Fifth-Tier Choices

After successfully nurturing a Star Spirit Primordial Embryo within his Natal Star and awakening the golden core in his sea of consciousness, bringing it to life, Liang Ji needed only a Fifth-Tier Void Demon Core to advance to the Fifth-Tier Star Lord realm. He ended his seclusion and emerged from the secret chamber.

This time, his seclusion had not lasted long—only a few dozen days. Yet after emerging, he could clearly see that Kunlun Star Palace was far livelier than usual.

Many Star Lord students who usually cultivated in various parts of the Star Alliance or explored the Outer Domain Star Sea had now returned. Some called on friends, others networked with acquaintances, and the whole Kunlun Divine Mountain had come alive.

After Liang Ji emerged from seclusion, even he received invitations from several friends he had met and befriended at the palace, asking him to get together.

He soon learned that most of the Star Lord students returning to Kunlun Star Palace, like him, had heard that the Star Alliance was about to launch a new Pioneer War. They had returned from the Outer Domain Star Sea and from across the Star Alliance to prepare for it.

Liang Ji was inclined to stay at Kunlun Star Palace and take the opportunity to make more connections with his upperclassmen, hoping to have more people looking out for one another during the Pioneer War.

However, he could still tell what mattered most. The priority now was to raise his strength and rank, and to grow the Star Spirit Vein and origin of his Natal Star, thereby improving his combat power.

After all, connections and teammates were important in the Pioneer War, but they were ultimately external aids. His own strength and combat power were the fundamental things that mattered most.

So