By the time they reached the next coordinate point, the Civilization Universe had already jumped again—and it had still used projected universe jumps.
In the unseen depths, the Fate Wheel's Infinite Mechanism activated, forcibly grinding away the fluctuations of the jump and making them far harder to track.
While Strategizing from the Command Tent, Daoist Unceasing ultimately fell into the same vicious cycle as before.
So long as they failed to seize the universe the first time, no matter how they tracked or jumped afterward, the coordinate distance between them would only grow farther and farther.
Li Qing's projection in the Unique Universe seized the opportunity once more, dispatching his armies in a frenzied assault.
Now, so long as the Supreme Mechanisms dared mobilize their power and leave the Unique Universe, he would launch an all-out offensive.
The six great powers began losing cities once again, their territories visibly shrinking.
Every one of Li Qing's plans was part of an interlocking chain of schemes, affecting every battlefield.
They ensured that every one of his plans would yield a certain profit.
The highest form of warfare was to strike at strategy; those who calculated much won much, while those who calculated little won little.
This was a true battlefield—move one hair and the whole body followed; take one wrong step, and the entire game was lost.
In the end, Daoist Unceasing and the others still failed to track down the Civilization Universe. At the fourth jump point, they completely lost any possibility of restoring its coordinates.
They were furious and swiftly withdrew their power, returning to the Unique Universe.
A vast pressure descended, interrupting the expansion of the Infinite Kingdoms.
But the territories they had lost could no longer be reclaimed. Array altars had long since been erected there, merging into