No matter how Chen Tian vilified the gods of the Divine Realm, he could no longer stop them now. They directly launched their campaign to unify Douluo Star.
The sudden intervention of the Divine Realm's gods completely disrupted the existing balance on Douluo Star.
The various powers that had been watching from the sidelines could no longer remain silent once the gods intervened.
Kingdoms began searching for backers, and sects began choosing sides anew.
Countless soul master factions secretly contacted the Divine Realm Church, hoping to gain something from this sudden upheaval.
Across Douluo Star, the winds and clouds changed in an instant.
Yet amid this upheaval, the first to feel the pressure was Spirit Hall.
Spirit City, the Papal Hall.
Bibi Dong sat on her elevated seat, lightly tapping her fingers against the armrest. For the first time, her expression looked somewhat grave.
"The Divine Realm..."
She studied the intelligence delivered to her.
The gods had issued divine decrees, backed representatives, and begun interfering in the continent's affairs.
All of this pointed to one thing.
The Divine Realm had completely torn away its veil. Its gods were stepping into the fray themselves.
"What a fine move."
Bibi Dong sneered.
"The mighty Divine Realm is actually bringing its overwhelming power directly down on mortals."
Inside the hall, Spirit Hall's senior leadership remained equally silent.
No one had expected the Divine Realm to make such a sudden choice.
After all, everything the Sky Screen had previously exposed had already shown them the immense gulf between gods and mortals.
And now, the gods themselves were intervening.
This meant the existing balance of power on the Douluo Continent might be completely reshuffled in an extremely short time.
If the Divine Realm supported other factions, what would Spirit Hall do?
Simply sit and wait for death?
Bibi Dong slowly closed her eyes. She already had her answer.
"We cannot lose."
Those simple words silenced the entire hall.
"At the very least, before victory or defeat is truly decided, Spirit Hall must not lose its value."
Bibi Dong opened her eyes, her gaze growing sharper.
Who was the most terrifying power on the Douluo Continent now?
Not the Heaven Dou Empire, not the Star Luo Empire, and certainly not those so-called Upper Three Sects.
It was Huaxia Star.
That terrifying planet capable of traversing the stars, with its countless Cosmic Warships and colossal mechs!
Since the Divine Realm could intervene...
Then... why couldn't Huaxia Star?
Bibi Dong had already made her decision.
She had even considered a more practical problem.
If Spirit Hall truly lost to the Divine Realm, it could at least preserve some of its strength.
But if it lacked even the qualifications to seek refuge with Huaxia Star...
That would be a true catastrophe, drowning them beneath its waters.
With that thought, Bibi Dong immediately summoned Spirit Hall's senior leadership.
"Starting today, Spirit Hall will change its strategy."
"We will no longer oppose the Divine Realm alone."
Everyone looked up.
"Contact Huaxia Star."
The moment she said this, the entire Papal Hall fell silent.
A moment later, Qian Daoliu slowly opened his eyes.
Rather than objecting, he nodded lightly.
"Agreed."
"Spirit Hall cannot place all its hopes in the Divine Realm."
"Besides..."
Qian Daoliu looked toward the Sky Screen.
"The Divine Realm may not be the right choice."
With Qian Daoliu's approval, Spirit Hall's senior leadership quickly reached a consensus.
Immediately afterward, Spirit Hall submitted a formal application to Huaxia Star through the Virtual World Exchange Forum.
"From this day onward, Spirit Hall is willing to become one of Huaxia Star's branches on Douluo Star."
Bibi Dong's voice spread through the virtual world.
Then she added another sentence.
"Spirit Hall can also become part of Huaxia Star."
"I, Bibi Dong, am also a person of Huaxia."
Those words sent all of Douluo Star into an uproar.
Countless soul masters stared in disbelief. No one had expected the illustrious pope of Spirit Hall, Bibi Dong, to choose this moment to align herself with Huaxia Star.
Meanwhile, at the Federal Council, Xuan Yuan Tian wore an especially strange expression as he read the message that had suddenly appeared before him.
He remained silent for quite a while before the corners of his mouth finally rose despite himself.
"Well..."
"To think Douluo Star has someone who understands the bigger picture so well!"
Joy blossomed in Xuan Yuan Tian's heart.
