The Queen of Scrolls never admits defeat

The Starry Ark completed its final jump and hovered silently in the void outside the Xuanling Realm.

Not far away, the original gray-blue boundary membrane of the Xuanling Realm had become very dull, while the dark golden luster of the boundary membrane of the Immortal Realm was very eye-catching.

Even though the ascension path has been severed, things haven't improved much.

Judging from the state of the boundary membrane, no one had much hope of persuading the consciousness of the Xuanling Realm, but they still had to give it a try.

It's always best to achieve your goals through negotiation.

The six strongest individuals—Moran, Tracy, Carmela, Anita, Ariana, and Meredith—left the Mirror Space and flew to the boundary between the Mirror Space and the Xuanling Realm.

With the most peaceful demeanor possible, Tracy conveyed a message that combined goodwill and a desire for cooperation to the world consciousness of the Xuanling Realm.

At first, the membrane rippled slightly, like the surface of a lake to which a pebble has been thrown.

A vague, somewhat weary and cautious thought cautiously reached out and gently touched the mental tendrils of Moran and the others.

"Strangers...visitors..." the thought spoke intermittently, like a candle flickering in the wind, "What...are you seeking?"

"We seek cooperation!" Tracy, as the primary communicator, translated her voice into a stream of information that the other party could understand through astral language. "We are aware of your long-standing situation of being plundered and controlled by the Celestial Realm. Although we have severed the path to ascension, as long as you maintain your current cultivation system, the Celestial Realm can be rebuilt at any time. Only by guiding intelligent beings onto other cultivation paths can you completely escape the threat of the Celestial Realm. We can bring you a brand-new magic system to help you restore your original nature and even embark on a broader path of advancement."

"Escape...the Immortal Realm?" The thought seemed to flicker, conveying an emotion mixed with longing and fear. "Is it really...possible?"

The ensuing exchange proceeded exceptionally smoothly on the surface.

The world consciousness of the Xuanling Realm exhibits an extremely high level of "interest," expressing its pain at being oppressed by the Immortal Realm, its yearning for freedom, and its curiosity about new powers.

It asked more and more questions, and its attitude became increasingly "eager." It even started asking about the specific details of the cooperation and couldn't wait to ask them to enter the world to help. It promised to give them as many Origin Magic Crystals as possible as a thank you after the matter was completed.

After carefully sensing it, Tracy nodded slightly and whispered to the others, "Although it is weak, its resentment towards the Celestial Realm and its desire for change do not seem to be fake."

A glimmer of hope quietly rose in everyone's hearts.

Perhaps, this spirit realm, the furthest from the immortal realm, truly retains a trace of independent consciousness?
When the time was right, Carmela took out the highest-level contract she had personally written, drafted for a world of friendly cooperation.

The contract is composed of pure golden contract power, exuding an aura of justice, solemnity, and power.

“This is our sincerity and a guarantee for our cooperation.” Tracy pushed the illusory image of the contract toward the boundary membrane. “Please read it. If there are no objections, we can sign it and begin our cooperation immediately.”

The contract touched the boundary membrane of the Xuanling Realm, and the world consciousness of the Xuanling Realm, which had been quite active just now, fell silent and remained silent for a long time.

After a while, it shook open the contract: "Can we not sign the contract? These terms are too complicated, and I'm not entirely at ease with them."

After that, no matter what they said, the world consciousness of the Xuanling Realm refused to sign a contract first, and kept trying to get them to enter the world to help.

All pretense crumbles instantly before the written contract bound by the power of contractual rules, revealing the true nature of everything.

No matter how convincing its performance or how moving its story, its true stance is revealed when it refuses to sign this equal contract.

Clearly, it didn't genuinely want friendly cooperation. Its previous enthusiastic response was most likely just an attempt to lure them into the boundary membrane. The Xuanling Realm is a genuine level eight world, unlike those cultivation worlds that were at most level four or five.

In worlds of level four or five, given their magic power and vehicle strength, they can generally escape even if the world's consciousness wants to harm them.

If one enters an eighth-level world and becomes an enemy of its consciousness, even Moran is not confident that he can leave safely.

This is why they would rather spend more time and effort than directly enter the world and discuss cooperation with the consciousness of the Xuanling Realm.

But now, there's no need to continue the talks!

Moran made a decisive decision: "Go back! Get in the vehicle and prepare to use force to suppress it and force it to sign the contract!"

Among the more than one hundred of them, even the lowest-ranking among them already wields magic power at the level of tens of billions of mana.

There are also several eighth-tier spellcasters with a level of hundreds of billions of manas.

Moran's magic power level recently broke through the trillion level.

Over such a long period of time, the amount of magic power stored up at once is an astronomical figure.

Within the boundary membrane lies the domain of world consciousness. No matter how high the magic reserves are, if the magic level is insufficient, they may still be controlled. However, outside the boundary membrane, world consciousness can only passively defend. Their magic reserves, when transformed into magical attacks, are absolutely enough to completely destroy an eighth-level world.

If the Xuanling Realm doesn't want to become a dead star, the only way forward is to sign a contract with them.

The world level of the spirit realm is such that the number of spellcasters is incomparable to that of the cultivation world. No matter how much magic power you invest in the early stages, you can earn it back later.

The moment the command was given, those who were already waiting in the mirror space were quickly teleported into their respective vehicles and began loading the {Magic Card - Firework Magic Bullet}.

“It should have been like this a long time ago!” Anita’s excited voice rang out.

She didn't even need to use the {magic card}; her entire being transformed into a firework wand, suddenly enlarging in the void. Terrifying magic power gathered wildly, and a colorful firework shell, condensed to its extreme and exuding an aura of destruction, was the first to strike the boundary membrane of the Xuanling Realm!
This firework bomb used 90% of her current magic reserves, and was basically her most powerful attack while maintaining mobility in the void.

The impact struck the boundary membrane of the Xuanling Realm. Although it wasn't enough to cause a devastating blow to the Xuanling Realm, it still shook the entire world.

And this is just the beginning.

Anita quickly used her energy storage card to restore her magic power and continued her attack.

The other vehicles also flew out of Moran's mirror space, and together with Moran's Starry Ark, began to release the most powerful firework magic bullets {magic cards} currently being used against the Xuanling Realm.

The void was illuminated by countless dazzling fireworks.

The strongest attack launched by hundreds of high-level explorers is powerful enough to instantly destroy some low-level worlds.

Although the Xuanling Realm is an eighth-level world, under such a violent attack, its boundary membrane began to twist and vibrate violently. The light on its surface dimmed rapidly at a visible speed, and even fine cracks began to appear. (End of this chapter)