After fierce arguments and negotiations, the Holy Spirit Cult and the three Dou Luo empires finally reached a friendly agreement.
Both sides agreed not to invade each other, not to harm each other, and to coexist peacefully.
Of course, to make the Holy Spirit Cult behave properly, the Star Luo Empire also paid a certain price.
Among them, three provinces on the border between the Star Luo Empire and the Sun Moon Empire were ceded to the Holy Spirit Cult as the Holy Spirit Cult's territory.
Although Emperor Xu Jiawei of the Star Luo Empire was extremely unwilling, there was nothing he could do.
After all, the Star Luo Empire had been beaten by the Holy Spirit Cult all the way to its capital, Star Luo City, and most of its territory had been occupied by the Holy Spirit Cult.
If it weren't for the help of Shrek Academy, the Dou Ling Empire, the Heavenly Soul Empire, and many top sects, the Star Luo Empire would definitely have been destroyed by the Holy Spirit Cult.
Now, only ceding three resource-poor provinces, which had a small population and bordered the Sun Moon Empire, was already the best outcome.
If he still refused to agree, the experts from Shrek Academy and the other forces would probably be dissatisfied and might not be willing to continue helping the Star Luo Empire confront the Holy Spirit Cult head-on.
Moreover, ceding the three provinces bordering the Sun Moon Empire to the Holy Spirit Cult was not without benefits.
If the Sun Moon Empire really launched an invasion war, the Holy Spirit Cult could serve as a buffer for the Star Luo Empire, preventing the Star Luo Empire from directly clashing with the Sun Moon Empire.
After comprehensive consideration, Xu Jiawei ceded the three border provinces.
Ye Xishui did not push her luck further and accepted the outcome when it was favorable.
Although the three provinces ceded by the Star Luo Empire were not particularly good places, the territory was real. With territory came population, and with population came resources.
For the Holy Spirit Cult, "people" themselves were the most important resource, far more important than any rare metals.
Previously, the Holy Spirit Cult had no territory of its own and had to do everything secretly.
Now that they had their own territory, as long as they governed it well, allowed the population within the territory to grow continuously, and then regularly harvested, the strength of the Holy Spirit Cult would rapidly rise.
When their strength became strong enough, they could seize more territory, grow like a snowball, and sooner or later rule the entire world.
After the Holy Spirit Cult signed the friendly agreement with the Shrek Academy alliance, both sides departed, beginning to lick their wounds.
This earth-shattering war not only turned Star Luo City into ruins. Both sides suffered considerable losses in manpower.
Among them, the Holy Spirit Cult lost four Elders and Worshippers, Deputy Sect Leader Feng Ling also fell in this great battle, and more than a hundred Evil Soul Masters at the Soul Douluo and Title Douluo level died. The casualties were undeniably heavy.
The three Dou Luo empires suffered equally great losses. Nearly thirty Title Douluo-level experts fell to the death throes of numerous Evil Soul Masters, and a full five Super Douluo cultivators died.
However, powerful figures like Ye Xishui, Long Xiaoyao, Xuan Zi, and Du Busi survived. Those who died were the ones with weaker strength, poor life-saving methods, and bad luck.
Even so, for both the Holy Spirit Cult and the three Dou Luo empires, this was absolutely a case of severe damage to their foundations.
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While the three Dou Luo empires and the Holy Spirit Cult were fighting, the Sun Moon Empire began making major moves.
One after another, well-equipped Soul Mentor legions began to assemble, and 200,000 ordinary troops gradually gathered toward the border from all directions of the Sun Moon Empire.
The reason for needing so many ordinary troops was naturally not to have them fight.
Instead, they were needed to carry out grassroots control over the towns that would be captured in the future and prevent chaos.
After all, on the Dou Luo Continent, the number of Soul Masters who possessed soul power was extremely rare. Every Soul Master had a noble status, far above ordinary people without soul power.
If they relied solely on the scarce Soul Mentor legions, it would definitely be impossible to control every place.
To properly control every city and every township, ordinary armies were essential. The Soul Mentor legions were mainly responsible for frontline warfare and deterrence after the war.
