Alliance Grand Assembly, Ten Thousand Races United to Build a Great Wall

When Shen Hao and Patriarch Yan Bing returned to Hongmeng, they happened to coincide with the first anniversary of the Star Sea Guardian Alliance. The elders of every race proposed holding a grand alliance assembly: first, to celebrate the alliance's first anniversary; second, to welcome the Rock Fire Race's joining; and third, to display the alliance's achievements over the past year and gather the strength of Ten Thousand Races United.

Shen Hao strongly agreed. After discussing it with Zi Xuan, Lan Ze, Xing Heng, and the others, he decided to hold the assembly in the plaza of the Central Spiritual Vein. The plaza had long since been renovated. Around the Oath Monument, pillars bearing the totems of the ten thousand races had been added, each carved with the symbolic patterns and runes of the alliance's races. At the center of the plaza stood a massive circular stage. Its floor was paved with goldstone from the Rock Spirit Race and covered in Origin Fusion Runes and Space Runes, capable of both gathering Origin Power and displaying the cultivation achievements of every race.

During the preparations, the Hongmeng Great Land was alive with excitement. Cultivators of every race brought out their signature skills: disciples of the Wood Spirit Race planted countless spirit herbs and ancient trees around the plaza, turning it into a sea of green; craftsmen of the Rock Spirit Race forged countless exquisite magical artifacts and ornaments to serve as prizes for the assembly; cultivators of the Mermaid Spirit Race arranged water-controlling formations in the plaza's artificial lake, making its waters shine in seven colors; while disciples of the Star Spirit Race set up a starlight formation above the plaza, so that at night, starlight poured down like a waterfall, breathtakingly beautiful.

The Rock Fire Race disciples refused to be