Time flowed by, and in the blink of an eye, 5 years had passed.
Time was like a flying knife, it was frighteningly fast.
However, sometimes, the speed of time didn't make people feel afraid. Instead, it made people feel happy. After all, during this period of time, their lives had been very bitter and painful.
During this period of time, many people in the Holy Land were in pain. They all hoped that time would pass faster because they were suffering from the pain of war.
Ever since Ye Lang and Zhao Yarou disappeared, the situation in the Holy Land started to change. It became more and more intense, and eventually, wars started to break out. It was an all-out war between empires, and the flames of war spread across the entire Holy Land.
Some people believed that this war broke out because of Ye Lang and Zhao Yarou's disappearance. The 2 of them were at the center of the storm and were the fuse of the war.
In actuality, the cause of this war was also because of Ye Lang and Zhao Yarou's disappearance.
Zhao Yarou's disappearance didn't cause the Soaring Sky Empire to lose its leader, nor did it cause chaos. In Zhao Yarou's plans, she wouldn't change just because someone disappeared, including herself.
However, her disappearance gave the Soaring Sky Empire a very good reason, and that was a reason to start a war. The Soaring Sky Empire's Empress had disappeared, and this reason was enough for the Soaring Sky Empire to start any war, even if it was the power of the entire empire.
At that time, the Soaring Sky Empire's reason was that someone had kidnapped Zhao Yarou. They wanted to find her, so they searched each empire. Of course, they had to send an army.
Sending out an army to search for someone was an easy task if they were to invade someone else's territory. Which country would agree to it? No one would agree to it, unless they had no ability to resist.
Those who couldn't resist could only be conquered and become slaves. Of course, it could also be said that they had become new members of the Soaring Sky Empire.
If this war ended, the lives of the slaves and new members would pass very easily. As long as they got used to it, they would be able to live the same life as before. Perhaps they would even get better lives, but of course, it was also possible that they would be a bit worse off.
It was just that this war didn't end and was still going on. This made the situation very complicated. Those slaves naturally didn't want to become new members. As long as they had hope, they would do some rebellious things.
This kind of behavior naturally caused their relationship with the Soaring Sky Empire to become very bad. The conflict between the two sides continued, and it even affected the innocent, making it so that those who wanted to live their own peaceful lives could not live in peace.
In short, if the war didn't end, the people's conflicts wouldn't end either. They would continue and become more and more intense.
This was what the ancients had said. The longer the war dragged on, the more trouble there would be.
It was just that wars were unpredictable. Even the Soaring Sky Empire didn't know that this war would last for so long and become one of the most recorded wars on the Tianwu Continent.
And here, because of Ye Lang, many people also participated in this war. Therefore, Ye Lang could be considered as one of the reasons for this war, and also one of the reasons why this war continued for so long.
This was also the subtle part of the situation. Because of Ye Lang, something that shouldn't have happened had actually happened.
And in any case, many people felt that the reason for this war wasn't important, because even if there wasn't such a reason, there would have been other reasons.
Many people knew that Zhao Yarou had already arranged everything and was preparing to unify the continent!
The Soaring Sky Empire wanted to engulf the entire continent. This was something that Zhao Yarou had prepared for!
This was also why everyone felt that the reason wasn't important. At the same time, they felt that this wasn't because of Zhao Yarou's disappearance. It was obvious that this was something that was bound to happen. The only difference was who would carry it out.
Naturally, the so-called many people here were only a small portion of the people on the continent. These people were all people in power, and there were also some people who knew what was going on.
To the commoners of the continent, this war was a bit inexplicable, and what made the commoners feel even more baffled was how the Soaring Sky Empire suddenly had such powerful alchemy devices.
Among these alchemy devices, there were some small-scale weapons for individual combat, as well as some large-scale siege weapons, as well as some mystical weapons. They were very amazing and unimaginable.
Because of this, the Soaring Sky Empire's attacks were unstoppable. Under normal circumstances, the Soaring Sky Empire would be beaten to the point where they couldn't even react before they were taken down.
Alchemy, it turned out that it could be this mysterious!
At this time, everyone on the continent had a new understanding of Alchemy, and the Alchemist profession had also started to rise.
Whether it was the Soaring Sky Empire or other countries, they were now recruiting a large number of Alchemists. Those Alchemists with profound Alchemy skills were the target of every country.
Many people knew the reason why the Soaring Sky Empire was recruiting Alchemists. This was because it was very obvious, everyone could see it.
The Soaring Sky Empire was recruiting Alchemists because they needed a large number of Alchemists to help them make alchemy devices!!
