The Battle of Void Refining

In the blink of an eye,

Twenty years passed.

Wars between worlds took a long time. The journey alone often lasted an ordinary mortal's entire life. If not for contraceptive spells, many babies might already have been born aboard the fleet, grown up, started school, and begun preparing for college entrance exams.

The steel fleet plunged through the world barrier, into a sky filled with crimson clouds.

The temperature around them soared to several thousand degrees Celsius. Everywhere they looked, above and below, was a sea of fiery red. Clusters of flame swayed in the wind like trees.

The layer of astral winds had become a layer of fiery winds.

Only after they broke through it and entered the clouds did the temperature begin to fall. Colors other than fiery red appeared around them, but it was still several hundred degrees—hot enough to cook a mortal alive.

There was no ambush.

By now, the Black Tortoise Heavenly Palace's ground forces had been exhausted. It could only conscript large numbers from its vassal powers. Native Foundation Establishment and Golden Core cultivators held fast behind the Boundary-Defining Grand Formation to buy time. They could no longer fight in the open.

After landing, the Northern Aerospace Front Army adjusted its formation and flew east toward a foundation of the Black Tortoise Boundary-Sealing Formation: a towering peak called Fire Spirit Mountain.

"Commander, we've entered the Fire Spirit World and are carrying out our mission."

Ou Yanghui saluted and reported, "The Fire Spirit World is a lesser world with an extreme abundance of fire-attributed spiritual energy. It has a rich variety of fire-attributed demonic beasts, insects, and spiritual plants across many grades, but it isn't suitable for habitation."

"According to our intelligence, the entire Fire Spirit World has just over ten million humans. Their bloodlines