As the Spirit Hall fleet returned, the Two Great Empires both received the news and understood that Sea God Island's conquest by Spirit Hall was now an established fact.
But the Two Great Empires were powerless when it came to the overseas islands. They could only tighten their defenses, raise taxes, expand their armies, and recruit Soul Masters.
For a time, undercurrents stirred among the major powers across the continent.
Yet the Red Assembly continued as usual, vigorously pursuing construction, education, commerce, farmland, waterworks, medicine, forging, and more, as though it had not sensed the changes in the continental situation at all.
Although the Red Assembly also recruited people for training, most were ordinary people, followed by Commoner Soul Masters with low cultivation... In the eyes of other powers, this was fairly normal. After all, it was a newly rising faction with little time to develop.
What was worth noting, however, was that the Red Assembly already had more than ten thousand members. Including the commoners in the towns and villages, its population had reached around two hundred thousand.
Even if they were all ordinary people and Soul Scholars, they were still a force that could not be ignored!
The moment Zhou Qing returned to Vast Sea City, he sought out Ariel to discuss the contributions and responsibilities of Sea Soul Beasts toward the ocean's cycle.
The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, the Demon Empress, Lan Fuzi, and the Evil Orca King were also present.
"My initial thought is to have the Deep Sea Demonic Whales and Evil Orcas deal with the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts that occupy the ocean. If those Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts merely cultivate in seclusion, that is fine. But if they still rely on devouring weaker races to increase their cultivation in hopes of surviving the Heavenly