"All right, it's settled. I'll leave Desolate Ancestor and the Three Saints here to form a joint command center. The joint council will operate under its authority, while each general's residence will be commanded by its respective general. We must secure a complete victory in this battle."
After giving his instructions, Xu Yi hurried to the Big Dipper Palace, leaving Li Tieya behind as a liaison officer—or, in truth, as a hostage to reassure Venerable Moyun and the others.
After making the arrangements with the Reverse Star Palace, Xu Yi immediately returned to the Big Dipper Palace to report the results of his negotiations with Suijie to Ning Wuyou. Saintess Ning was quite satisfied. Unlike Xu Yi, she didn't go in for all those twists and turns. She immediately issued an edict, summoned the Route Prefects from every region, and gave her orders outright, without the tedious meeting Xu Yi had held at the Reverse Star Palace to unite everyone's intentions.
Under Saintess Ning's overwhelming pressure, the Route Prefects had no choice but to obey. Thus, the greatest battle the Starry Sky Ancient Path had seen since the three powers had come to dominate it erupted.
"It's chaos, total chaos! Fighting everywhere, invasions everywhere! Wh-what on earth is going on?"
Chen Zhaojiang raced around the Starry Sky Hall like a crazed beast. Messages calling for aid, reporting emergencies, and announcing collapses made the Ruyi Pearls arranged across more than a hundred rows of desks in the hall tremble and flash.
All one had to do was look or listen. With a casual activation of any Ruyi Pearl's wards, another infuriating piece of bad news would come through.
Peng Huizu sat in the center, his face ashen, without saying a word.
Chen Zhaohai snapped, "I told you not to move the