Even if the Dreamchild hadn't tried to flee, Tianming wouldn't have been able to hold on beyond that. Assimilating the Fienddragon Core by force had caused great damage to his heptastar cosmic physique. He had been fighting with injuries the entire time. Every single Order-Relic-shaped astron in his body had been damaged to some extent. He had only managed to endure it with sheer willpower, not just his own but also that of his followers on the Sun. Others in his position wouldn't be able to do anything but lay flat helplessly. In fact, most of them wouldn't even be able to assimilate the core and would perish on the spot.

Fortunately, the risky bet had allowed the Sun to pull itself back from certain defeat. Perhaps...