"How can we cooperate?" On the transmission stone, 'Lin Jianxing' seemed to be shuttling through a dense crowd. The second branch of the Lin Clan on his ship was currently in jubilation, enthusiastically celebrating their recent victory.1

In contrast, on the Ebonfiend Minor, despair loomed. Even the core powerhouses of the ebons were dispirited. The battlefront on the Sun had been decisively defeated, while in the first battle of the starry sky, the Lin Clan, whom they had previously looked down upon, had given them a harsh reality check. Their overwhelming sense of superiority had plummeted, returning them to the era when they’d been ruled by two generations of Lin Clan reges mundi.0

A little over a decade ago, the ebons had only aimed to eliminate Yi Daiyan. The envisioned opponents were always...0