú 。
星辉遍撒山海，昔日亲密战友则是变其奴仆。
Stars' rays spread across the mountains and seas, turning former close comrades into their servants.
zòng shǐ lǐ fán shēng sī lì jié ， shì tú huàn xǐng tā men shén zhì 。
纵使李凡声嘶力竭，试图唤醒他们神智。
Despite Li Fan's desperate efforts to awaken their minds, it was all in vain. Their once resolute eyes had turned dark and indifferent. There wasn't a trace of struggle on their faces; instead, they unleashed their full might with divine techniques and arts. Even the survivors among them howled, vowing to eliminate Li Fan.
dàn jiē wú yòng 。
但皆无用。
The figures from bygone battles surrounded Li Fan, treating him like an enemy despite having fought side by side for the salvation of the mountains and seas. The joy of saving the mountains and seas had turned into a nightmare in just a moment.
tā men jiān yì shuāng mù ， zǎo yǐ jīng biàn dé qī hēi dàn mò 。
他们坚毅双目，早已经变得漆黑淡漠。
All his loved ones were gone, and he had failed at the last minute. Under the eerie starlight, all beings twisted, as if the mountains and seas were reborn. But they no longer resembled their former selves.
liǎn shàng yě bù céng fú xiàn bàn diǎn zhēng zhá ， jìn shì zhēng níng niǔ qū ， shén tōng shù fǎ háo wú bǎo liú hōng chū 。
脸上也不曾浮现半点挣扎，尽是狰狞扭曲，神通术法毫无保留轰出。
Everything familiar was rewritten by that solitary star, causing Li Fan's heart to ache with sorrow as tears streamed down his face. He felt utterly hopeless.
nǎi zhì xìng cún shèng zhě shān hǎi ， yě fā chū zhèn zhèn hū xiào 。 shì yào zhū miè lǐ fán 。
乃至幸存胜者山海，也发出阵阵呼啸。誓要诛灭李凡。
Failure wasn't scary; what was terrifying was the realization that after enduring countless trials and cycles of life, he had finally managed to alleviate the disaster—only for the solitary star to still descend.
xī rì bìng jiān zuò zhàn yī dào dào shēn yǐng ， jiāng lǐ fán tuán tuán wéi zhù 。
昔日并肩作战一道道身影，将李凡团团围住。
Hope was given, only to be cruelly snatched away. Li Fan's indomitable will almost crumbled under this relentless pressure.
xī rì pīn sǐ shǒu hù shān hǎi ， yě sī háo bù jì guò wǎng ， shì lǐ fán rú dí kòu 。
昔日拼死守护山海，也丝毫不记过往，视李凡如敌寇。
He allowed the familiar saints to attack him, piercing his body without resistance. But as his last moments approached, he managed to muster enough strength to use the True and False Path technique, attempting to reverse the starlight's influence.
qián yī kè hái zài huān qìng zhěng jiù shān hǎi chéng gōng ， zhuǎn shùn jiān jú xiàn jiù fā shēng rú cǐ fān tiān fù dì biàn huà 。
前一刻还在欢庆拯救山海成功，转瞬间局限就发生如此翻天覆地变化。
"Phew..."
qīn yǒu jǐn sàng ， gōng kuī yī kuì 。
亲友尽丧，功亏一篑。
Li Fan awoke from the endless illusionary realm.
guǐ yì xīng huī zhào yào xià ， zhòng shēng niǔ qū 。 shān hǎi huàn fā xīn shēng 。 què yǐ bù shì cóng qián shān hǎi 。
诡异星辉照耀下，众生扭曲。山海焕发新生。却已不似从前山海。
This time, the memory was not fleeting like before; it felt incredibly real, as if he had experienced it in his previous life. He noticed a lingering teartrace on his cheek, evidence of his deep immersion in the memories.
shú xī de yī qiè ， qǐng kè jiān bèi gū xīng gǎi xiě 。 lǐ fán xīn zhōng rú dāo gē bān cì tòng ， lèi rú yǔ xià 。
熟悉的一切，顷刻间被孤星改写。李凡心中如刀割般刺痛，泪如雨下。
"Not just emotions... even..."
jǐ jǐn jué wàng 。
几尽绝望。
A sharp pain spread throughout his body, as if the saints' divine techniques were actually manifesting in reality. Li Fan was shocked to see tiny starbeams emerging from various parts of his body, as if a solitary star had appeared above him and locked onto him.
