The moment the Star Origin Lord escaped almost entirely unimpeded, the Sages of the major Heavenly Fields across the Heaven Observation Star Region realized they had been played.0

Or rather, it wasn’t purely deception. The Star Origin Lord had, through various means, gathered all of them deliberately.0

Had they all remained trapped together, it might have been acceptable. After all, the Void Mirage truly involved the threat of incursion from external Star Fields, and suppressing the celestial phenomenon did help protect the Heaven Observation Star Region, perhaps even the entire Chaotic Sea of Stars.0

However, things became clear now. The Star Origin Lord had long prepared a fallback path for himself. If not for Shang Xia’s pressure forcing him to reveal the extent of his schemes, he would likely have fled at the first sign of danger, leaving the others bound together and unable to act, sacrificed to buy him tim...0