The Spirit Realm Rules—or rather, the projections of the seven gods—reclaimed Amotava's Remains and the two relics. Besides secretly rewarding Bai Xiaowen with a bottle of Ancient Hydra Blood, they also removed the two Earth Cores from Amotava's skull and returned them to the Black Tide Plane.
Bai Xiaowen sighed at the expectant looks around him. The job of reshaping the land still fell to him.
With the Earth Cores in hand, though, the rest was simple. He only had to find the destroyed Earth Vein Pillars, plant the cores in their shattered foundations, and tend the pillars until they grew back.
Bai Xiaowen would plant the Earth Cores according to the inscriptions left by the Guardian Order. Afterward, the affected nations could post their finest troops to guard the pillars. There was no need to take up more of his time.
Ahan and the other allied leaders decided on the spot to use the Ghost Ships Bai Xiaowen had captured to sweep the remaining Snakefolk bases.
Bai Xiaowen made a point of checking the requirements.
Grand Unification would be achieved once the last established Deep-Sea Snakefolk base was destroyed. In other words, as long as the bases were gone, a few scattered Snakefolk escaping would make no difference.
The Prophet's Crown had not been reclaimed, so Bai Xiaowen still had the absurdly powerful surveillance skill, Mind's Eye. With its scan extending without limit, finding Snakefolk bases was easy.
Over the days that followed, the White Phoenix Team's three female Hero Class members settled into a leisurely routine. They sailed the Ghost Dreadnought from one remaining Snakefolk base to the next, with a lord accompanying them. It felt more like a pleasant vacation than a campaign.
The two male members, Bai Xiaowen and Han Xu, had it harder. Han Xu