June is about to end, so I'm asking everyone for your monthly-ticket support! For the recently updated chapters, you can refresh again after half an hour; later on, I'll write more to fill in and complete the plot.
In terms of how the main plot is developing, the first round of the divine war in Cuba has already ended, and Mesoamerica's southern campaign has reached its final puzzle piece: the unification of Oaxaca and the coastal Zapotec. The Oaxaca Valley and the seven-hundred-li coastline make up an extremely vast geographical space, including valleys, mountains, and jungle, and it requires marching and besieging bit by bit, sweeping away one city-state after another. As a war of thorough conquest, just like with the Mixtec, it needs to be fought for several years. Right now, it is roughly in its middle-to-late stage, and only the long attrition of war, only supply lines stretching thousands of li, could make the nobles' rebellious hearts hard to restrain and let them find their moment to rebel.
And before this volume, Setting Sun, ends, there will also be tribute from Great Ming, completely wrapping up the Great Ming side plot. After that, the side plots in both east and west will all converge on the plateau, and the perspective will stay with Xiuxiu as it continues onward. After a long period of lying dormant, all under heaven in Mesoamerica will be reshaped anew, including the fate of the Alliance!
Finally, thank you all for your support all this time! Cat-Cat wishes you well~