A few days later, the Qianyuan Sacred Land mobilized an army of a million cultivators. Led by Grand Elder Qian Mu, they charged toward the Northern Plains in fury. The Evil Demon army in the western Northern Plains also moved in response, approaching from the west to form a pincer, vowing to raze the Northern Plains' Sword Sect to the ground and seize the opportunity to bring the entire Northern Plains under their command.
Upon discovering the Qianyuan Sacred Land's movements, the Human Race Coalition Army of the Venerable Domain likewise headed north. The Demon Spirit Hall in the eastern Northern Plains also dispatched a Demon Race army, rushing to reinforce the Sword Sect in direct opposition.
All was calm within the Sword Sect, partly because they had yet to emerge from the grief of losing their loved ones, and partly because this was the calm before the gathering storm.
The Evil Demon army and the Beast Race Army were the first to meet near the Ten Thousand Swords Ice Forest. Bai Jun flew out to battle the Evil Demon Supreme, and the two armies immediately crashed together like surging tides and towering waves. Soon, blood stained the ice forest, and swathes of its trees were shattered.
The Qianyuan Sacred Land and the Human Race Coalition Army drove into the Northern Plains simultaneously like two parallel arrows, one to the west and the other to the east. Qian Mu, commander of the Qianyuan Sacred Land's forces, was immensely powerful. Rao Jinchuan commanded this contingent of the Human Race Coalition Army, and although he too had reached Perfection, he was certainly no match for Qian Mu. Granny Blood Phoenix was Qian Mu's sworn enemy; if he entered the battle, she would fight him.
Not long after the Evil Demon and demonic