Star Domain Power, a Feint by the Demonic Path
When Liang Ji was a Seventh-Tier Star Lord, he had already passed the Celestial Star Pivot's trial and gained early access to the authority and power over two star domains within the Celestial Star Array Diagram.
Although his combat strength could cross tiers, there was ultimately a fundamental difference between Seventh-Tier and Eighth-Tier Star Lords.
As a result, although Seventh-Tier Star Lords could wield the authority of the Celestial Star Array Diagram beyond their tier, they still fell far behind Eighth-Tier Star Lords in how they could use that authority.
When Liang Ji was a Seventh-Tier Star Lord, even though he had gained early access to the authority and power within the Celestial Star Array Diagram, he could only use them to protect his Natal Star System and Natal Star, or to draw in power from the Outer Domain Star Sea to help suppress his enemies. They had few other uses.
But now that he had advanced to Eighth-Tier Star Lord, the authority and power he wielded within the Celestial Star Array Diagram could be used in many more powerful and convenient ways.
Like the method he had just used to kill that Eighth-Tier Black Hole Demon: he had poured the power of the star domains he controlled within the Celestial Star Array Diagram directly into his Natal Star System, then used the star domains' vast, surging, and invincible might to crush his enemy outright.
When he had been only a Seventh-Tier Star Lord, his Natal Star and Natal Star System had not been powerful enough to withstand an infusion of such "star domain power." If he had forced it, his Natal Star and Natal Star System would likely have burst and been damaged by the power before he could even