Venerable Kuwan was a Rock Lifeform from Ice Domain Starry Sky. He had been invited by Venerable Yanlun of the Yanshen Race and others to join them in surrounding and attacking humanity.
Flame Domain Starry Sky, along with four other starry skies that were likewise inferior only to the Core Land, had joined forces with four weaker starry sky regions to prepare to form a new alliance. Given the current trend in the universe, those who did not join an alliance could survive, but they would have no say in anything. That was why Venerable Kuwan had accepted Venerable Yanlun's invitation.
However, Venerable Kuwan also envied the Core Land.
Their nine starry skies could only prepare to form a second-tier alliance, while a single Core Land had four peak alliances. Along with his envy, he also resented those lifeforms. Why should they have to be inferior? He specialized in physical attacks, yet had been killed at such close range.
"Whew..."
At that moment, he had been jolted awake. The sensation of the entire starry sky decaying, of being powerless and fragile as one part of it, had returned—the feeling of an ordinary mortal he had not experienced in ages. Even now, he was still shaken and had not fully escaped that sensation.
Damn humans! That was definitely an Ultimate Technique! An Ultimate Technique in soul illusions—and one that came very close to the limit of the Universe Venerable level!
The instant he awoke, Venerable Kuwan fled, not sparing a thought for the Venerables around him who were sleeping like infants. He could still feel remnants of the illusion in his consciousness, clouding his senses. Even the Primal Star he saw looked battered and broken, though it had begun to recover. He was also relieved that, while the illusion had been