After exchanging pleasantries with Lan Xin, Bai Yang began asking her about the current state of the Light Realm.
More than ten fortresses like the one Bai Yang and the others were in had been built along the borders of the Sky Dragon Empire, shielding the empire firmly behind them.
Each fortress was staffed by powerful experts. The more than two thousand mountain folk Lan Xin and Jiang Nan had brought, along with Bai Xiao Jing and the others, were scattered among the fortresses, leading the armies in battle against the Abyss demons.
Lan Xin was immensely powerful. Although there were dozens of ninth-tier experts in this fortress, she was unquestionably the strongest among them.
However, she had no involvement in managing the fortress. For one thing, the Sky Dragon Empire would never hand power over to her. For another, she didn't want to invite trouble. She occasionally went out to slay powerful demons, and got along fairly well with the Sky Dragon Empire's officials.
She had a residence of her own here, with more than a thousand servants at her disposal.
In a small courtyard at her residence, Bai Yang and Lan Xin sat across from each other at a stone table, drinking together over a few simple dishes and two jars of aged wine.
"The situation is dire. Across the entire Light Realm, among the human nations, only the Sky Dragon Empire and the Magnolia Empire have managed to gain a tenuous foothold, thanks to our help. More than ninety percent of the other nations have already fallen to the Abyss demons. Another ten or twenty nations, second only to the Sky Dragon Empire and the Magnolia Empire, are still fighting desperately, but most of their territories have already been lost. Their destruction could come at any moment."