The Alliance Assembly Begins, Starlight Inheritance Opens a New Journey

The Hongmeng Guardian Alliance's first assembly was held in the Council Hall of the Central Spiritual Vein. By the third day after the news spread, elders and foremost cultivators from every race had arrived one after another. Outside the Council Hall, banners fluttered proudly across the square. Golden flags embroidered with "Hongmeng Guardian Alliance" snapped loudly in the spiritual breeze. The runes upon them flowed with the Origin Power Shen Hao had infused when he had United Body with Array, and with every wave, they radiated a reassuring aura.

Shen Hao stood atop the high platform before the Council Hall, dressed in a plain-colored robe. He held the snow-white Starfall Bead in his hand. The starlight upon it intertwined with the Longevity Dao Rhyme around him, making his aura ever gentler yet more vast and majestic. Zi Xuan stood at his side, holding a thick register that recorded the names of cultivators from every race who had joined the alliance, as well as monitoring data for spiritual veins throughout the Hongmeng Great Land.

"Everyone," Shen Hao's voice spread through the entire square by means of the Origin Dao Rhyme, "though the threat of the Dark Universe has been removed, the starry reaches are vast, and danger lies on all sides. The destruction of the Starfall Domain is the cart before the horse. The Hongmeng Guardian Alliance was founded today not to fight over power and profit, but to gather the strength of all living beings and protect this land upon which we depend for survival."

He raised a hand, and the Starfall Bead slowly floated into the air. Soft starlight instantly blanketed the entire square. The cultivators below all revealed looks of astonishment. They could sense that the Starlight Power within the bead was pure and powerful. It bore an