Chapter 971: The Divine Realm is Complete! The Brightest Star! The Stunned Starfall Lord!

"Queen, all the prisoners have been transported back!"

As the battle in the Eternal Night Empire intensified, in the Starfall Empire, Meng Ying received a report from a female official.

After capturing all the noble armed forces of the Starfall Empire, these noble warriors were immediately transported en masse back to the Flame Empire.

Their treatment was even worse than that of the laborers from the Zi Yun Empire.

They were all sent to the mines.

In the endless desert, several large iron mines, rare earth mines, and even one demon stone mine were discovered.

Although called a mine, the demon stone mine does not have demon stones scattered everywhere—often, vast amounts of rock must be shattered to find a single demon stone.

Nearly two million noble warriors from the Starfall Empire, captured, were distributed among more than a dozen mining sites and placed under centralized control.

These warriors were not particularly strong; with all their weapons removed, each mine only needed one or two Grand Archmages, aided by a small number of soldiers, to ensure they could never rise up.

The two million prisoners captured from the invasion of the Flame Empire were sent to the Desert Province, where manpower was desperately lacking.

With Lucynee and the Medusa clan present, these unarmed, unarmored prisoners could not possibly stir up trouble.

Food and water were supplied once per day; even if a few prisoners tried to escape, they could not possibly succeed.

Of course, the Flame Empire did not completely extinguish all hope for them.

After the Starfall Empire was fully conquered, once their faith in the Flame Lord reached a certain level, they would be allowed to return home.

Meng Ying nodded.

Beneath the capital of the Starfall Empire, Hester periodically led several battle formations to intimidate them—those in front were composed of powerful troops, while those behind were formed from reserve soldiers.

They were perfectly suited to use the Starfall Empire as a live-fire training ground.

It was as if they were drilling troops beneath the capital of the Starfall Empire.

"Queen, there's movement in the sky again!"

At that moment, another female official spoke.

Meng Ying had already seen it.

The moment the disturbance in the sky appeared, Meng Ying flew out.

"Boom!"

A terrifying attack struck one of the Flame Empire's battle formations.

If this attack landed, the formation composed of reserve soldiers might be wiped out entirely.

But Meng Ying arrived instantly, channeling her power and effortlessly blocking the attack.

"Damn it!"

At that moment, high in the Heavenly Realm, among the Starfall Pantheon, a god roared in fury.

Although the Starfall Empire had been defeated by the Flame Empire's army, the Starfall Pantheon had not abandoned the Starfall Empire.

They periodically descended their power, attempting to strike blows against the Flame Empire's forces.

Do not underestimate this tactic—had Meng Ying's reactions not been swift enough, over time, the Flame Empire's army might have been worn down to near nothing.

Even though the Starfall Pantheon's divine avatars had been defeated by the Zi Yun Pantheon, under Lin Yan's command, divine avatars could not remain long on the Continent of Gods, nor could they descend without limit—they could only appear at critical moments.

Without an army's support, conquering a great empire was impossible.

The original holy domains within a great empire were also critically important, for divine avatars required time to descend—unlike Meng Ying, who could sense an attack and instantly move to intercept every strike.

"Lord, think of a solution—must we just lose the Starfall Empire without a fight?"

One of the gods in the Starfall Pantheon asked.

The Starfall Lord's expression was terrifyingly dark.

But what could he do? In their battle against the Flame Empire, they had been utterly humiliated—though it was only a battle of divine avatars, a divine avatar's strength often reflected the true power of the god itself.

"Lord, we've learned news of the Flame Lord: months ago, he fought a great battle against four gods in the Elven Divine Realm."

At that moment, one god spoke eagerly.

"Send holy spirits to the Elven Divine Realm—do not make too much noise; their strength may surpass ours."

The Starfall Lord said.

"..."

The ten great gods of the Starfall Pantheon each dispatched vast numbers of holy spirits toward the Elven Divine Realm.

At this moment, in the Elven Divine Realm, Lin Yan's divine realm was nearly complete.

The main body of the divine realm was enormous.

The entire divine realm matched Lin Yan's original vision.

At the center was Lin Yan's residence; Wei Wila and Mei Weisi's divine realms had been dismantled and attached to the outer edges of Lin Yan's divine realm.

Wei Wila treated Lin Yan's divine realm with more care than her own.

The nine-colored divine soil Mei Weisi had prepared for her, Wei Wila had originally intended to use herself—but now she gave it all to Lin Yan.

"Lord, I still have a seed of the Tian Luo Tree—I've planted it at the boundary of your divine realm."

Wei Wila said.

Lin Yan nodded.

On the boundary of his divine realm, he had left small "windows" that allowed some of Wei Wila's plants to grow and rapidly spread outward.

"The Tian Luo Tree grows too slowly—it takes five hundred years to bear one small fruit, but the fruits useful to you, Lord, will likely require three thousand, five thousand, or even ten thousand years to mature."

Wei Wila said.

As she spoke, she planted the Tian Luo Tree seed.

Lin Yan fused life rules with energy points, then used vast amounts of faith power to concoct a special divine energy, diluted it, and poured it into a white water jug.

Then Lin Yan carried the white water jug and poured it down.

Soon after pouring, the Tian Luo Tree seed began to sprout.

"Wow, Lord of Divinity, where did you get so much Life Water?"

薇薇拉 exclaimed in astonishment.

"It really is Life Water—only the Goddess of Life can create this water; it's immensely beneficial to plants of the Towards the Heavenly Realm."

Beside her, another goddess looked over in equal wonder.

"Life Water?"

Lin Yan had merely thought this mixture would help the Heaven-Ro Tree grow faster; he hadn't expected this stuff to be the exclusive domain of the Goddess of Life.

He offered no explanation, simply handing the watering can to Weiwei La.

"Weiwei La, you can use this water to irrigate other plants too."

Lin Yan said.

"Mm!"

Weiwei La took the watering can and nodded obediently.

"Weiwei La, let me help you plant the plants."

Several elf goddesses came over to lend a hand.

Weiwei La, Meivisi, and these elf goddesses together planted a vast number of plants along the edge of Lin Yan's divine realm.

Some elf goddesses even took out seeds they had long cherished.

"Wow, these are Moonlight Vines! Dorothy, don't you need these for your own divine realm?"

Weiwei La asked.

Dorothy said, "Using this in my divine realm would be too wasteful—I'll give them to you instead!"

"Thank you so much, Dorothy."

Weiwei La thanked her.

"Don't mention it—I'll help you plant them."

"Mm!"

The two goddesses planted the Moonlight Vine seeds together.

It was a vine whose leaves could extend beyond the divine realm's boundary at night to absorb moonlight; its leaves were moon-shaped, translucent and beautiful.

It could grow along the boundary wall of the divine realm, reaching all the way to the heavens; every few centuries, the Moonlight Vine bore moon-crescent fruits that hung down from the sky, and consuming them greatly enhanced a god's will.