The Myriad Souls Platform atop Myriad Souls Cave had been washed anew by star-magnetic light. Nine blue flags bearing the silver markings of the Righteous Path Alliance snapped in the wind, their central emblems of the Big Dipper and the Magnetic Essence Griffin gleaming in the sunlight.
Han Li stood at the front of the platform, with four towering stacks of sandalwood chests behind him. Inside lay the resources he had gained through fortuitous encounters in the Chaotic Star Sea: mountains of spirit stones, fist-sized star-pattern stones, thumb-thick grand void spirit crystals, dozens of jade slips recording the advanced sections of the Star-Magnetic Heart-Protection Art, and several stalks of Nine-Revolution Soul-Restoring Herb gathered from the Mystic Ice Sea Region. These resources would become the foundation upon which he built the Righteous Path Alliance.
"Fellow Daoists," Han Li began, his voice ringing like a great bell. His gaze swept over the cultivators standing solemnly below the platform: Zhou Tong, the newly appointed sect master of Yellow Maple Valley, who had reached the nascent soul early stage using the resources Han Li had provided; Wu Jiuzhi, a surviving elder of the Seven Mysteries Sect; Nangong Wan, sect master of the Covering Moon Sect; Lu Yun, sect master of the Giant Sword Sect; and the core disciples of Star Palace. "The Blood Fiend Cult has been destroyed, and the Six Demonic Sects have withdrawn for now, but after this catastrophe, Heavenly South's righteous path is already a guttering candle in the wind. Unless we join forces, we will eventually be devoured one by one."
He waved a hand, and the disciples behind him carried out the sandalwood chests. As the lids opened, the deep blue radiance of the star-pattern stones, the pure white light of the grand void spirit crystals, and the emerald