"At present, after more than a century of regrouping, the Immortal Sect is attacking the Lava Fire Dragon Turtle Clan's territories in two domains. They are one of the seven great clans of the Myriad Races Alliance. The campaign is proceeding smoothly, and we expect to conquer the mid-sized world of the Lava Realm within fifty years..."
"The Myriad Races Alliance has fallen silent and made no attempt to stop us."
Jiang Ding read the confidential military briefing and raised an eyebrow.
"That isn't normal."
"They may be no match for the Immortal Sect Fleet, but offering no resistance at all is still highly unusual. The General Staff suspects that the total loss of the Netherworld Black Sky Crane Clan's ancestral lands—equivalent to an Immortal Order suffering complete defeat and losing everything—has changed matters."
"That must have put the many powers of the Ancient God Domain on high alert. The so-called 'Ancient God Alliance' may be taking shape. Every side is making compromises and concessions, unwilling to watch the Immortal Sect expand any further."
"The Heavenly Mechanism Immortal Palace and other powers are watching from the shadows as well."
"Our position will not remain as comfortable as it is now. A true bloodbath may be approaching..."
This issue of the Immortal Sect's confidential military briefing described its enormous gains. Its territory had expanded severalfold.
Once every industry in the Immortal Sect had rapidly revived and entered a period of prosperity, growth had shown almost no sign of slowing. It had immediately surpassed every previous peak in the sect's history, with GDP doubling every century.
It was an economic miracle!
The benefits of the Immortal Sect's booming economy swiftly reached every citizen.
Foundation Establishment had become even easier. Education funding, research funding, construction funding... budgets in every area had multiplied several