Before long, Su Yueli personally sealed off Sky Evolution Mountain, and all the disciples of the sects already on the mountain withdrew.
Each of the Eight Dynasties sent a representative with ten attendants. Their armies remained a thousand miles away.
To prevent conflict, none of the eight parties' lodgings adjoined another.
Outside each courtyard stood a formation set by Su Yueli.
Anyone entering or leaving would leave an aura trace.
Even so, the representatives still carried killing intent when they met.
Great Xun sent the Great Xun King Who Guards the Nation. Great Qian sent its frontline commander-in-chief, while Great Chu and Great Yan each sent a royal ancestor.
The other four dynasties also sent people with the authority to move their armies.
Ordinarily, these people would never appear in the same place.
Now they sat in one great hall, yet no one was willing to speak first.
Su Yueli sat at the front.
Little Black guarded the hall's entrance.
Han Yu's injuries had not healed, but she had come along.
She was responsible for inspecting each party's attendants.
"Now that everyone is here, let's begin."
Su Yueli broke the silence. "All Eight Dynasties will cease fighting at once. Every army will withdraw to its border as it stood before the war."
The Great Xun King Who Guards the Nation frowned immediately.
"The prewar border?"
"Great Qian still occupies four of Great Xun's cities."
"How can our dynasty withdraw before they return them?"
The Great Qian Commander-in-Chief sneered.
"Red Sand City belonged to Great Qian in the first place."
"As for the other three cities, our army took them at the cost of tens of thousands of lives."
"You expect to take them back with a single word?"
The Great Xun King Who Guards the Nation slammed his hand on