On Jiquan Star, the Tree God's avatar floated above the World Tree's crown, its emerald glow flickering uncertainly.
He could sense Lu Jun's aura rising at a terrifying rate.
It was not a linear rise, but an exponential one.
With every additional Rainbow Bridge node activated, Lu Jun's power grew stronger.
With every additional dead planet incorporated into the network, his perception expanded further.
"One person... using an entire Star Domain as his domain..." the Tree God murmured. "Fellow Daoist Lu Jun... the path you are taking... perhaps not even the Dragon God could have imagined it..."
Meanwhile, deep within the Main Star Domain, on an ancient planet suspended at the heart of the sea of stars, a massive observatory forged from stellar fragments towered high into the sky.
It was the Celestial Observatory—the Main Star Domain's oldest astronomical observation institution.
For countless years, the star officials of the Celestial Observatory had observed every fluctuation in the starry sky, every minute change, every trace of anomalous aura, day after day.
Their duty was to detect all disturbances within the Star Domain, record them, and report them to the major powers of the Main Star Domain.
At this moment, an elderly man with snow-white hair sat before an enormous star chart in the Celestial Observatory.
Before him, tens of thousands of starlights flowed across the chart.
They were real-time projections of every known Star Domain in the Main Star Domain, like a miniature Milky Way breathing in his palm.
His name was Ji Chang, the current Chief Overseer of the Celestial Observatory. He had lived for an unknown number of tens of thousands of years. His face was covered in wrinkles like mountains and rivers, yet he remained vigorous and sharp.
His gaze was usually as tranquil as a deep