The twelfth year of Qingzong.
The Great Yuan feudal lords' allied army was routed on the Sishui Plain. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers fled toward Taizhou, Jinzhou, and other regions, leaving Yuan Nation grievously weakened.
Other garrison commanders surrendered entire cities to Wu State, colluding with foreign powers. In scarcely a few months, more than half of the nineteen provinces had fallen under Wu State's rule.
Only Taizhou, Huanzhou, Haizhou, and Shuzhou remained.
"Hyah! Hyah!"
Across the Haizhou plains blanketed in flying snow, several Black Horse Messengers galloped at full speed along the increasingly sparse highway, racing toward Zhentao City.
Zhentao City had a dock that led directly to Tianhai Island, allowing them to notify the Xuanmiao Sect, which was in the midst of relocating.
The black horses were covered in black scales and clearly no ordinary breed, but even they could not withstand such prolonged, sleepless running. Their eyes had begun to lose focus, white foam spilling from their mouths. They looked ready to collapse at any moment.
Seeing this, the lead rider grew even more anxious. He pressed a hand hard against the horse's back, sending a surge of energy into its body and forcefully stimulating its blood and qi to prolong its life.
The black horses raced wildly onward. Half a quarter-hour later, they finally reached the relay station outside Zhentao City.
The rider leaped from his horse and delivered the secret letter.
Before long, a Green Robe Daoist received the letter and hurried into the courtyard within the relay station, tying the secret missive to a magnificent male White Headed Eagle.
"Go." His expression was grave as he stuffed a special pill into the White Headed Eagle's beak.
This pill would allow the White Headed Eagle to fly to the Xuanmiao Sect on Tianhai Island at