The aftermath of the Ascension Race's defeat in the Ascension Sea had yet to subside when an even fiercer military advance swept in like a tide.
The Mingwu Race did not stop. Like an awakening giant beast, the sea of fog carried death-whisper baleful qi as it pressed steadily toward Shuyan's domain.
Wherever the tide of fog passed, towering waves rose across the sea. The next chapter of the war had already begun.
At that moment, within the deep space of the Shuyan Domain.
A brilliantly shining Rule Inscription floated before Shuyan: Spirit Root.
Shuyan was no stranger to this rule.
In fact, it knew far more about the Ascension Race than the Ascension Race knew about it.
It had first learned of the Ascension Race's existence when the readers in the Cultivation Minor World who could produce abundant reading power mysteriously disappeared, completely cutting off its supply of rule-derived energy.
Its subsequent investigation had revealed the Ascension Race's arrangements in numerous Minor Worlds.
Including the Spirit Root Seeds hidden within the bodies of the Cultivation Minor World's inhabitants.
After learning the details of the Ascension Race's methods of war and life structure, it had ultimately designated the Ascension Race as the next force it would challenge.
In its war against the Ascension Race, it had gone from being crushed one-sidedly to gradually gaining the advantage.
Without the Mingwu Race's arrival, it should have been the one to devour the Ascension Race. During that time, it had constructed the framework of a Narrative Legion specifically designed to incorporate the "Spirit Root Rule."
Now that it had obtained the Spirit Root Rule, it could use it directly, without testing or analysis.
Shuyan's will swept through the deep space, controlling Wield, Pen, and Book as they went into motion.
The Rulebook turned