The urgent report concisely conveyed a piece of major news.
The Western Heaven God Kingdom and the Snowmoon God Kingdom had joined forces to retaliate, opening up a new battlefield with their spearhead aimed directly at the Aurora God Kingdom.
This battlefield was a vassal state called the Thunder Fury Star Kingdom.
It was a star kingdom, not a god kingdom.
The vast universe was not ruled entirely by god kingdoms; there were also some smaller nations.
These nations were larger than mortal countries yet smaller than god kingdoms, occupying an awkward middle ground between the two. Their territories ranged from several planets to several starfields.
Such nations were known as star kingdoms.
For a star kingdom to survive among the many god kingdoms, it inevitably had to form alliances or attach itself to a powerful nation. Otherwise, it would find it difficult to gain a foothold.
The Thunder Fury Star Kingdom was one such case. It relied on the Aurora God Kingdom and lived under its protection.
In exchange for those benefits, the Thunder Fury Star Kingdom offered tribute every year, paid court annually, and cultivated certain special Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures for the Aurora God Kingdom.
The two god kingdoms did not strike directly at the Aurora God Kingdom in retaliation. Instead, they targeted its vassal, the Thunder Fury Star Kingdom, turning it into a battlefield engulfed in war.
There were deeper reasons behind this development, as well as the considerations of great powers.
Conflicts between great powers were not like street brawls, where one could simply roll up one's sleeves and start fighting. The greater the nation, the more it had to consider; it could not act rashly.
The Thunder Fury Star Kingdom had been dragged into this affair. With its national strength, it naturally stood