lǚ lǚ shī bài bù kě pà 。
屡屡失败不可怕。
The starlight that he had absorbed while reading the abridged version of "Starlight Rhythms" was now a thousandfold more intense. This was only the beginning.
kě pà de shì ， lì jīng bǎi qiān jié nàn 、 wú shù cì lún huí ， sì hū zhōng yú chéng gōng jiāng zāi è huà jiě 。
可怕的是，历经百千劫难、无数次轮回，似乎终于成功将灾厄化解。
The Daoian voids seemed to sense something and rushed towards Li Fan, as if they were awaiting their king's command. The feeling of being exposed intensified, like being roasted by fire until his body was almost evaporated.
dàn què hái shì méi néng zǔ zhǐ ， gū xīng de jiàng lín 。
但却还是没能阻止，孤星的降临。
"True becomes false, false becomes true!"
xiān gěi rén yǔ xī wàng ， zài wú qíng jiàng xià jué jìng 。
先给人予希望，再无情降下绝境。
Fully aware of the star's power, Li Fan immediately used the True and False Path technique to suppress the starlight's influence. However, the corrosive effect of the solitary star had already begun silently.
lǐ fán bǎi zhé bù náo zhī yì zhì ， dōu chà diǎn wèi zhī fěn suì 。
李凡百折不挠之意志，都差点为之粉碎。
"True when true, false when false!" Despite his thoughts being about the True and False Paths, what emerged was a confusing, half-formed divine technique that lacked its essence!
rèn yóu shú xī zhū shèng gōng jī ， cì chuān zì jǐ shēn tǐ 。 bù zài zuò rèn hé dǐ kàng 。
任由熟悉诸圣攻击，刺穿自己身体。不再做任何抵抗。
The starlight didn't fade; instead, it spread even more.
dàn zài zuì hòu mí liú zhī jì ， mù dǔ shān hǎi zài xīng huī zhào yào xià de diān kuáng kě bù zhī jìng 。 lǐ fán hái shì qiáng chēng qǐ yì niàn ， yǐ zhēn jiǎ dà dào 、 niǔ zhuǎn yī qiè 。
但在最后弥留之际，目睹山海在星辉照耀下的癫狂可怖之境。李凡还是强撑起意念，以真假大道、扭转一切。
"Bang!"
“ hū ……”
“呼……”
Li Fan's right hand slapped himself across the face without intent. The starlight had controlled his arm to try to further invade his head. It succeeded.
lǐ fán cóng wú biān huàn jìng zhōng qīng xǐng guò lái 。
李凡从无边幻境中清醒过来。
His left eye began to emit starbeams, and then, as if pulled by a massive force, it popped out of its socket. Despite still being connected by flesh, the starlight-filled eyeball stared at Li Fan with an eerie intensity.
zhè yī cì de jì yì ， bù tóng yǐ wǎng hū xiào ér guò piàn duàn 。
这一次的记忆，不同以往呼啸而过片段。
Li Fan saw himself completely transformed into a servant of the solitary star in his own eyes.
ér shì wú bǐ zhēn shí ， wǎn ruò shàng yī shì qīn shēn jīng lì 。
而是无比真实，宛若上一世亲身经历。
"Hmph!" With determination, he used the True and False Path technique to sever the connection between his eye and his body. However, the eyeball didn't detach; instead, it returned to its socket with a flash of light.
lǐ fán fā xiàn zì jǐ yǎn jiǎo jìng guà zhe yī sī shàng wèi dàn qù lèi hén 。 xiǎn rán shì gāng gāng chén jìn zài jì yì zhōng suǒ liú 。
李凡发现自己眼角竟挂着一丝尚未淡去泪痕。显然是刚刚沉浸在记忆中所留。
Bang! Bang! Bang!
