Chapter 909: Chapter 909

The war between the Human Race and the Star Spirit Clan proceeded smoothly.

Due to Divine Emperor Mo Xing's defection, the Star Spirit Clan had already been deeply fractured. Later on, when the Astral Lord Council took full control, many Heavenly Emperors and Sacred Monarchs left the Star Spirit territory altogether and began wandering the Astral World.

Those who stayed behind only pretended to submit. They followed orders on the surface but secretly disobeyed.

Given enough time, the Astral Lord Council could have dealt with these uncooperative Heavenly Emperors and Sacred Monarchs one by one. But the Council collapsed far too quickly.

In such a situation, when the Human Race launched a major offensive, most of the Heavenly Emperors chose to stand aside. They watched as the Council's Heavenly Emperors and Sacred Monarchs were cut down by Emperor Xi and the others.

Of course, a few Heavenly Emperors still chose to stand up for their race, setting aside old grudges to fight alongside the Council. But they were only a rare minority.

If there had been a chance of victory, many Heavenly Emperors might have been willing to join in for their own benefit. But with the Star Spirit Clan already heavily weakened, there was no hope of stopping the Human Race's advance.

As a result, the Star Spirit Clan suffered defeat after defeat.

By the middle stages of the war, some of their Heavenly Emperors and Sacred Monarchs had already chosen to surrender. They brought along their clans and sects, pledging loyalty to the Human Race.

Just like the Golden Emperor Clan and other similar factions, they became vassals under the Human Race.

Considering that Li Pin was about to transcend, the more aggressive factions within the Human Race slightly adjusted their strategy and accepted these defections.

With that, the remaining Heavenly Emperors and Sacred Monarchs saw no hope of victory and lost all desire to fight to the end.

No matter what, surviving and preserving their legacies came first.

Soon, the war snowballed. The Human Race's advantage kept growing. In the later stages, they swept through the entire Star Spirit territory like a violent storm crushing everything in its path.

Countless members of the Star Spirit Clan surrendered at the first sign of danger, welcoming the Human army. Tʜe source of this ᴄontent ɪs novel⸺fire.net

Li Pin didn't witness any of this. By the time the Human Race had gained overwhelming dominance, he had already turned his attention away from the battlefield.

To preserve his deterrent presence as the foremost expert of the Astral World a little longer, he quietly left the world after discussions with Emperor Xi, Tai Yi, Divine Martial, You Ying, and the others.

With his current strength, pulling this off wasn't difficult at all.

With Sasha's help, Li Pin piloted the Luminous Ark to a core region of the Astral World, some distance away from the Myriad Astral God Hall. There, he emerged in space. With a wave of his hand, the Luminous Ark quickly shrank and was absorbed into his body.

Li Pin murmured, "I originally came to the Astral World just to comprehend the True Spirit. I didn't expect to be delayed for so long."

His initial goal had indeed been to use the Astral World's environment to comprehend the True Spirit. But soon after, he became interested in testing himself against powerful experts from other races, which made him stay longer.

Once he condensed the True Spirit, the Ten Thousand Tribes Dominion War caught his attention. It was a grand event where the top talents of all races competed for the position of cosmic overlord, and he naturally had no intention of missing it.

After the war came the challenge from the Central Sovereign Heavenly Emperor Jin'que, followed by the battle of the Divine Emperors. And after that, out of concern for the Human Race's position in the Astral World, he delayed his departure even further.

Before he realized it, time had slipped by. Now, it was time to leave.

Even the Divine Emperors could no longer stir his interest. What awaited him in the Material World was a far broader stage, one filled with Supremes, Highlords, and even Transcendent Beings.

In the past, he had been too weak. His entire life had been limited to a corner of the starry abyss, or at most a single star region. He never even had a chance to meet a Supreme or a Highlord. But now... the Abyssal Rift was no longer a barrier to him. He had the strength to roam the entire universe freely.

And across such a vast universe, finding beings at that level wasn't all that difficult. The total number of Supremes, Highlords, and Transcendents might not reach a thousand, but there were certainly more than just a few hundred.

"The Astral World..." murmured Li Pin, removing the disguise of his Great Dao Radiance.

In that instant, his power began to spread out.

The moment the Great Dao force emerged, the Astral World sensed his presence. As the Eternal Oblivion Force surged, a strong repelling force swept over his body, as if trying to throw him out.

Clearly, the Astral World had learned its lesson. It didn't even bother testing him with corrosion through the Eternal Oblivion Force. Instead, it went straight for expulsion.

Just as the repelling force surged through him, he quickly unleashed the Great Dao Radiance.

A unique set of laws rapidly formed within a radius of several hundred meters around him, clashing directly with the Astral World's repelling force. His figure remained unmoved, like an immovable rock resisting the current.

This act seemingly angered the Astral World.

