Han Li headed straight for Tianxing City, passing through other islands along the way. However, soon he noticed that the cultivators he encountered on the journey were often in a hurry. When two groups of unfamiliar cultivators happened to meet, they immediately became cautious and alert, and the atmosphere grew tense. This made Han Li furrow his brows, sensing the turbulent undercurrents beneath the star sea. As he drew closer to the massive island where the star city stood, the number of cultivators on the road steadily increased. Besides the earlier encounters, clashes and fierce battles began to emerge, with both parties showing no mercy and determined to eliminate each other completely. Han Li had initially paid little attention, but as he witnessed more such confrontations, he gradually realized that these cultivators were largely involved in the disputes between the Star Palace and the Reverse-Star Alliance. Although the Inverse Star Alliance currently holds the upper hand, the Star Palace has ruled the Star Sea for so long that numerous sects deeply connected to it must surely number in the hundreds. These connections may not be apparent under ordinary circumstances, but should the Star Palace truly face extinction, these forces would surely emerge. This indeed suggests that the Star Palace is now at a critical juncture—after all, any historically established power would rarely mobilize such forces unless absolutely necessary. Naturally, Han Li would not simply plunge into the conflict between the Star Palace and the Inverse Star Alliance without first gathering information about the current state of the Chaotic Star Sea. However, lower-ranked cultivators, constrained by their status, often struggle to obtain precise updates. Thus, despite encountering many Foundation Stage cultivators along the way, he never paused. That day, as he was gliding through the sky, transforming into a faint green light, he suddenly turned his head and glanced toward the distance. Ruan Guang suddenly changed his direction, shooting a beam of azure light straight toward the place he now faced. With the cultivation level he currently possessed, when he fully exerted himself, the beam of light flashed a few times and then appeared several miles away in the sky. After scanning downward, Ruan Guang's face revealed a half-smiling, half-reflective expression. Below, in the lower sky, an elderly man dressed in gray robes and a fierce young man were engaged in a lively battle, each wielding a yellow-shining flying sword and a jade-blue circular artifact, respectively. It was quite coincidental that both had cultivation levels around the mid-Jiedan stage and their artifacts were of comparable strength, making their duel perfectly balanced. In Ruan Guang's judgment, unless either of them had some unique treasure or secret technique to gain the upper hand, it would take at least half a day to determine a clear winner. Moreover, neither could truly defeat the other—most likely, one would simply retreat in frustration. Han Li appeared so unexpectedly directly above the two combatants, naturally causing both the elder and the middle-aged man to be startled, their hand gestures momentarily faltering as they turned to face him. Upon a quick scan of their inner awareness, however, both were immediately struck with alarm. Though Han Li had only concealed his cultivation level at the early Yuan'ing stage to remain unobtrusive, this was sufficient to impress even the two Jian Dan stage cultivators. Both reached out simultaneously, drawing back their talismans, and the elder hurriedly bowed deeply to Han Li, showing the utmost courtesy and inquiring, "My name is Bi Xun from Luohun Island. It is a pleasure to meet you, Master. Could you kindly tell me your name, and if there is any matter you would like me to attend to?" "Should your elders have any matters to inquire, I shall speak without reservation!" Hearing that Han Li had merely asked questions, both of them felt a surge of warmth in their hearts, and the elder promptly said so with good judgment. Upon hearing this, Han Li nodded and immediately began asking questions about the events that had unfolded in the Star Sea over the past century. The elder and the middle-aged man naturally regarded Han Li as a senior Yuan婴 immortal who had been in seclusion for years, and both eagerly began to respond. In fact, what was called a great battle was merely a defensive struggle by human cultivators confined to islands, relying on certain restrictions set up on the islands. Naturally, any cultivator brave enough to participate had at least the foundation stage or higher of cultivation. It is said that a total of tens of thousands of human cultivators gathered, yet each island received no less than five or six thousand. As soon as the battle began, the lower-tier beast creatures swarmed in overwhelming numbers, completely encircling and blocking all the islands, leaving the human forces, who had been confident from the start, stunned and disheartened. They could not hold out for more than a few days—within just half a month, several islands fell one after another. Remarkably, throughout the entire campaign, the higher-tier, fully-formed beast cultivators never even stepped forward. With only the seemingly endless waves of lower-tier beast creatures, they managed to breach numerous island defenses and penetrate deep into the heart of the islands. The strength of the outer-sea cultivators could indeed not be compared with that of the beast-kin, forcing the humans to retreat once again into the inner sea and systematically destroy the transmission