Chapter 674: Chapter 9: The Rise of an Overlord Across Three Worlds (10k+)
The battle in the starry sky was too shocking, and the people of Heavenly Saint Star had yet to recover their senses, remaining in a state of panic and unease.
Someone was secretly causing chaos, as if to engage in a final frenzy.
Only a few in the know were waiting for the outcome.
They didn’t know the specifics, but they could roughly guess that this was the battle that would decide their destiny.
But as beings of Heavenly Saint Star, they rather hoped the foreign powerhouse would be victorious.
Facing the foreign powerhouse, they didn’t know what the outcome would be, but if the Heavenly Saint being won, they wouldn’t have any chance to survive.
Time ticked away, second by second.
Still, no one had emerged. At this moment, within the Ziwei Sect, various top forces had gathered.
“Could it be that the foreign powerhouse and the Heavenly Saint perished together?”
“To perish together, wouldn’t that be the best outcome? Without the Heavenly Saint’s sacrifice and without facing the uncertain attitude of the foreign powerhouse.”
“It shouldn’t be so simple. Tian Wei, do you have any premonitions?”
Everyone looked towards an elder with a holy aura, the one who had previously spied on Wang Sheng.
Tian Wei shook his head and said, “The crisis is still present. Use my method and sense carefully to understand!”
The gathered powerhouses didn’t hesitate and began to sense.
“What’s going on? Why do I feel the crisis intensifying?”
“It feels like disaster will strike soon.”
“Could it be the foreign powerhouse lost, or are they also planning to annihilate us?”
Upon sensing, all the powerhouses’ expressions changed drastically, filled with immense fear.
But soon, a different voice emerged.
“That’s not right, I don’t feel anything, it seems very safe.”
“I feel the same, within my perception, I don’t foresee any accidents.”
Such individuals were in the minority, so everyone turned their attention to the two of them.
Some also looked towards Tian Wei, wanting to ask for reasons.
Tian Wei’s expression changed, recalling the scene of him spying on the foreign powerhouse, and he had a conclusion in his mind.
“Perhaps this is fate!”
He guessed that there must be others in the same situation as himself but didn’t expect there to be so many.
Thus, the number of lives lost would be beyond imagination.
If a portion of the powerhouses learned the truth, who knew what consequences would ensue. Facing life and death, no one could remain indifferent; otherwise, they wouldn’t have gathered here.
However, there was also some good news—that the foreign powerhouse won, at least sparing a portion of the people.
The powerhouses couldn’t make sense of Tian Wei’s mysterious words, but a bad premonition lingered in their minds.
Just as they were about to continue their questioning, a voice as sanctified as the divine resounded throughout the planet.
“I am the Lifeless True Saint. The Heavenly Saint has acted in defiance and demanded the lives of all beings on this planet as a price. He has been slain by me. From this moment on, Heavenly Saint Star will be taken under Source Star’s wing. Soon someone will come. Until then, ye must conduct a ritual, become a subsidiary to Source Star, and dispel the Heavenly Saint’s machinations, lest your lives be in peril!”
“The ritual process is…”
After discussing the plan with Yuan, Wang Sheng let a part of his consciousness descend.
The first thing to do now was the subsidiary ritual, so Yuan could continue to conceal.
Otherwise, it would be good fortune for even a hundred billion beings of Heavenly Saint Star to survive in the end.
As for the specific issues of Heavenly Saint Star, he did not elaborate.
Once revealed, the ritual might encounter problems.
Although Yuan could now forcibly devour and subjugate Heavenly Saint Star without a ritual, it would waste much time.
As for whether the ritual could be conducted, he had no worries.
He believed the powerhouses of Heavenly Saint Star had already sensed the crisis.
However, arrangements also needed to be made on the Source Star side; matters there were more troublesome than those of any other world and required Yuan’s maintenance.
It was unknown whether Huangtian would be excited to know of yet another world’s addition.
After saying this, Wang Sheng no longer interfered.
He had provided a path to life, and the final choice was in the hands of the beings of Heavenly Saint Star.
As time went on, even ordinary people could feel the crisis of the space-time river correcting itself. Perhaps Heavenly Saint Star would be simpler than the World of Ten Thousand Clans.
The reality matched Wang Sheng’s expectations closely.
Inside Ziwei Sect, the powerhouses, upon hearing Wang Sheng’s words, understood the ultimate outcome.
“Heavenly Saint has fallen; we are saved. ‘Lifeless’—isn’t that the name Tian Wei had prophesied before?”
“Lifeless True Saint. In the future, we will be informed by him. Source Star must be the birthplace of the Lifeless True Saint, surely a very strong world.”
“Now is not the time to discuss these things. The important thing is the ritual.”
“Yes, the ritual. I understood that this ritual signifies our future allegiance to Source Star. It doesn’t matter, as long as we can survive. Being under the protection of a powerful being might not be a bad thing.”
“Currently, our strongest is only at the Seventh Realm; we have no advantage in world conflicts. Perhaps this was inevitable.”
With no powerhouses opposing and in order to survive, they didn’t care about anything else.
“If that’s the case, then let’s return to our respective places and start preparing for the ritual. If there are regions already ravaged by the Heavenly Saint’s poison, then those nearby should handle it.”
“That’s how it should be!”
Promptly, everyone dispersed, leaving only Tian Wei behind.
“I should prepare too. Destiny has changed once more; one wonders whether there is a chance of life for me.”
…
Heavenly Saint Star was bustling in preparation for the subsidiary ritual.
And Datong, who was about to take over Heavenly Saint Star, with Huangtian as its leader, had just learned that they were to take on an additional world.
“Sir, are you saying another world is about to become a subsidiary of Source Star, and we must prepare people to deal with it?” Huangtian asked incredulously.
It wasn’t long since the World of Ten Thousand Clans had become a subsidiary, merely a dozen or so years, and now yet another world had emerged.