The new king explained, "The fact that they rushed over here immediately after the black spirits were destroyed means that they're particularly invested in becoming part of our kingdom. They might appear to be here to thank us for what we've done, but it's all a ploy!"

"Continue," Zhang Lie instructed.

The new king replied, "The black spirits consumed large quantities of the world's energy from all the worlds that they invaded, leaving those worlds in ruins. Without the world's energy to support them, the soil will be barren and infertile, and it's only a matter of time before all that land turns to desert. They want to combine their worlds, which have been drained of energy, with ours in order to suck up some of our energy...