"Please, don't let anything go wrong!"
"I'm just a lowly third-tier immortal. I can't shoulder that much."
The Thousand-Eyed Emperor sighed. Before the Celestial Court had appeared, true immortals had stood at the pinnacle, powerful enough to hold sway over an entire province or race.
Now, however, even someone as powerful as a third-tier immortal lacked confidence.
Of all the things that had happened recently, only a true immortal of at least the mid three levels was qualified to bring them under control.
The Thousand-Eyed Emperor took several long looks at the Star River. Once he was certain it had no other harmful effects, he gradually relaxed.
Let there be strange phenomena, then.
As long as they don't threaten the Outer Battlefield, it doesn't matter how many there are.
But—
Before the Thousand-Eyed Emperor could fully relax, he noticed something was wrong.
"This is bad!"
"The Ancient Stars are stirring!"
The Thousand-Eyed Emperor shifted his gaze away from the Star River and toward the ancient stars floating silently beyond the Outer Battlefield.
Beams of light were still striking those ancient stars, continuously supplying energy to the Great Thousand World.
As one of the Heavenly Court Immortals and Gods,
he naturally knew exactly what lay within those ancient stars. Many terrifying Star Beasts were sealed inside them.
Yet,
those Ancient Stars had existed for so many years without any unusual activity, silently contributing to the Great Thousand World. Over time, the others had stopped paying them much attention.
But now,
the Thousand-Eyed Emperor discovered that the once-peaceful ancient stars had begun trembling faintly at some unknown point, as though something was awakening from its slumber.
Or as though something was attacking the stars from within, trying to break free of its cocoon.
"According to the Heavenly Emperor, powerful Star Beasts are