“ bù jǐn jǐn zhǐ shì qíng xù shòu dào yǐng xiǎng 。 shèn zhì ……”
“不仅仅只是情绪受到影响。甚至……”
Silence followed for a moment, but then the starlight-filled eyeball began to violently collide with Li Fan's head from within.
wú bǐ de cì tòng ， zì hún shēn gè chù chuán lái 。 fǎng fú jì yì zhōng zhū shèng shén tōng jiā shēn zhī shì ， zhēn de zài xiàn shí zhōng fā shēng le yì bān 。
无比的刺痛，自浑身各处传来。仿佛记忆中诸圣神通加身之事，真的在现实中发生了一般。
Blood gushed out in fountains.
gèng ràng lǐ fán sǒng rán ér jīng de shì ， diǎn diǎn xīng máng ， zì shēn tǐ gè chù ， xī xī sū sū zuān chū 。
更让李凡悚然而惊的是，点点星芒，自身体各处，窸窸窣窣钻出。
"Dammit..."
jiù hǎo sì tóu dǐng zhēn yǒu yī kē gū xīng xiàn shì ， zhào yào suǒ dìng lǐ fán 。
就好似头顶真有一颗孤星现世，照耀锁定李凡。
This wasn't due to pain; Li Fan had endured far worse tortures countless times. The pain was because his vision was gradually being filled by starlight as the eye continued to collide with his skull, accelerating the erosion.
rú guǒ shuō guān xiǎng yuè dú 【 xīng huī lǜ dòng jié lüè 】 suǒ zhān rǎn xīng huī shì yī de huà ， nà me cǐ kè lǐ fán shēn shàng suǒ jù jí xīng huī guī mó ， biàn shì qiān ！
如果说观想阅读【星辉律动节略】所沾染星辉是一的话，那么此刻李凡身上所聚集星辉规模，便是千！
"Hmph, hmpf, hmpf!" A deranged laugh erupted from Li Fan's mouth, but it wasn't of his own volition; it came from a transformed mouth. With each word, the mouth seemed to tear open further until his entire jaw was torn apart.
ér zhè ， cái shì kāi shǐ 。
而这，才是开始。
Silence followed as only his upper lip moved.
zhōu zāo dào yān fǎng fú gǎn yìng dào le shén me ， zì fā cháo zhe lǐ fán hū xiào ér lái 。 rú tóng jìn jiàn tā men de wáng 。
周遭道湮仿佛感应到了什么，自发朝着李凡呼啸而来。如同觐见祂们的王。
Initially, there was no sound, but gradually, faint mutterings emerged from Li Fan's lips.
bào lù zài mǒu zhǒng shì xiàn zhōng de gǎn jué ， yuè fā qiáng liè 。 rú zài liè huǒ zhōng zhì kǎo ， hún shēn dōu yào bèi zhēng fā dài jìn 。
暴露在某种视线中的感觉，越发强烈。如在烈火中炙烤，浑身都要被蒸发殆尽。
The Daoian voids rumbled like a strong wind, and the light points on his body erupted, like boils. His entire body, except for hissea of knowledge (consciousness sea), had been lost to the starlight.
“ zhēn zuò jiǎ shí ， jiǎ yì zhēn ！”
“真作假时，假亦真！”
The low whispers from his mouth affected not just his physical body but also his memories. The once obscure changes in "Starlight Rhythms" now seemed clear and understandable.
shí fēn qīng chǔ xīng de wēi néng ， lǐ fán mù dǔ zì jǐ shēn shàng yì zhuàng hòu ， guǒ duàn shī zhǎn zhēn jiǎ zhī biàn ， shì tú yā zhì xīng huī dài lái yǐng xiǎng 。
十分清楚星的威能，李凡目睹自己身上异状后，果断施展真假之变，试图压制星辉带来影响。
How could it be? It was truly like this?
dàn zài zhè zhī qián ， gū xīng guǐ yì guāng máng suǒ dài lái fǔ shí ， yǐ jīng qiāo wú shēng xī fā shēng le 。
但在这之前，孤星诡异光芒所带来腐蚀，已经悄无声息发生了。
Li Fan almost succumbed to the allure, but a glimpse of his former comrades' twisted fate under starlight brought him back to reality.
“ zhēn zuò zhēn shí ， jiǎ jiǎ zhēn ！” míng míng xīn zhōng suǒ sī suǒ xiǎng ， nǎi shì zhēn jiǎ dà dào 。 dàn lǐ fán suǒ shī zhǎn ér chū de ， què shì sì shì ér fēi 、 shī qù le dà bàn jīng suǐ de sì bù xiàng shén tōng ！
“真作真时，假假真！”明明心中所思所想，乃是真假大道。但李凡所施展而出的，却是似是而非、失去了大半精髓的四不像神通！
The temptation of the starlight continued to pull Li Fan into the abyss. In this critical moment, he found an unprecedented calmness.
xīng huī bù jǐn méi yǒu dàn qù ， fǎn ér yīn cǐ zài dù màn yán kāi lái 。
星辉不仅没有淡去，反而因此再度蔓延开来。
He abandoned most of his defenses and focused on protecting the core.
