The Demon and Monster Races were remarkably efficient. In just one day, both sides had settled everything and assembled an army of two hundred million, heading straight for the passage entrance to the Nine Luminaries Star Realm.
Meanwhile!
Outside the passage, within the Derivative Realm that blanketed an area of a million li, Mu Chen, Luo Zhan, and the others were leading the human soldiers in constructing a base.
A steady stream of logistical troops came through from the Nine Luminaries Star Realm, carrying vast quantities of resources. Though only one day had passed, numerous defensive fortifications around the base's perimeter had already taken rough shape.
Beneath the passage, inside an ancient palace, Lin Baichuan was forming one Hand Seal after another, sending them into the cauldron before him.
He was forging an artifact—a War Fortress at the treasure artifact level.
Since it was a treasure artifact, he could naturally use the cauldron that had already advanced into a Dao artifact to forge it. It was unlike the War Fortress in the Nine Luminaries Star Realm, which was likewise a Dao artifact and, with its main body formed from countless demon and monster skeletons, could not be forged using this cauldron.
But the treasure artifact-level War Fortress he was forging this time was different. It was made primarily from all sorts of spirit materials and precious materials, so it could naturally be forged directly.
As he formed Hand Seal after Hand Seal, the entire cauldron began to tremble violently.
Rumble...
In an instant, the entire cauldron was shrouded in dazzling radiance. Divine gleams bloomed one after another, exuding an enigmatic Dao Rhyme.
Buzz!
The next moment, the cauldron lid flew off, and a streak of azure light shot out from within.
The light was blinding, like a great bronze sun,