Red Lotus Descended, the Crimson Refinement Banner Returned!

On the verge of ascending to godhood, Xuan Mou planned to take the [God-Slaying Flying Dagger] and settle accounts, one by one, with the top-tier Great Demons roaming the wilderness and plotting ambushes on human cities...

Yet humanity's current situation remained dire.

Demons ran rampant across the world, and countless cosmic factions had put down roots on Blue Star, seeking ownership of the most important planet in the Silver Disk Galaxy.

Still, the fact that humanity could now sit at the negotiating table with Purgatory was already a tremendous, tangible step forward.

In recent years, the numbers of both martial artists and experts above Grandmaster had exploded compared with a decade ago.

Once they secured the Demon Mountain Ore Vein, humanity would enter another cycle of rapid growth.

Their established goal—

To surpass any single major cosmic faction, such as Purgatory or the Ancestral Dragon, in fighting strength!

"Things are looking more and more hopeful..."

Sui Chunqiu walked leisurely across the clouds, humming softly.

After some thought, he took out his phone and made a call, deciding to give Meng Chuan another reminder.

The boy was the key to this major operation—and their hope of victory.

Demon Mountain's body had yet to transform completely into an ore vein, and Purgatory was racing to establish its defenses.

The struggle between humanity and Purgatory would not formally begin for a while yet. The boy still had time to make another breakthrough in his cultivation!

Meanwhile, deep within Ba Mountain.

Hum—

A dim outline of light slowly expanded. Through it lay a desolate land, dry and utterly lifeless.

Looking up, one could see a pitch-black palace suspended high above the center of the cracked earth.

It floated silently, stirring everything around it like a breathing creature and emitting low-frequency tremors.

Ripples spread through