The Queen of Scrolls never admits defeat

In an instant, the entire Azure Netherworld was rife with undercurrents.

Almost everyone who receives a dream revelation does not immediately try to process or explore it alone, but instead immediately contacts their family.

On the surface, the Azure Netherworld appeared eerily calm, with each family discussing the dream behind closed doors.

After the family discussions were completed, the heads of the various families, whether in public or in their interactions with other forces, adopted a remarkably consistent narrative:
"This matter is too strange. Forcing someone into a dream at noon is not the work of a righteous person. It must be a trick by evil demons from beyond the realm to bewitch people!"

"The spiritual energy has faded? The spiritual roots are gone? That's utter nonsense! Everyone, don't panic and fall into their trap."

"The so-called 'Azure Nether Society' and 'magic' have unknown origins and are extremely dangerous. Our clan will never get involved easily. We should remain calm and observe carefully."

His words were forceful and resounding, full of doubt and criticism of the "dream revelation," and he appeared to be a rational, calm, and unmoved person.

However, within these families, the situation is quite different.

Almost every family of any size secretly selected a group of disciples with inferior or no spiritual roots, had them sign a contract with the seemingly random {Azure Netherworld Contract}, and quietly joined the "Azure Netherworld Society".

They hid in the family's most secluded training rooms or secret bases, eagerly studying the new knowledge called "magic" and fiddling with the various "cards."

The family's higher-ups closely observed the cultivation of these "seeds" and strictly required them not to reveal a single detail to outsiders.

Time passed quietly.

At first, everyone seemed to take the "decline of spiritual energy and loss of spiritual roots" lightly. However, after a few months, the sensitive high-level cultivators did notice that the spiritual energy in the world was no longer as abundant as before, and was thinning at a very fast rate.

After the first year, the major powers were astonished to discover that there was not a single newborn with spiritual roots among the new generation.

The prophecy in the dream is gradually turning into a cruel reality!
Panic spread silently in the hearts of every member of the family's top leadership.

At this point, all wishful thinking was completely shattered.

Almost simultaneously, all families and sects underwent a silent strategic shift.

To outsiders, their rhetoric remains the same: "Fluctuations in spiritual energy are a normal phenomenon in the world; the decrease in the number of children with spiritual roots may just be a coincidence."

"The 'Azure Abyss Society' is still suspicious. Our clan only sent a few people to test it out, just in case. We must not invest all our strength in it, lest we fall into a trap."

Internally, however, the situation is quite different.

The allocation of family resources has undergone a dramatic change!
The vast resources originally intended for training monks were quietly diverted to support "magical research".

All members of the clan were required to join the "Azure Nether Society," and the cultivation of magic was elevated to a strategic level of equal importance to the cultivation of immortality in the past.

A fierce "magical involution" is unfolding intensely within the deep mansions of every family in the Azure Realm.

Each family is wary of and spyes on the other, desperately trying to establish their own absolute advantage in the magical age before the other families can react and fully commit.

On the surface, the entire Azure Nether Realm appears calm and peaceful, maintaining the decorum and vigilance of the old era. However, beneath the surface, a silent magical arms race is underway, one that will determine the future landscape. All the families have become the most invested and anxious participants in this competition.

When Moran went to the Azure Netherworld to copy the cultivation techniques and spellbooks of this world as evidence for her magical research, she heard nothing but negative comments from people talking about the Azure Nether Society. If it weren't for the obvious card magic fluctuations on each of them, clearly indicating that they had already joined the Azure Nether Society, she would have believed that her propaganda strategy had failed.

Knowing that these people were all desperately learning magic within their clans while criticizing magic vehemently outside the clans, trying to influence others' views on the Qingyou Academy and magic, and to give their own family an advantage, Moran suddenly decided to design and release a brand new "Family Series" of cards.

First up is the family version of the {character cards} – {family cards}.

It can be linked to a family and used as a personal identity credential bearing the family crest.

Once bound, the cardholder's magic rank, magic level, and "survival/fall" information will be automatically synchronized in real time to the {family card} held by the family's high-ranking members.

The {Family Card} is held by the family's leader or designated manager.

This card can clearly display the number of all members of the bound family, the overall strength distribution of the members, and can know the casualties of the members in the first place, making it a "dynamic dashboard" of the family's strength.

In addition, there is the {Personal Card Vault}, which records all the types and quantities of cards owned by an individual, symbolizing their personal "wealth" and "collection," and the {Family Card Vault}, which records the types and total quantity of cards owned by the entire family, directly reflecting a family's magical resource reserves and "financial strength."

The main attractions are the {Clan Ranking} and the {Family Ranking}.

The {Clan Ranking} automatically synchronizes information from all {Family Cards} and {Personal Card Pools} within the clan, generating a ranking list of members' strength and wealth within the clan.

The {Family Ranking} automatically synchronizes the {Family Card} and {Family Card Pool} information of all families that purchased this card, generating a comprehensive strength ranking and wealth ranking for all families within the entire Qingyou Academy.

Initially, the account is automatically anonymous, but cardholders can choose to cancel the display of their family name while anonymous. However, if they choose to remain anonymous, they will not be able to see the names of other families even if other families display their names.

The moment this card set was released, especially in the face of the anonymous data in the {Clan Rankings}, the “superficial peace” that all clans were trying to maintain was instantly shattered!

Everyone's been saying to be careful when joining the Azure Ghost Society and learning magic, but when you look at the rankings, their magical prowess and card wealth are off the charts!

Even if it's impossible to tell which company it is, the changes in the strength and wealth of each "anonymous" individual are crystal clear.

Because anonymous individuals and clans are seeing only anonymous rankings, more and more individuals and clans are voluntarily canceling their anonymity.

In an instant, all the families that had been secretly causing trouble were brought into the open.

What started as a silent rivalry has become a naked, open competition!
"The Wang family has quietly climbed to number 105 on the strength ranking? I was drinking with Young Master Wang yesterday, and he said that magic can't prolong life, and if you have spiritual roots, there's no need to learn it at all!"

"Quick! Gather all clansmen who have mastered the basics of magic, intensify their meditation, and convert all the restored spiritual energy into gem coins. The Li family is about to surpass us on the wealth list!"

"The bottom ten in the family rankings this month will have their resources halved! The top ten will have their resources doubled. Let's keep up the good work!"

...(End of chapter)