Return to the Star Alliance

After returning from the Void Sea battlefield to the Star Alliance's frontline bases, with each legion's starport and starship back in their proper places, Liang Ji immediately searched the trade section of the frontline's internal Star Net and began buying the Fifth-Tier God Crystals he needed.

Although a great battle had just ended and the frontline Star Lords and cultivators had plenty of God Crystals on hand, buying all the Fifth-Tier God Crystals he needed still cost him dearly.

He not only spent all the spoils and merit he had earned in the battle, but also used up nearly all the merit he had previously earned leading a team to explore Life Stars in the Outer Domain Star Sea. He even sold two Seventh-Tier treasures collected from Three Saints Star before he could scrape together enough.

After gathering Fifth-Tier God Crystals of every element he needed and attending Senior Sister Bian's "graduation banquet," Liang Ji didn't stay on the frontline any longer. He returned directly to the Star Alliance through the Starlight Gate.

The frontline's internal Star Net was self-contained and not connected to the Star Alliance's Star Net. To log in to the Star Alliance's Star Net, one had to apply through the frontline command, a process that was not only cumbersome but also required sufficient status and merit.

Now that he was back in the Star Alliance, Liang Ji immediately logged on to the Star Alliance's Star Net to take a look around. Although the Star Net showed no news of the Pioneer War on the surface, now that he knew what was coming, he could spot certain irregularities in the prices and trading data for spirit materials, magical artifacts, talismans, and other war supplies.

Within the Star Alliance—or, more precisely, among its upper echelons—currents of the Pioneer