Chapter 1162: Open the Book, Seek the Dao, Attain Proof
Zhang Yu had originally intended to settle every matter at hand before seeking the Dao, but now it seemed that one turn of events followed another. In particular, the threat from the Moqi Gods would likely yield no conclusion for at least several years.
Since he had already sensed that the destined opportunity had arrived, he had no desire to postpone it for a hundred years. By then, there would likely be matters of that time requiring resolution as well. Since there was a gap of several months before him, he might as well first go and seek the Dao.
Before that, however, certain necessary arrangements still had to be made. No matter what the enemy did, they first had to ensure that there were no gaps or oversights on their own side.
Over the next several days, after discussing matters with the various Court Executives, he issued a formal decree and transferred more soldiers from the various continental regions to station them within the Interlayers, replacing the original expeditionary units.
This was precisely a time when military strength was needed, so these expeditionary units were not returned to the Outer Layer. Instead, they continued to be dispatched to investigate the remaining Interlayers.
Most of the Interlayers occupied in the early stages had been located within Celestial Xia's territory. Now that defensive lines had been established in these places, the next step was naturally to expand outward.
But just as he had told Lin Tingzhi, under the influence of the Turbid Tide, every surge of the Turbid Tide brought changes, great or small, to the Interlayers. It was ultimately impossible to occupy and explore every one of them completely. They could only first send small numbers of people to station