Demon Blade Star Realm

The comprehensive strategic partnership with the Dawn Empire was running more smoothly than expected.

Both sides had made substantial progress in several areas, including sharing outpost resources, jointly mining high-energy deposits, and exchanging martial cultivation experience.

The agreement Xiao Hanyuan had personally signed was strictly enforced, without any buck-passing or corners being cut.

The other civilizations had also made their positions clear.

Although the Azure Star Realm and the True Dragon Star Realm had not established formal strategic partnerships with the Federation, cooperation between them was deepening at every level.

The small and medium-sized civilizations had committed themselves even more thoroughly.

Civilizations such as the Iron Wall Star Realm, the Silver Wing Star Realm, and the Black Rock Star Realm, which had crossed paths with Xu Wuyi during the conscription, had almost all become staunch Federation allies.

A year earlier, Ba Shan had personally led a delegation to the Federation. After returning, he had vigorously promoted cooperation between the two nations on the Body Tempering Method.

The Silver Wing Star Realm's Star Beast research had been designated essential reference material by the Federation Martial Skill Research Institute, while the Black Rock Star Realm's gravity source stones had come into widespread use among the Federation's elite cultivators.

Everything was moving in the right direction.

But some people always refused to learn their lesson.

The Demon Blade Star Realm, for instance.

This civilization was rated just below the top tier on the Second Astral Battlefield, only half a step away.

Its martial system centered on saber techniques, with an exceptionally ancient lineage said to date back to the remote era before the Astral Battlefield had formed.

The Demon Blade Star Realm's saber techniques differed from those of the Southern Martial Star Realm.

Nanwu's saber techniques emphasized precision, lethality, and killing with a