"Due to her apprehensions about me, Balance Ring eventually adjusted her mindset. Rather than risking further escalation of the divine war, she chose to achieve the primary objective of initiating the war. Simultaneously, through the battles between both sides, she aimed to gain a deeper understanding of the strength hidden in the Dark Void. Afterward, she would cautiously formulate plans against the Dark Void, which was the most rational choice. Of course, this doesn’t mean that Balance Ring lacks confidence in the divine army of the Spirit Realm. On the contrary, she also wishes to showcase the combat prowess of the Spirit Realm during this divine war. If they win the war and thereby intimidate me, forcing me to voluntarily relinquish control over the Dark Void, it would be much more profitable than forcibly seizing the Dark Void through large-scale battles," said Mother Mold.

Mother Mold continued, "Balance Ring and I both understand the enormous impact that the confrontation behind this divine war will have on our future ruling positions. Therefore, after the divine war began, we tacitly controlled it within the framework that would prevent it from spiraling out of control. As long as the combat between the two sides did not exceed the boundaries we jointly established, both armies could use any means to fight each other to the fullest. Thus, what seemed to be a life-and-death battle actually evolved into a competition between Balance Ring and me, where we flexed our muscles and mutually threatened each other. We both aimed to gain the upper hand in this competition to secure a psychological advantage in possible larger-scale battles in the future."

"Personally, I wanted to assert my dominance over Balance Ring through this divine war to make her see the situation clearly and stop attempting to spy on my Dark Void. However, for Balance Ring, she wanted to use this divine war not only to clear out the flawed territories of the Spirit Realm but also to engage in an unprecedented battle with us, serving as a prelude to formally seizing the Dark Void in the future. Since Balance Ring has made up her mind to lay hands on the Dark Void, I had no choice but to accept her challenge. Thus, our relationship, which was once intimate, gradually evolved into that of irreconcilable enemies," Mother Mold sighed lightly, dismissing her sense of loss, and continued calmly, "Considering all these reasons, Balance Ring decided not to show mercy to those who thought they could escape unscathed in the divine war. Consequently, they soon suffered indiscriminate attacks from the divine army of the Spirit Realm, resulting in heavy casualties. At the same time, my loyal guards firmly controlled every passage leading back to the Dark Void, leaving those traitors with no choice but to either die in battle or surrender all their illusions and focus entirely on fighting the enemy. The ferocity of that divine war needs no further elaboration. Abandoned by the Dark Void and betrayed by Balance Ring, those opportunistic subjects found themselves in despair. Yet, fueled by a strong will to survive, they unleashed unimaginable combat power. It was the first time Balance Ring witnessed the immense power of fully unleashed Mold Energy."

"At this moment, Balance Ring began to fear us for the first time and started worrying that this intensifying divine war might exceed her estimated controllable range, thereby affecting the areas of the Spirit Realm that didn't need resetting. Therefore, to prevent me from dispatching more Mold Energy into the Spirit Realm for combat, Balance Ring decided to close all the teleportation passages that I secretly assisted in opening at the border of the Spirit Realm, specifically designed for Mold Energy to enter. She thoroughly eradicated all the nodes that could open such teleportation passages," Mother Mold sneered, "Hmph. Although Balance Ring's actions trapped my subjects in the Spirit Realm, leaving them in dire straits, I have to admit her actions are quite to my liking. By doing so, she voluntarily severed the portal connecting the Spirit Realm and the Dark Void. Without Mold Energy causing trouble in the Spirit Realm, it lost its most reliable and enduring source of negative energy. Even though the divine war accidentally created many chaotic areas capable of generating negative energy in the Spirit Realm, without our assistance, even with Balance Ring having grasped the basic method of controlling the clash between negative and positive energies, it is challenging for her to ensure the long-term stability of the Spirit Realm."

"So, to ensure better control over the negative energy generated from the chaotic areas, Balance Ring had to temporarily abandon her ambitions for the Dark Void. Instead, she devoted more energy to practicing and controlling the negative energy, striving to achieve efficient clashes between negative and positive energies to guarantee the relatively balanced operation of the Spirit Realm," Mother Mold admitted, "I must admit that Balance Ring did a good job. With her efforts, the Spirit Realm has stabilized again. However, this stability remains delicate. Any slip on Balance Ring's part will immediately plunge the Spirit Realm into chaos. For this reason, at least for a while, Balance Ring cannot afford to divert her energy to coveting the Dark Void everywhere. This also gives me ample time to develop the Dark Void further, attempting to catch up with the development speed of the Spirit Realm as much as possible. When Balance Ring next tries to spy on the Dark Void, I will still be able to force her to give up the idea with my formidable strength."

The term "chaotic areas" wasn't unfamiliar to Hao Yun and his companions, as this referred to the black holes within the Spirit Realm as described by the Countess. What puzzled Hao Yun, however, was Mother Mold's implication that the Spirit Realm not only didn't want to eliminate these black holes but actually wished for them to persist. Thus, Hao Yun raised this question again to Mother Mold.

Mother Mold replied, "First of all, you need to understand one thing: the method the Balance Ring conceived to cleanse those flawed domains is essentially through the collision of positive and negative polar energies. As these polar energies clash, they jointly squeeze the energies within those domains to the utmost, thereby triggering an ultimate explosion. The purpose of this final explosion is to completely destroy the foundation stones that construct those domains. That's also why the Balance Ring initially hoped that the divine army representing positive energy from the spiritual realms could provoke a massive war with the Mold energy army representing negative energy."