Thanks to storage soul tools, food, equipment, and other items did not require personnel to escort them, saving a huge amount of manpower and time.
Without storage soul tools, just transporting the food and equipment needed for a 200,000-strong army would require three times or even more manpower.
While the Sun Moon Empire was making these major moves, the three Dou Luo empires, because of the Holy Spirit Cult, still had not discovered this enormous change.
Just like that, time passed in a flash. A month went by, and the Sun Moon Empire had completed its war preparations from top to bottom.
The five Guardian Hand Soul Mentor legions, ten regional Soul Mentor legions, and 200,000 ordinary troops were stationed at the border, fully armed and ready to go. They only needed one order to invade the Star Luo Empire.
Just as the members of the many Soul Mentor legions were eager to fight, their eyes burning with enthusiasm, impatient to flatten the three Dou Luo empires and achieve great merits.
The several level 9 Soul Mentors in command of the army quietly waited for Wang Chen's arrival.
At the same time, inside the Black Book space.
The turbulent power of time flowed at a speed fifty times faster than the outside world.
Wang Chen sat cross-legged in the silent space, comprehending the laws of time.
Although only one month had passed in the outside world, Wang Chen had spent several years inside the Black Book space.
Relying on the Black Book's enhancement to comprehension, as well as the superior conditions in the Black Book space, where he could observe the flow of the power of time.
Wang Chen used his external attached soul bone, the Evil Eye, without stopping, almost frantically comprehending the laws of time.
As the saying goes, the heavens reward the diligent. With Wang Chen's comprehension conditions being far too superior,
In this one month, Wang Chen had gained preliminary control over the power of time.
If the progress bar for fully comprehending the laws of time was divided into one hundred parts, Wang Chen had now completed one-tenth.
Do not underestimate this one-tenth. Fully comprehending the laws of time would make condensing a God King position easy.
Even having only comprehended one-tenth of the laws of time was enough to condense a first-class god position—it was incredibly powerful.
Although Wang Chen had not yet created a god position, with his comprehension of the laws of time and the strength of the laws of time itself, even if a second-class god came, it was uncertain who would kill whom.
One could see that at Wang Chen's brow, the deep blue Evil Eye was now flowing with the silver power of time. Every blink seemed to cause ripples in the surrounding time.
Wang Chen slowly opened his eyes. He raised his hand and gently traced his fingertip through the void in front of him.
A bizarre scene appeared—wherever his fingertip passed, space did not crack, but countless strange overlaps appeared. It was the same space at different points in time being displayed simultaneously.
Wang Chen nodded in satisfaction. "The laws of time are indeed powerful and bizarre. The current me could kill the me from one month ago with just a single glance.
Calculating the time, one month has passed. The Sun Moon Empire should be almost ready. It is time to spend a little time and unify the continent."
With a thought, Wang Chen's figure disappeared from the Black Book space and reappeared in the Wang family.
Immediately after, Wang Chen waved his hand, and a silver-white vortex passage emerged.
Wang Chen stepped forward, and in the next moment, he arrived at the border of the Sun Moon Empire.
"Lord Wang Chen!" Several level 9 Soul Mentors saw the suddenly appearing Wang Chen and hurriedly saluted respectfully.
The leader, Starry Sky Douluo Ye Yulin, said, "The five Guardian Hand Soul Mentor legions, ten regional Soul Mentor legions, and 200,000 troops have been fully assembled. Please give the order!"
Wang Chen's expression was indifferent, his black hair dancing wildly in the strong wind. "Set out! Conquer the three Dou Luo empires, destroy Shrek Academy!"
Wang Chen's blood-boiling voice echoed in the sky above the border for a long time. The armor on his body reflected cold light under the sunlight. Behind him, the phenomenon of the sun and moon shining together dyed half the sky blue and white.
The fifteen Soul Mentor legions simultaneously activated their linked soul tools, and colorful soul power beams shot into the sky.
The 200,000 troops knelt on one knee in perfect unison, their iron torrent-like killing intent sweeping across the land.
Everyone roared in unison, "Conquer the three Dou Luo empires, destroy Shrek Academy!"
Amid the deafening shouts, heaven and earth seemed to tremble…
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