Great Master and the others had drifted through the turbulent void for untold ages. They knew every stone and grain of sand there, every kind of meteor-fallen beast, better than they knew the structure of their own bodies.
Otherwise, they simply could not have survived. Only by learning as much as possible about unknown dangers and their enemies' weaknesses could they preserve their lives to the greatest extent.
The wealth of experience and items they had gained had been bought with countless lives, exchanged bit by bit across generation after generation.
The "Sand Star Stones" in Great Master's hand were merely a portion accumulated over those endless years.
Moreover, their understanding of the "Sand Star Stones" had reached an utterly inconceivable level.
Beyond their innate ability to pinpoint locations, if "Sand Star Stones" were paired with the bones of a "Desert Golden Dragon" and the tail feathers of a "Voidless Roc," they could be refined into treasures they called "Sand Star King Stones."
With such a stone in hand, one could easily slice apart the void. After entering the turbulent void, the stone could also conjure an illusory pair of wings to ward off the assaults of the astral winds within.
However, this consumed the power stored within the "Sand Star King Stone." Since a "Sand Star Stone" could not be refined twice, once the power within a "Sand Star King Stone" was exhausted, it would be completely ruined.
How long its illusory wings could endure in the turbulent void also depended on the grade of the refined stone.
The "Sand Star King Stones" Great Master had produced this time were only of middling grade.
If each one was used by only one person, its illusory wings could offer protection for the time it took to burn one and a