The surrounding area trembled as an even more violent pressure flooded into the area protected by the Great Dao Radiance.

If the earlier pressure was like throwing an ordinary person into the deep sea, now it crushed them beneath the earth.

Crushing force poured in from every corner, layer after layer, pressing down on the space Li Pin held open. Yet the Great Dao Radiance stood firm like a reef facing a tidal wave. No matter how hard the repelling force pounded, it couldn't move him.

Especially when he activated the power of reincarnation, ensuring the zone formed by the Great Dao Radiance remained in a state of endless regeneration. In doing so, he managed to completely resist the Astral World's rejection.

The energy consumption of the Great Dao far exceeded what the Light of Reincarnation could usually sustain, but he still held his ground.

Li Pin's expression turned strange. "So this... is the limit of the Astral World's strength?"

The power of the Astral World... is even weaker than I had expected.

He had already passed down the Phantom Space Technique. If the Astral World was this weak, then anyone who learned that technique could enter and leave as they pleased.

Even if he rewrote the Astral World's order, those who mastered the Phantom Space Technique and grasped the power of reincarnation could still interfere at will, or perhaps, even pull back Astral Gods that were supposed to be cast out.

That needs to be fixed.

Li Pin made a mental note of the discovery.

Improving the Astral World's structure demanded effort on all fronts and in every area. Its independence was crucial.

"Maybe... I should bind the Astral World to the universe's fundamental laws. From now on, opposing the Astral World would mean opposing the entire universe. That way, unless someone reaches the eternal, limitless state of Liberation, no one, not even the Supremes, no matter how many of them there are, will be able to interfere."

Right now, several dozen Supreme Beings joining forces could alter the Astral World's rules. But Supreme power still came from the universe. If the Astral World's strength fused with the universe's laws, then challenging the Astral World would mean challenging the universe itself.

By then, even if every Supreme in the universe acted together, the best they could do was mutual destruction.

His clash with the Astral World was growing louder, drawing in more and more Eternal Oblivion Force. If this went on for eight to ten epochs, the balance that sustained the Astral World would break.

Once that happened, the whole world could collapse, just like a planet falling into its star after its gravity was disturbed.

Under these circumstances, Li Pin had no choice but to ease up. He let the Astral World's power wash over him and force him out.

As he was being expelled, he quietly observed the flow of matter, energy, time, and space around him.

To the present Li Pin, these laws no longer held any mystery.

He sighed inwardly. All danger is relative. The Eternal Oblivion Force that once struck fear into countless Tier Six Legends and Divine Beings is now nothing more than a mildly turbulent stream to me.

As the turbulence around him faded, the once dense and rigid laws of matter, energy, time, and space shifted into a much looser, more open state. The scene before him transformed from chaos into a vast and orderly starry sky.

In this sky, he could clearly see matter and energy existing separately, each in its own clear form. He could see spatial ripples flowing in a calm, rhythmic pattern. He could even see time stretching forward, almost within reach, quietly recording everything happening in front of him.

"These are the boundless stars we once yearned for in our mortal days," Li Pin reminisced.

Energy was everywhere. It condensed into matter, becoming satellites, planets, stars, and even neutron stars. The orderly structure of space laid the groundwork for folding and traversing it.

Of course, folding space for travel took immense effort. For ordinary Legends or Divine Beings, it was nearly impossible to do so. That's why they chose to travel through Astral Gates.

But to the current Li Pin... none of that was a problem.

"Sasha, determine my current location," Li Pin said.

When he transcended the Astral World, he had taken a portion of Sasha's authority with him.

Sasha quickly reported, "Locating, please wait.... You are currently in the Jade Shell Galaxy, located in the White Moon Star Cluster of the Sea Emperor Star Region, within the Blue Crest Star Abyss. Your exact coordinates are—"

Li Pin instructed, "Connect me to Supreme Dao Origin."

He planned to meet Dao Origin first, and then head to the Ocean of Time to visit the Transcendent Being.

"Connection established with Supreme Dao Origin. But... before that, Your Majesty Origin, you may want to suppress your energy a bit," Sasha reminded.

Li Pin was taken aback. "Suppress my energy?"

He then looked around.

When he descended from the Astral World to the Material World, he could clearly sense how everything was in order.

Space and time bent to his will. Celestial bodies like satellites, planets, and stars were laid bare before him, appearing like clusters of faint light. With just one breath, he could erase dozens of them.

But he had forgotten that the light of a star could illuminate an entire star system, and its gravitational pull could stretch across light-years.

The reason stars that could burn for tens of thousands of epochs now seemed like tiny sparks to him was not because the stars had grown weak, but because he had become too powerful.

Li Pin looked inward. "My energy level..."

His Divine Form felt perfectly normal to him. But in this state, even a casual passage through a galaxy would annihilate billions of planets and stars, erasing thriving civilizations and extinguishing countless lifeforms.