This expedition to the Ancient Era was an act of vengeance—vengeance against the Ancient Era!
The moment this slogan was shouted, the entirety of the Martial Dao Era boiled over. Though more than ten thousand years had passed, ten thousand years was not particularly long for many accomplished cultivators.
It was not enough to make them forget this blood sea vengeance!
That battle had been far too tragic. Too many great clans had been uprooted by the roots, their armies utterly wiped out, not a single person escaping.
It had even differed from the clashes between the Chaos God Dynasty and the Creation God Dynasty. Those had been brutal as well, but they had not reached the point of exterminating every last one. Recruiting surrendering enemies and traitors from one another had been extremely common.
After all, what they fought over was dominion over this stretch of heaven and earth. It was not necessary for one side to leave the other without even a burial ground.
But when those Ancient Eras invaded the Martial Dao Era, they had not merely wanted to slaughter them all. They had wanted to destroy the Martial Dao Era itself.
Thus, the ruthlessness with which both sides struck could not be mentioned in the same breath.
Even the colossal Super Sects and great clans guarded by Celestial Venerables had suffered enormous losses this time.
In the battle ten thousand years ago, there had been countless forces whose strength had been cut by more than half, leaving them severely weakened. Even those that had lost less had still suffered damage exceeding one-third.
That was only because Ye Xiwen had acted quickly enough. Otherwise, they likely would have been completely wiped out as well.
They might have been powerful, but that was precisely why they had been