Xing had been screaming at the foolish reports she got from the other 5 empires. Beasts were beyond her power to touch but Soulmancers were not without weapons. Yet, failure continued to be the bane of her existence!
Once content to stay in their own territories, Moon and even Sun Tier aether beasts had come out of nowhere to make the paths between empires near impassable.
The weakness of depending on trade now reared its head and teleportation had to be authorized which drained Qi stones very quickly. Sky Stones simply could not cope with the demand.
Xing had to issue the far more rare Heaven Stones as a last resort but it was not a long term solution. The cache of stones was not bottomless!
"Is my sister still alive?" Linghu dared to ask a question but then his body was allowed to fall limply to the floor.
