Time passed.
The skies over Douluo Continent seemed to have been shrouded in an invisible gloom for so long that the ordinary people living amid the cracks of war had nearly forgotten what sunlight felt like on their faces.
The fall of the Star Luo Empire was like a boulder cast into a deep pool. The ripples it stirred gradually spread outward, intertwined, merged, and ultimately reshaped the entire continent into something utterly unlike its former state.
Upon the land where the Star Luo Empire had fallen, two powers almost simultaneously finished delineating the borders of their respective territories.
The Spirit Theocracy, ruled by Spirit Hall, occupied vast southern lands. With Spirit City as its heart, it extended south into the former Star Luo Empire's interior and westward to the border regions that had once bordered the Heaven Dou Empire.
After a war, they formally incorporated those newly acquired territories into their ruling system. New provinces, new garrisons, and new tax systems were replacing the old order at tremendous speed.
Meanwhile, in the north, Eva's newly established Fairytale Empire integrated the northern regions of Star Luo Empire just as swiftly, but with greater composure.
Bright Moon City became the core of the Fairytale Empire. Within just a few months, the city expanded from a medium-sized border town into a capital capable of supporting the operation of an enormous administrative system.
Trade routes reopened, the tax system was rebuilt, and the army completed its reorganization. An entirely new regime had begun operating in an exceptionally short time.
The two powers each completed their expansion amid the ruins of the Star Luo Empire, their borders forming a delicate overlap near several major transportation routes.
They neither came into direct contact nor took the initiative to withdraw, like two beasts each claiming half