In the empty Realm Starry Sky, nothing remained.
The stars within the endless radiance shone, their light sweeping inch by inch across every place and every corner, repeatedly scanning and investigating the depths of space.
"Nothing."
"They escaped."
Ripples spread from the stars, seeming like one voice and yet like billions, layer upon layer, echoing again and again—strange and ethereal.
This was the Immortal Sect Fleet's Collective Will thinking.
"No matter. It was expected."
Amid the Fleet Collective Will's deliberations, Elder Yuan smiled. "For the first time, our strength surpasses that of the Eight Great Immortal Sects in both quantity and quality. We are no longer relying on our fearlessness of sacrifice to intimidate them, making them afraid to gamble their lives because they fear the deaths of certain individuals."
"Today!"
"By strength alone, we can defeat them!"
"At last, we no longer need to pay the price of countless citizens' sacrifices merely to earn the right to survive among the realms. Even if they gamble their lives, we can still defeat them. It is only a matter of how great the cost will be."
"The only pity is—"
True Venerable Wanji took over, his voice similar to the Central Array Spirit Computer's mechanical tone but far richer in emotion. He sighed. "Our strength has surpassed theirs for the first time, but not by enough to utterly crush them."
"If they devote themselves solely to fleeing and never fight a decisive battle, there truly is little we can do to them."
"However, time is on our side..."
True Venerable Wanji's voice was cold and confident, brimming with joy.
The citizens were growing!
Next, Immortal Sect Citizens would inevitably enter a period of rapid growth. Great numbers of Deity Transformation Cultivators, and even Void Refinement Cultivators, would emerge at breakneck speed,