After a few days of brewing, the news that Star Luo had suffered the most terrifying Beast Tide attack in its history, and that nearly all of Star Luo's upper ranks, led by Dai Tianyu, had died in the disaster, swept across the entire continent with lightning speed.
Because it had happened so suddenly, the major forces had basically had no warning at all and were caught completely off guard by the news. They sent people one after another to Star Luo to investigate the situation, while Star Luo itself fell into the greatest turmoil since the founding of the nation.
The people within the country feared for their own safety, terrified that the towns they lived in would suddenly end up like Star Luo City and be visited by an army of Soul Beasts. The royal families of the kingdoms and duchies under its banner were also deeply worried. They had already received word that the Heaven Dou Empire's army had invaded.
The main force led by Meng Shenji alone numbered over two hundred thousand men, not to mention that Heaven Dou's various kingdoms were still continuously sending troops into Star Luo. Because the fortresses along the way had withdrawn their armies to reinforce Star Luo City, the Heaven Dou forces basically did not encounter any decent resistance.
The Heaven Dou army took dozens of cities in succession and had now pushed deep into Star Luo's heartland. This was something no Heaven Dou emperor in history had ever accomplished. The masses, unaware of the reason behind it, could not help exclaiming over Xue Qinghe's good fortune. Not long after ascending the throne, he had seized a once-in-a-thousand-years opportunity.
Only a small number of clear-headed people guessed that all of this had been planned in advance. Otherwise, there was no