Nie Tian examined himself, and saw that after nineteen Star Eyes came to form, his true soul had become as blurry and illusory as a cluster of thin smoke, as if a puff of air would scatter it.

Being drained of most of its power, his true soul was now shriveled like a body that was drained of its blood.

His nine Star souls, however, still shone like bright stars, although they had shrunk in size after losing part of their power.

“So my true soul is what’s stopping me from forming the Sea of Illusory Stars. I have to summon soul power from my true soul to form Star Eyes. Such soul power contains my soul awareness, which allows me to gain full control of the Star Eyes, including using them to scan my surroundings. I have nine star souls, but only one true soul. If my true soul isn’t strong enough, then I won’t be able to fuse new Star Eyes with my soul awareness to complete them.

“To form the Sea of Illusory Stars, I’ll need ninety-nine Star Eyes. Only after my true soul has become strong enough to hold a copious...