After that scream, the invitation suddenly jolted as a whole, like a bowstring yanked taut with a violent twang!
Then scenes immediately erupted across its surface, shifting swiftly through the air and transforming into one hundred and eight stars. Like rain and mist, they shrouded the invitation's surface, forming a bizarre spectacle!
The next instant, Qiu Yan's Nascent Soul and Yin Spirit clearly sensed a thread of Fortune stretching out from the stars, racing toward the southeast!
"A method for transporting Fortune? This invitation was indeed no trivial matter, and it harbored sinister intentions. It seemed those so-called heroes of the martial world had all been plotted against by the Heavenly Stars and Earthly Fiends Bandits who claimed to uphold justice on Heaven's behalf. They intended to substitute one plum tree for another, letting the martial wanderers die in their stead while seeking another path for themselves. Yet this also showed that they had never truly intended to submit. After using this substitution scheme, what other way out did they intend to find?"
Given the situation, Qiu Yan believed that no matter how optimistic the Heavenly Spirits and Earthly Fiends might be, they knew they could not stir up much of a storm in the Central Plains or Great Rui with their own strength. Other than surrendering, even throwing the realm into turmoil would be difficult. When they had first raised their banners, rebels from every quarter had answered their call, yet even then their momentum had fallen short of the White Lotus Sect's. Now that the New Army had moved, the scattered rebellions elsewhere had been suppressed one by one. Only the Heavenly Spirits and Earthly Fiends themselves remained, struggling bitterly. Even so, they had been driven from Hebei Circuit back into Qi-Lu. Therefore, if they knew victory was