News of the Great Qian delegation's massacre spread through several surrounding dynasties within half a day.
The Great Qian court was furious.
Though the Third Prince had yet to ascend the throne, he was one of the strongest contenders for the imperial seat.
He had led the delegation into Great Xun territory, ostensibly to discuss border affairs, while secretly seeking the Great Xun Imperial Family's support.
Now that he was dead, the armies and sects supporting the Third Prince immediately pointed their spears at Great Xun.
Three hundred thousand Great Qian troops gathered at the border.
Two Thirteenth Realm powerhouses publicly issued an ultimatum: Great Xun had three days to hand over the culprit and cede six border cities as compensation.
After the news reached the Great Xun Imperial Family, Great Xun likewise refused to yield.
It was true that the delegation had been attacked within Great Xun territory, but the site of the incident was only a hundred li from the Great Qian border.
Great Qian was fully capable of sending people into Great Xun, killing the Third Prince, then using that as a pretext to launch a war.
Both sides stuck to their own story.
The Fourteenth Realm ancestor who had once been able to suppress such disputes had already died on Yin Mountain.
No one was willing to give ground.
Whoever retreated first would become prey in the coming struggle for benefits, watched by every other force.
Within a residence outside the Imperial City, Han Yu placed the intelligence that had just arrived before Su Yueli.
"Master, Great Xun has produced evidence as well."
Su Yueli accepted the report.
Great Xun had dispatched people to investigate the site where the delegation was attacked and found dozens of corpses nearby.
Their identities had been confirmed. They were all