A Stalemate Beyond the Heavens (Thanks to Dark Night for the Red Donation and Alliance Membership)
My thanks to "Dark Night Has Charm" for the generous red donation! Forging the Sacred Court has gained another alliance member. Thank you!
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Leaving Dragon Mulberry Patriarch and Shi Nanqing aside for now, someone of the Fate Immortal Emperor's or Blue Sky Empress's standing and wisdom would never lead their followers to their deaths, much less stake their own lives.
Of course, whatever the case, this gesture alone was an enormous kindness!
The Great Huan Immortal Kingdom, Heavenheart Island, and Empress Island all exuded magnificent momentum, as though they were prepared to fight at any cost. They had clearly come to support the Pangu Faction. Yet they had neither joined up with the Pangu Faction nor actually taken action.
Rationally, Xiao Ying also felt that, apart from the Great Huan Immortal Kingdom, Heavenheart Island and Empress Island would never truly go to war with the Immortal-God Alliance and the Mahayana Immortal Venerable for the Pangu Faction's sake.
Could this be deterrence?!
By making their position clear, they could intimidate the Immortal-God Alliance, the Mahayana Immortal Venerable, and others hostile to the Pangu Faction, securing a thread of hope and more advantages for the Pangu Faction-or for Xiao Ying.
That must be it...
The more Xiao Ying thought about it, the more likely it seemed.
In a sense, Xiao Ying did not want these three powers to stake everything on the Pangu Faction either. He did not want to drag his allies down with him!
Once he understood this, Xiao Ying's emotions gradually settled. He calmly analyzed the circumstances, considered ways to respond to various possibilities, and waited for events to unfold.
Even Hongjun, Randeng, Bai Ze, the many resurrected great adepts, the senior Great Huan ministers, and the chaotic mass of Pangu beings gradually calmed down. The atmosphere among