"Have they gone mad? The Peace Treaty's sixty-year term isn't over yet. With karma binding them, whoever attacks first is bound to suffer a backlash. Besides, with the Earthly Immortal Continent in chaos, why would they attack those Immortal Alliance Remnants now?"
"What a grand move. Forty-nine Sky Cities deployed at once-that's almost half the Puppet Dao Faction's former strength."
"The Puppet Dao has developed extremely quickly over the years, but I've heard nothing about any increase in war fortresses on the level of Sky Cities. Mobilizing so many must have been Li Chen's decision. I hear the Puppet Masters now honor him as their Great Grandmaster. They're united from top to bottom, and he's shared quite a few of his techniques and achievements with the various groups."
"Indeed. What especially deserves attention is their use of rune formations to control the power of imaginary number space. That's genuine power of law, yet it isn't restricted by spiritual root aptitude or cultivation at all. Knowledge and devices take their place."
"That power suits Puppet Masters perfectly. It has made tremendous strides over the years, and every group has become highly proficient in its use. The ability to mobilize nearly half their Sky Cities through instantaneous spatial transfer is truly terrifying."
"They still have another half of their Sky Cities that haven't moved. If those suddenly attacked us, we'd have trouble dealing with them too."
As everyone discussed the matter, they suddenly felt that things were looking exceedingly grim.
The Puppet Dao was no longer what it had once been. Its mobilization capabilities and war potential had long since far surpassed those of the Immortal Alliance. In contests at the middle and lower levels, the Immortal Alliance no longer held any advantage.
Perhaps the only force that could contend with it