Beginning in Black Iron Calendar 933, after Zhang Tie destroyed three Devil Race camps and killed four of their Saint-level powerhouses, the tide of Great Xia's Holy War reversed in an instant, surging like a mighty river. Great Xia's forces, which had long remained on the defensive, began turning defense into offense, sweeping into Devil Race-controlled territory like a prairie fire and reclaiming lost ground. In barely over half a year, Gan Province, Cool Province, Elm Province, and Peace Province—once occupied and fortified by the Devil Race, where they had massed heavy troops to threaten Mausoleum Province, Oak Province, and the Tong Pass defensive line—had already been retaken by Great Xia's armies.
Even through a historian's eyes, this was a landmark event, one worthy of being written in great detail. Since the beginning of the Holy War, this was the first time Great Xia's armies had begun reclaiming lost territory on a large scale. The Devil Race's armies and knights began withdrawing; this was an enormous turning point across the entire battlefield of the Human Holy War.
Just as a tremendous reversal was unfolding on the eastern battlefield, changes were also quietly taking place along the northern and southern fronts of the Holy War on the Western Continent.
Starting in the winter of Black Iron Calendar 932, the allied forces on the Western Continent suddenly discovered that the offensive tempo of the Holy Alliance Empire's puppet armies had slowed sharply. At first, this showed on the land battlefield: the Holy Alliance Empire's forces launched fewer and fewer attacks, and the torch oil weapons in the attackers' hands were no longer used so recklessly. Then it spread to the skies. The Holy Alliance Empire's air cavalry became slower to respond, while more and more Winged Devils appeared in the air. Through