Tiger Chasing's unstoppable momentum gradually slowed after three months.
After the two Princes of the Eastern Wilderness recognized the urgency of the situation on the western front, both hastily transferred large numbers of troops and cultivators back from the Eastern Region for defense.
They were shocked by the ferocity of Tiger Chasing's eastward offensive, and equally taken aback by the active performances of Yang Lingrui and the other Tiger Chasing prodigies.
Just like the Northwest Four Sects that had previously come to challenge them at their gates, their understanding of Tiger Chasing remained stuck decades in the past.
Back then, the Tiger Chasing Dynasty had been supported entirely by a single True Intent Realm Imperial Preceptor.
Apart from that supreme combatant, the number and quality of cultivators at every other level lagged far behind those of the Eastern Wilderness.
An utterly ordinary lower-level cultivator from the Eastern Wilderness could rank among the middle tier if placed in Tiger Chasing. The gap between the two was plain to see.
Thus, the two Princes had never truly taken the war on the western front to heart. They had regarded it as nothing more than an ordinary local skirmish and had not dispatched their main forces.
Ever since declaring themselves kings, their focus had always been on fighting their eldest brother, who controlled half the territory of the Eastern Wilderness.
Little did they know that throughout these past decades, Tiger Chasing had never relaxed in the slightest. It had always prepared for a rainy day, secretly accumulating strength without cease.
Through the method of igniting the dragon veins, it had nurtured a generation of pillars and young prodigies capable of standing shoulder to shoulder with Great Sect disciples.
Then, at the cost of nearly emptying its treasury, it had repeatedly opened the Secret