One must never underestimate a True Monarch's strength. They might not be able to withstand the Heavenly Tilting of a great world, but dealing with a single Energy Mass was not difficult.
The Maiden Star Region before them possessed energy so vast it was somewhat astonishing, but at most it only meant... the extraction would be slightly harder.
As for going through all that effort only to end up with a merely passable harvest? That was indeed the case.
When something like this happened, it could be treated as "working hard once and earning a bit of pocket money."
If a True Monarch was truly wealthy... or had important matters to attend to, choosing to give up would not hurt much either.
Only the Creation Compass or the Spider Grand Monarch, perhaps possessing unique extraction methods, would truly be tempted.
Considering that the master of this place was True Venerable Qu, everyone was even less inclined to take things without asking.
True Venerable Jing had agreed, and regardless of her status or her relationship with True Venerable Qu, she was qualified to say such a thing.
But... why bother? Among the True Monarchs present, who would be short of such scraps?
The sharpened stick moved, but in the end still said, "This Creation Compass... is autonomous?"
"A Divine Weapon has a spirit," True Monarch Wenshi said casually. "But little friend Qu's Creation Aura... Crystal Ancestor, don't even think about it."
"What do you mean, think about it? Don't make things up in your head!" the Crystal Ancestor's avatar snapped. "I just want to know how long Little Qu will take to return to normal!"
At this critical moment, it did not want True Venerable Qu to misunderstand at all.
Although it had confirmed that the Dao Stele was a treasure