In the void beyond Earth Origin Star, aboard the Dragon Snake.
Having changed his mind and decided to keep Earth Origin Star as an object of observation and study, Liang Ji naturally needed to tell Peng Yue and the rest of the team and get their agreement.
After all, they were a team, and any Life Star they discovered and claimed in the Outer Domain void had to have its fate decided by all its members together.
Liang Ji did not hide what he had found in Earth Origin Star's underworld or the conjectures he had formed. He explained that these were why he wanted to keep the star for research.
As expected, when they heard his explanation—and even saw the sixth-rank crystal core he took out, half Spirit Crystal and half Divine Crystal—the others all showed interest.
Peng Yue needed no convincing. The path of the elements and Elemental Spirit Crystals were central to the Wanxiang Star Palace inheritance she cultivated. Now that she had encountered an example of material transitioning from Spirit Crystal to Divine Crystal, she was delighted and eager to investigate, even if she did not value it as highly as Liang Ji did.
After all, the more varied and unusual the changes in Elemental Spirit Crystals, the more they could broaden her thinking and offer new avenues for research and cultivation in the path of the elements.
What was the harm in investigating?
Even Chu Yue, Wu Shan, and Lü Yuetong, who had little interest in the transformation between Elemental Spirit Crystals and Divine Crystals, were deeply interested in the advancement of a Life Star.
After all, Chu Yue and Wu Shan had both reached the end of the cultivation path as Third Rank Immortals. Their greatest hope of opening a road forward lay in