Ao Hong's Thoughts

This Third Realm Star God clearly intended to self-destruct. As black qi surged across his body and gathered toward the Star God core within him, just as the energy was about to overload, the swelling aura around him suddenly vanished without a trace.

"You..."

His resentful eyes fixed on Wang Ping, then all life left him.

Wang Ping had just used the Luck Borrowing Talisman and Sky-Veiling Talisman, easily severing the life force that sustained his existence in this world. Without that life force, the surging energy could no longer gather. This preserved both the Star God core and the memories within him.

"His memories will disappear soon!"

Wang Ping reminded Bu Qiong. At the same time, his gaze fell upon the dead Star God's severed body. This being possessed something Central Province cultivators did not: reverence for something, whether a matter or an object. Or perhaps he had something more important to accomplish than preserving his own life.

Only after several breaths of silence did Bu Qiong use the Soul Searching Technique to examine the Star God's memories. In the end, she shook her head regretfully. "In his final moments, his last instinct cleared away all his memories."

"That would take enough conviction!"

Wang Ping raised an eyebrow.

"Every war fought by the Alliance is backed by enough conviction," Bu Qiong murmured.

As she spoke, she extended her left hand. Her hand plunged into the Star God cultivator's chest like a blade, extracting the Star God core from where his heart had been. Then, that half of a body seemed to turn into a heap of metal fragments and scattered with the wind.

As Wang Ping looked at the Star God core in Bu Qiong's hand, he could not help thinking of how he had once planned to make