Inside the King's Ark, King Xi had been waiting for news in the main hall. Advisers and military commandants sat on either side, with several newly joined mystic cultivators among them.
Just then, spiritual messages arrived one after another. Spiritual light flashed from King Xi and everyone present. When they heard that the higher-level forces responsible for the opposing defense had been completely wiped out, leaving no obstruction ahead, he could not help but laugh aloud and rise from his seat. At his movement, the military commandants and advisers on both sides sprang to their feet as well.
King Xi looked over the crowd and said, "Gentlemen, convey my decree. Proceed according to the original plan and order the entire army to advance on Central Capital!"
The commandants answered in thunderous unison.
In this battle between the higher-level forces, the creation alchemists and cultivators dispatched to the front by both the Council of Elders and Lie King had ceased to exist. This was a crushing blow to both sides.
More than that, it meant that King Xi's higher-level forces no longer faced any obstruction and could throw themselves into the campaign without restraint. Without any special reminder from King Xi, those creation alchemists had already followed the prior arrangements and launched attacks toward the opposing side first.
How could such purely lower-level forces possibly withstand them? They crumbled at the first blow. In a single night, the attackers thrust forward more than a thousand li, easily razing every fortress and military line along the way.
With all sides coordinating closely and preparations made in advance, the forces that had been quietly waiting behind the great formation set out at once upon receiving the order, without the slightest delay. Flying vessels that nearly blotted out the sky followed the passage opened