Outer space beyond Central Continent Star.
The situation was somewhat oppressive. Six Fifth Realm Star Gods had erected a gigantic formation in the shadowed region near Moon Outpost, using the connection between the formations inside the moon and Central Continent Star to voraciously devour the spirituality of this stretch of starry sky.
Not far off to their flank, He Xi and Nian Chu, disciples of Yuanwu who wielded the powers of "Time" and "Space," watched them coldly without any intention of making a move.
This was because directly opposite the two of them flowed a River of Time spanning hundreds of miles. Within it stood two Fifth Realm Star Gods who wielded "Time," but their appearances were utterly bizarre, without the slightest trace of what a human should look like.
Black aura swirled around their bodies, while decayed metal covered their flesh. The surfaces of that corroded metal were carved with exquisite yet eerie formation runes that gleamed with dark halos. Something seemed to writhe endlessly beneath the leather armor wrapped around their limbs, occasionally seeping out thick black fluid. Their heads had no mouths; their foreheads were densely covered in cracks, and their eyes resembled those of birds, rotating irregularly.
Yet they retained human consciousness, and the forms of their Primordial Spirits were no different from those of humans. They gave off an indescribable sense of strangeness and discord.
They showed not the slightest respect toward predecessors He Xi and Nian Chu. Killing intent filled their eyes whenever they looked at them, but they refrained from acting only because of the three Demon Race members of the Great Luo Realm beneath the distant stars.
Below the barrier formation arranged by the True Lords of Central Continent Star, Rongyang, Kai Yun, and even Master Wangqing led dozens of Fourth Realm