A Contract to Connect Stars with Peng Yue
When Liang Ji arrived, Peng Yue's Star Spirit Giant form was working with her Seven-Tailed Snakefolk Vassals to hunt several Seventh-Tier Void Azure Serpents and seize their Demon Cores.
It was clear that Peng Yue had the upper hand. He had no intention of joining the fight, instead standing guard around her.
After a while, Peng Yue finished the hunt and rejoined Liang Ji. With a sigh, she said, "Hunting Seventh-Tier Void Demon Races to get the Seventh-Tier Demon Cores we need really is a pain."
"I searched this Central Black Hole for over a month before finding even a few Seventh-Tier Void Azure Serpents. I don't know how much trouble it'll be to gather a hundred of their Demon Cores."
Liang Ji had long since experienced the same thing himself. He smiled and said, "The path of cultivation for a Star Lord is never simple at any tier. The higher the tier, the more troublesome it gets."
"Let's not even talk about the danger of merging with the Dao for an Eighth-Tier Star Lord, or the difficulty of transcending for a Ninth Rank Star Lord."
"Even a Seventh-Tier Star Lord has to hunt enough Demon Cores from a specific Seventh-Tier Void Demon Race, then refine their Natal Star system into the void and arrange it to their satisfaction. It's all a hassle."
"For the past few decades, I've been in the Outer Domain Star Sea, running all kinds of experiments and research on refining star systems into the void and setting up arrays. I've only just completed and confirmed nearly half of them."
"But if we want to master power beyond that of all living beings, if we want to stand above them and attain sainthood, it was never going to