Chapter 2083 - 1644: Release the Star Souls Again

Chapter 2083: Chapter 1644: Release the Star Souls Again

Lania ultimately refused the proposal; he was not familiar at all with the Master of Silence, Kanatos. Putting his eyes on the other party—whether the other party could see the Ghost Guides was unknown, but he would definitely have a clear view of Lania’s branch road.

Kanatos was a very mysterious figure, as was the Silent Branch. Combined with Lania’s own speculations, all factors made Lania very wary of him.

If it had been Irina, the Lord of Rifts, offering to help, Lania definitely wouldn’t refuse, because the Pyramid and the Gate of No Boundary are products of Irina’s Rift Branch, and they had long since established a basic level of trust.

However, Irina didn’t make such a proposal; perhaps she also couldn’t track down the Ghost Guides.

The meeting was interrupted, and the Pyramid slowly sank into the body of the Tree of Ten Thousand Realms, while the Gate of No Boundary had already been put away after being used.

Although he had established basic trust with Irina, trust was originally built on controllable foundations; the Pyramid and the Gate of No Boundary were controllable things—only then would he trust them.

Having refused others’ help, Lania had to find a way to locate these Ghost Guides himself, preferably capturing them, in order to figure out why they were gathering here.

Thinking of this, Lania’s gaze shifted into the distance, at the end of his sight was something he could sense—the Dark Star Crystal, which was rapidly moving toward the location of the Sixth Divine Star.

At the edge of the Material Belt, Anthony’s group boarded Losvien’s body. Upon landing, everyone instantly felt something unusual.

Negris said, "Why does everything feel sticky around here? Like being underwater...no, it’s like being inside gel."

Ursman said, "This is probably why it’s called a Cold Star. In this force field, all molecular movement is reduced by about sixty percent."

Negris said, "It feels a bit like Ange’s space stasis."

"It’s different. The master’s space stasis is a spatial-level power; this is just a force field, not that advanced. It only appears large because the God Star is so massive."

After Ursman finished, he turned to the Sixth Divine Star and said, "Sixth Divine Star, can you share the principle of the Cold Light with us?"

The Sixth Divine Star looked at Ange, and when Ange nodded, the Sixth Divine Star shared the principle of Cold Light with everyone through consciousness.

Under the same soul system, this was the benefit; when one soul learned a skill, it could instantly be shared with everyone.

As for whether others could learn it or use it, that’s their own concern.

Ange projected onto the Cold Star and immediately felt the field stasis that Ursman mentioned. The entire Cold Star was bound by this force field, greatly reducing molecular activity.

What was the purpose of this? Ange’s first thought was life extension.

The lifespan of a God Star is determined by the increment, which continually decays. Once depleted, the remaining quantity remains, and a star without increment is called an exhausted star.

If even the remainder burns out, the star ceases to exist.

From the Life Species perspective, God Stars radiate light, which provides warmth, nurturing all things.

But from the God Stars’ perspective, it’s a selfless act, a sort of unchecked waste. If it’s only for nurturing life, there are plenty of energy-saving methods.

For example, laying a crust on themselves to prevent increment loss while providing living space for Life Species.

As for Star Descendants, it’s effortless—they can survive on the Star Flame surface, and even easier on the crust.

Thus cultivating billions of life forms, allowing them to feedback to oneself, is far more economical than the unchecked release of light and heat that illuminates the black void.

Ange sent a thought, and both the Little Fireman and Abyssal Big Mouth received the message.

Before long, the Life Species on them began to feel the temperature dropping.

Previously requiring isolation from the Tree of Ten Thousand Realms to bear the temperature, now standing directly on the crust didn’t seem unbearable.

The change was real, and the Sixth Divine Star also wanted to convert its body into a Cold Star but found it hadn’t mastered its entire body—neither transforming nor moving was temporarily possible.

Alright, better obediently control the body.

It should have been a simple task, but its massive size—sixty thousand times the mass—required immense effort and time for anything.

Negris asked, "How do you deal with these stars?"

Ange said, "If they lack Star Souls, consume them."

"Consume them—that’s too wasteful! Can you re-release the Star Souls of the ones you captured, letting them control their bodies?" Negris asked.

Can it be done? Ange paused for a moment, never having considered this.

Previously, it couldn’t be done, because these Stacked Pieces were restored from fragments—what he got was just a fragment of the Exotic Ghost, none contained true Star Souls.

But now, with five Star Souls captured for real, could they be released?

Ange tried – it seemed possible, but he didn’t release them immediately, choosing instead to unveil a Stacked Piece and imbued a Soul Brand on the Star Soul within.

It actually worked; the Soul Brand imprinted directly onto the Star Soul without any resistance.

The Soul Brand seemed tailor-made for them; the Star Souls sealed within the pieces couldn’t resist, and the brand was stamped as easy as marking paper.

It was simpler than Ange personally catching an Undead to brand.

Ange attempted releasing the Star Soul; upon leaving the piece, the Star Soul immediately looked around in panic, intent on fleeing.

Not far into the escape, Ange’s mind commanded, and involuntarily the Star Soul returned, shouting in terror, "What did you do to me?"

Ange ignored him, directly probing into his Star Soul to explore carefully, uncovering many memory fragments.

The life of a God Star was long, so his memory fragments were disjointed, with little connection from one to another.

Ange saw the moment he first hatched—a resplendent and majestic void—then witnessed his orderly early life until the warning lights flickering in the starry sky, signaling the explosion of a God Star.

Baffled and helpless, like a creature hearing similar cries in the forest, he cowered until much later when another God Star came to inform them to retreat to the Mist Belt.

He reached the Mist Belt, acquainted with the Cold Star Kanatos, followed him to meet Kelanis, and witnessed Kelanis shoot Kela’s Arrow to explode a disobedient God Star.