Time passed, and Li Tianming's campaign of conquest continued. Before long, he successively swept through the Giant Nether Star System and the Chaotic Clarity Star System.
These were all star systems that had once directly opposed him.
But what he intended to do went far beyond that!
After some more time, he led his people in completely clearing out every gray star system surrounding the Little Divine Treasury Star System!
Not only the adjacent ones—he even pushed outward by another ring, until Li Tianming had fought through every declaration of war in his hands!
Throughout this brutal campaign of conquest and sweeping purge, the surrounding star systems all feared for themselves, terrified that they would be next.
It was not until news came that the cosmic warship Li Tianming had taken on campaign was already heading back toward the Little Divine Treasury Star System that the people of those star systems, who had narrowly escaped being swept away by Li Tianming, secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Thus, Li Tianming completely ended his campaign and returned in triumph!
And only during Li Tianming's sweep through several dozen surrounding star systems did some people in Illusory Heaven Imperial City begin to notice that something was amiss.
At this moment.
Heavenly Emperor Sect, within Illusory Heaven Imperial City.
A pair of Phantom Sky Imperial Clan members seemed to be preparing to leave the city. Yet just as they were about to pass through the gates, the woman suddenly asked, "Lingqing, have you managed to contact Father?"
The young man called Lingqing scratched his head and said with distress, "It's a little strange. I've tried many times, but I can't reach him at all."
"Could he have grasped some crucial point during this seclusion and wanted to seize the opportunity, so his closed-door