The Golden Crow Imperial Dynasty's Armies Join Forces, Hard Bones to Gnaw, and Another Retreat into the Formation Core for Cultivation
Although the Heavenly Demon Grotto-Heaven is the last territory of the Demon Race, it is still just a "cave heaven". The size of the world and the vastness of the area are naturally far inferior to the "True Spirit Realm".
The "True Spirit Realm" is divided into five regions. The four regions of the four spirits are smaller, but they are still nearly ten million miles wide. The central Central Domain is even more vast, covering tens of millions of miles.
In addition to the forbidden areas and polar regions that are difficult to control in all directions, the total territory of the "True Spirit Realm" is definitely no less than tens of millions of miles wide.
However, this "Heavenly Demon Grotto-Heaven" is, after all, just a "cave heaven," with a vast area of only tens of millions of miles. Its size may exceed any of the four spiritual domains in the "True Spirit Realm," but it is definitely not as vast as the Central Domain, and it is less than one-tenth of the entire territory of the "True Spirit Realm."
Therefore, the territory within this "Heavenly Demon Grotto-Heaven" that can be conquered and taken is actually limited.
This time, the counterattack against the "Heavenly Demon Grotto-Heaven" was a joint counterattack launched by all five regions and domains of the "True Spirit Realm," from the "First-Grade Golden Crow" Di Household to tens of thousands of "Ninth-Grade True Spirit" Lineage, and even countless servant cultivator Lineage and ordinary Bloodline Lineage.
The armies of Bifang, Qinggeng, and Huodou were merely a remote corner of the entire counter-offensive army of the Golden Crow Imperial Dynasty in the "True Spirit Realm".
It took them nearly two years to sweep across 100,000 li of territory in this "Heavenly Demon Grotto-Heaven" and capture two demon cities. This achievement was actually quite lagging behind in the overall counterattack record of the "Golden Crow Imperial Dynasty" army.
Over the past two years, the other armies and main forces have launched counterattacks against "Heavenly Demon Grotto-Heaven," seizing more territory and capturing more demon cities than the three counties' army has ever done.
Leaving aside other matters, Kong Wenxuan knew clearly that the main force of Extended Net Moon Deer Prefecture's army had already captured three demon cities and swept across tens of thousands of miles more than a year ago, just a few months after the counterattack began, far surpassing the army of the three prefectures.
If the main force of a small "Extended Net Moon Deer Prefecture" is like this, let alone the main forces of the other four royal courts and the central army of the imperial dynasty, the strength and speed of their counterattacks and advances.
Therefore, after two years of counter-offensives and battles, even though the "True Spirit Lineage" army on some offensive routes has been hampered or even defeated, resulting in heavy casualties, overall, the counter-offensives and offensives of the "True Spirit Realm" Golden Crow Imperial Dynasty have been very successful and rapid, and so far they have seized nearly half of the territory in the "Heavenly Demon Grotto-Heaven".
Therefore, after the army of the three prefectures swept across 100,000 li and captured two demon cities, they found that they had made contact with and met with the main force of "Extended Net Moon Deer Prefecture".
Meanwhile, the main force of "Extended Net Moon Deer Prefecture" had already made contact with the main force of "Vermilion Bird Royal Court" and held a meeting.
Similarly, the main force of the "Vermilion Bird Royal Court" has already made contact and met with the main forces of the other four directions and four regions, as well as the main force of the imperial dynasty.
Now, these armies from the five directions and five regions have conquered and divided up nearly half of the outer area of the "Heavenly Demon Grotto-Heaven," and have chased and driven the remaining Demon Race and Demon Beast to the remaining half of the "Heavenly Demon Grotto-Heaven" in the center.
Under these circumstances, the outer territories of "Heavenly Demon Grotto-Heaven" already had owners, and the army of the three counties could no longer expand, conquer territory, or plunder resources and spiritual objects.
Continuing inwards, one reaches the central area of the inner perimeter, now occupied by the Demon Race.
Although these Demon Race and Demon Beast suffered heavy casualties in the past two years of the "Golden Crow Imperial Dynasty's" full-scale counterattack, those who survived are undoubtedly tough nuts to crack.
