There had been no surprises in the war between the human race and the Spirit Race.
The Spirit Race had already been deeply divided internally because of Moxing, the Star God Emperor of the Star Lord Association. Especially after the Star Lord Association achieved victory, quite a few Heavenly Emperors and Saint Emperors had directly left Spirit Race territory and wandered the star realms.
Of those who remained, some Heavenly Emperors only professed obedience to the Star Lord Association on the surface. Whatever they were asked to do, they complied in public while defying in private.
Given enough time, the Star Lord Association could naturally have dealt with those duplicitous Heavenly Emperors and Saint Emperors one by one. But their defeat had come too quickly.
Under such circumstances, when the human race launched a massive assault, most Heavenly Emperors chose to stand by with folded arms, allowing the Star Lord Association's Heavenly Emperors and Saint Emperors to become ghosts beneath Emperor Xi and the others' swords.
Of course, some Heavenly Emperors had stepped forward for the greater good of their race, setting aside past grudges to fight alongside the Star Lord Association.
But such Heavenly Emperors were ultimately few.
If they could see hope, quite a few Heavenly Emperors would not have minded entering the fray to safeguard their own interests. But the current situation was...
The heavily weakened Spirit Race simply could not withstand the human race's invasion.
Under such circumstances, the Spirit Race suffered defeat after defeat.
Before the middle stage had even passed, Heavenly Emperors and Saint Emperors of the Spirit Race had already taken the initiative to pledge allegiance to the human race, willing to bring their Lineages and sects under humanity's protection.
Like the Golden Emperor Clan and other races, they became subordinate forces of