Although it could be said that the Soaring Sky Empire had grasped a large number of Alchemists from the Yue Clan, these technologies still needed a large number of people who knew Alchemy. And these people didn't necessarily have high Alchemy skills, as long as they had a certain foundation in Alchemy, it would be fine.
Because of this, those alchemy warlocks who were originally not very smart and were not favored by people were now playing a big role, and they began to feel proud and elated.
And because of this, a lot of people began to enter the Alchemist profession. After all, it didn't matter if they had profound achievements or not, as long as they had a certain amount of knowledge, they would be able to get a good job and receive good treatment.
For some ordinary people, this was a very good way out!!
In fact, this also proved this point. In the following period of time, Alchemy was indeed the most popular profession, and ordinary people also had the opportunity to stand out.
At the same time, because so many people entered this profession, Alchemy also began to flourish. Moreover, it started to become more and more refined. In Alchemy, there was a phenomenon of a hundred schools of thought appearing.
After all, Alchemy was too general in the past. It included all the fields of science and technology, so it was normal and inevitable for it to become more refined.
Since the Soaring Sky Empire was recruiting Alchemists, the other countries naturally wouldn't relax. On one hand, they could snatch the talents of the Soaring Sky Empire, which would slow down the Soaring Sky Empire's development. On the other hand, they could also improve their own Alchemy skills and decipher the Soaring Sky Empire's alchemy technology to create alchemy devices that could resist the Soaring Sky Empire.
Regarding this point, no one doubted whether the cooking of these countries was correct or not, because the truth was right in front of them. After a few years, the unstoppable momentum of the Xiang Tian Empire had slowly been curbed, even though more than half of the continent had fallen into the hands of the Xiang Tian Empire.
This was also one of the reasons why the war had become so intense!!
And the person who was most remembered during this war wasn't Zhao Yarou, nor was it the current leader of the Soaring Sky Empire. It was Ye Lang!!
Because whether it was the reason for the war, the reason why the war had become so intense, or whether the war would end sooner or later, it was all related to Ye Lang.
The main reason why the war had become so intense was because of Ye Lang. Although Ye Lang wasn't present and had disappeared from the continent, he could still affect the situation.
First of all, because of Ye Lang, the forces that originally wouldn't have cooperated with each other had cooperated with each other at the beginning. This made the Soaring Sky Empire's plan to take them down one by one fail. This was also one of the reasons why they couldn't end the war quickly.
In the beginning, the Soaring Sky Empire wanted to annex the Vermillion Bird Empire. The two countries were originally mortal enemies, this was something that everyone had guessed.
At that time, the Soaring Sky Empire didn't expect Ella to make a move. At that time, the Soaring Sky Empire didn't show any intention of unifying the continent. Even if someone said it, they would feel that it was inconceivable and unbelievable.
After all, being able to annex another empire was already the limit for the three empires on the continent. It could even be said to be an impossible task.
Therefore, at that time, no one would have thought that Ella would help.
In fact, the result was shocking. When the Soaring Sky Empire annexed most of the Vermillion Bird Empire's territory, Ella made a move, giving the Vermillion Bird a chance to take a breather. The Vermillion Bird Empire's last territory was defended against the Soaring Sky Empire's invasion, preventing the Vermillion Bird Empire from falling.
Of course, the Vermillion Bird Empire also suffered heavy losses. They lost nearly three-quarters of their territory!
This wasn't because Ella was late, but because the Soaring Sky Empire's progress was too fast. Those military transport spaceships allowed the Soaring Sky Empire to reach an incredible speed. At the same time, the Vermillion Bird Empire was caught off guard.
At that time, some people were still suspicious. Since they could use such magical spaceships, why didn't they directly attack in the air? Why only transport troops?
In fact, the answer was very simple. At that time, the Soaring Sky Empire had only mastered the flight technology and hadn't perfected it yet. At that time, the war had already started, so they could only transport troops.
Who designed those military transport spaceships? And it wasn't Ye Lang!
Regarding this matter, Princess Long Ji really wanted to beat Ye Lang up. However, at that time, she didn't have the mood to do so, and it was impossible for Ye Lang to appear in front of her.
No matter what, Princess Long Ji could only give up most of her territory to restrain the Soaring Sky Empire's army. At the same time, she led the army to defend the remaining territory.
At that time, although the Vermillion Bird Empire lost its territory, it also solved some problems, such as the inheritance of the throne. At that time, no one thought about this problem anymore.
After some things, it was basically confirmed that Princess Long Ji would be the next Empress. However, the value of this Empress could only depend on the development of the situation.
