This battle!
Only half the nascent soul cultivators of the Three Great Sects of Lin Nation escaped. One blew himself up, while all the others were killed or captured alive...
More than half the Lin Nation Cultivators lying in ambush around the Heaven-and-Earth Hell Demon Ring Formation were wiped out. Only a few, seeing that things were going badly, found opportunities to slip away quietly...
However!
It was a costly victory for Cloud Nation as well. A third of the cultivator army trapped inside the Heaven-and-Earth Hell Demon Ring Formation had already been killed by the formation. Added to that were the cultivators slain in the siege-and-ambush operation, and one nascent soul cultivator had been injured by the Lin Nation cultivator's self-detonation. Recovering from those injuries within his lifetime would clearly be exceedingly difficult...
Even though they had encircled and annihilated the enemy, their losses were considerable...
Still! Thanks to this great victory, they had finally...
Completely reversed their once-precarious position. Cloud Nation now held a considerable advantage in the overall situation...
This battle also sent the prestige and morale of the Five Great Sects of Cloud Nation soaring. At last, they began their counterattack and fought with their lives on the line.
News of Cloud Nation's battle at the Heaven-and-Earth Hell Demon Ring Formation soon spread to several neighboring nations. The cultivator sects in surrounding countries that had been itching to claim a share of the spoils switched from preparing for war to watching from the sidelines...
The army of Cloud Nation Cultivators began fighting to reclaim their lost territory.
Of course.
After finally winning a great victory, they naturally had to reward the cultivators who had distinguished themselves in battle. The highest credit, of course, went to the five Nascent Soul Grand Cultivators, who had braved hardship