The difficulty of imprinting the fourth star pattern is extremely high, and Master Lan Yue gave an imprinting time of about three years. During this period, the two need to cooperate in pre-arranged formations and must not be disturbed in any way.

Previously, the Lan Family helped him purchase a large amount of materials, coupled with a group of Dream Masters to manifest the Fire Mystic Crystal. The news of imprinting the fourth star pattern has already spread widely, and now many people know that there is such a strong figure on the Lan Family’s side who is about to start the fourth star pattern imprinting.

Thus, the imprinting of the star pattern adds another layer of risk. As the Lan Family’s opponent in this royal power contest, the elders of several other Star Spirit Council are absolutely not going to stand idly by.

At that time, these people are sure to send someone over to launch a sneak attack, and the imprinting process might encounter unexpected incidents.

Fortunately, the Lan Family is not completely unprepared for this. Firstly, the location for imprinting the star pattern is absolutely confidential. It is said to be in a forbidden space of the Lan Family, known only to the clan leader and a few others.

Secondly, the Lan Family has also created several illusions to confuse the enemy. With the wisdom of the Lan Family strategists, they have laid down large ambushes in those places, along with hidden killing formations, intending to use this opportunity to significantly weaken the surrounding competing forces.

Zhang Xiaoman overheard Lan Gu mention a small part of the plan. He did not expect this action would be so complicated; on the surface, it was to help him with the star pattern imprinting, but in fact, it was also a military operation carried out by the Lan Family using this opportunity.

However, he does not have much to complain about this, as his pursuit is quite pure. As long as the Lan Family can successfully help him imprint the fourth star pattern, any conspiracy or manipulation that does not affect his goal does not matter.

To ensure this star pattern imprinting goes smoothly without worries, Zhang Xiaoman returned to the First Universe to make thorough preparations.

He explained it well to the Star Alliance side, same as before, with Su Changqing presiding over the situation and assisted by his mother, Lin Sisi, and Ye Yunxiu. He trusts Su Changqing’s abilities very much.

Furthermore, the Star Alliance now has the addition of Ziwei and hundreds of undead, significantly enhancing the overall and high-end combat power, along with Naphaya guarding the Original Realm. Even if sixth-level Alien Species come over, the Star Alliance is capable of responding.

Now, the only worry is other planets.

The Divine Ancient Continent and Carl Star are still relatively better off. Although the former is also stuck at the fusion active point, it has the Tianyuan Sect and Ni Yang overseeing it, so there’s no need to worry about major changes.

Moreover, the Star Alliance has established spatial gates with that side, so in case the Divine Ancient Continent encounters tough issues, a large group of Awakeners can instantly descend, dealing with those Alien Species.

As for Carl Star, it is the new mother planet of the Phantom Spirit Clan, created with Zhang Xiaoman’s help. Now everything is in a state of revival and reconstruction.

Although the combat power of those Phantom Spirits isn’t great at the moment, the place is outside the fusion active point and not within the Insect Domain, so crises are unlikely to arise.

Zhang Xiaoman dispatched three Controllers from the Wildfire Department and dozens of Enlighteners to guard, helping them handle attacks from native Fierce Beasts and also teach them skills in using dark spiritual power.

These two planets are still stable, and even if Zhang Xiaoman is absent in the coming years, it’s unlikely to face destruction threats.

The most worrying is Guleng Star.

This is the mother planet of the Guleng people. Due to the outbreak of the Crimson Apocalypse, over ninety-seven percent of the population on this planet has been infected and transformed into Mutants, pushing planetary civilization to near extinction.

Fortunately, the Star Alliance took immediate action, linking cities through underground passages, dispatched personnel from the Wildfire Tavern to aid survivor gathering, and employed the Light of Hope Array in the sky as guidance, allowing the remaining people to survive in this crimson world.

However, merely these measures aren’t enough to save this dying planet. In the middle of the Guleng Star System, atop the "Prism" constant star sustaining external life, a powerful entity could awaken at any time.

That is a transcendent Calamity Species, where transcendent is not just an adjective but carries its literal definition, representing a truly extraordinary-level terrifying being.

The Alien Species is currently in slumber, needing to fuse with a body to bear its strength. The Prism constant star is its chosen target this time.

Based on Zhang Xiaoman’s past calculations, the Alien Species within the Prism could complete the fusion within three years at the earliest or decades at the latest, thus awakening and destroying this star system.

Now, it has been five years since that last calculation, and if luck is bad, the Alien Species could awaken at any moment.

At that time, the people on Guleng Star face a real apocalypse. Against a fully empowered seventh-level Alien Species, even if the Star Alliance gathers all its forces, it cannot contend with it.

Upon reaching a certain level, numbers become mere decoration; unless it’s like the Desert Worm Clan, achieving an endless measure, inducing qualitative change through quantitative change, there’s simply no way to handle that monster.