In the Main Universe, the enormous Vortex at the Secret Realm entrance still hovered silently at the center of the three colossal interstellar Fortresses. It turned slowly, continuously spewing rainbow light in every color.
Pfft! Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!
Brilliant beams of rainbow light shot out from the depths of the Vortex at extremely short intervals, streaking through the cold void.
The beams quickly stabilized in the void. Then the light faded, revealing the figures within.
They came in all shapes and sizes: Spirit Race members, members of the Holy Radiance Race, the Crystal Spirit Race, and the Human Race. There were also Shi Race members with fearsome carapaces and cold compound eyes, as well as Yuan Race members with wild forms covered in scales and bone spikes.
Most of them were in an extremely weakened state. The moment they appeared, they began cursing:
"Damn Shi Race scum! They ambushed us!"
"I was so close! Damn Spirit Race, I was this close to getting that Source Pattern Grass!"
"Yuan Race... Just you wait. Next time I go in, I'll deal with the Yuan Race first!"
"What rotten luck! I'd just found a Star Sea wonder when they surrounded me."
"My weapons! My treasures!!"
Amid the curses, experts of varying strength followed the directions they heard in their minds. After roughly orienting themselves, they flew toward the colossal interstellar Fortresses belonging to their respective factions, guided by the monitoring platforms or beacon markers hovering in the surrounding void.
A few of the figures revealed after the rainbow light faded had already lost consciousness. They drifted in the void like meteorites, clearly on the brink of death.
At once, on the several colossal medical platforms established by the three races in the void around the Secret Realm entrance, experts of the corresponding ranks