The battle between the Chaotic Demon Domain, led by the Red Moon Desert, and the Buddhist Sect had come suddenly and ended just as quickly. It was nothing like the Devil Race's invasion of the Chaotic Demon Domain back then, followed by wave after wave of allied Demon Race armies. Those wars had lasted for hundreds or even thousands of years at a time.
Although Lu Xiaotian had been under house arrest in the Buddhist Sect for more than eight hundred years, only a few short years had passed from the time both sides had formally clashed in the battle over the World-Heaven Stone to the present conclusion.
The reason ordinary great battles in the cultivation world could last so long was nothing more than the mutual wariness between the top experts of both sides. They did not dare unleash their full strength without restraint. After all, the slightest misstep could bring about consequences that could never be undone. The death or injury of one or two Mahayana cultivators was an almost unbearable loss for any faction.
Although the Danzhu Buddhist Sect had been wary of the Red Moon Desert, it had never expected Lu Xiaotian to dare launch such a reckless gambit, striking the Buddhist Sect even without certainty of victory. Had Dongfang Yi not joined unexpectedly afterward, the current outcome might never have come to pass.
Had it been any other sect, even one with strength comparable to the Red Moon Desert, there would inevitably have been dissent within its ranks when fighting a super immortal sect like the Buddhist Sect. Any move against Mahayana Realm cultivators would also have been considered again and again. But in the Red Moon Desert, the Lotus Avatar was the leader, and the severed arm was fundamentally one with Lu Xiaotian. As