A Victorious War

The battle beyond the starry sky lasted three years.

During that time, rivers of stars rolled backward, and the Spiritfire Realm was turned upside down. Lightning flashed, thunder roared, and disasters struck without end. Its living beings endured calamity after calamity, with countless dead and wounded.

Only after three years did the turmoil at the realm wall and the unceasing disasters finally subside.

The small world's innate power of recovery began to show. The split earth healed, lava flowing everywhere gradually hardened and ceased its wild currents and destruction of life, and the frequent disasters slowly vanished. The realm's living beings finally had a rare chance to catch their breath.

Jiang Ding opened his eyes and stopped cultivating.

"Jiang Ding, we won."

After a long silence, the Divine Mechanism Heavenly Lord's voice reached his ears, tinged with grief. "That old monster from the Black Tortoise Heavenly Palace was wounded and fled. More than half of the Heavenly Palace's three hundred and sixty guardian divine generals have fallen. They won't recover for at least a thousand years. They've essentially lost their Void Refining-level combat power and no longer pose a threat."

"It's a pity that old monster saw the tide turning and escaped."

"If he had fought to the death, we might have killed him after paying a heavy price and rid the Immortal Sect of a great scourge for good."

"But this outcome is acceptable too. If that old monster had died, the other seven mighty figures might have gone mad. Many of their reservations might have vanished, making them extremely dangerous."

"That's... wonderful."

Jiang Ding spoke softly.

For an ancient Spirit Transformation Heavenly Lord to be so grieved that his feelings showed, something had clearly happened. Many people had died, perhaps even old friends he had known for thousands