Wartime State

Wu Tao left the Deliberation Hall together with Geng Xiangshu and Lin Qijun, returning to the War Artifact Hall.

"We're going to be busy from now on!" Geng Xiangshu exclaimed on the road.

Although Vice Hall Master Luo had said they had ten years to complete the refining task, the task itself was enormous. The ten years mentioned above was, in truth, an extremely tight deadline.

"There's nothing to be done about that. No matter how busy we are, we have to complete the task. This concerns the life and death of our Star Immortal Palace," Lin Qijun said.

Wu Tao nodded and said, "Fellow Daoist Lin is absolutely right. This concerns the survival of our Star Sea Cultivation World. The task must be completed. The three vice hall masters said it just now as well—our Star Immortal Palace has already entered a wartime state."

"We'll endure it. Ten years will pass very quickly. As long as we successfully stop the expansion of the Forbidden Sea Area, it will all be worth it."

Ten years was an extremely short time for Golden Core cultivators like them. They might not even be able to break through a single minor realm.

The three chatted about odds and ends along the way, and soon returned to the War Artifact Hall. They parted ways, each returning to his own department.

After Wu Tao returned to the Warship Department, the first thing he did was send messages to the Artifact Refiners of the twelve Artifact Refining Halls, calling them over for a meeting, because he needed to assign the tasks recorded in the Jade Slips.

After sending the messages, before the Tier 3 Mid-Grade Artifact Refiners from the twelve Artifact Refining Halls arrived, Wu Tao read through all the Jade Slips he had received, gaining