As Dark Dead Silence continued to engulf the True Self Realm, the war lasted five years before it ended.
Lu Yin learned the outcome, too.
The Life Main Dao had not won. From the very beginning, the Shadow Realm had been bait dangled by the Dao of Death to lure the Life Main Dao in. The Dao of Death's true goal had been another realm. Working with the Dao of Karma, it had completely driven the Life Main Dao out of that realm. With most of the realm becoming unclaimed territory, it had taken complete control of it.
That left the realm with only the Dao of Karma and the Dao of Death.
The Life Main Dao had been outmaneuvered.
The Dao of Death had traded the Shadow Realm, which it couldn't reclaim for the time being, for control over half a realm.
When the Life Master Clan learned what had happened, it immediately sent experts to the Suspended Realm to support the Main Dao of Time. This forced the Sin Sect to flee, and the Main Dao of Time took control of the Suspended Realm.
It was retaliation for the Dao of Karma's scheme, but it could also be seen as cooperation between the Life Main Dao and the Main Dao of Time.
That was how wars in the Seventy-two Realms worked: chaos. There were no eternal allies. Anyone could be outmaneuvered at any moment, and territory could be lost just as easily.
Lu Yin stood atop a mountain. Above him, the colorful starry sky shone brilliantly.
"This Seventy-two Realms is even more chaotic than I expected."
"Of course," Wang Chenchen said. "If the Seventy-two Realms weren't chaotic, the Main Daos would be."
"They look like clashes between the Main Daos, but really, it's just dogs fighting dogs. The