For a while, the atmosphere inside the hall was rather oppressive.
Every senior member of the Light Faction had a somewhat ugly expression on their face.
"Everyone, given how events have developed, what our Light Faction faces now is not how to defeat the Dark Faction, but to avoid pitfalls and seize advantages. We need to give careful thought on how to preserve our current strength," Old Man Chu said in a grave voice after a moment of thought.
"Correct. I share this view. For the coming period, we should try our utmost to avoid direct conflict with the Dark Faction. Instead, we should first take time to ascertain the true strength of the Dark Ancestor and the experts he brought along. Only after that should we plan our next moves," Chan Master Tianwu chimed in.
"That seems to be the only way," another core senior nodded in agreement.
"Starting now, we will deploy every spy we have within our Light Faction to monitor the Dark Faction's every move.
Furthermore, we shall summon all members of our Light Faction to gather here. If the situation takes a turn for the worse, we must immediately relocate as a group and go into hiding.
In short, we must make preparations first.
Otherwise, if the Dark Ancestor suddenly leads a major force from the Dark Faction to besiege us, we will be put in an extremely passive position," Old Man Chu added.
All other senior members of the Light Faction nodded one after another, expressing their agreement with Old Man Chu's words.
Everyone understood clearly in their hearts that the current Light Faction no longer possessed the strength to wage war against the Dark Faction. If they wanted to preserve the force they still had, they must seize advantages and avoid disadvantages, steering clear of any head-on confrontation with the Dark Faction.
"Very well. Everyone, let's proceed according to this line of thought," Old Man Chu said loudly after a period of deliberation.
Subsequently, these senior members of the Light Faction all went to make preparations. They summoned back all members of the Light Faction across the Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds, while simultaneously dispatching a large number of spies to monitor and investigate the Dark Faction's movements.
At this moment, an astounding piece of news rapidly spread throughout this spacetime.
It turned out that the previous Dark Ancestor had merely been an avatar. Now, the true body of the Dark Ancestor had personally arrived in this spacetime.
When this news spread, the entirety of the Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds erupted into a complete uproar. For a while, everywhere you looked, people were frantically discussing this matter.
"Heavens! Even an avatar of the Dark Ancestor was one of the pinnacle powerhouses within our spacetime, dominating the Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds for such a long span of time!
Just how terrifying must the Dark Ancestor's true body be then!
The mere thought of it makes one's scalp tingle!"
"I'm afraid that starting from now, the Dark Ancestor will become the absolute ruler of our spacetime!
The Light Faction certainly won't dare to oppose the Dark Faction any longer!"
"Where would the Light Faction even get the chance to oppose the Dark Faction? In my view, it won't be long before the Light Faction is utterly annihilated by the Dark Ancestor!"
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In short, after this news spread, the Dark Ancestor immediately became the center of attention within the Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds.
"A terrifying powerhouse like this descending upon our spacetime… will it be a blessing or a calamity?
I'm afraid the calamity far outweighs any potential blessing…" Many aged beings who had lived for long ages couldn't help but sigh softly, appearing deeply worried.
At this time, within the Nurturing Yin Land…
The Dark Ancestor was still seated before that black altar. Both his hands were forming a strange magic seal each. A constant stream of incantations flowed from his mouth, and one black sigil after another rose upwards, suffusing towards the black altar.
Sitting cross-legged atop that black altar was the pitch-black child, its eyes tightly shut, appearing extremely tranquil.
Countless black sigils slowly revolved within the space surrounding this pitch-black child's body, looking like a black shield enveloping the child within.
An indeterminable amount of time later, the Dark Ancestor suddenly opened his eyes and slowly stood up.
"Grandfather, how is it?" Hei Que Mage hastily stepped forward and asked.
"This Yin Seed has settled down now. There are no more issues with it. Next, we require a massive amount of nutrients to continue nurturing this Yin Seed until it reaches true maturity," the Dark Ancestor replied.
"Grandfather, those outsiders forced their way into the Nurturing Yin Land to seize this Yin Seed. They nearly destroyed it. We absolutely must avenge this," Hei Que Mage said, recalling the events that transpired not long ago within the Nurturing Yin Land. His gaze was brimming with intense killing intent.
Within this spacetime, the Dark Faction had always considered itself the supreme overlord. Now, their core base had been invaded by outsiders. This constituted the gravest of provocations.
"All living beings within this spacetime must die!
Issue my command! Starting now, launch the true World-Destroying War! Carry out indiscriminate slaughter against all living beings belonging to all forces within all worlds across this spacetime!
In short, kill them all! Because the Yin Seed requires vast amounts of refined blood, flesh, and soul bodies. The more, the better!" the Dark Ancestor declared in a low, heavy voice.
"Excellent!
Starting now, the true World-Destroying War begins!
Once the World-Destroying War concludes, this spacetime will be utterly reduced to ruins!" Hei Que Mage declared with overwhelming, murderous momentum.
Soon, the Dark Ancestor's command was disseminated. The vast armies of the Dark Faction began to mobilize.
This time, every world and every living being within this spacetime were targets of the Dark Faction's slaughter.
Battalion after battalion of the Dark Faction's armies emerged from their various nests and began attacking every world they encountered, assaulting them without distinction!
Almost every single Dark Faction army was led personally by numerous Earth Immortal experts!
This time, the Dark Ancestor had brought thousands of Earth Immortals. Added to the existing Earth Immortals already within the Dark Faction, the number of Earth Immortals under the Dark Faction's command was already terrifyingly vast.
One could say that within this spacetime, there was no longer any force capable of opposing the Dark Faction!
"It's the army of the Dark Faction!
Our world has never provoked your Dark Faction. Why have you mobilized your forces to intrude and slaughter us innocent beings!" In a certain world, a white-haired old man stood in the sky, demanding loudly.
A large group of powerful experts from this world stood behind this white-haired elder, all of them casting furious stares at the Dark Faction army on the opposite side.
Shortly before, a Dark Faction army had forcefully charged into the world from outside, slaying every living being they encountered. Rivers of blood flowed, and corpses littered the ground like wild grasses. Finally, they had drawn out all the powerhouse experts from every force and clan within this world.
"This is an order from our Grandfather! Starting now, all living beings within this spacetime must die! So, you all might as well submit to your deaths obediently and stop spouting useless words!" Within the Dark Faction army, a high-level Earth Immortal took several steps forward and sneered.
Hearing this Dark Faction expert's words, all the powerhouses within this world felt both shocked and enraged.
"Do you mean to say your Dark Faction intends to make enemies of this entire spacetime?!
Aren't you afraid of inciting public fury?!" the white-haired elder shouted angrily.
"Correct. Our Dark Faction does indeed intend to make enemies of this entire spacetime.
Our Dark Faction's goal is to destroy this spacetime and annihilate all living beings within it!" The Dark Faction expert responded with a cold chuckle, then continued slowly.
"Attack! Kill them all!" this Dark Faction expert paused briefly, then abruptly waved his hand in command.