Others could not tell what it was, but Su Wuwei, who had originally been the Sun, could identify it with ease.
A long blade with a mountain ridge for its edge, mountain peaks for its body, and sheer cliffs for its hilt had been driven into the Dead Star. Rather than a dead planet, this was more like a scabbard that sealed away a Divine Artifact.
The interwoven, raised Ley Lines resembled chains, binding the blade inside the Dead Star, waiting for the day the long blade would be drawn.
Only one thing had been left in this [Life] region: a sharp blade.
A weapon belonging to a deity.
Lou Guanshan tilted his head back, the shattered land reflected in his pupils.
"Using the Dead Star as a scabbard-this is so cool!"
Ye Buyu raised her chin. "Lou Guanshan, why don't you try pulling that blade out?"
"I'd like to, but... how?"
Lou Guanshan raised a critical question. How did one pull up a mountain? Where would one even start?
While they were thinking, a faint tremor came from behind them.
Ye Buyu's gaze turned cold.
"Forcing their way through is certainly one way to do it. We can't keep stalling. If those people discover we entered this space ahead of them, a dispute will be unavoidable.
"We have to get what's up there before they arrive. Even if we can't get it, we need to figure out what that key does."
Lou Guanshan took out the key and looked up at the distant, unreachable Dead Star.
"At this distance, by the time we reach that blade, the people behind us will probably have arrived too. Since there's a key, there ought to be a hidden door."
The shattered ground, the Divine Artifact embedded in the Dead Star, the mysterious