After the Ren Household was besieged, only a band of diehards remained to resist. Thus, before long, the battle fell silent, and the Beihu Household also led over a thousand elites from the northern main city. In truth, he merely wanted to neutralize the sudden crisis as much as possible. He certainly would not let the Mao Household collapse outright, but allowing the Ren Household to weaken the Mao Household to some extent was unavoidable.
Beihu Zhan saw me. Though surprised by my strength, he glanced around and still chose to put the greater picture first. Facing all the immortal families, he declared loudly, "When the battle began, I immediately drew troops and rushed here. I simply never expected the casualties to be so heavy. The Ren Household ignored this City Lord's warning and rashly provoked a conflict. It should be struck from the records of the Zongyun Immortal Domain! From this day onward, any other family that mobilizes troops without my approval will, as always, be treated as rebels!"
After all, he was the City Lord. His ability to rally people was far greater than mine. I had originally forced only nearly half of them to surrender, but once he arrived, the battle completely collapsed. Even the Ren Household had lost the will to fight. Mao Song hurriedly flew over, leading his relatives and Guest Elders in a round of bows and thanks. Beihu Zhan had come to clean up the aftermath in the first place, and I could not be bothered to fight him for the credit. I simply stood aside and watched him put on his show.
Before long, the numerous family heads who had started the war all received appropriate punishment. This amounted to striking the Ren Household from the records, stripping the other families of