Penglai Island, home to the Great Han Immortal Dynasty, lay isolated far out at sea. Thus, when the Blood Race army invaded Sea God Star and unleashed a bloody storm of slaughter upon the human race on Mazu Continent, it was spared for the time being.
Meanwhile, Liu Changxu was in the Seclusion Chamber of the Ruyi Lotus Palace, devoting all his efforts to breaking through to the Late Tribulation Transcendence Stage.
Although Wu Xuege was overcome with anxiety upon learning of the Blood Race army's invasion, she did not disturb her husband's seclusion.
She understood that, at this critical moment with a formidable enemy at their doorstep, only if her husband successfully broke through to the Late Tribulation Transcendence Stage and gained greater strength could they better confront this disaster.
Thus, acting in her husband's stead as the Immortal Empress of Great Han, Wu Xuege urgently summoned the Great Han Immortal Dynasty's senior leaders to discuss how to respond to the Blood Race army.
After an urgent round of deliberations, the Great Han Immortal Dynasty swiftly made the momentous decision to mobilize fully.
Soon, the entire Great Han Immortal Dynasty entered a tense but orderly state of preparation for war. All its cultivators, regardless of cultivation level, answered the call, gathering from every corner. They were systematically organized and committed themselves to resisting the Blood Race army.
Meanwhile, under the direction of officials at every level of the Great Han Immortal Dynasty, ordinary mortals also withdrew in an orderly fashion into the secret realm spaces scattered throughout its territory.
These secret realm spaces had been created well in advance by the Great Han Immortal Dynasty's powerful cultivators specifically for sudden disasters like this.
Before long, pleas for aid from the human race's leading cultivation powers on Mazu Continent poured