Before the seven-day deadline had passed, the first armies had already gathered where the Eight Dynasties met.
Great Xun and Great Qian arrived first.
Both dynasties had only just withdrawn from the Red Sand Plains. Before they had finished settling their wounded, new military orders reached the front. Their commanders both claimed they had not come to continue the war, only to watch the battle and prevent enemy nations from raiding their borders while Su Yueli and Motian Xing fought.
Even they did not believe that excuse.
Great Xun deployed nine hundred thousand cultivators, bringing along more than half of its remaining military equipment.
Great Qian also mobilized eight main battle formations, even sending two Fourteenth Realm attendants who guarded its royal capital to the border region.
The two armies made camp a thousand li apart.
Neither attacked, but neither showed the slightest intention of retreating.
On the third day, the armies of Great Chu, Great Yan, Great Wei, and Great Zhou arrived one after another.
Great Liang and Great Li also sent cultivators, though Great Li's main force did not enter the border region. Instead, it established several defensive lines on the outskirts to receive any refugees who might appear.
In just a few days, millions of cultivators had gathered where the Eight Dynasties met.
Every dynasty claimed it was there only to defend itself.
Yet every battle formation was aimed at a neighboring nation.
The sects and aristocratic clans across the land were not idle either. Some wanted to witness the decisive battle between two supreme powerhouses with their own eyes. Others brought magical artifacts in advance, ready to seize their bodies and any cultivation methods left behind once the battle ended.
Still more harbored another thought.
If Su Yueli won, no one in the world would remain