Returning to the Heavenly Mansion Alliance once again stirred a different set of emotions. During the months Xiao Yan had been away, the Alliance's momentum had remained on a steady rise. After defeating the Soul Hall, the Alliance had remained neither arrogant nor rash, earning silent approval from many sects and factions. Whether a force was truly strong depended not only on its resilience in adversity, but also on whether it could withstand the corrosion of success. Fortunately, the Alliance had endured. Its strength was now beyond doubt.
Over these past months, there had been no further news related to the Soul Hall. The fierce clashes of the past had suddenly diminished countless times over. It was as though the force that had once dominated the Central Continent was gradually withdrawing from people's sight.
Yet the Alliance's upper ranks remained deeply wary of this abnormal behavior from the Soul Hall. Having dealt with the Soul Hall for so many years, they understood its nature better than anyone. They absolutely did not believe that this bizarre faction would so easily let matters rest after suffering such a great loss. What puzzled them was that, despite sending out a large number of scouts to investigate the Soul Hall's movements, they still failed to obtain even the slightest valuable intelligence...
This left the Alliance baffled, but also increasingly vigilant. The Soul Hall's silence vaguely gave them an oppressive feeling that a storm was about to break.
When Xiao Yan returned to the Alliance, Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, who had previously gone to the Beast Region, had long since returned as well. From the two women, he learned that after he had left that day, the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan had withdrawn. Then, after nearly half a month of discussion, the Nine