At this moment, in the Caribbean Sea, within the Pirate Alliance, a massive gathering was taking place.
The entire Pirate Alliance had assembled with billions of pirate ships. Every pirate who had chosen to participate in the invasion of Great Yi and steal its fate energy was now gathered here. Those who had chosen not to go had long since departed—and no one had tried to stop them.
Due to an invisible restriction, even those who had withdrawn could not speak a word about it.Leakage was impossible.
The Ten Legendary Pirate Kings were almost all present.
Plundering and chasing profit was in the blood of pirates—especially pirate kings. According to intelligence, this attack on Great Yi would not be undertaken by pirates alone. Forces from all directions, with the same objective, would also act.
This was to be a grand hunting of the strong.Even if Great Yi was a ferocious tiger, they intended to rip off a piece of its flesh.
Besides, their strength was nothing to scoff at.
The Pirate Alliance had practically gathered the majority of the pirates in the Caribbean Sea. Not only were there billions of ships, but their combined forces numbered in the tens of billions—each a battle-hardened raider, born for bloodshed and slaughter. In numbers and brutality, they were more terrifying than locusts.
Just then, an invisible signal appeared in everyone's mind.
All the pirates simultaneously knew: The time to raid Great Yi had come.
"Brothers! Move out! Hunt down Great Yi! Seize their fate!"
the Pirate Emperor shouted.
"Seize their fate!"
"Seize it!!"
The pirates let out wild howls toward the sky.
Shua shua shua!!
As they roared, a formless force swept across the entire Pirate Alliance. In the next moment, billions of pirate ships vanished—teleported directly to the outer borders of Great Yi.
This mysterious power felt like a blessing from heaven, impossible to resist.
In the Bohai Region, countless monsters and demons awoke upon receiving the same signal.
"Seize fate!!"
The moment they chose to join the Seize Fate Campaign, they vanished—teleporting directly to the border waters between Bohai and Hanhai.
An uncountable number of monsters surged in, some of them top-tier demon beasts hiding among the ranks.
"Great Yi has risen to become a Sacred Court. Heaven now sends a disaster—we are carrying out Heaven's will and are the righteous ones in this war.Kill! Invade Great Yi! Plunder its fate and we shall rise!"
This time, the foreign races could no longer hold back.
Though greed played a part, the real reason was that Great Yi's pressure was overwhelming. Even when it was merely an Emperor Dynasty, it had dominated the Hanhai Region. For the bordering races, Great Yi had always been a looming threat.
Now that it had risen to a Sacred Court, expansion seemed inevitable.
Rather than waiting to be attacked, better to strike first.
This was a once-in-an-era opportunity. If they could seize Great Yi's fate energy, they could severely weaken its foundation—delaying its expansion or even causing catastrophic damage.
Wolves besieging a tiger—such a chance may never come again.
Many of these races refused to kneel to Great Yi or to humanity. They made their choice.
Better to gamble now than to be crushed later.If they didn't fight now, they would never get another chance.The heavens themselves seemed to be offering them this opening.
Those unwilling to take that risk might as well bury themselves alive.
In the Yin Moon Dynasty, within the imperial capital...
A black-robed Seven Night Demon Sovereign looked up at the sky, a flicker of intrigue in his eyes.
"Great Yi's tribulation has finally begun. This will be quite the spectacle."
A graceful and noble woman spoke calmly beside him:
"My son, what do you plan to do?With our dynasty's strength, we may yet benefit from this chaos."
There was a natural authority in her voice—one that came from ruling for a long time.
"Mother, Great Yi has already become a Sacred Court. This is not an easy storm to weather."
"With Saint King Yi's talent and foresight, he's certainly prepared for this.If we make a move and fail to deliver a fatal blow, we'll only face future retaliation. That would not be wise."
"Rather than confront them directly, we might as well watch the tigers fight from the mountains."
He smiled.
