The Ninth Prince's Promise

After Wucheng Pass fell into Song Kingdom's hands, Song Kingdom gained a stable northern gateway.

Song Yan no longer had to worry about waking up one day to find Zhao Kingdom cultivators fighting their way into his bedchamber.

On the contrary, if Song Yan wished to invade Zhao Kingdom in the future, it would become far easier.

All he needed to do was head north from Wucheng Pass. The mountains to the east and west grew farther and farther apart, and the terrain became increasingly open.

Throughout Wucheng Commandery, there would no longer be any strategic pass to defend.

After the two sides reached an agreement, the Netherworld Sect gradually withdrew its cultivators.

Upon learning the news from Wucheng Pass, Wang Daoyuan felt somewhat vexed.

This time, the Three Sects had lost three people, one corpse, and one spirit beast. Crimson Sun Palace had lost a Mid Golden Core cultivator, while Myriad Spirit Sect and Netherworld Sect had each lost a late Golden Core cultivator.

Altogether, that was roughly the combat strength of two Kings of Linhai. Yet among the strength the Three Sects had already revealed, there were still at least fifteen or sixteen fighters at King of Linhai's level.

This put the Wang Clan in an awkward position. The Three Sects' losses were neither great nor small, and the gap between them and the Zhao Clan had narrowed.

Yet even if the Wang Clan joined the Zhao Clan, they still could not fully make up that gap.

No one could say whether either side still had hidden forces.

Several days later, the Golden Core Cultivators of the Three Sects returned to their respective sects.

The intelligence network under Zhou Luan also discovered that another member of the Zhao Clan had appeared at Wanchuan Market. This person had remained