Within the Ten Virtues Secret Realm, He Qiang looked at Long Haoyue and the others who had been teleported in. He clapped his hands, and members of the Dragon Family immediately appeared to lead them to the Lake of Life.
Then, he continued gazing at the Mountain River Map before him and muttered to himself, "Our first battle was a success—a great victory, even. But the enemy probably won't just sit by and watch us win so easily, will they? The vanguard reinforcements from Douluo Continent have completed their mission and gained sufficient experience. Next comes the battle of Heaven Dou Continent's own people. To protect your homeland, to protect the people behind you, it's time to show what you're truly capable of."
As he spoke, he took out a scroll called the Heavenly Machine Scroll. It was a divine artifact capable of displaying, through text and images, the heavenly secrets he captured with the Heavenly Machine Eye. It was somewhat similar to Lin Bo's Heavenly Dao Record, though of inferior quality.
In recent years, the Blood River God Slaying Array had struck against the Heavenly Dao several times, destabilizing the heavenly secrets. In the past, he could occasionally capture heavenly secrets through the Heavenly Machine Eye alone and seize the initiative. But now, even with all manner of secret arts and the aid of multiple divine artifacts, it was difficult to peer into them.
At that moment, the Heavenly Machine Scroll was densely covered in tiny writing. Had he not viewed it with Purple Demon Eyes, he would not have been able to make out its contents at all.
After a long while, he put away the Heavenly Machine Scroll and fell into thought again. "Heaven Dou must be unified as quickly as possible. Only when the people stand