Three major battle banners and three major logistical banners.
In addition to these six banners, the Dao Academy also has Penal Law Banner and Mystic Mystery Banner.
The Penal Law Banner governs the Dao Academy's wartime supervision, law enforcement, and discipline.
The person in charge of the main banner was Elder Chen Ke, who joined the inner court back then.
This person lives up to his name, being utterly dedicated to his duties.
He was fair and just in dealing with people, and with him in charge of the Penal Law Banner, it was extremely beneficial to the stability of the Dao Academy during wartime.
The function of the Mystic Mystery Banner is relatively more special.
Over the years, at Great Xia's suggestion, Lu Li has also built his own strategic team within the Dao Academy.
After all, the cultivators of this realm possess the purest cultivator mindset.
Sometimes, it can provide Lu Li with some unexpected help and advice.
The duties of the Mystic Mystery Banner are primarily strategy, divine secrets, and command.
The banner master was none other than Lu Li's eldest disciple, Lu Changming.
Compared to decades ago, Lu Changming appears much more composed.
Perhaps it was due to his travels.
The youthful vigor he once possessed has faded from his face.
More than anything, they exude composure and experience.
She also resembles Lu Li in temperament.
She even imitated Lu Li's clothes, and usually wore a blue robe when she wasn't busy.
The Mystic Mystery Banner is located at this moment.
Lu Changming, with a rational gaze, analyzed and judged the map of the Demon Manor in front of him along with the other disciples.
And the movements of the surrounding demon army transmitted back by the Shadow-Glancing Banner.
Maps of different meanings floated on the projected Jade Slip.
Information is updated and changes in real time.
The participants recorded and analyzed the situation, examining its advantages, disadvantages, and risks.
"Banner Master, the demon army is moving swiftly."
"At the current rate, the demon army will be able to reach the border between the two prefectures in three months at most."
"It would be extremely dangerous to break away once the demon army has fully assembled."
"It is suggested that the demon army attempt a phased disengagement and go into hiding after traveling one-third of the distance."
A disciple of the Mystic Mystery Banner, holding a newly recorded Jade Slip, reported to Lu Changming.
Lu Changming had noticed this problem long ago.
He took the Jade Slip, said nothing, and went through the intelligence information in detail.
She silently passed it on to Lu Li Lu Li, who then evaluated and made modifications.
He buried himself in his work again, focusing all his attention on the map and Jade Slip before him.
The brushstrokes outline and the deductions continue.
It seemed that only this feeling of being busy could keep him from getting distracted.
Only then can one suppress the random thoughts that constantly surge in one's mind.
I never imagined the trivial matters I encountered before returning to my ancestral home a few years ago.
That profound scene remains vivid in his mind to this day.
I still remember the strong words from that female cultivator's Lineage.
And the glistening tears she was trying to hold back.
And then there's the phrase he uttered, "Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river."
Lu Changming gripped the pen tightly, his knuckles turning slightly white.
There are still about ten years left until the 30th anniversary.
Can I truly... fulfill this promise on my own?
Or is it that we'll have to rely on the master's authority again?
Lu Changming was torn.
In the midst of his busy work, he seemed unaware of a the Unseen aura slowly emanating from him.
Not only him, but all seven lords of Hachiman, excluding Chen Ke, were in the same situation.
An the Unseen, invisible to the naked eye and beyond the reach of Divine Sense, yet undeniably present, emanated from the seven individuals.
To converge, to solidify.
Sitting cross-legged high in the sky.
At the center of this aura was Lu Li.
He acted as a focal point, or perhaps it was a coincidence, firmly locking down these seven auras.
Inside Ye Chenfeng's Dantian.
Elder Jian sensed something, Divine Soul trembled.
A thorough investigation revealed nothing.
Doubts arose in my mind.
"Strange... I sense a strangely familiar aura."
"Yet I can't see it clearly."
"Is it my imagination? That can't be right, how could I possibly be imagining things?"
"If not, then... what could it be?"
Elder Jian's thoughts raced, unaware of the truth.
This aura came suddenly and rapidly.
It seemed as if they had sensed some opportunity.
It seems as if it had always existed, only now becoming apparent.
Centered on Lu Li, it rotated and twisted without his knowledge.
Ripples spread out.
Ripples spread.
Like ripples in a pool, the upward motion is induced.
Piercing through the clouds and mist, rising higher and higher.
Until the mountains and rivers of the Western Continent beneath their feet rapidly shrank.
It transformed into a chessboard the size of a tortoise shell.
Beside the tortoise-shell chessboard lies a vast expanse of azure water.
Further into the distance, a vast and boundless landmass, a hundred times the size of the Western Continent, slowly emerged.
On the continent, several paths connect the sky and the earth.
A blurry, colossal shadow, seemingly within reach of plucking stars and grasping the moon, stands eternally.
Just as the ripples spread.
Several giant figures seemed to sense something, their gazes, Void Breaking, shifted slightly and indifferently turned towards the location of the tortoise shell chessboard in the Western Continent.
"This game... has taken a turn for the worse."
"So, should we accept or reject?"
"Whether you play or stop, the game has progressed to this point. The tides are entangled, the ko fight is imminent, and although variables may arise, they are still within the game's scope."
"Nine is the eye of calamity, right now."
"Can."
The indifferent, resonant voices collided in the endless void, cold and devoid of any emotion.
With just a few words, he determined the fate of Myriad Spirits.
Lu Li was unaware of the many strange phenomena occurring above him.
They were unaware that their team's prize pool was still accumulating.
The entire Dao Academy has been completely broken up and is gradually being integrated into the various demon armies.
Waves of demonic troops surged toward Jingxi Prefecture.
The migration of a million demon soldiers was a calamity.
Looking down from the heavens, the land of the Western Continent resembles a huge, dilapidated chessboard.
Demons of all sizes, and countless living beings, were like black chess pieces manipulated by an invisible hand.
They converged into hundreds of muddy torrents.
They involuntarily crawl in the same direction.
Humans, demons, and beasts, regardless of strength, are all like ants.
Swept along by the calamity known as the Prefecture-Breaking War, it surged forward.
Like Lu Li, they were completely unaware of any unusual phenomena.
No change could be detected at all.
Only one human and one demon seemed to suddenly sense something.
He hurriedly looked up at the sky, his eyes wide with astonishment.
"This is... a shift in destiny?"
"Where did this sudden change in fortune come from in the Western Continent?"
Zongzheng Lie led his men back to Jingxi Prefecture, his expression suddenly changed within the void.
He is the Prince of Pacify the West, who controls half of the human race in the Western Continent.
He could clearly sense that a faint, unfamiliar root of Human Dao Karmic Luck arisen out of thin air.
They quietly established themselves in the Western Continent.
Although this energy is faint, it is pure and resilient.
Rootless and without origin, independent of dynasties and aristocratic Aristocratic Clan, it sprouts stubbornly like wild grass.
It shook him to his core, leaving him with lingering fear.
"Unexpected events! This battle may hold some truly dramatic changes!"
"Is this a breakthrough for me, or a breakthrough for me, a breakthrough from my predicament?"
A profound sense of confusion and horror welled up within me.
The one who shared the same feeling Ao Qing, the lord of the Demon Manor who controlled the other half of the Western Continent.
However, compared to his apprehension, Ao Qing seemed much more delighted.
The dragon's eyes suddenly gleamed with a fierce light.
The excruciating pain throughout my body seemed to lessen somewhat.
His eyes held an almost manic excitement.
"Heaven is helping me!"
"The existence of variables means that even you, in your moves, will eventually overlook something!"
"Man proposes, God disposes; where calculations fail, there lies opportunity!"