Shattered Star Sea

Also known as **Star Fragments Sea**, Shattered Star Sea is an extremely special and massive Secret Boundary in Star Boundary that is legendary as the place where the Heaven Devouring Great Emperor fell. It contains a countless number of Shattered Stars and shattered Star Sources, which are very useful to the Elite Disciples of various Sects who are fortunate enough to receive the Star Seals that grant access to it.

Shattered Star Sea is only open to martial artists below the Emperor Realm, but it is fine for cultivators to promote to the Emperor Realm while within it. This scenario often occurs due to the countless shattered Star Sources available for refinement within Shattered Star Sea, which allow its entrants to far more easily sense World Principles than would otherwise be possible.

## Past

Over 30,000 years before Yang Kai came to Star Boundary, Shattered Star Sea was a Star Field that endured the battle of Wu Kuang and the other Great Emperors who collaborated against him. In this devastating battle, Wu Kuang first killed the Martial Flame Great Emperor for his Phoenix True Fire, forcing the Yuan Ding Great Emperor to give up his Mountains and Rivers Bell in order to prevent Wu Kuang from acquiring it.

The mighty Heaven Devouring Great Emperor then proceeded to kill the Yuan Ding, Cyan Lotus, and Azure Sea Great Emperors before eventually falling himself. The Iron Blood, Bustling World, Serene Soul, Heaven's Revelations, and Wondrous Pill Great Emperors were the only known survivors among the 10 Great Emperors of that time.

## Details/Benefits

### Shattered Star Sources

As stated earlier, the most essential benefit of Shattered Star Sea is its extremely numerous amount of shattered Star Sources. Refining shattered Star Sources allows one to gain increased sensibility and comprehension toward **World Principles**, giving said martial artists a great chance of breaking through to the Emperor Realm.

Likewise, it is at one point said that 7 out of every 10 Emperor Realm cultivators to exist within Star Boundary has entered Shattered Star Sea.

### Star Seals

Anyone below the Emperor Realm who bears a Star Seal is granted access to Shattered Star Sea. However, not all Star Seals are equal in utility. Star Seals have been said to come in 3-9 sided variations. The higher the sides of a Star Seal, the easier and farther its owner can sense the location of shattered Star Sources within Shattered Star Sea.

If a Star Seal-bearing cultivator is killed in Star Boundary, the killer will simply receive their Star Seal as either their first or as an add-on to any Star Seals they’ve already collected. However, if a cultivator is killed within Shattered Star Sea, the power of their Star Seal will be added to the Star Seal of their killer, allowing the latter’s Star Seal to possibly promote to the next level.

### Treasures

Shattered Star Sea is also attractive due in large part to the fact that it potentially holds the legacies of the 5 Great Emperors who fell in the War of the Emperors. Of course, the most tantalizing of these legacies is that of the Heaven Devouring Great Emperor, one of the most powerful and infamous figures in the history of Star Boundary.

During his time in Shattered Star Sea, Yang Kai acquires both the Mountains and Rivers Bell and the Phoenix True Fire of the Yuan Ding and Martial Flame Great Emperors respectively. The bell goes on to serve as one of Yang Kai’s greatest Treasures during the rest of his adventures in Star Boundary, whereas the Phoenix True Fire later turns Liu Yan into a true Phoenix Divine Spirit.

### Source Sea

The Source Sea is a famous and vast collection of Star Source Strength that is said to rarely and randomly appear within Shattered Star Sea. Likewise, once discovered, the cultivators within Shattered Star Sea no longer have to search for shattered Star Sources to refine, as they can simply directly refine the Source Strength of the Source Sea. It is said that both complete Star and Five Element Sources can also be found within the Source Sea.

It is discovered during Yang Kai's time in Shattered Star Sea that the Source Sea actually stems from the formerly devoured Source Strength of the Heaven Devouring Great Emperor, and contains a large collection of roughly 3-400 complete Star Sources.

## Destruction

Due to the after-effects of the battle between the Heaven Devouring and Bustling World Great Emperors during Yang Kai’s eventful trip into this Secret Boundary, the core of the Shattered Star Sea, Wu Kuang’s hiding place, is destroyed, causing the entire Shattered Star Sea to both collapse and disappear forever.

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 2130
2. ↑ Chapter 2432
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Chapter 2429
4. ↑ Chapter 2152
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Chapter 2434
6. ↑ Chapter 2470
7. ↑ Chapter 2485
8. ↑ Chapter 2512