Victory!
After several months of "hard-fought battles," the Great Xuan allied army that had marched against the Western Regions finally returned in triumph.
Ever since the Western Regions False Buddha seized the Great Buddhist Dao and stood opposed to the human regime of Divine Land for ten thousand years, its rule had now collapsed completely and officially come under the control of the central court.
Its strategic significance lay in the fact that the human court no longer had to fear enemies attacking from both front and rear. The unification of the Azure Heavens had been completed!
This lost pearl on the western frontier had finally been reclaimed by the human court!
The ten-thousand-mile desert was no longer a natural moat between the Central Plains and the Western Regions. Confucian Half-Sages had already gone there, using Divine Abilities to transform the land and plant oases everywhere!
It was expected that by the fifth year of the Xuan Era, ordinary people would be able to ride carriages to the Western Regions and admire the local scenery!
Lanterns hung everywhere, and joy filled the air.
Universal Celebration, with all the people rejoicing!
"Ministers, I have something to say!" In Eternal Bright Palace, the somewhat tipsy Emperor Ye Heng of Great Xuan gently tapped his wine cup. Beside him, Hou An hurriedly used Tongue Blooms Spring Thunder to imitate the "ding," "ding," and "ding" of a wine cup being tapped. Only then did the civil and military officials stop exchanging cups and chopsticks and turn their gazes toward Ye Heng.
"The pure land of the Western Regions has been an inseparable part of our human race's domain since ancient times!" Ye Heng declared passionately. "But because of historical circumstances, the False Buddha tore it away from us!"
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