An entrenched mindset was difficult to budge, much to Celestial’s chagrin. The demonic army was less than a third as strong as it had once been. Nevertheless, he was still confident in a frontal assault.

However, military strength wasn’t the only form of power. Some facets of power were intangible and invisible, but decisive all the same.

For example, mankind should’ve been in dire straits after its prolonged decline, but a savior in the form of Jiang Chen had emerged to become the pillar of their resistance.

Such was humanity’s good fortune. Luck was also a facet. Moreover, humans had mastered formations and a multitude...