Tiger Chasing's entire front retreated to the great camp eight hundred li to the rear, while Eastern Wilderness, after clearing up the aftermath, continued pressing westward.
The First Prince clearly was not content with merely half of the Southwest's territory. He wanted to seize the momentum and claim the other half that Tiger Chasing had conquered as well.
There was no time to grieve for their fallen comrades. Once the retreat was complete, all Tiger Chasing troops and cultivators immediately began reorganizing their formations, preparing for the decisive battle between the two dynasties that could come at any moment.
By this stage, Spiritual Connection cultivators, the peak fighting forces on both sides, had also been incorporated into deployments across the various fronts.
Although Tiger Chasing's three nation-suppressing powers were currently stationed in the west, south, and north, unable to join the battle.
Eastern Wilderness had problems of its own as well.
The threat from that barbaric wilderness to their east was not the slightest bit less than the pressure Tiger Chasing faced from dynasties on three sides.
Even so, as the First Prince who had inherited most of the former Eastern Wasteland Dynasty's legacy.
The number of Spiritual Connection cultivators and titled True Persons at his disposal still exceeded Tiger Chasing's by a fair margin.
Northern Frontline.
Eastern Wilderness had dispatched five Spiritual Connection cultivators in total: one at the Early Stage, two at the Mid-Spiritual Connection Realm, and two at the Late-Spiritual Connection Realm.
In addition, there was one titled True Person at Spiritual Connection Perfection.
Tiger Chasing, meanwhile, had only four.
Twelfth Layer, Spiritual Connection Perfection, Tiger Chasing's foremost Confucian cultivator, head of Chengtian Academy, Tao Yuan.
Ninth Layer, Late-Spiritual Connection Realm, Lord of Wanghai City, Du Yuan.
Ninth Layer, Late-Spiritual Connection Realm, Hall Master of the Imperial