The unification of the Great Wilderness was nearly complete.
In fact, it might have been somewhat difficult at the beginning. But once the Great Ying Divine Dynasty's territory had encompassed every inch of the Great Wilderness, the remaining factions did not need anyone to say a word before they began to panic.
No matter how unwilling they were, they knew this was the tide of the times, utterly impossible to resist.
Some forces had already come to surrender in advance, asking only that the New Emperor grant them the same treatment as other major powers: nominal unification, incorporation into the Great Ying Divine Dynasty's territory, while retaining actual autonomy.
After all, that was still better than someday having the Great Ying Divine Dynasty ride right over their faces and crush them outright.
The reason it was only nearly complete was that if the territory expanded too quickly, the foundation would easily become unstable. The rate at which Wedding Dress's own strength rose would not be able to keep pace with the expansion of the territory.
That would leave behind hidden dangers.
But by now, Wedding Dress was no longer prepared to wait.
What happened last time had already proven enough. Since Huliang had begun shouldering its duty as the bridge between worlds once more, peaceful coexistence with the Ancient Heavenly Court—and even the Ancient Underworld—was destined to be impossible.
There would not even be an opportunity for negotiations.
To those lofty deities, were you humans even worthy of discussing terms with gods? The horn for all-out war had not yet sounded, but the war itself had long since begun.
If they did not race against every second to prepare, the final outcome might be utter defeat.
Wedding Dress had once been the Great Emperor Princess of the Great Ying Divine