The aftershocks of the Ascension Clan's defeat in the Ascension Sea Area had yet to subside, and an even more ferocious war was already sweeping through like a tidal wave.
The Misty Abyss Clan showed no signs of stopping. The mist sea surged like a resurrected behemoth, carrying the baleful aura of deathly whispers as it steadily closed in on the territory where Shuyan was.
Wherever the mist tide passed, towering waves rose across the sea. The next chapter of the war had begun.
At that moment, deep within Shuyan's territory,
a radiant rule imprint floated before Shuyan: the Spiritual Root.
Shuyan was no stranger to this rule.
In fact, it knew far more about the Ascension Clan than the Ascension Clan knew about it.
It had first learned of the Ascension Clan's existence when readers in the Cultivation Small World—readers who could produce abundant narrative power—mysteriously vanished, severing the supply of energy derived from its rules.
That had prompted it to investigate, and it learned of the Ascension Clan's operations across many Small Worlds.
This included the Spiritual Root seeds hidden within the bodies of the Cultivation Small World's inhabitants.
After thoroughly studying the Ascension Clan's style of warfare and the structure of its lives, it had ultimately designated them as its next adversary.
In its war against the Ascension Clan, it had gone from being utterly crushed to gradually gaining the upper hand.
Had the Misty Abyss Clan not arrived, Shuyan would have been the one to devour the Ascension Clan. In preparation, it had built a narrative-army framework specifically designed to incorporate the "Spiritual Root Rule."
Now that it had obtained the Spiritual Root Rule, it could use it directly, without testing or analyzing it.
At that moment, Shuyan's will swept through the depths of its territory,