The Eighth-Rank Deities Were Not as Strong as They Should Be; The Shattered, Shoddy "Divine Crystals"

Liang Ji had already been able to fight enemies a rank above him while he was still a Seventh-Tier Star Lord.

After advancing to Eighth-Tier Star Lord, his strength had increased dramatically. In several previous clashes against opponents of the same rank, such as Eighth-Rank deities and Eighth-Rank Elemental Spirits, he had basically never met his match. When he went all out, he could usually take them down in just a few moves.

This had already been proven when he joined forces with Taihao Star Palace to expand the Celestial Star Array Diagram around the Star Alliance. He had fought numerous enemies who came to attack them.

Now, his cultivation and strength had advanced yet further. His Natal Star had grown beyond Eighth Rank (50%), his Natal Star System had undergone Cosmic Creation five times, and all three of his Star Palace Inheritances had advanced to Eighth Rank. Even his authority over star domains within the Celestial Star Array Diagram had expanded to eight.

Liang Ji was confident that, among the Eighth-Rank powerhouses of super-civilizations such as the Star Alliance, the God Realm, and the Spirit Realm, he would rank among the best.

Yet all this time, few enemies had been able to force him to fight at full strength.

Now, on this Void Sea battlefield, facing the Eighth-Rank Water God and Fire God, whose combined strength had soared, Liang Ji couldn't help but unleash his full power and test his abilities.

Under the combined effect of the three Star Palace Inheritances he had cultivated and refined, the projection of his Natal Star System, the Nine Suns Star System, was drawn forth. It shifted directly from illusion into reality, as though his actual Nine Suns Star System had been moved here, descending to crush the two Eighth-Rank deities.

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