Beyond the stellar system where Xian Star lay, in the boundless, dark void.
Nearly fifteen hundred figures hovered there, their surging auras steeped in killing intent.
Most of them were leaders of the various star-sea warlords who had carved up territories after the Demon Immortal Fortress faction split apart, along with their elite subordinates.
The most eye-catching among them, however, were the many experts of the Taotie Clan.
Like stars surrounding the moon, they clustered around the tall figure whose presence was as deep and unfathomable as an abyss—Taotie Progenitor Gu Qiandao.
The warlord leaders activated their super-light-cone vision and gazed toward the tiny Xian Star in the distance, complicated expressions appearing on their faces.
"At last—we've come here in person."
A warlord leader clad in bone armor and shaped like a giant lizard sighed. "If not for our fear of that Zhang Sanxian, this tiny Xian Star could have been wiped out with a snap of the fingers. Why would we have endured him for several thousand years?"
"Mm~ If Ancestor Gu had not come in person, I'm afraid we still wouldn't have dared cross that thunder pool by even half a step."
Another burly man wreathed in lightning looked reverently at the tall figure ahead and murmured, "After all, that man is the one who killed Floating Slaughter Demon Venerable and her daughter."
Even now, whenever Zhang Sanxian's name was mentioned, a trace of fear still lingered in many warlord leaders' eyes.
He was a man shrouded in endless fog, a nightmare whose lingering might alone had kept them tied hand and foot for thousands of years.
At this moment, a naturally cautious feathered warlord leader looked at the tranquil stellar system in the distance and said with some concern, "Ancestor Gu's divine abilities are undoubtedly invincible, but—Zhang