A Third-Rank Saint had comprehended a certain rule to over one percent and could use rules to manipulate rules. As the foundation of All Heavens and Myriad Worlds, rules possessed exceedingly wondrous power.
Rules could not only transform a cultivator's essence, qi, and spirit, but also transform their original star, imbuing it with Rule Power and even manifesting rules.
A Third-Rank Saint could separate a portion of this Rule Power and have it coil around the intelligent life within, allowing those intelligent beings to share the fate and breath of the original star. So long as the original star did not collapse, these intelligent beings would not die.
This was also a different kind of divine kingdom. As long as the master of the divine kingdom did not die, the intelligent beings living within could remain immortal and ageless.
Of course, unlike a divine kingdom, whose inhabitants were basically souls, the original star could house real living beings in addition to souls.
While inside the original star, the cultivators there could continue cultivating, but what they consumed was the energy within the original star rather than energy from the outside world.
Thus, the more intelligent life a Third-Rank Saint had within them, the more energy they would absorb, and the Third-Rank Saint's cultivation progress would naturally slow. This was one of the prices a Third-Rank Saint had to pay to shelter these lives. After all, there was no such thing as a free lunch in this world.
Since Song Ankang wished to shelter these relatives and friends and let them continue living, he naturally had to pay the corresponding price.
Therefore, when selecting the residents of his original star, Song Ankang needed to deliberate again and again. He could not make decisions carelessly, or the impact on him would be