War Preparations (6K)

With all three sides in such an awkward position, the Heavenly Soul and Star Luo Empires tacitly began a frenzied arms race, stockpiling all kinds of strategic supplies like mad.

War could break out at any moment.

For them, every additional day meant more thorough preparations.

The generation-spanning gap in soul tool technology had already robbed them of all initiative.

Even small-scale probing had made the two empires exceedingly cautious, as though walking on thin ice.

And if they wanted to catch up to the Sun Moon Empire technologically, what they needed most was time.

In this regard, the two empires' goals happened to align with Huo Yuhao's.

Huo Yuhao needed time as well.

He needed time to improve his strength and bolster his foundations in the process.

After emerging from seclusion, the first target he set his sights on was the Tang Sect. As the largest supplier of new-style soul tools to the Heavenly Soul and Star Luo Empires, Tang Ya and Bei Bei were currently tearing their hair out over the Tang Sect's insufficient production capacity.

They could not fulfill those enormous orders, and the frustration left them unable to eat.

It could be said that the right moment had arrived. The Tang Sect was a pig standing in the wind—whether it could fly depended on this opportunity.

That was precisely why Huo Yuhao had approached the severely understaffed Tang Sect.

The Soul Hall had a group of excellent industrial workers under its command, all skilled at making soul tools. Did they have parts that needed to be outsourced for production?

The Soul Hall completely respected the Tang Sect's secrets. The final assembly would be handled entirely by Tang Sect personnel, and they would never interfere. They only needed to be paid an outsourcing fee.

With the opportunity