The Lord of Holy Spirit was already very powerful.
His personal realm was indeed still at the Half-Level-9 Late-Stage.
But in reality, like Star Radiance Envoy Oren back then, he too was infinitely close to the Half-Level-9 Peak.
Star Radiance Envoy Oren's advancement had, to a great extent, relied on the favor of the Astral Realm Will and the rise brought about by the Magic Tide War.
The Lord of Holy Spirit, however, had climbed to this point step by step through his own efforts.
If Jue Teng Tree Demon had to judge which existences in the surrounding star regions possessed the potential to advance to Level 9 in the future—
Then Jue Teng Tree Demon would unhesitatingly choose the Lord of Holy Spirit.
What the Lord of Holy Spirit revealed made Jue Teng Tree Demon even more cautious about the coming Dimensional Hegemony.
The Mechanical Civilization had only a little over twenty Dominators. Rather than making Jue Teng Tree Demon underestimate them, this instead made it wonder whether the other side possessed some hidden trump card.
After all, the Mechanical Civilization still had a living Level-9 Being!
Thus, after ending its communication with the Lord of Holy Spirit,
Jue Teng Tree Demon activated the communication vortex again.
"Greetings, Dark Emperor. Are you interested in making a deal with me..."
"I am willing to offer an Ancient Tree Crystal as the price of this transaction.
"It was condensed over nearly twenty thousand years after I advanced to Level 9..."
"..."
Whether in the Material Star Realm or the Land of Exile, the Mechanical Civilization and the Dreadful Treant Civilization had both been making full preparations for war recently.
Neither of the two Top-Level Civilizations had taken this war lightly.
Both intended to give the other a ruthless shock when they