Spring gave way to autumn, adding years to lives; the sun rose, the moon set, and birds returned to the woods.
Time flowed on. In the blink of an eye, ten years had passed since the assembly ended.
During those ten years, the Five Buddhas crossed the cosmic void and stormed into the Fire Spirit Tribe to force its surrender.
After a fierce battle, the Fire Spirit Tribe's saint-level ancestor surrendered unconditionally.
The entire lineage was absorbed into the Blue Star Lineage, and its territory became Blue Star's as well.
The Fire Spirit Tribe's territory was roughly the same size as Territory 0786, producing around a hundred new planets each year. After Zhang Yang took over, he did not have its inhabitants converted into the Human Race. Everything remained as before; only the entire lineage was incorporated into the Blue Star Lineage.
After this battle, the Blue Star Lineage expanded by a tenth, and its number of Third-Level Star Lords broke through the hundred-thousand mark, strengthening it once again.
Since the territory was far away, Zhang Yang simply ordered them to continue developing and report their progress at any time. Future deployments of Fourth-Level Star Lords were to extend toward Blue Star, establishing a network connecting them to the Blue Star Lineage as soon as possible.
The Fire Spirit Tribe's army on the front lines remained where it was, stationed there from then on.
Meanwhile, the Fire Spirit Tribe's saint-level expert had returned with the Three Pure Ones and was waiting for an audience with Zhang Yang.
Several years later.
Huoyan Shan waited somewhat nervously for Zhang Yang in the Thirty-Sixth Heaven. When he saw Zhang Yang, a trace of tension crept over him. After all, his life was in the other man's hands.
"Huoyan Shan pays his respects to