A lot had happened over the past hundred years, not only in the Misty Stone Forest, but also in the North Profound Realm.
Old Man Ling and the others' plan to lure the enemy out had worked. They had continually transferred the cultivators guarding the rear to the front lines, making the Po Family Brothers and the Dragon Turtle believe that Lingxiao Pavilion, Kirin Pavilion, and the other sects had few forces left behind. So they decided to strike those sects.
The Dragon Turtle and the others chose the Huang Family, formerly of the Yellow Realm, as their target. They had made quite a few preparations before acting and planned to withdraw immediately after their thunderous strike.
They simply hadn't expected the defensive formation protecting the Huang Family's headquarters to be so powerful. Even with hundreds of thousands of experts attacking together, they couldn't break through it right away.
At this point, the Dragon Turtle grew wary and proposed withdrawing. The Po Family Brothers, however, didn't take his concerns seriously. They pointed out that the Yellow Realm's remaining forces were definitely few, so staying a little longer wouldn't be a problem.
To mislead the Po Family Brothers, the Dragon Turtle and Old Man Ling had deliberately ordered their people not to rush back to the major sects when they came under surprise attack. This would further deceive their opponents.
No one objected. After all, they had great confidence in the defensive formations protecting the major sects. Holding out for a while would be no problem.
In fact, the Po Family Brothers had been fooled by precisely this. Seeing that only a few thousand cultivators had come to defend the Huang Family's headquarters and that no reinforcements had appeared, they grew even bolder.
After a dozen breaths, they finally broke through