This was Spirit Hall, one of the largest soul master powers on the Douluo Continent.
And now it was voluntarily seeking Huaxia Star's protection?
What did that mean?
It meant Huaxia Star now had an excellent opening to further expand its influence over Douluo Star.
More importantly, their plan to conquer Douluo Star seemed to have advanced another step.
At that thought, Xuan Yuan Tian replied without hesitation.
"Rest assured."
"The gods are nothing to fear."
"Huaxia Star will support you to the end."
The next second, data for a special Soul Guidance Array was transmitted directly to Bibi Dong through the virtual world.
Bibi Dong opened the data. After only a few glances, her pupils abruptly contracted.
"This is..."
"The Nine Heavens and Ten Earths Dragon-Trapping Grand Array!"
Xuan Yuan Tian's voice followed immediately.
"This is an array Huaxia Star once used against powerful enemies."
"Although gods possess power far beyond that of mortals, they are not invincible."
"Defeating the strong with the weak."
"That has always been Huaxia Star's tradition."
Bibi Dong's eyes flickered. She quickly understood what Xuan Yuan Tian meant.
The Divine Realm had gods, and Spirit Hall had soul masters.
Huaxia Star, meanwhile, could provide technology. They might just be able to wrestle with the Divine Realm.
Soon, Spirit Hall began to act, laying out Soul Guidance Arrays throughout Spirit City.
Intricate array patterns linked together.
An invisible net gradually took shape over Spirit City.
The Nine Heavens and Ten Earths Dragon-Trapping Grand Array!
Spirit Hall was preparing for the coming war against the gods.
And just as the situation on the Douluo Continent grew increasingly tense...
A majestic voice rang out once again from the Sky Screen.
[Huaxia Star's unparalleled war potential is revealing to everyone why it can wield such formidable military might.] [For Huaxia Star, its greatest pride is not its three great armies.] [It is the strength of its soul guidance industry, born from its soul guidance system.] [That is Huaxia Star's true foundation for war.]
As the voice faded, the scene on the Sky Screen abruptly changed.
Everyone's eyes lit up. Before them stood a soul guidance industrial base of unimaginable size.
Mechanical buildings that towered into the clouds stood in rows across the land.
Countless soul guidance robots worked swiftly within them.
There were no workers, no enormous construction crews.
They could barely even see any ordinary people.
There were only Soul Guidance Arrays operating without pause.
Hum!
The Soul Guidance Arrays lit up, and the enormous mechanical production lines began to run.
Metal materials automatically fed into them one after another.
Cutting, forging, assembly, engraving soul guidance patterns, and finally, fitting the armor plating.
The entire process flowed seamlessly. Before long, a massive mech slowly walked off the production line.
Elsewhere, on an even larger production line, a Cosmic Warship was slowly taking shape.
The hull, propulsion system, Soul Cannons, shields, and energy core.
Every component was manufactured simultaneously on different production lines.
Then soul guidance robots completed the assembly.
In a short span of time, a complete Cosmic Warship was already docked within the production base.
Densely packed warships kept emerging from the production lines.
The sight left everyone on Douluo Star utterly dazed.
"This..."
"They can even mass-produce these?"
"Those are Cosmic Warships!"
"Not some ordinary Soul Tools!"
A soul master murmured, but no one answered him.
Everyone was already staring, dumbstruck.
On the Douluo Continent, producing a powerful Soul Tool required a soul engineer to spend a great deal of time, and high-grade Soul Tools demanded even more.
When top-tier Soul Tools were involved, the finest soul engineers often had to work on them personally.
But what about Huaxia Star?
Production lines, assembly lines, automation, mass production.
As long as there were enough materials and the Soul Guidance Arrays kept running, warships could be produced without end!
This was what truly made Huaxia Star terrifying. It did not merely possess one or two super warships-it could keep building them!
Inside the Sun Moon Empire's imperial palace, Xu Tian had risen to his feet.
He stared fixedly at the Sky Screen, his eyes no longer holding a trace of the composure an emperor should possess.
Only one thought remained.
I must obtain it!
The soul guidance industry!
This was what the Sun Moon Empire had truly dreamed of obtaining.
They had always believed that developing Soul Tools required time and continuous research by countless soul engineers.
