The Empire's Exploration Era: Fatima Fattash's Strategy

After developing the potion, Fatima did not launch an attack immediately. Instead, she spent more time making preparations. There were several reasons why Arcanists were so renowned throughout the Astral Realm.

They had inherited a unique magical frequency from their predecessor, the wizard race, which gave them a magical versatility rarely seen in the world. They lived in a highly controlled society devoted to developing and sharing knowledge. They had also secretly mastered knowledge from other universes.

However, one of their greatest strengths lay in their preparations. It was not uncommon for Arcanists to fail in battle or suffer setbacks during an invasion. Yet as long as they survived, they could retreat, learn from their mistakes, and formulate an extremely targeted plan for the next attempt. They had endless knowledge to draw upon and could even ask others to help with analysis and planning.

Fatima was cautious by nature. As her daughter's only living relative, she did not want anything to happen to herself. Thus, she fully embraced her nature and spent another six months preparing before launching her attack.

"Is everything ready?" Fatima asked.

"There are no problems," Kadija replied.

"Then execute the plan."

As soon as she spoke, everything unfolded at astonishing speed. This was the plan Fatima had devised to prevent the divine corpse from detecting them and reacting. Countless invisible Divine Artifacts silently dispersed Anti-Divination Knockout Potion through the air. Fatima and Kadija's targets were all the surviving shadow beasts and the herds surrounding them.

Before these creatures could react, they felt dizzy and collapsed unconscious. Then, a Golem appeared in the area and teleported them to the Causal Zone of the Mage Tower, severing their connection with the divine corpse. A few creatures with wild instincts or extraordinary senses awakened, but the potion had already