Li Qing spoke calmly.
"They don't know we've created the Heavenly Dao Reincarnation and the Three Realms System!"
"They may suspect that the existence of the heavenly gods and underworld gods has something to do with the Void Investiture."
"But without any other information, they'll never know the real secret behind it."
"With the Heavenly Dao Reincarnation, we could wipe out this base with a turn of our hands!"
"So there's no need to act yet. We can use this chance to let them grow arrogant and believe they have the upper hand."
"Once they let down their guard and, with a little guidance from us, send an immortal down, we may be able to give them a tremendous surprise."
"We'll drag the battlefield out of the void and into our world."
Everyone considered Li Qing's measured words and agreed.
"For now, let's keep watching and see what they do next!" Haoran Sage said slowly.
In the west of the Nine Provinces Four Regions stood the forward base established by the Spiritual Essence World.
All one million Dao Soldiers had descended. They swiftly built formations across the area, centered on the Devouring Giant Tree.
Ritual altars and Formation Banners rose one after another, while a hazy gray mist spread in every direction.
The hundred-mile area seemed to have become a separate pocket of spacetime. No one outside could detect the changes within the formation.
The power of the Space Gate still lingered where the Devouring Giant Tree stood!
A figure wreathed in sunlike Radiance stood within the passage through the gate.
He was like a pillar holding up the sky, keeping the entire passage stable.
Now he frowned slightly, a faint light flickering in his eyes as he looked outside!
"Strange. There isn't even a trace of vital essence in