arrays linking them to the outer sea, temporarily abandoning all claims there. The outer sea has once again become the domain of the beast-kin. Of course, the human cultivators would not truly abandon the outer sea. Over centuries, perhaps even millennia, humans would likely return to the outer sea again. The endless inner essences of the beast-kin are of paramount importance to the Chaotic Star Sea cultivation realm. Another matter that has drawn Han Li's attention is the fact that the Heavenly Star Twin Saints perished decades ago. However, they did not pass away naturally. On a particular day decades ago, they suddenly attacked the headquarters of the Reverse Star Alliance, wielding the power of the Yuanmagnetic Divine Light to successively eliminate several Yuan-Stage cultivators from both the positive and negative sects, forcing Wan Saniang and the Sixth Path Supreme Saint, who were engaged in confidential negotiations, to be startled and enraged, and to jointly step forward to face them. Originally, in the minds of these two foremost cultivators of the Positive Magic sect, Tianxing's Twin Saints were completely unable to leave the Star City due to the matter of Yuanmagnetic Mountain—thus caught off guard when they were suddenly attacked. Yet, no one could have anticipated what happened next! As soon as the Twin Saints saw these two appear, they showed no intention of engaging them in battle for several days. Instead, they seemingly employed some mysterious and unprecedented technique that caused the Yuanmagnetic Divine Light—meticulously cultivated over hundreds of years by these two—within their bodies to explode spontaneously. The force of this explosion was so powerful that it reduced half of the main hall of the Inverse Star Alliance's headquarters to ashes. The six Dao-level Saints and Wan Saniang, who were closest to them, could not even escape their central bodies, and all perished instantly. As a result, both the Inverse Star Alliance and the Star Palace lost their highest-tier cultivators. Moreover, at that moment, the Inverse Star Alliance was still in a disadvantageous position, making the situation even more dire. Indeed, among the cultivators who perished at the main hall of the Inverse Star Alliance, there were several senior elders and a large number of Indeed, subsequent developments unfolded as such. In the first two decades following the simultaneous demise of the Twin Saints of Heaven and Earth and the Six Paths Supreme Saints, the Inverse Star Alliance, under the leadership of the newly appointed Palace Master Ling Yuling of the Star Palace, was gradually forced into retreat, losing numerous islands and territories. Had it not been for the fact that the main monastic sects of the Celestial and Earthly traditions, which had been placed on the Star Palace's definitive kill list, had to endure immense pressure and maintain a stubborn resistance, the Inverse Star Alliance likely would have completely collapsed. Yet, when the Alliance appeared on the brink of true collapse, an unexpected turn of events occurred. At this critical moment, Master Wan Tianming of the Universal Methods Sect unexpectedly achieved the rank of late Yuan-Ying stage, becoming a new, prominent grand cultivator. As a result, the situation in the Star Sea underwent a sudden and dramatic shift. With his Yuan-Ying stage cultivation, Wan Tianming swiftly unified the strength of both Celestial and Earthly traditions, establishing himself as the indisputable leader of the Inverse Star Alliance. Subsequently, during the ongoing conflicts with the Star Palace, he defeated several of the Palace's senior elders Over the following decades, due to the absence of high-level cultivators, the Xing Gong Palace could not withstand Wan Tianming's proactive offensives, allowing the Nixing Alliance to regain strength and gradually consume the outer islands of the palace. Soon, the situation had deteriorated to a point even worse than during the time when the Six Dao Ji Sheng and Wan San Gu had been active. Recently, the Nixing Alliance finally established a direct route to the Xing City and issued the Nixing Edict once again. All sects receiving the edict were required to immediately declare their stance; those refusing to join the campaign against Xing Gong Palace would be regarded as enemies and eliminated. The Nixing Alliance now appeared fully prepared for a formal assault on Xing Gong Palace. As several key sects closely allied with Xing Gong Palace were ultimately defeated by Wan Tianming, the entire Xing Sea entered a state of profound upheaval. Supporting the Star Palace and the Inverse Star Alliance, as well as various factions attempting neutrality or maneuvering for advantage, have all begun to take action. Some entire sects have sealed their island's defenses, guarding it with vigilance as if under siege; others have dispatched all their members to seek refuge in the Tianxing City; still others have seized the opportunity to expand their territories and strike at rivals. In short, the chaotic state of the Luoxing Sea is now as disordered as a pot of boiling soup. As to whether they would join the Star Palace or the Inverse Star Alliance, only heaven knows. With this development, and the wave after wave of spies sent out by other powers, the waters around Tianxing City have become a complete whirlpool, with constant battles and pursuits. Moreover, this chaos grows more intense the closer one gets to Tianxing City. Upon obtaining the information he sought, Han Li no longer asked the two any further questions, but instead lowered his head and pondered quietly.