(Two chapters in one)
In an exceedingly remote corner of the Primordial Sea.
Spiritual energy was thin, and laws were scarce.
This was the [Heavenly Balance Star Domain].
And in one corner of that star domain lay Blue Star, shrouded in an immense defensive array formation.
Ever since Ye Li had briefly returned, then departed once more.
This azure planet had undergone earth-shattering changes.
Although Ye Li had not used any extreme, bloody measures to crush the various nations by force during his last visit.
The few resources he had casually left behind, together with the lingering terror of his past exploits, had been enough.
Huaxia had accomplished a feat it had once never even dared to imagine!
Faced with an absolute disparity in strength, great powers such as the once-arrogant [Federation] and [White Country] had been suppressed as never before.
Meanwhile, Huaxia's borders had begun expanding at an astonishing rate!
Throughout the process, not a single faction had dared to stand in its way.
Or rather, any who had dared to obstruct it without cause had already become dust in Blue Star's history.
Almost no nation had dared voice opposition to any demand Huaxia made, either.
In short.
It was only a matter of time before Huaxia's word became law across all of Blue Star!
At that moment.
Inside an embassy of the highest standard within Huaxia.
Diplomatic representatives from Huaxia and the Federation were negotiating the division of territory and resources.
Yet there was none of the verbal sparring one might have expected.
The atmosphere was almost eerily harmonious.
"Our demand regarding the [Spirit Dragon Secret Realm] across the ocean is very simple."
At the negotiating table.
Dressed in a sleek trench coat, her bearing proud, aloof, and otherworldly, Zuo Qingyu pushed a document to the center