Within the Lower Hall of Origin Upper Hall, Councilor Yue summoned Councilor Quan and Councilor Xiang to discuss how they would deal with Celestial Xia henceforth.
The reason they had come to the Lower Hall was that, after the Two Halls had been established, Councilor Yue had once been in charge of the Lower Hall's authority. Though he had held it only briefly, Yuan Ran bore the imprint of the Lower Hall, and those of the Lower Hall naturally felt closer to him.
Councilor Yue said, "The True Ring of Heaven and Earth has shifted the heavenly tide. The situation is clear now. At most, it will last a little over half a year and end shortly after this year's cycle of rotation. At that time, Celestial Xia will certainly invade us."
Though they had used the operation of the True Ring of Heaven and Earth to force Celestial Xia back, its effect went no further than that. They could not hope for it to destroy Celestial Xia.
Celestial Xia had only retreated temporarily under the threat of the True Ring of Heaven and Earth. If they confirmed that this treasure's impetus had ended, they might invade again. They had to come up with a useful strategy.
Councilor Quan said, "It is now somewhat difficult for our treasures that suppress the Dao to overpower Celestial Xia on Celestial Xia's home ground. Thus, we cannot expect to take the initiative and attack Celestial Xia. This time, we can only defend. Only when Celestial Xia attacks us will we have an opportunity."
Councilor Xiang said, "The two of you, Xiang believes that even if Celestial Xia attacks us, our chances of victory are not high. At best, we can maintain a stalemate. Celestial Xia has that Daoist Zhang, along with others to