Under the leadership of the newly ascended Ninth Rank Star Lord, Hun Tian Star Lord, the Star Alliance Army successfully drove all the enemies who had invaded the Star Alliance's borders back out, reclaiming control of the border defenses.
Naturally, the Ninth Rank Sovereigns, Ninth Rank Spirit Lords, Ninth Rank Heavenly Demons, and others attacking from beyond the Star Alliance's borders were unwilling to see this happen.
So one of the Ninth Rank Sovereigns immediately freed up a hand and waved out a dazzling divine radiance, sending it toward Hun Tian Star Lord.
Although Hun Tian Star Lord had advanced to Ninth Rank Star Lord, he had only done so very recently. He was still a blank-slate Ninth Rank, and had yet to master most Ninth Rank powers. Even the Deification List he cultivated had not yet advanced to Ninth Rank.
Under these circumstances, despite being from Kunlun Star Palace and cultivating the Deification List, he was no match at all for that Ninth Rank Sovereign. The divine radiance his opponent unleashed shattered his starlight and broke through the Deification List.
Fortunately, Hun Tian Star Lord was still within the Star Alliance's borders. He promptly drew on the power of the Xiantian Spiritual Treasure, the Celestial Star Array Diagram, to protect himself, and so avoided being seriously injured by the Ninth Rank Sovereign.
"Principal!" Hun Tian Star Lord steadied himself and looked toward the Ninth Rank Sovereign beyond the Star Alliance's borders who had attacked him. Knowing he was no match for his opponent, he quickly thought of a way to respond and called out, "Let me activate the Star Palace's Houtian Spiritual Treasure!"
Kunlun Star Palace enshrined the Houtian Spiritual Treasure, the Deification List. Since it had reached the Ninth Rank Houtian Spiritual Treasure level, until now only the