As time passed, the difficulty of advancing to the ninth rank was much greater than Ye Chen had imagined. Nuwa, Houtu, and Li Er had all spent over ten years without being able to truly break through, which, converted into time within the Time Cave, amounted to nearly four thousand years.
"Such a long path to advancement, how exactly do ninth-tier lords in other planes advance?" Ye Chen couldn't help but sigh, and at the same time finally understood why no ninth-tier lords had been born in the Blue Star plane for so many years.
The lords of the entire Blue Star plane have only been developing for a little over a thousand years, but the process of simply advancing to the ninth rank took more than four thousand years. This does not even include the tens of thousands of years of growth before that. With the foundation of the Blue Star plane, it is indeed difficult to cultivate a ninth-rank lord.
Over the past decade or so, the Primordial Star has further extracted and purified the dark energy from the surrounding planes, and the resulting fluctuations have made the high-level dark creatures around it pay more and more attention, and the search for the surrounding planes has become more and more rigorous.
"My lord, two spatial nodes have been discovered, but we cut off the connection immediately, so no dark creatures should be able to track us down!" Ye Xi reported.
"Yes, tell everyone to be careful. We're at a critical juncture right now. Once we get through this, we'll have nothing to fear!" Ye Chen nodded in response.
However, the idea was good, but this was, after all, a dark world. If any clue was revealed, it would soon be targeted by endless dark creatures. After only a year, the dark creatures found the crevice space where the Primordial Star was located, and a large number of dark creatures rushed towards this place, giving the feeling of an army besieging a city.
"How is it? Have any ninth-tier dark creatures been dispatched?" Ye Chen asked Ye Xi without being overly flustered.
"Nothing has been discovered yet. The most powerful auras belong to a group of eighth-tier True Gods, but there are quite a few of them!"
"Then we can hold on for a while longer. As long as the ninth rank doesn't appear, we don't need to be afraid!" Ye Chen nodded, glanced at the people who were advancing to the ninth rank, and finally felt the tense atmosphere again after tens of thousands of years.
Countless clans poured out to fight against the dark creatures that came from all directions, and for the first time, the primordial human race truly stepped onto the stage of the dark war.
After tens of thousands of years of development, the human race has fully developed in terms of both population and strength. After all, this is the native race of the primordial star. Although they cannot grow and advance through time like the familiar races, their potential for cultivation and growth is much higher.
Today, the human race has not only become the main force of the Heavenly Court, but has also developed technological power in the mortal realm. Compared with the steampunk civilization of Xiniu Hezhou, the human race of Nanzhanbuzhou has developed a true technological civilization. They are not only able to control the tools of the dark civilization, but have also built their own starships that can travel in the starry sky. Their performance is even better than the one built by the fat man back then. At least they have the strength to directly confront a seventh-order demigod.
Since the ninth-tier main god did not intervene, Ye Chen and the Primordial Star were fearless and remained steadfast in the rift world, guarding it for several years. In terms of the Time Cave, another thousand years had passed.
Li Er ultimately failed to catch up with the brilliant Nuwa. A thousand years passed, and Nuwa once again broke the shackles of heaven and earth, becoming the first to ascend to the ninth level and become a main god capable of ruling over a plane.
At the moment Nuwa ascended to immortality, Ye Chen felt that the entire Primordial Star had undergone earth-shattering changes. These changes were not only within the Primordial Star itself, but he even felt that he had gained a certain degree of control over the surrounding world.
"Does the seventh rank represent a planet, the eighth rank represent a star field, and the ninth rank represent someone who rules over a star field?" Ye Chen pondered, finally gaining some understanding of the three levels of high-ranking lords.
"What about above the ninth rank?" Ye Chen thought thoughtfully.
With Nuwa's ascension, the entire prehistoric world underwent a transformation. Especially after Houtu followed closely behind, the entire prehistoric planet seemed to return to the time when it advanced to the eighth rank. The perfection of the rules of heaven and earth made it easier for all living beings on the prehistoric planet to achieve breakthroughs.
Before Li Er could break through, Ye Jun, Zhuang Zhou, Xuan Du, Fu Xi, and others all entered seclusion to break through their cultivation levels. Regardless of how many years it would take them to achieve a breakthrough, Li Er finally succeeded in breaking through to the ninth level after a hundred years.
At this moment, the entire Rift World seemed unable to withstand the existence of the Primordial Star. Countless spatial rifts roared, and in just a few days, the Rift World, which had protected the Primordial Star for hundreds of years, shattered, and the entire Primordial Star was completely exposed to the eyes of countless dark creatures.
Moreover, the advancement of the Primordial Star also caused a tremor throughout the entire Dark World. The intense energy fluctuations caused by the advancement drew the gazes of several ninth-tier main gods in the darkness. The exposed Primordial Star had already attracted the attention of the entire Dark World. Ye Chen could even feel that dense dark energy was converging towards the star field where the Primordial Star was located.
"Charge in!" Ye Chen gave the order after only a brief hesitation.
The entire primordial planet suddenly began to move, flying towards the deepest, most intense darkness. Along the way, any dark creatures that tried to obstruct its path were slain.
Under the intimidation of three ninth-tier main gods, no dark creature dared to hinder the progress of the Primordial Star.
Ye Chen stared intently at the darkness before him. When the Primordial Star advanced, he had already realized that the ninth rank was the limit that a territory could bear. He needed to make the Primordial Star bind to a plane as soon as possible and turn it into his own origin plane. At that time, his territory would no longer be just a planet, but an entire plane.
This is the biggest difference between a lord who has advanced to the ninth rank and other lords. Their territory has expanded to the limit where it can no longer be expanded. Next, they will no longer be the lord of the Primordial Star, but the lord of the Primordial Plane.
However, Ye Chen was currently trapped in darkness, surrounded by a dark world. How could he possibly bind to a nearby plane? It seemed that once he did, he would be stuck here for countless years, purifying the darkness.
This isn't the main world where countless low- to mid-level lords come to help. In the dark world, he can only rely on himself, but he's constantly being eroded by darkness. Can he really purify it all by himself?
"If I had to bind myself to a dark dimension, I would choose the very origin!" Ye Chen murmured. The entire Primordial Star, connecting nearby clans, starships, and civilization tools, flew towards the depths of darkness as it traversed space.
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