The previous upheavals had come to a temporary end.
Ming Bugui had resumed control of the Netherworld Palace. Dao Ancestor Hongtian was trapped on Penglai Island. The pressure these two major forces had placed on the Star Cloud Alliance had either vanished into thin air or been eased.
Fan Lang was able to continue his operations and search for the remaining Crystal Core Fragments.
Of the Crystal Core Fragments across the Six Paths Plane, Fan Lang knew the whereabouts of four. The remaining two were unaccounted for—one in the Human Dao Plane, the other in the Asura Path Plane.
Anything that could be found directly had already been sought out by him personally or by people he had sent. Next, he had to search for the two unknown Crystal Core Fragments.
Searching for something in the vast universe was far harder than finding a needle in a haystack. It required strength, patience, and a little luck.
Fan Lang decided to search for the Crystal Core Fragment in the Human Dao Plane first. After all, the Star Cloud Alliance was primarily developing in the Human Dao Plane, and he had an intelligence network spread throughout it. All of that could help.
Thus, a silent search for Crystal Core Fragments began.
Fan Lang drove the Demon Spirit Skeleton Car across the Human Dao Plane, searching wherever he went and releasing his divine soul sense to detect the presence of Crystal Core Fragments.
With his sensory ability, even if someone hid a Crystal Core Fragment, he could still detect it.
Many days passed in this search.
Then, one day, Fan Lang finally made a discovery—but it was not a Crystal Core Fragment. It was something else.
While searching everywhere for Crystal Core Fragments, he accidentally discovered a Lost Star that was remarkably similar