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Unsurprisingly, Mother Mold's answers once again refreshed Haoyun and his two companions' understanding limits of the Balance Ring. Who could have imagined that the creation of those black holes was actually part of the Balance Ring's plan to cleanse the next world program? The Balance Ring truly was a madman who stopped at nothing to achieve her goals! Haoyun couldn't help but exclaim.

"But I still don't understand, does the Balance Ring's approach really make sense? Black holes are regions even the power of the spiritual realms cannot tread, so how does the Balance Ring intend to rebuild the spiritual realms in those forbidden zones?" Dream Jia asked in confusion.

Mother Mold answered, "As for this question, everyone doesn't need to worry too much. Because those chaotic areas, or rather the black holes, are actually the Balance Ring resetting the domains she originally created for the spiritual realms through that massive explosion, thus restoring them to their initial state. In other words, before the Balance Ring shaped those domains into the spiritual realms, their original state was not much different from the black holes now."

"Due to the overly intricate construction of the spiritual realms the Balance Ring built in those areas, the massive explosion couldn't completely eradicate the spiritual realms within those regions at once, resulting in more or less traces of the spiritual realms remaining in those black holes. Therefore, the Balance Ring must wait until the black holes completely digest the remnants of the spiritual realms within them and fully return to their purest initial state before they can reintegrate those black holes into the spiritual realms' territory and create a more perfect world there. However, this waiting time is extremely long, but the Balance Ring will eventually handle all of them." Mother Mold confidently said.

"So, it's not that the spiritual realms are incapable of dealing with those black holes. The reason they designated black holes as forbidden zones is simply to wait for those black holes to complete their self-purification internally, and then restart their reconstruction work on them," Haoyun said, unable to imagine how much information about the spiritual realms he learned was embellished with lies.

At the same time, Haoyun couldn't help but think of the Heluo Galaxy again, thinking of the ever-loving people who had luckily escaped the massive explosion, thinking of how firm their faith in the spiritual realms was, and also thinking of how they eagerly awaited the arrival of reinforcements from the spiritual realms. The ever-loving people vowed to defend their homeland to the death, to pledge allegiance to the spiritual realms, Yan Chaoyue gave his life in exchange for the continuation of the ever-loving civilization, and so on, a series of scenes were still clear. This made Haoyun, who understood the truth behind the divine war, feel deeply sorry for the ever-loving people and Yan Chaoyue's experiences. Because from the beginning, the ever-loving people had been marked as sacrifices in that divine war. The ever-loving people could not imagine that the true behind-the-scenes manipulator seeking to eliminate them was the spiritual realms they unconditionally served.

The spiritual realms not only dragged the ever-loving people into that divine war but also coldly watched from the sidelines, hoping that the ever-loving people and their world would be purified by black holes as soon as possible. The ever-loving people's sincere hearts exchanged for nothing but the spiritual realms' empty pretenses. For the ever-loving people who would rather sacrifice their lives to pledge allegiance to the spiritual realms, for the divine armies sacrificed in the divine war, all the truths were simply a great irony. Thinking of this, Haoyun and the other two fell into silence for a while because of the mixed feelings in their hearts.

"I really didn't expect that the Balance Ring would be such a ruthless existence! Does she deserve the unconditional faith of the holy spirits and living beings?" Finally, Dao Lao couldn't help but speak first in an angry tone, also feeling extremely ashamed of his loyalty to the spiritual realms.

Mother Mold smiled and said, "Hehehe, the Balance Ring dares to offend even me, her own sister. How could she care about you ants who were only given life under the fulfillment of the spiritual realms?"

Unable to refute Mother Mold's statement, Dao Lao could only respond with a bitter smile. Haoyun, on the other hand, didn't want to discuss this embarrassing topic anymore, so he quickly changed the subject and asked, "Oh right, Mold Auntie. You just said that the spiritual realms won't consider attacking the Abyssal Space for some time because of these black holes. Why is that?"

"To be honest, the emergence of those black holes containing a large amount of negative energy was purely accidental. In fact, the Balance Ring and I only knew that a massive explosion, completely formatting the marked domains of the spiritual realms, could be caused by the mutual collision of positive and negative energies. But we weren't clear about how powerful the explosion caused by this method would be. So now looking back, our thoughts at the time were indeed quite crazy." Mother Mold said with some trepidation.

Then, Mother Mold continued, "It might be because that massive explosion was caused by the Mold energy and the spiritual realms, leading to the formation of those black holes under the passive influence of positive and negative polarities. Therefore, during the formation of those black holes, some deviations occurred that even the Balance Ring and I couldn't control, resulting in those black holes producing extremely abundant negative energy. Under these circumstances, as long as the Balance Ring can effectively utilize the negative energy in the black holes, she can naturally maintain the stability of the spiritual realms on her own. Moreover, if the negative energy inside the black holes isn't completely consumed first, the Balance Ring won't be able to rebuild the spiritual realms in those domains again. So, naturally, she won't have time to deal with us for a while!"

"Of course, since the negative energy within the chaotic realms cannot regenerate, there will come a day when they are completely depleted. When that day arrives, it is likely that the Balance Ring will once again contemplate attacking the Abyssal Space. Perhaps we will have to wait tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of years for the Balance Ring's next move. Or perhaps, it may only take a few more decades, or even years, before we witness the Balance Ring's retaliatory strike once again. Regardless of how long it takes, I am determined to confront the Balance Ring once more," Mother Mold said cryptically.