"Due to the spread of the Imperial Nectar, countless demons have emerged in the Bohai Region.Many of these are transformed vicious beasts and birds, now born as powerful new demons.They are lawless and scattered—even we cannot command them."
"Now, most of these new demons are already rushing to the front lines.If they manage to break into Great Yi and steal its fate, we lose nothing.If Great Yi crushes them, we can simply recruit the survivors into our Yin Moon Dynasty, expanding our own strength."
"That last sliver of fate we lack to become an Emperor Dynasty—we can make it up this way."
Seven Night's smile was strange, as if he already saw the day the Yin Moon ascended to Emperor Dynasty status.
At that moment, all of Bohai would fall under their rule.Only then could they resist Great Yi's inevitable advance.
No matter what, peace was impossible between them and Great Yi.
In the end, this was the destiny of fate-nations:
Either you conquer me, or I conquer you.
There is no coexistence.
Not just the Yin Moon Dynasty—across nearby regions, any power close to Great Yi saw it as the prime threat, their first imagined enemy.
In the Demon Sea, two major powers existed:
The pirates
The navy (of the Heavenly Dragon Dynasty)
They were natural enemies—meeting meant war, always ending in bloodshed and ruin. Both sides constantly vied for control over the sea.
This vast sea was a battlefield of treasures, conquests, and Devil Fruits.Every moment was a dance between justice and chaos.
Just then, the same mysterious wave swept across the Devil Sea.
"Deploy the Second, Third, and Fourth Navy Fleets.
Go pay a 'visit' to the Great Yi Sacred Court."
A silent command was issued from the top ranks of the Heavenly Dragon Dynasty.
"Set sail! This time, the Roger Pirate Crew is heading for a new sea—a new Grand Voyage!"
A middle-aged man radiating kingly dominance raised his hand. His vast crew assembled at once.
"Whitebeard Pirates, assemble!"
"Sun Pirates…"
"Red-Hair Pirates…"
"Blackbeard Pirates…"
"Black Cat Pirates…"
One after another, legendary pirate crews gathered across the Devil Sea.
Their eyes gleamed with bloodthirsty excitement.
They were pirates. Raiders of the sea.The chance to invade Great Yi and seize fate had many of them too excited to sleep.
Now that the signal had come, they cheered and howled.
Their killing intent surged in the air like a storm.Their combined numbers? In the billions.
In the Dead Sea, one of the four great seas—this was the most eerie and dangerous.
Here, death reigned.
Skeleton fish swam the waters. Undead sea beasts roamed. Ghosts drifted above the waves, singing haunted songs.
From beneath the sea, bony claws clawed upward. Groans of pain echoed from invisible mouths.
White-boned ghost ships cruised across the waves, filled with armored undead, their soulfire eyes flickering.Some appeared human one moment, then turned to skeletons the next—their grins grotesque.
The laughter was chilling to the bone.
"Seize fate!!"
The dead roared.
From the sea and the depths below, a tide of undead surged toward Great Yi—then vanished, as if skipping across time and space.
At that moment, a foreboding energy began to rise across the world.
The aura of calamity and slaughter blanketed all of Great Yi's territory.
Awoooo!!
While Yi Tianxing was still bathed in divine light, absorbing the blessings of the Sacred Court and Immortal City…
Suddenly, from the east, a massive column of smoke surged into the sky.
It was entirely blood-red, like a pillar of divine blood, and from within, a giant blood-colored battle wolf formed—howling at the heavens.
"The Wolf Smoke!That's from the Beacon Tower—it's the Wolf Smoke Signal!That's the eastern border, from the Iron-Blood Great Wall!Something's happening in the Bohai Region!"
All across Great Yi, the people heard the howl, saw the signal.
The Beacon Tower was a Heavenly Treasure—fused into the Iron-Blood Great Wall.Its Wolf Smoke Signal could be seen across all of Great Yi, instantly alerting the entire court.