Having successfully opened up a Beast God Star Domain, Liang Ji, his wife Peng Yue, and their Ninth-Rank Dragon Soul had all significantly increased their cultivation and strength.
Thus, in the Black Water Star Domain, they faced two Ninth-Rank enemies once again, but this time they crushed them with ease. The Black Water Main God and the Ninth-Rank Void Demon could offer almost no resistance. Completely slaying them and seizing the Black Water Star Domain was all but certain.
However, Liang Ji and Peng Yue still failed to seize the Black Water Star Domain first and claim the second prize after earning the first prize in the Beast God Star Domain.
That was because, while they were still joining forces to crush the Black Water Main God and the Ninth-Rank Void Demon, another group among the Star Alliance's other Ninth-Rank Star Lords had already followed in their wake and successfully seized a second Spirit God Realm star domain, claiming the second prize.
Those who claimed the second prize were none other than the two Ninth-Rank Star Lords of Taiyi Star Palace: Immortal Lord Tianshou and Immortal Lord Tian Yu.
The inheritance of Taiyi Star Palace meant that, among the many Star Palace inheritances of the Star Alliance, its members were the most combative and warlike. The entire Taiyi Star Palace followed the law of the strong surviving and the weak being eliminated, the law of the jungle.
In fact, Taiyi Star Palace recruited more Star Lords each year than any other Star Palace, far more than the other eight. Yet throughout their studies and cultivation there, those Star Lords still had to maintain fierce competition and combat. Anyone who lost in competition or battle was expelled from Taiyi Star Palace outright.
Only Star Lords strong enough could continue studying and