Now, it was certain that if this continued, the power and territory of this Empress would be much worse than the previous Vermillion Bird Empire. Perhaps this was also the reason why Princess Long Ji was able to obtain it so easily.
Among those princes, some had even surrendered to the Soaring Sky Empire and managed the new territory that should have belonged to the Vermillion Bird Empire.
From a certain point of view, the power that these princes received was much greater than that of Princess Long Ji, the future Empress. This was because the Vermillion Bird Empire only had a quarter of its original size left.
At the same time, the new territory seemed to be managed by the original members of the Soaring Sky Empire, which gave them a lot of power. Of course, the Soaring Sky Empire would give them a general direction and not allow them to deviate.
Although the direction that the Soaring Sky Empire was taking was a bit strange, it wasn't because the Soaring Sky Empire was too strict, but because it was too lax. The policies that the Soaring Sky Empire gave the commoners great benefits and freedom.
This was actually one of Zhao Yarou's arrangements. She didn't want a territory that could betray her, so she made the members of the new territory feel that the Soaring Sky Empire gave them better policies.
Using this to buy people's hearts, even if some people suspected that this was only temporary, at least they wouldn't feel resentful. After all, the Soaring Sky Empire had given them real benefits, and as time passed, they would feel that it was better to be ruled by the Soaring Sky Empire than before.
As a result, after a period of time, some of the members of the new territory accepted the fact that they were part of the Soaring Sky Empire and called themselves the Soaring Sky Empire.
This also meant that the Soaring Sky Empire had completely taken over this place!!
It couldn't be denied that Zhao Yarou was a terrifying opponent. She could completely defeat anyone!!
When the Vermillion Bird Empire was being invaded and the Ella Empire was helping the Vermillion Bird Empire, the Soaring Sky Empire made another shocking move. They split up into two groups and advanced towards the Ella Empire from another direction. They cleared out the obstacles between the Ella Empire and the Soaring Sky Empire and attacked the Ella Empire head-on.
This surprised everyone – they were surprised that the Soaring Sky Empire still had the ability to attack. What was even more surprising was that not only did the Soaring Sky Empire have the ability to attack, but they also had the upper hand and were constantly suppressing the other factions.
It was at this time that everyone discovered the importance of Alchemy. The Soaring Sky Empire's advantage was mostly because of their Alchemy.
Although everyone started to pay more attention to this problem, during this period of time, the Soaring Sky Empire had already conquered more than half of the Continent. Apart from the Orc Empire, half of the Continent belonged to the Soaring Sky Empire.
After a few years, even though their momentum had slowed down, the Soaring Sky Empire was still slowly expanding, and they now controlled 3/4 of the Continent.
The remaining 1/4 of the Continent was now the union of the Ella Empire and the Vermillion Bird Empire. At this critical moment, they had no choice but to form a deep alliance to resist the Soaring Sky Empire.
At this time, apart from the two empires, all the other empires had either chosen to join the alliance between the two empires or had already surrendered to the Soaring Sky Alliance. Basically, there were only the Soaring Sky Alliance and the Ella Vermillion Bird Alliance in the human territory.
Due to the buffer period of several years, the Ella Empire and the Vermillion Bird Empire had already gained the ability to resist Alchemy. At the same time, their territory had shrunk, which meant that their strength had become more concentrated. Therefore, if the Soaring Sky Empire wanted to annex them, it would be extremely difficult.
Originally, this wouldn't have happened. If Zhao Yarou was here, she definitely wouldn't have allowed such a situation to happen. At the same time, if she was here, she definitely wouldn't have continued with the Soaring Sky Empire.
Of course, under normal circumstances, Zhao Yarou wouldn't allow such a thing to happen. Therefore, it was unknown what she would do in such a situation.
While the Soaring Sky Empire was dealing with the Vermillion Bird Empire and the Ella Empire, they also had to deal with the pressure from the Beastmen and the Tiger Tribe.
Although the Tiger Race wasn't very well-informed, but after so many years, how could they have received news that Ye Lang had already been killed by the Soaring Sky Empire. If it wasn't for Zhao Yarou's disappearance, the Tiger Race would have already attacked the Soaring Sky Empire.
Ye Lang was a very important person to the Tiger Tribe. They would do things that everyone thought were impossible for Ye Lang, such as starting a war with the Soaring Sky Empire.
Although the Tiger Tribe didn't start a war at first, as the situation developed, the friction between the two sides increased and a war broke out!!
Originally, in the Soaring Sky Empire's plan, unifying the Beastmen's north was also part of the plan. This was something that was bound to happen. The Soaring Sky Empire, with the support of alchemy weapons, fought against the Beastmen, who didn't have any alchemy skills and only relied on brute force. The result could be imagined.
