The misfortune was that no one had expected the Star Abyss invasion to advance so quickly.
In Lu Ye's original estimation, even if he wandered the Star Abyss for decades or centuries, it would not be too late to return. Under normal circumstances, even after so many years, the progress of the Star Abyss invasion should still have remained within the Starry Sky's capacity to handle.
Yet this Starry Sky's situation differed from the others. In barely over a decade, cultivators of Seven Daos could already travel freely through the Phantom Extinction Star System.
The Phantom Extinction Star System was led and guarded by the Yellow Dragon Realm. Its strongest forces were Chen Wulei and Chang Yu, the two cultivators from the Mechanical Armor Starry Sky.
A vast number of enemies had invaded, and this side simply could not hold them back. The war fortress had retreated again and again, nearly withdrawing beyond the bounds of the Phantom Extinction Star System.
Fortunately, these invading enemies were not united either. They fought and slaughtered one another among themselves, allowing the Phantom Extinction side to barely retain some strength to resist.
But that was not the main reason.
Rather, the overwhelming majority of Star Abyss creatures were unwilling to leave the area covered by the Star Abyss aura—the region now encompassed by the Phantom Extinction Star System.
Upon hearing this, Lu Ye quickly gained Insight into the reason.
Those Star Abyss creatures whose strength reached only Seven Daos had very little Dao Force stored within them. Once they left the Phantom Extinction Star System and truly stepped into the Starry Sky, the Dao Force they consumed would have no source of replenishment. In the current Starry Sky, apart from the vicinity of the Star Abyss Gates, no place was covered by Star