After the battle ended, Liu Changxu immediately issued an edict ordering the officers and soldiers who had fought to clean up the battlefield.
They departed to carry out his orders, methodically clearing the blood mosquito remains from the marsh and sorting and collecting everything that could be used.
After issuing the edict, Liu Changxu summoned Jin Haonan, Su Yuxue, his son Liu Fuhai, and the other leaders of the Human Race to the deck of the Ruyi Sky-Patrolling Battleship to discuss their next move.
Jin Haonan spoke with some urgency:
"Supreme One, we just received word from the front. There have been new developments among the Heavenly Lake Mountain Insect Race. The insects entrenched there have dwindled greatly in number, and now only a dozen or so Ninth-Tier Insect Emperors remain on guard. Supreme One, should we seize this opportunity to strike back?"
His eyes shone with anticipation as he spoke.
Heavenly Lake Mountain was the headquarters of the Heavenly Lake Sacred Land, as well as the home where he had lived for ten thousand years. When the Insect Race had invaded, countless disciples of the Heavenly Lake Sacred Land had died on the battlefield defending it. That humiliation and pain had haunted him like an unshakable nightmare, and not a moment passed when he did not long to strike back. Now that he had heard its defenses were thin, he naturally wanted to reclaim his homeland as soon as possible.
Su Yuxue frowned slightly and added:
"Is the information reliable? And what is the situation over at Kunlun Mountain?"
Liu Fuhai nodded in agreement:
"Imperial Father, with our current strength, a dozen or so Insect Emperors are nothing to fear! Retaking it would be a tremendous boost to the Human Race's morale."
The atmosphere on the deck immediately grew