The monarch of the sky cleared his throat. "We have not, regrettably, found an antidote. Even with our five empires working together, we haven't been able to get beyond a preliminary analysis."

The sura were not particularly skilled at herbalism and potion-making, and the only sura empire that had excelled at science and research was the empire of stars. The five surviving empires together didn't even have half its research capacity. 

If the empire of stars were still around, it would have found at least some countermeasure to the Yeluo poison. Unfortunately, it was one of the first casualties of Renhuang's ascent. It would take at least one or two years before the five empires' research would bear any fruit, and twice that for the production of any...