Spirit Void was engulfed in beacon fires that stretched to the heavens. The Demon Palace army pressed eastward all the way, and with the Demon Palace's three peak experts joining forces, none could halt their offensive.
Before one Great Life Star after another, demonic energy surged as more than a dozen demon soldiers advanced toward the next Great Life Star.
At the head of the army, Jun Wentian stood suspended atop a war chariot in water-cloud battle robes, demonic energy roiling around him. With the bearing of an unrivaled expert, he intimidated all the major starfields.
In barely more than a hundred days, the various sects of Spirit Void had lost several more Great Life Stars. The Demon Palace's offensive had become increasingly impossible to withstand.
Within the Ji family's sacred hall, Ji Yuechu sat upon the main seat, his expression growing ever more somber as he looked through report after report from the battlefield.
If this continued, they would completely lose any chance to strike back. Yet the Devil Master had still not acted, so they did not dare rashly launch a full-scale counteroffensive.
The current situation was truly a deadlocked game, without the slightest means of breaking it.
"Holy Lord."
Below, the Ji family's Supreme Elders all wore anxious expressions. Half of the Spirit Void Domain had already fallen; if the demon army advanced any farther, it would not be far from the Ji family.
On the main seat, countless thoughts flashed through Ji Yuechu's eyes. After a long while, he said in a deep voice, "Go invite King Qi. Prepare to launch a full counteroffensive!"
"Yes."
One of the Supreme Elders below rose and respectfully accepted the order.
Before the royal hall of Phoenix Cry City, Lin Yuzhen looked over the battle reports sent from the front