As Blue Star advanced to the Fifth Star Ring, twenty Star Gates opened across it in an instant.
Clearly, the myriad races had planned this long ago. This was a war directed against Blue Star.
Blue Star's forceful advancement and development had already stirred resentment among many races.
Alongside that resentment came wariness. After all, they all knew one another well. Now a race they had never heard of had suddenly appeared, developing at such speed that they had to unite and wipe it out.
Naturally, nothing that happened on the Starry Sky Virtual Platform escaped Quark. He analyzed the races that might declare war on Blue Star and the opponents they might encounter for Zhang Yang.
The worst-case scenario was twenty factions declaring war at once.
Quark felt some regret, too. He had never expected Blue Star's rapid development to make so many races wary.
He even took the initiative to urge Zhang Yang to spend ten thousand years consolidating before advancing to the Fifth Star Ring.
Naturally, Zhang Yang had thought it through carefully. No matter how long they consolidated, the moment they advanced, they would be surrounded and kicked from every side.
Everything stemmed from the unknown, and the unknown bred fear.
If it had been the Beast Race, the Elf Race, or the Undead Race advancing, this situation would never have arisen.
Blue Star had already reached the limit of its development.
Laozi's appearance had instantly allowed two thousand cultivators on Blue Star to advance to the Golden Core Realm, sending its strength soaring.
Even so, many cultivators at ninth grade Foundation Establishment had yet to break through. As time passed, Blue Star's strength would decrease rather than increase.
The two thousand newly advanced Golden Core cultivators had already locked Blue Star at its upper limit.