The Sacred Spirit, golden light radiating from its entire body, raised its indistinct head and looked straight at Xing, the Fifth Tier Divine Envoy. It lifted its arms, vast power sweeping across the cosmos as though proclaiming its birth.
"A simulated world consciousness? Interesting, truly interesting. But of course, this is the highest level of existence you can come into contact with."
Xing spoke indifferently. Faint starlight shone from his right hand, and a dazzling, multicolored longsword appeared in his grip.
Unlike the supreme experts of the Central Continent, who connected directly to the Blue Star Consciousness, Mentor had continuously developed his Worlds Within the Book, then brought forth a world consciousness within them.
They were fundamentally different.
He could not have accomplished it alone.
Only with the help of nearly half of Blue Star's Fourth Tier experts had he been able to bring this being into existence.
The world consciousness on the Central Continent's side was a genuine Fifth Tier existence. Theirs merely approached the Fifth Tier, though it far surpassed the Fourth Tier.
The gap was still obvious. This moment was one such example.
Xing suddenly swung his sword, and the entire great world seemed about to be cut in half. It seemed an instant, yet also an eternity. Countless stars shattered and burst into flames, illuminating the entire Blue Star universe.
The Sacred Spirit's head was severed in an instant. Golden blood scattered everywhere across the starry sky as it let out a harrowing wail.
"Trash. So this is all you amount to."
Xing wore a contemptuous expression, his longsword pointing at Mentor, whose eyes opened and closed, his face calm.
"I know we cannot fight a Fifth Tier on our own. That is why I did not pursue power excessively, but chose survival instead. Every second