Once the strongest Dao-Subordinate state, the great Sheng Empire that had boasted of cleaving the grasslands in two with a single blade had been thoroughly drained of its vitality after a year-long war of attrition between Mu and Sheng. Its momentum was nowhere near what it had once been.
No one mentioned its title as the "second Daoist Sect" anymore.
Only after experiencing the sharp edge of Mu Kingdom's iron cavalry could one truly understand the might of Jing Kingdom at the center.
Only then did they understand why a hegemonic state was hegemonic—none under heaven could stand against it.
Ji Yanyue's secret visit to Sheng this time came with a mission, and her movements were exceedingly well concealed.
The one responsible for receiving her was Sheng Kingdom's Nation-Suppressing powerhouse, Li Yuanshe, born of the Great Sheng imperial house and honored as King Xun.
In other words, as far as Sheng Kingdom was concerned, this was a meeting of the highest secrecy and rank.
Throughout all of Sheng Kingdom, only three people knew the course of this secret meeting: King Xun Li Yuanshe, the Son of Heaven of Sheng, and the Sheng Empress Dowager.
The importance of these talks went without saying.
Ji Yanyue did not fly through the air. Though, as a member of the Jing royal house, she possessed the standing to fly across the Central Regions without needing to heed any faction, the secrecy of this journey made her suppress every trace of her aura and sit properly within a carriage like an ordinary person.
It was an utterly ordinary carriage, and every detail within it made her uncomfortable.
Though True Persons were not constrained by material things and paid little heed to worldly comforts, there was no need to... suffer in such an environment.
This had