Twelve Palaces of Infinity

Creating a dao palace was the 2nd most difficult feat in cultivation, right after shouldering the heaven's will. It was so difficult that even out of a hundred thousand ancestors at the origin realm, only 1 or 2 would be able to accomplish it. To create a dao palace required a cultivator to have an unshakable foundation, a great destiny, a massive amount of treasures as well as many other things.

There were a total of 12 palaces that could be formed, however this almost never occurred. Even the greatest geniuses of an era would not be able to accomplish this feat.

The palaces granted longevity, an inner world that was infinite, and power. This most important function of the palaces however, was the ability to contain powerful objects. In truth, it wasn't just objects that the palaces could shoulder. The palaces could shoulder a heaven's will, a world will, as well as a celestial star.

A celestial star was a star condensed from the starry sky. The starry sky had infinite layers with each layer being more difficult that the last. Even the most talented geniuses with 12 palaces could only condense celestial stars from the 4th layer. Due to the heaven's will being stronger than the 4th layer of the starry sky, and weaker than the 5th layer of the starry sky, it was more valuable and much, much stronger.

Cultivators at this stage would either fight for the right to shoulder heaven's will, or they would condense celestial stars. Generally, cultivators that failed to get the heaven's will would do this. Condensing a celestial star wasn't an easy feat and required a lot of patience. It was an easier version of shouldering the heaven's will.

A celestial star was formed upon the death of a cultivator of the corresponding step. For example, a third step cultivator would form a third layer celestial star. The star could contain the dead cultivator's arts, bloodline, physique, or even law understandings. Generally though, the star contained a replica of the cultivator's items such as weapons and some sort of art the cultivator practiced which would be known as the innate celestial star art. Even among celestial stars of the same layer, there were some that were better and some that were worse.

Excluding Empyrean Monarchs / Immortal Emperors, Infinite ancestors were invincible. Even in imperial lineages, infinite elders were the backbone. They could live for millions of years and depending on the amount of palaces they created, maybe even tens of millions of years.