To be honest, when news arrived that the push to open up a new province in the direction of Ning Province had failed and suffered grievous losses, even Liang Zhaohuang was shaken. He began to doubt whether their own coming assault on the Liu Peninsula and effort to establish a new province could succeed.
After all, according to the Great Jin Immortal Dynasty's experience over the past several thousand years, it generally took about a thousand years to accumulate sufficient strength to open up a new province.
Yet Ying Province had been opened up less than a century ago. Could their present campaign to open up a new province truly be counted within the same millennium as the opening of Ying Province?
Moreover, their target this time was the southern Demon Country. The difficulty and peril involved were plainly beyond comparison with opening up the East Sea.
The failed effort to establish a new province from the direction of Ning Province alone revealed as much.
On top of that, the war between the Immortal Dynasty and the Demon Country was clearly favoring the Demon Country at present. Was this truly an appropriate time to attack the Demon Country and establish a new province?
Liang Zhaohuang discovered that once doubt arose in his heart, all manner of reasons for retreating sprang up in his mind, urging him to draw back and give up.
Forming a seal with his hands, Liang Zhaohuang silently recited the Peacock King Mantra. Five-Colored Buddha Light flashed, sweeping away every thought and reason born of failure and retreat.
Nothing was more taboo before battle than hesitation, especially when he was the leader of this assault on the Liu Peninsula and campaign to establish a new province.
Liang Zhaohuang knew that news of the failed campaign in the