The Beastmen were also forced into a corner. If the Soaring Sky Empire's frontline wasn't too big, the Beastmen would have already been captured.
Speaking of which, this matter was all because of Ye Lang!!
And the Soaring Sky Empire wasn't only threatened by these two aspects, there were also two other factors restraining the Soaring Sky Empire. These two factors were also because of Ye Lang. In the end, they were still related to Ye Lang.
One of these two factors was the Holy City. Although it wasn't very direct, the Holy City clearly expressed that they wouldn't support the Soaring Sky Empire. This also made many members of the Holy Church support people other than the Soaring Sky Empire. This kind of power was very frightening.
And the other factor, which was also the most mystical one, was Leaf City!
Leaf City was currently under the control of the Soaring Sky Empire and was completely surrounded by the Soaring Sky Empire's forces. But even in such an environment, Leaf City still maintained its neutrality and wasn't occupied by the Soaring Sky Empire.
Everyone who got the news felt that it was very mystical. They couldn't understand why Leaf City hadn't fallen. It was like a lonely boat in the middle of the sea. Although it looked like it would be submerged at any time, it was still above the sea.
It wasn't that the Soaring Sky Empire didn't want to overturn this lonely boat, but that they couldn't take over this place!!
Leaf City's defense was so strong that even if they gathered a large amount of alchemy equipment, they still couldn't break through it. This made the Chief Alchemist of the Soaring Sky Empire very helpless, so he could only give up on Leaf City.
"I still can't beat him. It's just a small Leaf City, but it makes me feel like a mountain, an insurmountable mountain!"
Because she couldn't break through Ye Lang's defense, she decided to enter Leaf City to study it. She studied it for a few years!!
Although Leaf City was fighting against the Soaring Sky Empire, it was only defending. If the Soaring Sky Empire didn't do anything hostile to Leaf City, Leaf City wouldn't care about the people from the Soaring Sky Empire coming in and out.
This was also a very strange thing. At the same time, it was also the reason why Leaf City had always been very peaceful. It was because Leaf City had always maintained its neutrality!!
After this incident, the people of Leaf City seemed to understand Ye Lang's words even more. Maintain neutrality!
Of course, maintaining neutrality was because they had the strength to back them up. At the same time, they had to know how to be flexible in times of life and death …
At this time, it made everyone understand one thing. Alchemy was very important. The reason why Leaf City could not be invaded was because of Ye Lang's alchemy.
At the same time, Third Brother also understood what Ye Lang meant when he said that when the defensive formation was activated, there would be a change in the terrain. What was this all about?
It turned out that when the formation was activated, the entire Leaf City would start to split into countless sections. The sections would be combined in different ways to form different formations.
Ye Lang's design not only allowed Leaf City to be divided and reorganized. At the same time, with the various combinations, the residents of Leaf City wouldn't have any problems traveling. However, the place they were in would change, and the environment around them would also change.
This formation shocked everyone in the world. If it wasn't for the fact that it was right in front of them, they would never believe that such a magical thing could happen.
And this formation turned Leaf City into an impregnable fortress. Even Soaring Sky couldn't break through it!
At the same time, Soaring Sky couldn't focus all their forces on Leaf City because they still needed to continue fighting in other places. Since they knew that Leaf City couldn't be broken through and that Leaf City had always maintained a neutral attitude, they didn't continue to care about Leaf City.
Thus, Leaf City became the most mystical place on the continent!
The reason why Leaf City became the point of restraining Soaring Sky was mainly because Leaf City maintained a neutral position. That's right, because of its neutrality, Leaf City would also allow forces that were hostile to Soaring Sky to enter.
Leaf City became a safe haven!
But this safe haven didn't give Soaring Sky a headache. At most, they would just ignore these people. What gave Soaring Sky a headache was the Ye Family Academy's opening of alchemy.
The Ye Family Academy's Alchemy Academy accepted anyone who met the requirements of the Ye Family Academy. And this was only the Ye Family Academy's recruitment criteria. It didn't matter if the other party was from Soaring Sky or an enemy of Soaring Sky.
And Leaf City's performance in the war also made people understand that Leaf City's alchemy was top-notch. If they could learn Leaf City's alchemy, it would be a piece of cake for them to resist Soaring Sky.
Therefore, a large number of talented people began to enter the Ye Family Academy. The Ye Family Academy replaced the previously destroyed First Academy and became the new number one academy on the continent.
And the alchemy students of the Ye Family Academy began to show their effects in the next few years. They made the situation of the war even more complicated. Soaring Sky understood that Leaf City was a scourge, but he couldn't do anything about it.
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