The Plan to Change the Course of the War

Hua Wuyan nodded.

“They are indeed spiritual artifacts, just with refining techniques and usage habits quite different from the common ones in the human realm.”

In the human realm, when people speak of spiritual artifacts, they typically think of weapons or armor—like character equipment in a game.

But among the Dragon-race, there are not only such items, but also war chariots, cannon carts, siege crossbows, spiritual pearls that can transform into living weapons, beast-taming chains, and so on.

In fact, the human realm also has unconventional styles of spiritual artifacts, but they are rarely seen and seldom used in warfare.

For example, the spectator stands and suspended arenas you saw at the Star Gathering in the star domain back then.

“If we consider those as spiritual artifacts…”

“Do you have any plans?”

“It seems I might be able to make the Dragon-race’s spiritual artifacts turn against them.”

Hua Wuyan chuckled in confusion.

“How could such a strange feat be accomplished?”

But no sooner had she spoken than she caught on.

“The Earth Spirit?”

“Yes. But I’m just not sure: if I let the Earth Spirit spread its spirituality to all the spiritual artifacts in the world, would there be any adverse effects?”

Hua Wuyan gently nodded and explained the composition of the world to you.

Every plane in the Void Realm can be seen as an independently evolving world.

The matter of each world is constructed on the basis of the Five Elements, continuously evolving like the ebb and flow of tides, rising and sinking.

The primordial essence of the Five Elements gives birth to the Five Elemental Vessels—what the human realm calls Great Dao Immortal Artifacts.

The Five Elemental Vessels in each world are random; they are not all the same in appearance, and their functions naturally differ.

The divine power of the Five Elemental Vessels is merely a supplementary effect. Their fundamental purpose is to maintain the stability and normal evolution of the Five Elements within a plane.

If the Five Elemental Vessels are destroyed, the world will become chaotic and dangerous, no longer suitable for the evolution and survival of life.

Furthermore.

As a world enters a stable evolutionary state,

a wondrous entity known as the “Earth Spirit” gradually gestates within the earth.

It is neither a living being nor matter, but a chaotic existence akin to consciousness and energy.

In every plane, the Earth Spirit emerges first, and only afterward does life appear.

The Earth Spirit influences the wisdom, lifespan, divine fortune, and other aspects of intelligent beings.

For example:

The strongest protector among the Three-Headed race is only at the Martial King realm.

On the surface, this seems due to the poor cultivation aptitude of the Three-Headed race.

But the fundamental reason is that their Earth Spirit is relatively weak, causing the creatures of the Three-Headed Realm to not evolve higher cultivation potential.

The same holds true for lifespan, wisdom, and so on.

“The Earth Spirit is that important? Then I can’t recklessly interfere…”

“If you merely grant intelligence to all spiritual artifacts under heaven, it won’t cause fundamental damage to the Earth Spirit. The Earth Spirit is linked to the spirituality of living beings, but its weakening won’t make us foolish, because we have already evolved to this state. However, you cannot allow the Earth Spirit to disappear—that would lead to major problems.”

“So you’re saying I can do it?”

"It's possible, but there's only one chance. The Earth Spirit will hide to recover after we activate it, so we need to think carefully about the right opportunity."

You furrowed your brow.

This really was a problem.

Right now, the Dragonman army was split into two groups.

One group was facing off against you at the Skyridge Mountains.

The other group was locked in battle with the Shen family in the Star Domain.

The Earth Spirit's awakening couldn't reach the Star Domain.

"We need to find a way to make the Dragonman forces attacking the Star Domain leave and come down to the surface."

By "the surface," it didn't necessarily mean standing on the ground.

If a Dragonman was holding a magic cannon while flying in mid-air, once the Earth Spirit awakened, that magic cannon would also be affected.

As long as it wasn't in the Star Domain, or in independent small worlds like the Ding Realm, Time Chamber, or Star Power Xuan Realm.

After a moment of thought, you said,

"Forget it, let's attack directly. If we drive off the Dragonman army at Skyridge Mountains first, we can then rush to support the Star Domain in time. It's barely holding on."

Hua Wuyan shook her head.

No, we can't. I went to the seabed and saw the rift the Dragonman army came through. They haven't been continuously sending supplies to the human world.

A Heaven Exalt is stationed there with some soldiers, guarding the rift.

I suspect this rift might not be able to keep sending manpower or resources from the other side, but they can still go back.

They're protecting their retreat route.

In other words, if we can awaken all the weapons they have right now and turn them against their masters,

this could severely weaken the Sixth Expeditionary Force.

We might even be able to win this battle without relying on the Seven Radiance Immortal Array!

But how can we get the Dragonman forces from the Star Domain to come down?

The Dragonmen attacking the Star Domain were there for its resources.

If the Shen family retreated to the surface, they wouldn't chase them down. Instead, they'd start mining resources on the spot to replenish their war supplies.

"I'll negotiate."

"You?"

"I'll give it a try. Maybe I can get them all to come down."

Hua Wuyan explained her plan to you.

Several days later.

The Dragonman army attacking the Star Domain descended slowly from the high skies, a dark, oppressive mass.

Their formation was strict, their expressions solemn, and their killing intent was fierce.

But unlike in battle, they were now keeping close ranks and orderly lines.

That was because they weren't here to fight.

The Dragonman force stationed east of Skyridge Mountains, led by two-and-a-half Earth Exalts, then rose into the air and merged into the entire army's formation.

Smack!!!

A loud slap landed on the face of one of the Earth Exalts.

The one who struck him was naturally one of the three Heaven Exalts.

"You useless trash! You lost Qingtai and Canxing!"

The other five Earth Exalts who had attacked the Shen family were all unharmed and were now mocking the two-and-a-half.

You noticed that only one of the three Heaven Exalts had come—the one who had led the attack on the Star Domain.

Shen Qingshan told you the Dragonmen called him "Heavenly Venerate Xia."

The "Heaven Exalt Lin," who had been severely wounded by Black Wind earlier, still hadn't shown up. Could he really have been killed by Black Wind alone?

As for the third Heaven Exalt, he was guarding the rift and wouldn't leave easily.

Facing the Heaven-Spanning Grand Formation, Heavenly Venerate Xia could only converse with Hua Wuyan, who was inside the formation, from outside its perimeter.

“Human guardian! We have ceased our assault and withdrawn from the star domain! Now it is time for you to fulfill your promise—accept my sealing!”

This was the result of negotiations between Hua Wuyan and Heavenly Venerate Xia when she recently went to the star domain.

She was willing to sacrifice herself, offering her soul to be suppressed by the Dragonmen’s secret arts, thereby curbing humanity’s fate so that no more powerful beings could be born among them.

Just like the Qilin Soul, the beast tribe guardian from ages past.

Hua Wuyan’s condition was that the Dragonmen army must immediately stop their slaughter and destruction of the human realm and withdraw from the star domain entirely.