The war in the Southern Wilds had ended!
Unable to bear such enormous losses, the Spirit Taming Sect had finally chosen to withdraw from the Southern Wilds and shake hands with the Azure Cloud Sect in reconciliation.
This outcome was hardly surprising. An individual might fly into a rage out of humiliation and, in a moment of wounded pride, choose to fight the Azure Cloud Sect to the death. But for the Spirit Taming Sect, the loss of several Grand Elders was already staggering. It could hardly continue fighting without restraint until it lost everything.
The war faction's foundation lay in conquest by force and reaping sufficient benefits from war. Without those benefits, even if it could stir up the sect for a time, its momentum would wane with the second drumbeat and be exhausted by the third.
They had lost, so they ought to settle down. It was as simple as that.
The Spirit Taming Sect had not seized the opportunity to launch a counterattack. Instead, it had taken the initiative to release prisoners, giving the other side a step down.
Fang Qianyuan did not care how many negotiations and deals they had conducted in the meantime. He merely sighed. "Things have finally quieted down."
Not long after the deacon came to report, Jin Lu also sought him out to discuss the ceasefire.
"The war has subsided, but its effects have yet to disappear completely. Still, now that the greatest threat is gone, smoothing over the aftermath is only a matter of time," Jin Lu told Fang Qianyuan.
"By the way, there's something else. The Sect Master asked me to pass it on to you."
"What is it?" Fang Qianyuan asked. He had known Jin Lu would not bring these matters up for no reason.
"Our sect's traitor, Wu