Now, these tough nuts are all gathered in the central half of the territory inside the "Heavenly Demon Grotto-Heaven Lineage, "Peacock Bloodline meaning they have less territory to defend, but their average combat strength has increased and become stronger, making them undoubtedly more difficult to attack.
When the armies of the Bi Household, Geng Household, and Huo Household were chasing the fleeing Demon Race and Demon Beast, they attempted to launch a fierce attack when they reached the central area of the "Heavenly Demon Grotto-Heaven".
The result was a bloody crash. Not only were there many casualties among the three families, but even Bi Sitong, the injured Divine Lord of the Bi Household, almost perished in the crash. In the end, he was saved by the Geng Household Divine Lord who sacrificed and detonated his own Sixth Tier "Qinggeng Warship".
This clearly demonstrates how difficult and dangerous it is to deal with these remaining Demon Race and Demon Beast once they gather within the territory of the "Heavenly Demon Grotto-Heaven".
These details were gradually learned by the Kong Household's army from Peacock County after they caught up with the armies from the three prefectures.
This also explains why the army from the three prefectures halted its advance and instead turned inwards to expand its territory by boat, acquiring and utilizing various resource points and mineral veins.
Standing atop the "Qinggeng Demon City," which had been captured by the armies of the three prefectures, Kong Wenxuan gazed southward. Without even needing to activate any eye techniques, he could clearly see countless Yao Qi energies soaring into the sky, and the gathering demonic clouds shrouding the heavens.
"In this battle, the Demon Race has been driven into a desperate situation. The further it goes, the more difficult and dangerous it will likely become."
Even the Spirit Transformation Lord Bi of the Bi Household nearly perished.
"Furthermore, it is said that on some other main battlefields, even Seventh Tier Void Refinement Realm Yuanjun cultivators have died or perished in battle..."
Kong Wenxuan recalled the various pieces of information he had gathered from different sources over the past period, and his mind raced with thoughts.
"With my current Golden Core Stage cultivation and combat strength, even if I could sweep aside those of the same level, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to hold out in the more difficult and dangerous battles to come."
"We must complete the refinement and enhancement of the ' Yellow Earth Divine Sword ' as soon as possible, improve our cultivation and strength, and even advance to the Nascent Soul Realm as quickly as possible..."
"Perfect timing! Now that the Imperial Army is in a stalemate with the remaining Demon Race, the battle has temporarily ceased. I must seize this opportunity to improve my cultivation and strength!"
"Based solely on my own merits accumulated over the past year, I fear it's insufficient for me to fully upgrade the ' Yellow Earth Divine Sword ' within the core of the ' Origin-Securing Grand Formation ' in Dangkang Commandery. Therefore, it will be necessary to draw upon some merits from the Lineage..."
Kong Wenxuan's mind raced, and he made his decision. After glancing once more at the place where the Demon Race had gathered in the distance, he turned around and descended the city wall of "Qinggeng Demon City" without lingering any longer.
The remaining tough Demon Race are entrenched in the territory in the middle of the "Heavenly Demon Grotto-Heaven," and they need to lick their wounds, recuperate, and regroup.
Meanwhile, the various factions of the "Golden Crow Imperial Dynasty" army were finding it difficult to overcome the tough challenge of the Demon Race in the central territory of the "Heavenly Demon Grotto-Heaven," and they also needed to digest the territories and lands they had already seized, as well as recuperate and regroup.
Therefore, a standoff and temporary truce was formed between the two sides, which was just the right time for Kong Wenxuan to go into seclusion and cultivate, and seize the time to improve his cultivation and strength.
At that moment, he returned to his Lineage's army and, after discussing with the patriarch Kong Changgeng, took with him and his Lineage the merits and achievements they had made over the past year and left "Heavenly Demon Grotto-Heaven" directly, returning to "True Spirit Realm". He exchanged enough time for seclusion and cultivation from the Golden Crow Imperial Dynasty's "Treasure Vault" and then went to "Dangkang Commandery" again to enter the core of the "Origin-Securing Grand Formation" for seclusion and cultivation.