The vast Dark Mist Forest was divided into five huge sections by the explorers.
Starting from the outside, it was partitioned into the outer circle, middle circle, and inner circle. There were also the forbidden death zone and the forbidden mysterious zone.
The outer circle typically consisted of 1-star to 3-star star beasts.
Star beasts had a hierarchy too!
The higher-level star beasts wouldn't want to lower their status, so they rarely came to the outer circle.
The middle circle consisted of 4-star to 6-star star beasts. As for the inner circle, that was where 7-star to 9-star star beasts lived.
Similarly, the star beasts from the inner circle wouldn't run out to the middle circle.
The environment in the forbidden death zone was extraordinarily harsh and perilous. There were many lord-level frightening star beasts hidden in that area.