Close on their heels, Xie Chuan and Zhao Qi's soul flames also began to sway.
Zhao Qi's soul flame in particular nearly went out for an instant.
Chen Yang immediately realized something was wrong. For more than a year prior, Tiger Chasing's eastern advance had gone extremely smoothly, and the soul flames of Zhao Qi and the others had remained stable, only swaying slightly on rare occasions.
A situation like today's, where one had been extinguished and another hung by a thread, had never occurred before.
"Something major has happened on the Eastern Expedition battlefield."
Chen Yang quickly determined the cause, then connected with all his strength to the consciousness he had separated and sent out.
After several hours of sensing, he learned the general situation on the Eastern Expedition battlefield from the fragmented information fed back to him.
After losing nearly half his territory, the Seventh Prince of the Eastern Wilderness could no longer bear the pressure and chose to submit.
He offered up all of his remaining half of the territory and acknowledged the First Prince of the Eastern Region as his superior.
Only then did the Eastern Wilderness's true foundation officially reveal itself.
Eastern Wilderness armies and elite cultivators, several times more numerous than Tiger Chasing's side, entered the fray and instantly reversed the previously losing situation, dealing a crushing blow to Tiger Chasing's lines.
In barely half a month, five large-scale battles had already taken place in succession.
The frontline soldiers and accompanying cultivators suffered massive encirclement and suppression from the Eastern Wilderness, with grievous casualties.
This forced Tiger Chasing to carry out a strategic retreat across the entire line to avoid the Eastern Wilderness's fiercest wave of counterattack.
Eastern Expedition battlefield, Central Region front.
Under the cover of night, a battered remnant force of Tiger