The Limits of an Ascetic's Practice; Wu Shanshan Stays Behind

Although Third Rank Immortals and Third-Rank Void Refining Star Lords were both at the Third Rank, there was an enormous gap between their cultivation and strength.

High-ranking Third-Rank Star Lords could already refine the void into reality, move stars, and mend the Star River. Yet most Third Rank Immortals could barely move even some of the larger stars in the void. At most, they could give everything they had to smash them to pieces—let alone refine the void into reality or mend the Star River.

The reason came down to how much of the origin and the power of the Great Dao Laws they had mastered.

High-ranking Star Lord cultivators had their Natal Stars as their foundation and accumulated strength. They could command and wield the origin and Great Dao Laws of their entire Natal Star, using the power of a seventh-rank star or higher as a lever to move other stars. So long as they were not dealing with high-ranking stars of the eighth or ninth rank, it was an easy matter.

Third Rank Immortals, on the other hand, could command and wield only a very limited amount of origin and Great Dao Laws, all gained through their own cultivation and insight. Even after spending their entire lives—more than three thousand years—they often could not comprehend or master as much origin and the power of the Laws as some low-ranking stars possessed.

How could they possibly succeed in moving stars with their own power?

Still, Wu Shan, Chu Yue, Xia Wujiu, and the others had spent several years studying the Star Spirit Vein. Their individual insights and mastery of the origin and the power of the Laws had grown considerably. Though they still could not refine the void into reality or mend the Star River while laying out the