Void Heaven Palace.
Purple Heavens, Virtual Heaven, Pan Wu, Miao Yan, and the other Dao Ancestors had all maintained their avatar forms as they gathered there.
Before them lay a map of the entire Human Race's territory.
The map had now been divided into several regions, color-coded according to their importance.
"Once our race summons the Space-Time River, the other races will inevitably send experts to stop us. We will focus our defenses on these regions according to where our resources are concentrated. As for the other regions... defend them if we can, and retreat if we cannot."
As Dao Ancestor Miaoyan spoke, he turned toward a barefoot, long-haired woman adorned with numerous small mirror-like ornaments. "Xian, we will have to rely on your All Heavens Hall for this. By making good use of the teleportation formations everywhere, we can effectively seize the initiative."
The founder of the All Heavens Hall, Dao Ancestor Xian, whose Daoist name was the single word "Xian," replied calmly, "There are too many places to defend. I do not have nearly enough people." "We Dao Ancestors are locked in a standoff in the land of origins. Tug one hair and the whole body moves; none of us can act lightly. The core of this battle lies with the Great Powers, Dao Masters, and Overlords."
"With Taiyi's deterrence in place, the Great Powers and Dao Masters of the other races may not necessarily go all out," Void Heaven Dao Ancestor said. "At most, they will dispatch a handful skilled in escape techniques to launch surprise attacks, with disrupting our operation as their primary objective."
"Any attempt to alter space-time will cause changes in space-time... Once our operation is disrupted and space-time changes, capturing the Space-Time River and summoning it again will become a distant hope... Therefore,