The sudden retreat of the Heavenly Demon Religion confused the Divine King who stood on the walls of the fortress.
After half a month of preparation, they had already prepared themselves for a long battle against the Heavenly Demon Religion. However, just when the ceasefire between the Divine Kingdom of Pingtian and vice-leader Huai An had ended and the battle was about to erupt again, the Heavenly Demon Religion that had gained the upper hand suddenly retreated.
This unexpected action left the Divine King on the walls rather confused. They had no idea what was going on.
Even the divine king stared at the army of the Heavenly Demon Religion that had already retreated into the distance. He was filled with doubt and confusion.
"They've retreated? The Heavenly Demon Religion has retreated just like that? Don't tell me they're plotting something? "A Divine King on the walls said. He found this rather hard to believe.
"The Old Man understood the Heavenly Demon Religion's way of doing things extremely well. The Heavenly Demon Religion is tyrannical on the Cloud Plane just because they have the support of a great elder. They can destroy anyone they want. However, due to the great elder behind the Heavenly Demon Religion, none of the peak organisations on the Cloud Plane dared to lay their hands on the Heavenly Demon Religion. As a result, the Heavenly Demon Religion has caused great bloodshed on the Cloud Plane time and time again in the past several tens of thousand years. They've committed heinous crimes. In particular, the Empyrean Demon Cult had sent out an unprecedented number of people for the attack this time. Not only had they mobilized all nine armies to attack the three regions, but even their vice-leaders had been mobilized as well. This was an extremely rare sight. They have adopted this attitude of not giving up until they achieve their goal. It is absolutely impossible for them to withdraw their troops so easily. "The one who spoke was an old man who held a fly-whisk in his hand. He had the demeanor of a transcendent being.
"That's right. The Heavenly Demon Religion's withdrawal is definitely not as simple as it seems on the surface. We can't let our guard down," another Divine King said.
The Divine King on the fortress expressed his own opinions and guesses, but without exception, no one believed that the Heavenly Demon Religion had really retreated.
Even the divine king was no exception.
This was because the Heavenly Demon Religion was used to being domineering. Adding on the fact that they had brought such a large force this time, according to their style of doing things, it was absolutely impossible for them to give up on their own accord unless they set off a monstrous massacre that could shake the entire Cloud Region.
Among these people, only Jianchen, Shen Jian, and Seiyu knew that the Heavenly Demon Religion's withdrawal wasn't because they had other motives or were plotting something. They were truly withdrawing.
However, Jianchen had no idea how long the nine armies would last.
He had learnt the secret behind the Heavenly Demon Religion's war from his visit to the Heavenly Demon Religion. Now that the nine blood beads and soul beads that the Heavenly Demon Religion had spent so much time and effort to refine had been stolen, there were only two things they could do.
One was to give up on the war and focus all their efforts on searching for the blood beads and soul beads.
The other was to continue the war and refine the blood beads and soul beads again.
"I hope uncle Xiu is safe in the central region. It's just a pity that we don't have enough five-colored divine crystals on us, or we would have directly gotten uncle Xiu to leave the Cloud Plane and go to other planes. That would have been safer, "thought Jianchen. He could only pray for uncle Xiu right now. There was nothing he could do to help.
Just as everyone discussed the Heavenly Demon Religion's withdrawal, a shocking piece of news arrived. The people from the Heavenly Demon Religion had invaded the divine kingdoms in the surroundings and massacred them. They began a boundless slaughter once again, causing rivers of blood to flow in many cities and provincial cities. No one was spared wherever they passed by.
Even the imperial cities of a few divine kingdoms suffered. They were completely wiped out by the Heavenly Demon Religion, and the Divine King experts who watched over them were surrounded and killed by the protectors of the Heavenly Demon Religion.
In the end, three of the neighboring divine kingdoms were destroyed, while the other divine kingdoms suffered varying degrees of damage as well. They were all heavily injured.
The Divine King experts on the city walls were all furious when they heard the news.
The divine king sighed gently. There was some helplessness on his face, but he said nothing.
The light in Jianchen's eyes flickered. He thought to himself, "In terms of time, when the Heavenly Demon Religion attacked these divine kingdoms, it just happened to be when Fairy Haoyue infiltrated the headquarters of the Heavenly Demon Religion. Clearly, they want to collect more soul energy to increase the quality of their blood and soul orbs. They shouldn't be trying to refine them."
In the following period of time, the allied army continued to remain on high alert. They remained in the fortress at all times. Only half a month later did a Divine King venture within ten thousand kilometers of the headquarters of the Heavenly Demon Religion. Only after receiving accurate information did everyone believe that the Heavenly Demon Religion had truly retreated.
The divine king and the many Divine Kings who had come as reinforcements all let out a sigh of relief after receiving accurate information.
The divine king immediately clasped his fist at everyone. His face was amiable, but his dignity did not diminish at all. He said, "Everyone, it looks like the war this time has truly come to an end. I would like to thank everyone for your assistance."
"Your majesty is far too polite. The Heavenly Demon Religion is vicious. We should all work together against such a vicious demonic cult," an old man clasped his fist at the divine king. An old man clasped his fist at the divine king. He spoke extremely politely. He was an elder of the Earth Spirit sect.
Of course, he was not one of the three elders who had come to the Divine Kingdom of Pingtian first. Instead, he was one of the Divine Kings who had come as reinforcements.
Afterwards, the elder looked at Jianchen and said apologetically, "Little brother Jianchen, I hope you don't take offense to the incompetent disciples of our Earth Spirit sect." The old man sighed gently when he reached there, "It's a pity that many of the disciples have already died on the battlefield, or my Earth Spirit sect would definitely punish them severely and give little brother Jianchen an explanation."
The Divine Kings on the fortress all looked at Jianchen and the elder of the Earth Spirit sect.
They had all heard about the grievances between Jianchen and the Earth Spirit sect. If Jianchen was only a supreme Overgod who had barely managed to make it onto the Overgods' Plaque, the Earth Spirit sect would not take him seriously with their strength, but they would not take him seriously.
However, if he was a supreme Overgod who possessed startling strength and had the right to rank first on the Overgods' Plaque, the significance would be completely different. This was because an Overgod like that could rival the Divine King. If they broke through in the future and reached the level of Divine King, they would have the right to become a Divine King.
It was rumored that the top ten of the Divine King possessed extremely astonishing strength, enough to fend off early Primordial realm experts.
They could even kill regular Primordial realm experts with the power of the Divine King.
Moreover, Yaxi Lian had revealed that Jianchen possessed the support of a Primordial realm expert. The Earth Spirit sect naturally did not want to offend someone like that.
Under the attention of all the organisations, Jianchen remained emotionless. He said, "This matter has nothing to do with the dead disciples of the Earth Spirit sect. The true culprit is someone else. Divine King level talismans are so precious that they can't be possessed by just a few disciples."
The elder's face immediately stiffened when he heard that. He sighed gently and said nothing more. After bidding farewell to the divine king, he left with the disciples of the Earth Spirit sect.
He knew that the grievances between the Earth Spirit sect and Jianchen could not be settled with just a few words. It was best to leave it to the sect master and the others to deal with.
Now that the battle against the Heavenly Demon Religion had ended, the Divine Kings all dispersed, returning to where they had come from.
The divine king arrived before Jianchen and said, "Jianchen, I'll deal with the matters of the battle first. In three days, I'll go to the Earth Spirit sect with you. A few people from the Earth Spirit sect disregarded the bigger picture and attacked their own people on the battlefield. We must get them to give us an explanation for this. "Towards the end, the divine king's voice became rather stern as a vicious light flickered through his eyes.
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