Atop Dusk Sand Great City's walls.
A wind carrying the scent of scorched earth and faint blood swept past Zong Shen's avatar's robes.
Even though most of the rubble had already been cleared away.
The stench of death was not so easily erased.
Deathly energy lingered over the entire great city. Any necromancer here would surely have been overjoyed.
As part of Zong Shen's territory, the Land of Buried Bones.
He had ordered the bodies of those slain on both sides to be hauled back as soon as the city fell.
The bones of those from Dusk Sand Great City were all sent to the Land of Buried Bones.
The remains of his own warriors would receive proper burials.
Through privileges and the Hall of Heroes, part of the losses in fighting strength could be recovered.
But compared to such trivial matters.
What concerned Zong Shen more at this moment was how to further dismantle the power of the Crescent Moon Cult and the Heretic Inquisition.
The former represented the cult's authority within the Sarranid Sultanate.
The latter was a colossal entity born from the fusion and compromise between the cult and royal authority.
It was no exaggeration to call it the "love child" of the two.
After years upon years of "nurturing," both forces had become superpowers whose influence spread throughout the Sarranid Sultanate.
Even in the Desolate North Imperial City, both could still be found.
Although the presence of powerful regional rulers meant the church did not have as much say in the Desolate North.
The church's central authority in the Desolate North was still a massive religious organization.
Its strength had not been diminished in the slightest.
Therefore, dismantling the cult and the Heretic Inquisition was a crucial step in breaking apart the Sarranid Sultanate.
Moreover, it