A Look at the Heavenly Books
After thinking it through, Li Yu felt she owed Xia Tian an apology, so she agreed to Xia Tian being buried with her parents.
Before long, news spread from Chang'an that the former queen, Xia Tian, had died for love of the former king. After that, word got out that Li Peiyan had deceived Xiling for the sake of the throne.
So now, everyone in the world knew that Great Tang had never harbored the remnants of the Demon Sect. Even if it had, they were already dead, leaving no evidence. The Xiling Divine Palace had lost its reason to wage war on Tang.
Just when everyone thought the Xiling Divine Palace would withdraw its decision to attack Tang, the coalition army it had organized had already entered Qinghe Commandery and clashed with Tang's border forces.
One battle shattered everyone's illusions.
The first illusion belonged to the people of the world, who believed that without a reason to attack Tang, the Xiling Divine Palace would not do so, and peace would continue.
The other illusion belonged to Great Tang's military. They thought they were the ones defending Great Tang, but when the coalition army attacked, their generals were no different from ordinary people in the face of cultivators.
On top of that, General Xu Shi was currently defending against the grassland coalition in the north. Though the commander guarding the southern line was also a martial arts grandmaster, he had never imagined that Qinghe Commandery's noble clans would suddenly betray them. Caught off guard, he could only struggle to hold the line as they retreated, step by step, until they crossed Qing Gorge. Only then could they barely hold their ground, relying on the gorge.
But he knew perfectly well that this would not