The Borderlands were now ablaze with war, and the three regions had headed toward three entirely different endings.
As the place where it had all begun, the Nine Regions of the Southwest should have been the area with the most brutal battle situation. Yet the truth was precisely the opposite.
After Song Qingxing and the others confirmed the existence of the Demonic Calamity, Song Qingxi immediately convened the leaders of every Cultivation World. In less than an hour, they had unified everyone's views.
On the first day after the meeting ended, the major Golden Core forces dispatched large numbers of elites. They withdrew from the encirclement and annihilation of the Demon Beast remnants and rushed to the Lu Kingdom Cultivation World at top speed, taking only three days to fully deploy.
At the same time, internal investigations were carried out throughout the various Cultivation Worlds.
Such efficiency was far beyond anything the Central Region or even the Southeast could achieve.
War was the best catalyst, and its effects showed in every aspect.
Though they had paid an exceedingly heavy price, they had still brought the situation under control in the shortest time and stabilized their footing.
Hou Yu of the Nine Profound Gate had likewise informed the Central Region's various forces of the Demonic Calamity at once. Yet it had not received sufficient attention, and they were caught completely off guard, allowing the situation to spiral entirely out of control.
As a result, the various Golden Core forces could only huddle within their Mountain Protection Arrays in pursuit of self-preservation.
There was nothing wrong with preserving their own strength, but the consequences were that they allowed the Demonic Calamity to spread rapidly. Countless small families and minor forces were swallowed up and destroyed.
Like a snowball rolling downhill, the Demonic