“ pā ！”
“啪！”
His thoughts raced: "The True and False Path can definitely reverse the trend of the solitary star's descent. This is undeniable. My current state is due to my understanding being twisted by the star."
cù bù jí fáng jiān ， lǐ fán yòu shǒu měng dì shàn le zì jǐ yī bā zhǎng 。 bìng fēi shì tā běn yì suǒ wèi ， ér shì bèi xīng huī kòng zhì shǒu bì ， xiǎng yào jiè jī gèng jìn yí bù 、 qīn shí tóu lú 。
猝不及防间，李凡右手猛地扇了自己一巴掌。并非是他本意所为，而是被星辉控制手臂，想要借机更进一步、侵蚀头颅。
"The only way to survive..."
dí què chéng gōng le 。
的确成功了。
"Find a counterbalance that will restore my original level of True and False Paths!"
lǐ fán zuǒ yǎn ， zhú jiàn yǒng xiàn sī sī xīng máng 。 suí hòu yǎn qiú fǎng fú zhí jiē bèi jù lì lā chě ， bèng chū yǎn kuàng zhī wài 。
李凡左眼，逐渐涌现丝丝星芒。随后眼球仿佛直接被巨力拉扯，蹦出眼眶之外。
With determination, Li Fan poured his last ounce of willpower into the Daoian map floating beside him.
xuè ròu qiān lián réng zài ， xīng guāng yǎn zhū zhuǎn le bàn quān 、 guǐ yì de gēn lǐ fán duì shì 。
血肉牵连仍在，星光眼珠转了半圈、诡异的跟李凡对视。
More accurately, it was into the true god's finger on the map. The boundary stones had marks from the saints, but when all traces were gone, the one who descended was the true god's finger!
lǐ fán cóng zì jǐ de yǎn qiú zhōng ， hǎo sì kàn dào le zì jǐ quán shēn jìn shù bèi xīng guāng jìn rǎn ， huà shēn gū xīng nú pú de wèi lái 。
李凡从自己的眼球中，好似看到了自己全身尽数被星光浸染，化身孤星奴仆的未来。
Li Fan's divine consciousness entered the boundary stone, and the starlight instinctively followed.
“ hēng ！” lǐ fán yí rán bù jù ， qiáng dǎ qǐ jīng shén ， yǐ zhēn jiǎ zhī biàn wèi rèn ， jiāng xīng guāng yǎn qiú gēn zì jǐ xuè ròu qiān lián zhǎn duàn 。
“哼！”李凡怡然不惧，强打起精神，以真假之变为刃，将星光眼球跟自己血肉牵连斩断。
Amidst the spread of starlight, the true god's finger appeared!
rán ér yǎn zhū bìng méi yǒu yīn cǐ gēn lǐ fán duàn kāi lián xì ， guāng yǐng shǎn dòng jiān ， fǎn ér yòu huí dào le tā de yǎn kuàng lǐ 。
然而眼珠并没有因此跟李凡断开联系，光影闪动间，反而又回到了他的眼眶里。
Though it was just a virtual image Li Fan had perceived, its collision with the starlight caused something unimaginable to happen.
pēng ！ pēng ！ pēng ！ pēng ！
砰！砰！砰！砰！
Wu Jie Shi (Boundaryless Stone) Guardian of the Tomb and Continuous Mountain couldn't even struggle before being swallowed whole.
"Guard the Tomb!"
"Eternal Song!"
"Continuous Mountain!"
Stars' rays spread across the mountains and seas, turning former close comrades into their servants.
Despite Li Fan's desperate efforts to awaken their minds, it was all in vain. Their once resolute eyes had turned dark and indifferent. There wasn't a trace of struggle on their faces; instead, they unleashed their full might with divine techniques and arts. Even the survivors among them howled, vowing to eliminate Li Fan.
The figures from bygone battles surrounded Li Fan, treating him like an enemy despite having fought side by side for the salvation of the mountains and seas. The joy of saving the mountains and seas had turned into a nightmare in just a moment.
All his loved ones were gone, and he had failed at the last minute. Under the eerie starlight, all beings twisted, as if the mountains and seas were reborn. But they no longer resembled their former selves.
Everything familiar was rewritten by that solitary star, causing Li Fan's heart to ache with sorrow as tears streamed down his face. He felt utterly hopeless.
