Su Mo had long harbored doubts about the existence of the Nine-Colored Banners. He had originally thought they were connected to Myriad Worlds Mountain.
But now, it seemed those banners had nothing to do with Myriad Worlds Mountain.
Perhaps the establishment of the True Saint Realm merely relied on the spiritual energy near the Nine-Colored Banners; it had been deliberately arranged by its founder.
"Senior Brother Bai, I have observed that those Nine-Colored Banners are absorbing spiritual energy without cease. The speed at which each banner absorbs spiritual energy is comparable to that of thousands upon thousands of Void God Realm experts. Many stars are already nearing exhaustion. Before long, the stars possessing Nine-Colored Banners will likely be completely drained. When that happens, will the grand formation that constructs the Divine Realm not collapse?" Su Mo asked in confusion, still deeply shaken within.
"Have you ever noticed that the Heavenly Desolation has many abandoned stars, utterly devoid of spiritual energy and barren as wastelands?" Bai Tiannan asked with a sigh.
"Yes, there are quite a few!" Su Mo nodded, and a speculation rose in his heart.
"The stars where the formation bases are located are replaced once every nine million years. A small portion of those abandoned stars became barren naturally, but most of them were once formation bases occupied by Nine-Colored Banners!" Bai Tiannan said.
"As expected!" A glint flashed through Su Mo's eyes. He had guessed as much. Although a star possessed immense spiritual energy, it could not be inexhaustible forever.
Once the spiritual energy in these stars was depleted, the grand formation would select new formation bases.
And the selected stars would become the locations of the formation bases.
"No star serving as a formation base may be damaged by human hands. The Nine-Colored Banners will protect