Yet now, Huaxia Star had shown them through undeniable facts.
Soul Tools could also enter the industrial age!
If the Sun Moon Empire possessed this kind of production capacity, Xu Tian did not even dare to continue imagining it.
Before long, the Sun Moon Empire could likely establish a truly invincible soul guidance army!
Elsewhere, a group of soul engineers had likewise gone completely wild.
"Now this is the soul guidance industry!"
"If we could reach this level..."
"Forget unifying the continent!"
"We could even charge straight beyond Douluo Star!"
Countless soul engineers gazed at the Sky Screen, their eyes shining.
They wished they could rush into Huaxia Star the very next second and bring all this technology back.
However, what truly stunned Douluo Star's powerful soul beasts was another scene altogether.
In the Star Dou Great Forest, Di Tian raised his head and looked at the Sky Screen.
A pair of draconic eyes stared fixedly at the warships and mechs rolling off the production lines without end.
He was utterly dumbstruck.
"This..."
"If these belonged to us Soul Beasts..."
Di Tian's breathing grew rapid, his gaze sweeping over those mechanical creations.
Powerful defenses, terrifying firepower, astonishing production speed.
If the Soul Beasts possessed such things, Di Tian felt he could sweep across the entire Douluo Continent.
More importantly, Huaxia Star did not seem to have completely rejected Soul Beasts because of its technological development.
At that thought, Di Tian's mind immediately began turning.
"Huaxia Star..."
"Seems pretty good, too."
He immediately opened the Virtual World Exchange Forum.
Before long, Di Tian discovered something that shocked him even more.
There were actually Soul Beasts within the Huaxia Federation, and quite a few of them at that.
"What?"
Di Tian froze.
Then he immediately began contacting the Soul Beasts on Huaxia Star.
After the two sides exchanged information, the shock in Di Tian's heart only grew.
As it turned out, Soul Beasts had not gone extinct because of Huaxia Star's development.
On the contrary, some Soul Beasts had even integrated into the Huaxia Federation's society.
For the first time, this discovery sparked a genuine, intense interest in Huaxia Star within Di Tian.
"If we Soul Beasts could also possess this Soul Tool Technology..."
Di Tian murmured to himself, his gaze returning to the Sky Screen.
A moment later, a trickle of drool even escaped the corner of his mouth.
"How wonderful that would be!"
"Pfft!"
Bi Ji burst out laughing beside him.
"Di Tian, is that really necessary?"
"You're actually drooling."
Di Tian did not care in the slightest.
"What do you know?"
"This is Soul Tool industry!"
"With this, why would our Soul Beast Clan fear human Soul Masters?"
Beside him, Xiong Jun was also staring fixedly at the Sky Screen.
But after watching for a while, his expression gradually darkened.
"Big Brother Di Tian."
"I reckon we'd better stop thinking about getting our paws on their stuff."
"Why?"
Di Tian frowned, and Xiong Jun swallowed.
"Because..."
"If this old bear ever really went up against a Huaxia Star like that..."
He patted his chest.
"I'm afraid I'd really end up as a bearskin coat."
Di Tian: "..."
Bi Ji: "..."
A moment later, Bi Ji finally could not hold back her laughter.
But once the laughter passed, all the powerful Soul Beasts fell silent.
Because Xiong Jun was right.
The gap between the present-day Douluo Star and Huaxia Star could no longer be described simply in terms of strength. They belonged to two entirely different eras.
One was still fighting over Soul Rings, while the other had already put Soul Tools into industrial production.
One was still fighting for supremacy over a continent, while the other had already begun waging war among the stars.
How could they possibly compare?
And just as everyone reeled in shock...
The final announcement rang out from the Sky Screen.
[Comparison of the two planets' military strength complete.] [Winner-Huaxia Star!]
The Sky Screen trembled, and countless people on both planets looked up at the same time.
No one found this result surprising.
Huaxia Star's military strength had utterly crushed Douluo Star's.
Then golden light burst forth from the Sky Screen.
Lines of ancient, majestic text announcing the rewards slowly appeared.
[Reward: War Domain!] [Reward: Soul Guidance Halo!] [Reward: Dyson Sphere Fortress Construction Technology!]
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