Failure wasn't scary; what was terrifying was the realization that after enduring countless trials and cycles of life, he had finally managed to alleviate the disaster—only for the solitary star to still descend.
Hope was given, only to be cruelly snatched away. Li Fan's indomitable will almost crumbled under this relentless pressure.
He allowed the familiar saints to attack him, piercing his body without resistance. But as his last moments approached, he managed to muster enough strength to use the True and False Path technique, attempting to reverse the starlight's influence.
"Phew..."
Li Fan awoke from the endless illusionary realm.
This time, the memory was not fleeting like before; it felt incredibly real, as if he had experienced it in his previous life. He noticed a lingering teartrace on his cheek, evidence of his deep immersion in the memories.
"Not just emotions... even..."
A sharp pain spread throughout his body, as if the saints' divine techniques were actually manifesting in reality. Li Fan was shocked to see tiny starbeams emerging from various parts of his body, as if a solitary star had appeared above him and locked onto him.
The starlight that he had absorbed while reading the abridged version of "Starlight Rhythms" was now a thousandfold more intense. This was only the beginning.
The Daoian voids seemed to sense something and rushed towards Li Fan, as if they were awaiting their king's command. The feeling of being exposed intensified, like being roasted by fire until his body was almost evaporated.
"True becomes false, false becomes true!"
Fully aware of the star's power, Li Fan immediately used the True and False Path technique to suppress the starlight's influence. However, the corrosive effect of the solitary star had already begun silently.
"True when true, false when false!" Despite his thoughts being about the True and False Paths, what emerged was a confusing, half-formed divine technique that lacked its essence!
The starlight didn't fade; instead, it spread even more.
"Bang!"
Li Fan's right hand slapped himself across the face without intent. The starlight had controlled his arm to try to further invade his head. It succeeded.
His left eye began to emit starbeams, and then, as if pulled by a massive force, it popped out of its socket. Despite still being connected by flesh, the starlight-filled eyeball stared at Li Fan with an eerie intensity.
Li Fan saw himself completely transformed into a servant of the solitary star in his own eyes.
"Hmph!" With determination, he used the True and False Path technique to sever the connection between his eye and his body. However, the eyeball didn't detach; instead, it returned to its socket with a flash of light.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Silence followed for a moment, but then the starlight-filled eyeball began to violently collide with Li Fan's head from within.
Blood gushed out in fountains.
"Dammit..."
This wasn't due to pain; Li Fan had endured far worse tortures countless times. The pain was because his vision was gradually being filled by starlight as the eye continued to collide with his skull, accelerating the erosion.
"Hmph, hmpf, hmpf!" A deranged laugh erupted from Li Fan's mouth, but it wasn't of his own volition; it came from a transformed mouth. With each word, the mouth seemed to tear open further until his entire jaw was torn apart.
Silence followed as only his upper lip moved.
Initially, there was no sound, but gradually, faint mutterings emerged from Li Fan's lips.
The Daoian voids rumbled like a strong wind, and the light points on his body erupted, like boils. His entire body, except for hissea of knowledge (consciousness sea), had been lost to the starlight.
The low whispers from his mouth affected not just his physical body but also his memories. The once obscure changes in "Starlight Rhythms" now seemed clear and understandable.
How could it be? It was truly like this?
Li Fan almost succumbed to the allure, but a glimpse of his former comrades' twisted fate under starlight brought him back to reality.
The temptation of the starlight continued to pull Li Fan into the abyss. In this critical moment, he found an unprecedented calmness.
He abandoned most of his defenses and focused on protecting the core.
His thoughts raced: "The True and False Path can definitely reverse the trend of the solitary star's descent. This is undeniable. My current state is due to my understanding being twisted by the star."
"The only way to survive..."
"Find a counterbalance that will restore my original level of True and False Paths!"
With determination, Li Fan poured his last ounce of willpower into the Daoian map floating beside him.
More accurately, it was into the true god's finger on the map. The boundary stones had marks from the saints, but when all traces were gone, the one who descended was the true god's finger!
Li Fan's divine consciousness entered the boundary stone, and the starlight instinctively followed.
Amidst the spread of starlight, the true god's finger appeared!
Though it was just a virtual image Li Fan had perceived, its collision with the starlight caused something unimaginable to happen.
Wu Jie Shi (Boundaryless Stone) Guardian of the Tomb and Continuous Mountain couldn't even struggle before being swallowed whole.