Peaceful days were always brief.
Because the Sun Moon Empire had declared war on the Three Great Empires!
Their primary target was the closest one: the Star Luo Empire.
Although the Star Luo Empire had prepared long ago, in the face of the Sun Moon Empire's surprise attack, the Star Luo Empire's legions still suffered heavy casualties.
This was a gap in absolute strength.
The Sun Moon Empire dispatched one of the Hands of National Protection—the Terror Claw Legion—to lead two of the Ten Directions Legions, along with large numbers of ordinary legions, in launching a surprise attack on the Star Luo Empire's border.
Not only had the strength of the Sun Moon Empire's legions' soul masters improved tremendously, even the level of their Soul Tools had been enhanced.
Ever since Xu Tiancheng supported the Hongchen Family, he had shared some knowledge of arrays, Soul Tools, and hidden weapon production with them, and had even sent Kong Deming to help Xiao Hongchen climb the Soul Tool technology tree.
Therefore, although only a year had passed, the Sun Moon Empire's Soul Tool standards had improved tremendously.
Coupled with the Sun Moon Empire's cost-no-object military preparations, the Soul Tool configurations of the five great Beast King Legions and the Ten Directions Legions had all been raised by no small amount.
Fortunately, the Star Luo Empire soon responded.
Legions formed by soul masters reinforced the front line, and the Guardian Douluo personally arrived on the battlefield.
In the end, the Star Luo Empire successfully forced the Sun Moon Empire's army back to the border, preventing the Sun Moon Empire's legions from advancing deep into Star Luo Empire territory.
Only, this was not good news.
The Sun Moon Empire's declaration of war made the other Three Great Empires, as well as the various factions,