Space rumbled, and runes of law blossomed.
Amid boundless light, the Immortal Sect's fleet of hundreds of millions vanished.
Only a turbulent stretch of starry sky remained. Shattered space was slowly healing, and another jump would be impossible for some time.
A cosmic storm began to form and spread outward.
The Immortal Sect's Citizen Fleet was heading to the battlefield to fight for land beneath the sun, for spirit veins beneath the sun, for longer lives for Immortal Sect Citizens, and for a brighter future across the domains.
Only two people remained in the starry sky.
Divine Mechanism Heavenly Lord and Great Sun True Lord watched the departing Citizen Fleet in silence for a long time, offering their blessings in their hearts.
The fleet had taken more than ninety percent of the Immortal Sect's strength with it, including every elite citizen cultivator. The consequences of defeat were too dreadful to imagine.
But there was no other choice.
The cold law of the dark forest held sway across the endless star domains. Cultivators and factions alike either advanced or fell behind.
If the Immortal Sect retreated while the Immortal Orders reaped enormous gains from the war, surged in strength, and produced a cultivator at the Integration realm, the Immortal Sect would perish.
The Immortal Sect could not retreat!
"Yawn..."
Drowsiness gradually crept over Jiang Ding.
Fighting to stay awake, he spoke with Divine Mechanism Heavenly Lord for a while, chiefly to ask about the current situation across the domains. His safety during his slumber depended on it.
"The war will undoubtedly erupt first in the Horn Nether Domain."
Divine Mechanism Heavenly Lord carefully verified Jiang Ding's access privileges, then said, "The Nine Spirits Domain has found an opportunity to annihilate several ancient emperors of the Horned Demon Imperial Clan in a