Ten years later.
The Storm Continent Council was led by three lighthouse-level civilizations: the Central Civilization, the Primordial Civilization, and the Immortals. They were supported by more than ten top-tier Cataclysm Civilizations. The Dark Curse Civilization and the Oracle Sorcerers were two of them. In terms of strength, the Oceanic Flowing Sand Civilization that Bailan had once explored had only barely qualified to join.
Through information obtained by Megana's faction, which had sent a Dream Thief clone into the Destroyers, Reilo had finally gained some understanding of the various civilizations in the Storm Continent Council. He was no longer completely in the dark.
The precious intelligence had only strengthened Reilo's resolve to lead the Academic World into the Council!
After all, the intelligence suggested that every one of these civilizations possessed strength the Academic World could hardly hope to match at present. Even the Destroyers had only suffered a devastating loss in the Cataclysm Civilization War several centuries ago, when the number of Great Chieftains plummeted from more than a dozen to a historic low. But after the Academic World War, their numbers had actually begun to rise again.
The Academic World had also sent an observer to the Dark Curse Civilization.
If nothing unexpected had happened, the observer should have returned to the Academic World by now with the relevant intelligence.
After all, the two were more than eight hundred Starveil units apart. A round trip in the Academic World's most advanced Flying Device should have taken no more than ten years.
More importantly, Rage had provided the Academic World with an extremely well-hidden piece of intelligence!
Apparently, the Oracle Sorcerers had betrayed the Council and spurned the favor of the Central Civilization, becoming Derivatives under the Superhumans. The Central Civilization had then purged them, leaving only a remnant