A brief yet intense clash had severely depleted the Chaotic Sea of Stars Sages’ Alliance, forcing them to pause and recuperate.0

Meanwhile, among the three high-level Sages who had descended from foreign Star Fields and suffered setbacks at the hands of Shang Xia’s group, only two retreated into the Origin Pillar.0

Both sides knew that a more brutal confrontation was inevitable. Either the native cultivators of the Chaotic Sea of Stars would break the spatial gate and foil the invaders’ descent, destroying the Origin Pillar to claim the energy for themselves, or all eight Sages would fail, allowing the spatial gate within the Origin Pillar to fully form and enable the true arrival of forces from other Star Fields.0

Yet, a troubling possibility lingered. Would additional Sages send their divine souls through the spatial gate while Shang Xia and the others were still recovering?0

The question had already been raised before the group decided to rest, but there was no effective countermeasure. The best they could do was recover their strength quickly and shorten...0