In the Beast Territory, Beast Cores, Demon Cores, and medicinal pills were mostly used for trade, while Soul Crystals saw little circulation. Thus, many Soul Crystal mines in the mountains within Demon Generals' territories remained undeveloped.
Meanwhile, Mu Bai divided the 180,000 cultivators into Ten-Thousand-Person Squads. Almost every squad had ten Xiu Zun, allowing it to independently carry out defense, combat, and supply-gathering missions. Even against a Beast Race Demon General, it had the strength to put up a fight.
Within each Ten-Thousand-Person Detachment, every Xiu Zun led a thousand cultivators to form a Combat Squad, making 180 Combat Squads in total. These 180 Combat Squads fought independently with flexibility and mobility. When they encountered a formidable enemy they could not overcome, squads swiftly combined to unleash greater combat strength.
Organizing the cultivator army this way broke the whole into parts, then gathered the parts into a whole. It allowed them to adapt quickly to enemy movements and changing circumstances, and to relay combat orders swiftly to every cultivator. Thus, this cultivator army soon ceased to be a heap of loose sand, and its fighting strength could be said to have doubled.
Over the next ten-odd days, the Beast Race Alliance Army held its position outside the city. Meanwhile, following their assigned duties, the cultivator army took orderly turns standing watch, forging, and mining. Rather than flagging, their spirits grew increasingly vigorous. Massive Soul Crystal Cannons were mounted upon the walls one after another, their sinister muzzles aligned toward the beast army's camp.
At the same time, several Cultivator Detachments brought a steady stream of newly mined Soul Crystals to the defenders, piling them all upon the walls for use in large quantities once battle began. Newly refined medicinal pills and forged Soul Weapons were also distributed to every cultivator,