The war unleashed by the complete annihilation of the Seers had finally spread into the open. That was why the Black-Robed Man had said their total destruction might not necessarily be a good thing. I naturally acknowledged that point, but one had to break before rebuilding. Who knew whether the world might truly change once certain people were gone?
The Dao Alliance's war was bound to drag on for a long time, while the war against the Ascending Immortals in the north certainly would not be a matter of the Ancient Dragon House charging straight in and sweeping away all the territory. Though the Northfox House had fallen into war not long after its reconstruction, leaving it with an innate weakness, it had not been wiped out. It still possessed basic defensive capabilities. Moreover, the Northfox House occupied part of the Twelve Great Families, so with those families supporting it, the defensive line would not collapse at once.
The second defensive line was currently fully prepared for battle, while the Ancient Dragon House had bitten off too much with its first mouthful. It would take some time to choke that down, and wanting to swallow another mouthful would definitely require more than a month or two. The Ascending Immortals' territory was simply too vast, and the Northfox House also occupied the lands of the former Old Heaven Realm. The cities here were fortified and their cannons powerful; it was not a place one could simply seize at will. If not for an inside agent in the immortal cities of the Immortal Realm, just reaching the front would take half a month!
Thus, the temporary deadlock in the battle gave the Northfox House and Heaven One Realm time to prepare. Troops were deployed and defenses reinforced, while all kinds of star-domain