Zhang Lie nodded as he smiled. 

"In that case, what are you waiting for? Test it out, please!" the young leaders of the nightdemons, Pu Kui, and of the winged, Hong Yu, requested simultaneously.

Zhang Lie acceded to their wishes...

Just as Zhang Lie was testing out the functionality of his new soulshard, the monarch of stars was concluding the final preparations for his plan. He had managed to capture quite a few prisoners from the other three sura empires that had attacked, and he had been saving them up for this precise moment.

Cage after cage was transported deep within the palace, in which many a sura was enclosed. None of the prisoners knew exactly what awaited them.

The monarch of stars was paying particularly careful attention to his plan, and he...