The counterattack lasted five days before gradually drawing to a close.
The burning embers cooled on Boneburn Island, and the ice crystals melted in the Everfrost Palace... The players' clamor, the evil spirits' whispers, and the insectoid buzzing gradually faded from the territories of the five great powers.
The reverse invasion, sparked by the defense of Dream Island and ultimately sweeping across the five great seas, came to an end.
But this counterattack had not completely crushed the five great powers.
After all, each faction had a demigod at its helm, and the forces sent to fight on Dream Island were only a portion of the five clans' strength.
The defensive battle had gone smoothly at first, but further advances proved difficult.
Village Entrance Calamity had split the war effort into five forces, making it difficult to bring their strength together for a crushing offensive.
Among them, the Frostfallen Clan had suffered the most devastating blow.
The Everfrost Palace had been reduced to rubble, its storehouses plundered clean. Its resident demigod had been gravely wounded under the successive assaults of several top-tier joint guilds, not to mention Black Tide Wan Ji and the Great Demon.
Finally, faced with the desperate prospect of their clan's extinction, the Frostfallen Clan made the wisest choice.
They abandoned their homeland, migrated as a clan, and fled to more distant seas.
After this battle, the once-mighty overlords of their sea became a wandering clan that might need ages to recover. They would most likely meet the end of their civilization in exile.
There was a slim chance they might find a new opportunity to rise, surpass their former glory, and forge a new legend.
The Maoyi Clan, the Ashenbone Tribe, and the Evil Forest Witch had also paid a terrible price.
Numerous cities on their