At that very moment!
In the unimaginably distant Thirty-Three Star Realm... everything seemed calm and peaceful...
Yet there was a sense of wind and rain gathering before a storm...
Daode Daoist Patriarch hovered above a boundless expanse of land, gazing down at an enormous city hundreds of thousands of miles across. He watched countless Human Race cultivators and mortals going about their work, remaining silent for a long, long time...
No one knew how much time had passed...
Only then did Daode Daoist Patriarch murmur to himself, "When will I finally be able to let you live in peace...?" He looked toward the distant horizon and continued, "The Dragon Race, Insect Race, and Demon Race are all stirring, making preparations in secret. I hope we can succeed this time... lad... even if I have to stake this old life of mine, I will protect the Human Race...!"
Recently...
More and more signs had shown that it was not only the Human Race putting numerous plans into motion. Clearly, the Dragon Race, Insect Race, and Demon Race had not been idle either. They all seemed intent on making major moves while the True Immortals of the various races were away from the Thirty-Three Star Realm, having gone to the World Tree...
Although things had grown increasingly peaceful over the past several thousand years, the reports pouring in from Human Race spies planted among the Great Races revealed that the Demon Race, Insect Race, and Dragon Race were actively stockpiling supplies for war. Their dealings with the Monster Star Realm, Insect Star Realm, and Dragon Star Realm in the Mother Star Realm had also grown increasingly frequent...
But... rather unexpectedly, the Insect Race, originally allied with the Dragon Race, had gradually drawn closer to the Demon Race, while the Dragon Race had