Irkutsk Imperial City.
Xiao Ying, the Great Huan Celestial Lord, stayed for a day in Zakamensk Royal City, which was under the Great Huan Celestial Dynasty's jurisdiction, and formally submitted a notice of his visit to the Mongol Faction. This was a necessary official procedure.
After all, given his status as the Great Huan Celestial Lord, arriving secretly to attend the ceremony officially would not make him seem modest. Instead, it would suggest that he knew nothing of etiquette and was unfit for polite company.
Early the next morning, the Great Huan Faction dispatched its two signature flagships, the Heaven-Piercing Divine Ark and the Jingyang Water Estate, along with one flagship-class Golden Divine Ship, two Golden Colossi, four Iron Colossi, and thousands of warships of all sizes. They sailed in a mighty procession from Lake Baikal's southern shore toward its northern shore, their formation covering hundreds of li of water. Like an immense tide that could overturn heaven and earth, the spectacle was magnificent.
Naturally, these warships had been transported over in successive batches during the many days that the Spring and Autumn Lü Clan and the Northern Allied Forces had faced off across the lake. Most were warships from the Atlantis Civilization. It had to be acknowledged that the Atlantis Civilization possessed truly distinctive expertise in shipbuilding. Back in its day, it had been called the king of naval warfare and had once aspired to dominate all seven oceans and unite every sea beneath heaven!
Although the Mongol Faction had already received the Great Huan Celestial Lord's formal notice, making the possibility of war breaking out almost zero, strategy could not rest on guesses and gambles. However small the possibility, it was not impossible. Moreover, the Great Huan Fleet's lineup and imposing presence were simply too astonishing. They still