After the meeting ended, all sides began making intense preparations.
First, the Jia Ma Imperial Family's hundred thousand Imperial Guards stationed at the foot of Yun Lan Peak gradually regrouped, withdrawing their camp three miles back onto the main road between Yun Lan Peak and the Imperial Capital to guard against a sudden charge by Misty Cloud Sect disciples. The elite guards and private armies cultivated by the various factions were also deployed in full, stationed at key points to closely monitor the movements of Misty Cloud Sect personnel.
Meanwhile, the strong individuals of the Allied Army continuously strengthened and stabilized their conditions with the pills jointly refined by Liuli, Xiao Yan, and Gu He.
During this period, Xiao Yan also refined a Sixth-grade Hunyuan Bone-Shaping Pill, successfully curing the old illness of the Jia Ma Imperial Family's guardian Magical Beast, the Six-star You Hai Jiao Beast. This was equivalent to adding an Eight-star Dou Huang to their side.
As the Allied Army's momentum continued to grow, the other factions within the empire began to take notice of this war that would determine the empire's future course. Many local factions took advantage of the situation to rise up against the Misty Cloud Sect-backed forces in their regions.
In short, the whole realm had suffered under the Misty Cloud Sect for far too long!
Although the Misty Cloud Sect had expanded more than tenfold through ruthless means over the past three years, the enemies it had made were something it had never considered.
In stark contrast to this overwhelming tide of resistance, the Misty Cloud Sect remained quiet and made no response whatsoever. Even the disciples who regularly descended the mountain to carry out missions had not appeared for days. Not a single message of support was sent out, even when