Di Tian and Yi Rui ended up coming to an agreement. The Yi Mercenary and the Shuang Commerce Hub forces would remain on the Source Hegemony Planet for ten years under Di Tian, after which Yi Rui was free to come claim them.
Di Tian was secretly pleased as he had initially been expecting the bargain to be capped to a limit of two years. On the other hand, Yi Rui was also pleased as she expected Di Tian to use the bloodline contract he had on her to reject negotiations flat out.
"Next, I'll keep to my end of the deal," Di Tian said as the Martial Spirit Avatar appeared behind him, wielding the Ancient Dragon Hero Sword. For some reason, the Artifact was able to return with the Avatar whenever it returned to Di Tian's Mind Sea.
With a thought, the Artifact fell into Di Tian's hands as he and the Avatar entered the state of Man and Avatar as one. Di Tian's eyes flashed with an arcane light as he gazed at Yi Rui in front of him.