Mother had reached the critical moment of breaking through to the eighth-rank Earth Immortal realm. But aside from guarding her from the void outside, fending off any unlikely outside attacks and interference, Liang Ji could do little else to help.
All he could do was keep his eyes fixed on the star that was Mother's Earth Immortal Blessed Land, observe the changes within it, and gauge how her breakthrough was going, while silently praying that she would succeed and emerge safely from seclusion.
Time seemed to crawl. Every subtle change in the star of Mother's Earth Immortal Blessed Land made his heart leap, whether its radiance suddenly brightened or dimmed. He couldn't help worrying that something might go wrong.
When the star's radiance grew brighter, he feared that it was consuming too much of its source, which might affect Mother's Dao Assimilation and her breakthrough to the eighth-rank Earth Immortal realm.
When its radiance dimmed, he worried that the star of her Earth Immortal Blessed Land was running out of steam, which would likewise lower her chances of successfully reaching the eighth-rank Earth Immortal realm.
The star's repeated fluctuations tugged fiercely at his heart and mind. Even Liang Ji, a Ninth Rank Star Lord, felt drained and struggled to steady himself. It was as though thousands of years of cultivation and growth, all the way to his current rank and realm, had become useless in that moment.
Unable to help himself, Liang Ji raised his gaze and looked around the Qingyi Star System. He almost hoped some Void Demons or other enemies would appear and attack, giving him a target to kill and an outlet for his pent-up feelings, so that he could calm his turbulent mind.
Unfortunately, this was Star Alliance territory, within one of the Star Alliance's thirty-five