âLord Jie Tian has cleared the trial and received the chief elderâs acknowledgment too, so he is accorded the highest privileges as well. Itâs just thatâ¦â
The leader of the group trailed off halfway through his words.
âContinue speaking. Unless you think that I am not privy to information you have access to?â Chu Feng asked.
âDefinitely not! Iâll be forthright then. I heard that Lord Xianhai Yuâer is a kind person, but Lord Jie Tian is a harsh man who has killed quite a few of our brothers now. Milord, we might be formation entities, but we have feelings and lives too. Even the chief elder has said that weâre no different from humans other than how we were born. However, Lord Jie Tian takes us to be pawns created by a formation. He doesnât think of us as living beings at all!â the leader of the group exclaimed.
The others also nodded in agreement, subtly expressing their hostility toward Jie Tian. It was no wonder they had only mentioned Little Fishy when Chu Feng asked about the outsiders.
âWe are living beings too. Shouldnât the chief elder intervene if Jie Tian slaughters our people without sufficient justification?â Chu Feng asked.
âThe chief elder would usually step in, but it just so happens that Jie Tian is a capable man and we are in need of his help right now. The chief elder has no choice but to turn a blind eye to his tyranny,â the leader of the group said with a sigh.
âYouâre in need of his help? What do you need his help for?â Chu Feng asked.
It didnât take him long to figure out the situation after chatting with the othersâthe Star Sea Realm wasnât a peaceful place either.
An evil power had been lurking in the Star Sea Realm since the Ancient Era. No one knew where this evil power came from, but it had always been a source of unease.
The elders of the Star Sea Realm had sought to destroy it when it first appeared, but they struggled to pinpoint its location. On top of that, the evil power suddenly vanished without a trace during the Ancient Era.
Ten thousand years ago, that evil power suddenly made a resurgence, and it had somehow gained the ability to seduce souls. With its newfound power, it converted many of the Star Sea Realmâs elders into its lackeys. Its army only continued to grow with time, eventually growing into a formidable force that could stand against them now.
To make things worse, there was a place in the Immemorial Star Sea known as the Star Memorial Domain that couldnât be accessed by anyone. It was rumored that it contained the Immemorial Star Seaâs key formation core and tremendous power.
But somehow, the traitors that had defected to the evil power were suddenly able to access the Star Memorial Domain, which posed a huge threat. It terrified them to think about what the evil power would do once it gained full control over the Star Memorial Domain, the life of the Star Sea Realm.
The chief elder was frustrated by the matter, but there was nothing he could do since the Star Memorial Domain was only accessible to those who had cleared the trial.
Fortunately, Xianhai Yuâer cleared the trial shortly after and gained access rights to the Star Memorial Domain. Following her, Jie Tian cleared the trial too. Since then, the two of them had been constantly entering the Star Memorial Domain to clear away the traitors lurking in there.
It was also in view of this that the chief elder turned a blind eye to Jie Tianâs tyranny.
Putting aside Jie Tianâs character, he was indeed an amazing prodigy. His accomplishments in the Star Memorial Domain surpassed even that of Xianhai Yuâer.
âLord Xianhai Yuâer result in the trial is superior to Lord Jie Tianâs, but Lord Xianhai Yuâer is a cultivator whereas Lord Jie Tian is a world spiritist. Entering the Star Memorial Domain requires formation armor, so itâs more advantageous to Lord Jie Tian. Naturally, his accomplishments are greater than Lord Xianhai Yuâerâs too,â the person replied in indignation.
âWorld spiritist? Chu Feng, could Jie Tian be from the Seven Realms Sacred Mansion?â Eggy asked.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
âSeems so, but I have never heard of his name before,â Chu Feng replied Eggy in his mind before turning his attention back to the others. âDo you know how strong Jie Tian is?â
âThatâs beyond what we know, but thereâs no doubt that heâs an incredible prodigy given how he was able to clear the trial,â a person in the group said.
âWhat about the evil power? Has anyone seen it before?â Chu Feng asked.
Unfortunately, no one in the group knew much about the evil power. In fact, there was hardly anyone in the Star Sea Realm who had seen it in person before. Even the traitors they captured claimed that they had never seen the true face of the evil power.
âChu Feng, could the evil power have something to do with that assimilation formation you encountered earlier?â Eggy asked.
âFrom the looks of it, the usual formation entities in the Star Sea Realm strictly obey rules passed down through traditions. I donât think they would hurt outsiders for no reason. The evil power seeking to control the Immemorial Star Sea is the variable shaking things up,â Chu Feng replied.
âEy. It looks like it isnât safe anywhere. Why is there such an uproar in the Immemorial Star Sea?â Eggy lamented.
âIt canât be helped. Where thereâs life, thereâs also war. This holds true not just for humans but animals and insects too. It doesnât matter what the evil power is. As long as it dares to cross my path, Iâll make sure that it suffers great misfortune!â Chu Feng said confidently.
Eggy sweetly smiled at those words. She liked how adamant he was.
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Soon, Chu Feng arrived at a humongous city with a simplistic design that focused solely on practicality, evident from how it looked like a giant lump of metal from the outside. It was made out of an extremely powerful formation that was far beyond his current reach.
Even though he had already reached God-cloak World Spiritist, he still felt like a countryside bumpkin when gazing upon the city and the world around him. He couldnât help but wonder who was the person behind the Immemorial Star Sea.