"The demon tide rose from the Outer Domain, and has now spread into the Dark Spirit Star Domain. Multiple lower-edge Star Zones have fallen—Rodol, Kalis, Camus..."
Red dots on the Star Map began to dynamically spread across the universe. The first to bear the brunt were the Insect Domain and the Aigus Star Domain—these two Star Domains were the largest in size.
By contrast, because of its unique spatial position, a large portion of the Dark Spirit Star Domain was sandwiched between the other three Star Domains, acting as a certain buffer.
But such a buffer wouldn’t last. If the situation continued like this, it was only a matter of time before it was the Dark Spirit Star Domain’s turn, so they had to prepare in advance.
"Right now, the Outer Domain’s incursion against us will begin from the only point of contact—the lower Star Domain. So while we’re contracting our defensive lines, we can pre‑deploy our forces in that direction."
Yang Yangyang continued playing the strategic dynamic projection in the center of the conference room, using simulated deductions to lay out his strategic plan one by one.
And the Outer Domain he spoke of was naturally the Demon Realm, home of the Demon Clan.
It was a region wrapped around all Star Domains from the outside. No one knew how large the Outer Domain truly was, because no one had ever reached the other side of it; everyone guessed that was the end of the universe.
This meeting lasted a full three days. Through it, the Star Alliance for the first time openly confirmed in front of everyone that it would become the ruling power of this Star Domain. This meant the Dark Star Alliance would henceforth cease to exist; from now on, there would be only one voice here—the Star Alliance.
Most people expressed acceptance of this. The several Elder Families all nodded their agreement, and the remaining small factions had no grounds to oppose. In the end, this world still comes down to whoever has the bigger fist gets to speak.
However, a small group of hardliners refused to recognize the Star Alliance’s leader status. Most of them came from the former Guardian Civilization.
The so‑called Guardian Civilization was the loyal guard of the Star Spirit Council. They had no interest in the power struggles among the major Elder Families; their sole aim was to protect the Star Spirit Council. Whoever was Great Elder, they obeyed. For example, Ziwei’s Purple Charm Clan was one of them.
Unfortunately, the current Clan Leader of the Purple Charm Clan, Zi Kuang, still had a rather unstable mental Status.
Although father and daughter had reconciled, the blow Zi Kuang had suffered earlier was too severe. From time to time he still showed bouts of madness, and only with Ziwei staying by his side every moment could he slightly improve.
So this Purple Charm Clan, whose voice carried relatively more weight within the Guardian Civilization, was unable to promptly step out and lend support. The other clans acted completely unyielding, merely because the Star Alliance was an external force; they did not recognize its Control over the Dark Star Alliance.
At the end of the day, no matter how the twelve Councilor families fought, it was still internal conflict within the Dark Star Alliance. The Guardian Civilization naturally wouldn’t intervene. But letting the Star Alliance—an outsider—sit in the Great Elder’s seat would fundamentally violate their creed.
There was a way to resolve this situation: hold a cumbersome ritual to announce that the Star Alliance was joining the Dark Star Alliance, then elevate the Star Alliance to a councilor position, and finally let it become Great Elder.
But this was clearly unrealistic. Leaving aside how headache‑inducingly complex the ritual was, and leaving aside the requirement of at least forty thousand years of service to be promoted to councilor, the simplest step—letting the Star Alliance join the Dark Star Alliance—was already impossible.
Thus, for a moment, the atmosphere at the meeting site tightened to the extreme.
Everyone knew that if peaceful methods couldn’t solve the problem, then fists would have to speak.
Wipe out the Guardian Civilization, and the Star Alliance would naturally be able to formally take over the Dark Spirit Star Domain.
Luckily, the situation did not develop toward the worst outcome.
Yang Yangyang didn’t want to see internal strife on the eve of a great war, and he didn’t want anyone damaged because of it, because in his eyes everything here would become the organization’s Strength in the future; wasting it for nothing was a loss.
With this in mind, Yang Yangyang brought out his final trump card. It was also the simplest and most effective method Zhang Xiaoman had instructed him to use against these Guardian Civilizations—that method was the Star Spirit.
Since you Guardian Civilization people are dead set on doctrine, fine, then I’ll hit you with doctrine to the death.
Aren’t you sworn to the Star Spirit Council? Then I’ll take a Star Spirit right now and slam it in your face, and see what else you have to say.
Yes, the moment for Jiu Jiu’s dazzling entrance had finally come.
As a Star Spirit—possibly the last remaining Star Spirit in the current universe—its existence carried special meaning.
Ever since the Great Elder disappeared, the Star Spirit Council had been under a system where all councilors jointly shared power. The long‑term vacancy at the top had gradually stirred everyone’s ambitions, eventually fermenting into the chaotic battles of today.
In this context, everyone believed Star Spirits had been completely wiped out; even the Guardian Civilization had tacitly accepted the start of this struggle for power.
Yet now, the moment Jiu Jiu appeared in the conference room, whether it was the powerful Elder Families or the ordinary small factions, everyone present was dumbstruck.
They had actually witnessed a Star Spirit again. Although it was still a weak juvenile Star Spirit, there was no denying that it was indeed a true Star Spirit.