The first great battle had ended without any real casualties, merely adding more scars to the already ravaged Southwest Continent.
Although that first battle had claimed no lives, the war grew unimaginably brutal over the following six months.
Almost all of the Dou Qi Continent's strongest forces were now tied down.
Among its Emperor Tier forces, Xiao Xuan had committed all his power to suppressing the Black Sea Demon Emperor. Though he held an absolute advantage, the price was that he could no longer leave the Heavenly Tomb.
Even then, given a Demon Emperor's tenacious vitality, he would need nearly a century to grind him out of existence.
As for the Second-Generation Soul Emperor, although he had possessed the Third-Generation Soul Emperor's body, he would also need nearly a century to fully refine and master that Dou Di body.
Had that been all, it would have been manageable. The Dou Qi Continent still had six Peak Dou Sheng experts, giving it countless advantages against the Extraterrestrial Evil Race. Yet because of that Demon Emperor embryo, the Xiao Clan's five strongest Peak Nine-Star Dou Saints were also completely tied down, unable to leave at all.
Looking across the continent, the only peak expert still available was, astonishingly, the Ancient Clan Chief, Gu Yuan.
Rumble!
Within the endless reaches of space and time, towering waves of energy surged up now and then, annihilating countless spatial storms beneath their terrifying energy tides.
"Gu Yuan! You bastard! You still refuse to leave!"
The Dragon Demon True Saint's voice tore through the spatial storms, shaking that expanse of space.
"Heh, if I let you out of my sight, with your strength, what faction on this continent besides the Xiao Clan and the Gu Clan could escape your attacks?"
Within the boundless space, Gu Yuan's hemp