After traveling an unknown distance, Far Yuan stopped when he confirmed that the "star" had not caught up with him. He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.
This time, he was truly frightened. He finally realized that there were indeed other forms of life in the starry sky, and they were terrifyingly powerful.
That star-like entity had a mouth and eyes, so it should be considered a lifeform, right?
However, Far Yuan could hardly imagine how such a gigantic life form could exist.
This is so unscientific!
Honestly, Far Yuan was curious about how that star-like lifeform came to be. Its massive body was almost unimaginable.
Perhaps it was precisely its enormous size that allowed it to survive in the vast universe, since no planet could possibly accommodate such a massive being.
But thinking about the movement speed of that star-like lifeform and its colossal size, he quickly abandoned the idea of going back to observe it.
The starry sky sparkled, and the galaxy hung in the distance. Far Yuan continued his journey toward the nearby stellar system.
However, this time, he was wiser. Before getting too close to the star system, he first checked if there were any planets nearby. Such star-like lifeforms should not be too many, otherwise, the universe would be in chaos. Those beings were probably feeding on planets.
Far Yuan speculated that the star-like lifeform was originally an ordinary star, but something had caused a mutation, giving birth to intelligence and turning it into a special form of life. It was probably a unique existence.
Ahead, another star system appeared. From a distance, the star seemed no larger than a fist, with several planets revolving around it.
Just as Far Yuan was about to approach, he suddenly felt his eyebrows twitch. He sensed that the entire Steel Pearl World was shaking.
He quickly focused his mind on the Steel Pearl World, scanning the entire world with his control. He was speechless when he realized that a world war had broken out.
After reversing time slightly, Far Yuan understood what had happened.
Here's how it went: during the time Far Yuan had been in the starry sky, several years had passed in the Steel Pearl World.
After Niya became a God of Magic, more and more Gods of Magic had appeared, constantly challenging Niya's position.
These Gods of Magic felt that they had reached the peak of wizardry, with no further advancement possible, so they turned to seeking enjoyment and expansion. They all wanted to establish their own power.
However, with Niya holding the divine staff, she could fight against them all. With the divine staff in hand, she could unleash world-destroying thunder within a thousand-mile radius. In the past year alone, at least twenty Gods of Magic had died.
The later Gods of Magic also aimed to establish their own empires, but with Niya suppressing them, there was no room for them to succeed, and they couldn't defeat her.
So, the Gods of Magic turned their attention to the Elven Continent, which was rich in resources and known as the Divine Continent by the Gods.
Naturally, the Gods and Elves could never compromise. In fact, in recent years, the combined power of the Gods and Elves had produced a number of powerful Gods of Magic, making them no weaker than the human race.
To fight for resources and territory, the three intelligent races—the human race, the Gods, and the Elves—initially tried to negotiate.
But aside from the Elves, both the Gods and Humans were incredibly greedy.
And so, the war broke out. No one was willing to yield, no one was satisfied with their territory, and everyone wanted to kill the others and seize the world for themselves.
The war began, and in the end, even Niya's empire got involved. The battle between several groups of Gods of Magic was so catastrophic it shattered the heavens.
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"Boom..."
Countless meteor-like firestorms rained down from the sky.
Bright flashes appeared, and a yellowish magical shield appeared. Even more terrifying, objects like real meteors kept falling, which were the forbidden magic of the Gods of Magic.
The terrifying forbidden spells covered the sky, sweeping across hundreds of thousands of miles.
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In the end, the Divine Continent sank, the Human Continent was destroyed and shattered, and the Elven Continent was devastated, with many regions sinking beneath the sea.
In this battle, three or four hundred Gods of Magic died—more than seventy percent of the entire world.
The three affected races—Humans, Gods, and Elves—lost over one and a half billion beings, leaving fewer than one hundred million intelligent beings in the world.
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Far Yuan did not intervene in the world war. He merely watched the entire process with an extremely calm expression, his lips twitching.
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In this battle, all three races suffered immense losses. Even Niya was besieged and killed, and the Divine Staff sank into the sea.
However, the surviving Gods of Magic had no time to celebrate their victory. They suddenly discovered that, on the other side of the sea, there was a much larger continent.
This discovery nearly drove the Gods of Magic to despair.
As they explored, they found that the continent outside was ten times larger than their own.
Although the resources were not abundant and many areas felt new, the mineral resources were absolutely rich, making it more than enough to establish their own territory. Even though there was no life there, it was certainly not an uninhabitable region. In fact, many areas had an extremely rich aura.
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Far Yuan calmly observed the entire process. Perhaps because the lifeforms in the Steel Pearl World were almost all created by him, even if they were all wiped out, he could create them again, so he felt no sorrow.
However, he couldn't help but think that these beings were truly troublesome—they seemed to have no boundaries. It was hard to believe that in such a short time, the world nearly faced destruction once more.
The first time was the destruction caused by the three insect queen empresses.
This time, it was the world war of the Gods of Magic, with the Divine Continent sinking, the Human Continent shattered, and even the Elven Continent devastated.
Far Yuan couldn't help but admire them. They were truly a group of troublemakers.
However, this only strengthened his resolve to create the Divine Realm and accelerate the process.
He no longer watched the world and continued flying forward.
After reaching a distance of ten million kilometers from the star, he opened a world portal again and used the devouring vortex to absorb the energy of the star.
This absorption speed was far faster than slowly peeling a planet with telekinesis, but it still could not compare to the devouring force created during world expansion.
Just like before, after five or so days, he had absorbed all the energy from the star, turning the once dazzling star into a red giant.
Worried about a potential collapse, Far Yuan chose not to continue devouring.
"It's already one hundred billion. Let's create the Divine Realm first!"
Far Yuan immediately entered the Steel Pearl World.
At this point, thirty years had passed since the battle of the Gods. The human population had gradually recovered to over three hundred million.
The Gods had over three hundred million, and the Elves were in a much worse situation, with only a little over ten million remaining. Although the Elves had long lifespans, they had trouble reproducing and could only rely on the Elven Mother Tree to give birth.
Luckily, the Elven Mother Tree had been well protected, or else the Elven race would have been close to extinction.
Far Yuan's thoughts covered the entire Steel Pearl World, and as he looked at the vast and broken continents, his mouth twitched. But he did not restore them.
This was the result of those lifeforms' own actions. They had to bear the consequences themselves. Moreover, it was a testament to history, a relic of a long-passed era.
As his thoughts spread, Far Yuan was surprised to find that the world seemed a little unstable.
Since the last battle of the Gods, the surviving Gods of Magic seemed to have realized that their bodies were too fragile. As a result, some of the Gods began researching ways to strengthen their physical bodies.