This arrangement by the Origin Upper Hall, with one person each from the Upper and Lower Halls, was both a compromise and a precaution.
With two people discussing matters together, disagreements were inevitable. But should anything go wrong, it would become the responsibility of both the Upper and Lower Halls, rather than blame falling upon one hall alone.
Having gone through the previous defeat, no one knew whether Celestial Xia still had some hidden means. After all, during the earlier assault, they had not managed to eliminate even a single capable figure from Celestial Xia.
Fortunately, their overall strategy was one of attrition. Although Celestial Xia had not revealed everything in the previous battle, part of its capabilities had been exposed. Over the past few years, they had prepared corresponding countermeasures for that part. If Celestial Xia still brought out the same methods as before, they would certainly be restrained by them.
Even so, Origin Upper Hall judged that using only their present strength, they would have to go through several large-scale campaigns of attrition before they could possibly drag Celestial Xia down. If matters did not go smoothly along the way, or if some accident arose, there might be several more.
Yet no one doubted that Origin Xia would ultimately emerge victorious. Such an answer had never existed in the minds of Origin Xia, from top to bottom.
On the contrary, some of the more powerful world-orders hoped that Origin Upper Hall would suffer another setback, so they could smoothly take authority into their own hands.
As an envoy stationed in Origin Xia, Jin Zhixing kept watch over everything there at all times. He had also made quite a few "fellow travelers" among the various world-orders, and they provided him with more or less some information.
Thus, after compiling,