As Liang Ji knew, over the past thousand years, more than ten Eighth-Tier Star Lords at the pinnacle of the eighth rank had attempted to break through to Ninth Rank Star Lord. Six times, during their seclusion, they had been attacked by Evil Cultivators from heretical organizations such as the Myriad God Hall and Myriad Demon Hall, as well as by infiltrating deities, Elemental Spirits, and other enemies.
Some of those attacks had failed, leaving the breakthrough from Eighth-Tier Star Lord to Ninth Rank Star Lord unaffected. Star Lord Xie Lingxu was one such example.
As Liang Ji understood it, while Xie Lingxu had been in seclusion to break through, he had been attacked by Evil Cultivators from the Myriad God Hall and infiltrating deities. Their actions had been disrupted, however, when the Star Alliance's Security Department and internal forces intervened, wiping them out.
At the same time, Star Lord Xie Lingxu had remained steady enough not to be distracted by the attacks, and successfully advanced to Ninth Rank Star Lord.
But while some had remained undisturbed and advanced successfully, others had been shaken by enemy attacks and interference, lost their composure, and failed.
In fact, as far as Liang Ji knew, at least two Eighth-Tier Star Lords had failed their breakthroughs because of attacks and interference from Evil Cultivators, infiltrating deities, Elemental Spirits, and other enemies.
Not only had they failed to advance to Ninth Rank Star Lord, they had also suffered severe injuries.
This had greatly reduced their chances of attempting another breakthrough and advancing to Ninth Rank Star Lord.
That was the main reason Liang Ji had given up joining the hunt for Ninth-Rank Heavenly Demons when his wife Peng Yue had entered seclusion to break through to Ninth Rank Star Lord. Instead, he had gone into