War Begins

Just as the Ethereal Immortal Realm attempted to interfere in mortal affairs,

Hao Jian, stationed in the Advancement Galaxy, swiftly assembled over a hundred Space Battleships.

The mighty fleet formed ranks in the void.

Hao Jian checked the time. "All units, advance toward the Shushan Star System at full speed."

"Received!"

The ships activated their Space Jump Engines. Pitch-black voids immediately appeared before them, and the vessels slowly flew into the black holes.

At the same time,

pitch-black voids abruptly appeared near the orbit of the Shushan Star System's sixth planet.

The Shushan Star System's sixth planet, Tianmu Star, was a gaseous planet, yet it was not as desolate and lifeless as one might imagine.

In ancient times, before the Ethereal Immortal Realm had been established, many cultivators who sought no conflict with the world had built cave abodes on Tianmu Star's natural satellites.

Later, after the Ethereal Immortal Realm was founded, even more cultivators unwilling to submit to it fled from Shushan Star, Yinghuo Planet, Kongling Star, and Wuzi Star.

Wuzi Star was the planet closest to the star, and it was also the Sun Lord's cave abode.

Kongling Star was the second planet, Shushan Star the third, followed by Yinghuo Planet as the fourth.

The Ethereal Immortal Realm took Kongling Star as its core. Wuzi Star controlled the main-sequence star—the sun—while the Heavenly Net of Karma and its Dao lineage remotely controlled Shushan Star. Heavenly General Ye Huo guarded Yinghuo Planet and monitored the Outer-Heaven Cultivators beyond.

The Outer-Heaven Cultivators, meanwhile, used the Shattered Star Belt as their boundary and were nestled across Red Spot Star, Tianmu Star, Tianyu Star, Chaos Star, and Ice Nether Star.

The sudden appearance of the Human Reform League fleet made the nearby Outer-Heaven Cultivators extremely nervous. They thought the Ethereal Immortal Realm