Master Yuan now hoped the Outer Universe would not hold such a strong appeal for the Sixth Continent, and would not offer benefits enough to tempt even stronger experts.
With the war over, it was time to tally the battle merits.
The borderlands of the Endless Territory had a system linked to the Ironblood System.
When the Inner and Outer Universes were cut off from each other, a considerable portion of the Outer Universe was also isolated, preventing signals from connecting. The Ironblood System had been disconnected from the Endless Territory System at that time, and they had yet to reconnect.
The current Endless Territory System was more or less independent.
Master Yuan naturally had the most battle merit, followed by Star Envoy-level experts like Ancestor Jianshan. Unfortunately, both Ancestor Jianshan and Yan Phineas of the Dark Phoenix Clan had died. Their battle merit had been transferred to their descendants—in other words, Tai Mo Hall and the Dark Phoenix Clan. When powerful experts died, their descendants could claim their battle merit and exchange it at the Glory Hall.
Too many experts had died in the border war. Among those still alive, the one with the most battle merit after Master Yuan was Yuehua Mebis. From the very beginning, she had held off the enemy's Imprint-user attacks. Later, she had helped defend the Iron Blood Rock Region and willingly joined the deadly battle against Old Ancestor Qiuhan. No one could match her battle merit except Ancestor Jianshan and Yan Phineas.
Below Yuehua Mebis was the Ninth Academy Dean. Although he had joined the war only at the end, the Ninth Academy had blocked one of Old Ancestor Qiuhan's fingers and saved the entire Endless Rock Area. His contributions had come late, but they surpassed those of most others.
Below the Ninth