As every faction busied itself with its own affairs, time quietly slipped away. In the blink of an eye, a year had passed.
During this time, the situation across the Central Continent had undergone enormous changes.
Because the emergence of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame had claimed numerous experts, many of the factions behind those fallen experts were wiped out by other factions that had suffered no losses. Only some clans and sects with exceptionally deep foundations were able to continue surviving by relying on their remaining experts.
However, their territories had also shrunk drastically.
Yet this chaos was not entirely negative. Over the year or so of warfare, quite a few newly risen factions had emerged and secured a place on the Central Continent.
At the same time, amid the unceasing wars, many talented commoners had also risen to prominence by obtaining cultivation resources through all manner of means, entering the sight of numerous experts.
Moreover, as many Central Continent factions relocated wholesale to other continents for refuge, they brought with them all kinds of cultivation resources, documents, and ancient texts unavailable in those places, promoting their development.
However, as time passed, the turmoil in the Central Continent gradually subsided.
The various factions once again redrew the boundaries of their respective territories.
But while the factions of the Central Continent gradually settled down, the friction between the six ancient clans only intensified.
Especially after the Ancient Clan failed to locate the Soul Clan's headquarters and began destroying Soul Hall Branch Halls on a large scale, the badly frightened Soul Clan immediately stopped holding back. They continuously dispatched experts to clash with the Ancient Clan, preventing the latter from further destroying the Soul Hall Branch Halls.
However, that decision only caused the war to drag on longer and grow increasingly