Time flowed on. The academy's young people went to serve the court one after another, while martial arts techniques and cultivation methods grew ever more numerous, scattering across the land, taking root and sprouting until they eventually became one mighty tree after another.
Some martial arts experts even began organizing themselves to head for the Great Wall and resist the Demon Beasts.
No one had summoned them, no one commanded them, yet they willingly came of their own accord to fight the Demon Beasts.
The court was too busy saving its own skin to concern itself with them.
Rebel armies rose up across the land to resist the court. The court's troops were battered into complete disarray by these martial artists, and for a time, the court suffered defeat after defeat.
Within the territory of the Great Wild Goose Dynasty, rebel forces from every direction began advancing upon the court together.
They had only one goal: to overthrow this corrupt and immoral court.
The court, too, hurriedly assembled countless troops to suppress the rebels.
Yet the harder the court tried to suppress them, the stronger the rebels became.
In the blink of an eye, the rebel forces had reached a terrifying total of one million men, while the court had only a pitiful five hundred thousand.
For a time, five hundred thousand elite soldiers defended the imperial capital, while countless people within the city lived each day in dread.
"Can any of you tell me why this has happened? Didn't you say that my Great Wild Goose Dynasty was peaceful and prosperous, its national strength rising by the day? Then why has this happened?"
"The rebels number one million, while my army has only a pathetic three hundred thousand. Even if we claim to have five hundred thousand, we still