The Holy Dragon Sect entered the fray to help the Heaven Dou Empire, and the situation on Heaven Dou's front lines soon stabilized somewhat.
Of course, the Holy Dragon Sect would not help the Heaven Dou Empire for nothing. Heaven Dou would have to pay a price.
As for what that price was, only Xue Ye, emperor of the Heaven Dou Empire, and Tuoba Xi, master of the Holy Dragon Sect, knew.
Inside the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace.
Xue Ye read the battle report from the front lines and finally smiled. "We've managed to hold the line at last. The Holy Dragon Sect really is strong! Far stronger than those useless fools at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect."
"It's a pity the Holy Dragon Sect won't help the Heaven Dou Empire for nothing," Xue Ye said helplessly.
There was naturally a price for the Holy Dragon Sect's help, but it was still within their means.
Otherwise, he would never have agreed to it.
"But why hasn't Spirit Hall made a move? Are they really going to stand by and do nothing?!"
"This won't do. The Holy Dragon Sect may have helped us hold the line, but people are still dying in droves every day. The pressure on the Heaven Dou Empire is enormous!"
Xue Ye frowned.
Spirit Hall truly was refusing to play by the old rules. In the past, it would have stepped in and called a halt to the fighting long ago.
Now, Spirit Hall had made no move at all.
"No. Perhaps I should send someone to Spirit Hall to sound them out. Are they really going to do nothing?"
"If they are, the Heaven Dou Empire is in danger," Xue Ye said helplessly.
They used to call Spirit Hall a shit-stirrer. Now, how desperately they