Chapter 1370: Essence of the Stars

"Master Xu, you don’t need to worry about the rest. Leave it to us."

Before Xu Fan could react, he was already outside the three stars.

Instantly, the vast Chaotic Mist Area was sealed off, and Xu Fan was excluded from the scene.

Feeling the strength of the seal in that area, Xu Fan felt a bit frustrated.

He had hoped to watch the show with these three Chaotic Great Saints, but he was unexpectedly pushed out.

"Master Xu, we’re not sure how strong the opposing Chaotic Great Saint is, and we were worried that in the heat of battle, he might act recklessly and attack you, so we kept you out," the leading Chaotic Great Saint of the Heavenly Merchant Clan explained kindly.

After understanding, Xu Fan felt a supreme power emanating from the sealed area.

Sensing this power closely, Xu Fan nodded.

He had thought that three against one would quickly end the fight.

However, things didn’t go as he expected; after waiting outside the seal for thousands of years, the fluctuations of battle continued without stopping.

"This doesn’t make sense; it shouldn’t take this long for three against one," Xu Fan thought as he listened to the battle fluctuations.

After waiting for another ten thousand years, the seal finally opened quietly.

At that moment, Xu Fan looked at the scene within the three stars and saw that it looked like it had been gnawed on by insects.

The large world had been completely destroyed, and the three stars were somewhat damaged.

Three figures appeared not far from Xu Fan, all looking a bit embarrassed.

"Master Xu, we’re sorry. During the fight, we couldn’t hold back and ended up shattering that large world."

"If you need, we can bring another large world for your human race to place here," said the leading Chaotic Great Saint of the Heavenly Merchant Clan, looking apologetic.

"No need, this is fine, but it’s just these three stars."

Xu Fan glanced at the slightly damaged stars, feeling quite distressed.

"The Holy Sun and Holy Light Star are easy; their essence can be replenished quickly. However, the Chaotic Star is a bit tricky; restoring it to its original state will take some time," another Chaotic Great Saint of the Heavenly Merchant Clan said.

"Then I’ll trouble you, senior," Xu Fan replied without hesitation.

"Alright, I’ll arrange for my clan to replenish the essence of these two stars for you shortly," said the leading Chaotic Great Saint of the Heavenly Merchant Clan, nodding.

Afterward, he looked at the three damaged stars and remarked, "This truly is a wonderful place. In the future, your human race will certainly secure a place in the Chaotic Mist Area."

It’s worth noting that scenes like this, where three stars perfectly fit an entire large world, are extremely rare in the Chaotic Mist Area.

According to Grape, even if it took him millions of Epochs, he could never find three stars that fit together like this.

"Thank you for your kind words, senior," Xu Fan said with a smile.

"Alright, now that we’ve settled this matter, we should return. I wish for you to become a Primordial Artifact Master soon, Master Xu," said the leading Chaotic Great Saint of the Heavenly Merchant Clan.

After speaking, he left with the other two powerful beings of the Heavenly Merchant Clan.

Xu Fan looked at the large world, now shattered and incomplete, and sighed to himself.

"Grape, you can place the spatial point here," Xu Fan instructed.

"Understood, Master," came the reply.

Around the shattered large world, four massive temples suddenly appeared.

Countless puppets surged from the temples, and under Grape’s precise arrangements, they began to gather the fragments of the shattered worlds.

A Great Saint-level god or demon puppet took control of a chaotic area, starting to collect the world fragments.

With the efforts of two hundred thousand Great Saint-level god or demon puppets, they cleared the area where the original large world once stood in just one year.

Then, numerous puppets began constructing a spatial Formation using various materials for setting up the Formation.

Xu Fan, who was supervising the work, found himself with some free time and started to consider the three slightly damaged stars.

"The essence is damaged, but the Heavenly Merchant Clan will replenish them later, so it shouldn’t be a problem if I take a little now."

If these three stars were at their peak, Xu Fan would indeed have no way to extract the essence from them.

However, now that the stars were all in a damaged state, it presented Xu Fan with an opportunity.

Xu Fan first went to the Holy Sun Star, as he was most familiar with the Path of Holy Sun.

He appeared on the surface of the Holy Sun Star and summoned the thousand-hand illusion to begin forming seals together.

A black hole-like abyss appeared above the Holy Sun Star, and immense pulling power emerged from its surface, starting to draw in the essence of the Holy Sun Star.

Even amid the abundant holy light, the essence remained dazzling.

A strand of golden essence was extracted from the Holy Sun Star, slowly being guided into the abyss that resembled a black hole.

At the moment the essence was drawn out, Xu Fan distinctly felt the Holy Sun Star tremble slightly.

"Easy now, just let me take a little, and I will ensure someone compensates you later," Xu Fan said with a sly smile.

As the essence of the Holy Sun Star continued to be extracted, its surface brightness noticeably dimmed.

In fact, Xu Fan extracted twenty percent of the essence directly from the Holy Sun Star.

"I can’t take any more; if I do, this star might collapse."

Xu Fan then shifted his attention to the Holy Light Star.

After thirty years, Xu Fan completed the extraction of the essence from the three stars.

Just in time, the Heavenly Merchant Clan arrived to replenish the essence of the stars.

Six chaotic saints from the Heavenly Merchant Clan escorted the cores of the two stars to Xu Fan.

Then, using a special secret technique, they began to replenish the essences of the Holy Sun and Holy Light Stars.

Almost visibly, the two stars returned to their peak condition.

"Master Xu, the Chaotic Star is quite rare in the Chaotic Mist Area, and the known Chaotic Stars cannot be disturbed."

"Please give us some time, and we will surely find a new Chaotic Star for you," the leading chaotic saint from the Heavenly Merchant Clan said.

"Alright." Xu Fan nodded.

At that moment, Xu Fan noticed the other chaotic saints from the Heavenly Merchant Clan retrieving the remaining cores that had not been fully absorbed.

"If I had known, I would have extracted a bit more essence," Xu Fan thought regretfully.

With the six chaotic saints disappearing, Xu Fan faced a long wait.

The establishment of the spatial point Formation would take one hundred fifty thousand years, and Xu Fan needed to stay here until the human race elders arrived.

One thousand years later, three human race chaotic saints arrived—those mastering body refinement, the Path of Arrows, and law forms.

"Divine Master Xu, if it weren’t for the teleportation formations you left along the way, we would have taken at least ten thousand years to reach here," said Arrow Elder.

"If you weren’t in such a hurry, you could have reached here even faster," Xu Fan replied with a smile.

The arrival of the three human race elders signified that Xu Fan could finally return to rest in his true form.

"I will have my avatar stay here with you. If anything happens, just wake my avatar."