Ye Zhen received news of the total annihilation of the 1.5 million-strong Sea-Conquering Army led by Dongyang Xiao, Second Grand Authority Priest of the Ancestral God Hall, and Changsun Baimei, deputy legion commander of the Central Imperial Guard's Four Symbols Legion, ten days after the tragedy had occurred.
By then, Ye Zhen had already taken up his new post as Millennial Commander of the Imperial Guard's Fifth Guard.
Throughout this time, Liu Feng had spared no effort, mobilizing every force under his command to investigate the matter and clarify every detail for Ye Zhen.
Liu Feng understood very clearly that the annihilation of the Sea-Conquering Army carried enormous and far-reaching consequences. It would certainly have an immensely profound impact on the situation across the Primordial Continent.
Once the situation on the Primordial Continent underwent drastic changes, the circumstances facing the North Sea Prefecture Duke's Mansion would likewise change drastically.
To put it at its worst, how could any eggs remain intact beneath an overturned nest?
Neither Liu Feng nor Gu Tieqi, nor even He Qi, whom Ye Zhen valued highly, was skilled at judging such strategic tides.
Thus, Liu Feng did all he could to investigate everything thoroughly, so that Ye Zhen could make a decision.
Even though the Primordial Continent had remained as peaceful as ever in the ten days since the Sea-Conquering Army's annihilation, without the slightest change in the overall situation—
Everyone knew that undercurrents were surging beneath the surface. This was merely the calm before the storm.
Once those undercurrents erupted, it would be a true upheaval—a colossal change!
The 1.5 million-strong Sea-Conquering Army had not, strictly speaking, been completely wiped out.
The 100,000 elite soldiers of the Four Symbols Legion left behind at the Ye Prefecture camp had escaped disaster.
Other than them, of the