While Meng Zhao lay low, biding his time, building his strength, and waiting for an opportunity.
With the Great Dragon Head at its helm, the White Dragon Venerable Society formed the White Dragon Army. He proclaimed himself the White Dragon Great General and raised an army in Tiannandao Province, claiming three hundred thousand troops, a thousand generals beneath his command, and strategists gathered like clouds. It carried quite the air of a grand hegemonic enterprise, and for a time, none could rival its momentum.
Counties throughout Tiannandao Province sent urgent cries for aid. The Imperial Court's hundred thousand elite troops stationed at the Yun County camp in Tiannandao Province were scattered with a single charge through collusion from within and without. The world was shaken, and the fortunes of the Tian Yuan Imperial Dynasty suddenly hung by a thread.
At the same time that the White Dragon Venerable Society rose in Tiannandao Province, powerful clans and fierce warriors in Changshan Dao Province, Huabei Dao Province, Guanyou Dao Province, and many other regions also raised their banners in response. They slew officials, seized government treasuries, and took all the weapons and grain within. The world descended into chaos.
Meanwhile, within the boundaries of Kyoto, the Tian Yuan Dynasty, the Tian Yuan Great Emperor, though gravely wounded, had not died. He actually obtained a Divine Essence Pill from the imperial clan treasury. After taking it, his injuries fully healed. He steadied his throne, mobilized elite troops from across the realm, and moved to suppress the rebellion led by the White Dragon Venerable Society.
For a time, beacon fires rose across the vast land and warfare raged without end. The common people were displaced from their homes. Places like Hebei Province, prosperous and peaceful lands untouched by war, became like paradise, drawing countless