White Cloud Sect!
Ten miles beyond the Sect Protection Formation...
Atop a certain mountain peak, a questioning voice rang out from within a shimmering, multicolored Light Screen.
Upon hearing this, Venerable Daoyuan revealed a hesitant expression. After a moment's deliberation, he said:
"It is not something glorious to speak of!
Back then, the two races joined forces to encircle and annihilate the Purgatory Clan. We had originally gained the upper hand. So long as we advanced steadily, we could have forced the entire Purgatory Clan back into Purgatory Continent and reduced the space in which they could operate!
Furthermore, Island-Moving Venerable of our human race and Demon Venerable Nether Sea of the demon race were enough to contend with the Purgatory Race in terms of peak combat strength.
Given enough time, after several hundred or thousand years, Purgatory Continent's resources would have run dry, and the backbone of their fighting force would have broken apart.
Then we could have driven the Purgatory Clan into a corner and waited for them to slowly perish!
If they wished to seize even a sliver of life, they would have had no choice but to abandon Purgatory Continent and flee.
In that way...
The two races could have occupied Purgatory Continent without lifting a finger, while the boundless blood-baleful mist shrouding the skies above Purgatory Continent would naturally have fallen into our hands.
At that time, we could have calmly gathered the blood-baleful mist and used it to open the ascension passage!
That was the original plan of the two races. Though it would have taken a long time, it was still a sound strategy!"
"However!
During that period, Demon Venerable Xiaotian of the Spirit Sky Tiger Clan suddenly fell!
As a result, the combat strength of the two races was greatly diminished.
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