Chapter 854: Sishui Pass, Broken!

The appearance and departure of the Saints did not affect the battle for Sishui Pass.

The brutal slaughter continued unabated.

Warships roared, Immortal Light crisscrossed, and the sounds of battle shook the Heaven.

Every moment, thousands of Xiqi soldiers were killed, falling like torrential rain.

Looking at the Yin-Shang side, because of the Guardian Formation, there were almost no casualties.

But the Guardian Formation was already in a precarious state.

Before the Guardian Formation was about to shatter, Han Rong finally gave the order for the entire army to retreat.

They either boarded the Warships or left through the Teleportation Array.

……

"What is going on? The Yin-Shang army is retreating!"

"No way, the commander of Sishui Pass is fleeing the battle! They are just giving up Sishui Pass like this!"

"I actually think this isn't fleeing the battle, but preserving their effective strength. Now that the fall of Sishui Pass is a foregone conclusion, staying any longer would only result in senseless sacrifice."

"When it comes down to it, it's because the Jie Sect has too few Golden Immortals."

……

The crowd discussed it fervently.

On the command platform, Jiang Ziya had naturally discovered this long ago.

He was invigorated and said excitedly, "Good, good! Han Rong has led his troops to retreat; this Sishui Pass has finally been conquered by us."

It was not easy!

It was truly not easy!

To break through Sishui Pass, their Chan Sect lost three Golden Immortals and over nine hundred Mysterious Immortals.

As for the losses of Xiqi, they numbered in the millions.

Seeing that Han Rong and the others had already led their troops to retreat, Zhao Gongming also had to withdraw temporarily, because Randeng Daoren had joined the battlefield and teamed up with Yunzhongzi.

Relying on the Sea-Calming Pearl, he was not afraid of Randeng Daoren.

But his Golden Immortal cultivation was destined to be inferior to Randeng Daoren in terms of endurance; if the fight went to the end, he would definitely be the one to suffer.

……

Boom—!

Amidst a series of explosions that sounded like mountains collapsing and the earth splitting, the Guardian Formation shattered with a bang, and subsequently, the majestic Sishui Pass also exploded under the attacks of Juliusun and the others.

Sand flew and stones rolled, and the dust rose like a giant mushroom cloud.

It was just a pity that the Yin-Shang army had already retreated; although Sishui Pass was broken, there were almost no losses.

Almost simultaneously.

The commanders of Jiameng Pass and Qinglong Pass also retreated one after another.

The existence of Jiameng Pass and Qinglong Pass was, in reality, to guard Sishui Pass.

If the Chan Sect were not involved, Yin Qi would certainly have let the two passes hold firm to harass the rear of Xiqi, but now, continuing to hold them would only increase casualties in vain.

Rather than that, it was better to retreat entirely.

Although they won, the Xiqi army did not have much excitement, because their losses were too great, with casualties exceeding at least a million, yet they hadn't even touched a hair of the opponent.

However, this did not affect Jiang Ziya's mood.

He flew to the side of Juliusun and said, "Senior Brother, this poor Daoist wishes to completely open up the road from Xiqi to Yin-Shang, and I hope Senior Brother can take action to perform the Mountain Moving divine ability to widen this place."

As Jiang Ziya spoke, he pointed at the ruins of Sishui Pass and the abyss in front of Sishui Pass.

Juliusun nodded.

He was a Golden Immortal and specialized in the Earth Law; moving mountains and filling seas were merely minor arts to him.

"Open for me!"

Juliusun shouted loudly.

He unleashed the Earth Law, his hands pushing out into the void on both sides, and then one could see the towering mountains on both sides of Sishui Pass acting as if they were made of paper, pushed by an invisible, great force, moving rapidly horizontally to the sides.

Boom—!

One mountain peak after another was moved horizontally; they squeezed and collided with each other, causing a chain of massive explosions.

The spectacle was so magnificent that it left countless people speechless.

After a long while, when the dust settled, the crowd was dumbfounded to see that starting from Golden Chicken Ridge, the original towering mountains had been moved to the sides, expanding a great passage a thousand miles wide.

This great passage extended forward and actually reached the front of Jiepai Pass. One must know that from Sishui Pass to Jiepai Pass, it was a full twenty thousand miles.

The entire route was filled with towering mountains, with only a winding mountain path connecting them.

As for the abyss that had been blasted out in front of Sishui Pass by the Warships, it was naturally filled in as well.

Jiang Ziya exclaimed in admiration, "Senior Brother has great divine abilities."

Juliusun smiled proudly and said, "Junior Brother, this poor Daoist has already opened the road. Shall we pursue the victory and break through Jiepai Pass in one go?"

Jiang Ziya shook his head and said, "Senior Brother, in the battle just now, we suffered no small losses and still need to rest and reorganize. Moreover, it is fifty thousand miles from here, and it will take time for the army to march; it is not suitable to exhaust the troops on a long expedition."

"Alright then."

Juliusun felt it was a pity, but he could only dispel this thought.

………

On Douyin, countless videos regarding Sishui Pass soon appeared.

Especially the gathering of the three Saints.

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As the pinnacle of the Prehistoric Immortal Dao, Saints are the idols and targets of pursuit for all immortal cultivators.

At the same time, the account controlled by the immortal spirit also began to take action, focusing on pushing clips of Yuanshi Tianzun attacking Duobao Daoren to the disciples of the Jie Sect, then adding analysis to enrage the Jie Sect disciples.

Then, it pushed clips of Laozi "urging for peace," focusing on describing Laozi's partiality.

This completely enraged the disciples of the Jie Sect.

"The Chan Sect is shameless, bullying our Jie Sect too much. Brothers, follow me and kill, kill all the shameless scoundrels of the Chan Sect!"

Consequently, the Honghuang, which had been calm for three years, became chaotic once again.

The Jie Sect and the Chan Sect went to full-scale war once more.

In addition to videos inciting the Jie Sect and the Chan Sect, some videos subtly smearing Laozi and Nuwa also began to be quietly pushed to individual Human Race cultivators: recounting the many calamities of the Human Race, during which neither Nuwa nor Laozi had taken action.

They even imprisoned the Three Sovereigns to guard against the Human Race.

Even the disappearance of the Five Emperors was highly likely to have been the work of the Sages.

In short, all sorts of dirty water were being splashed onto Nuwa and Laozi.

………

Jiepai Pass.

General's Mansion.

"National Teacher, Daoist Zhao, General Han, please come inside quickly."

Huang Gun's voice was clear and resonant.

He was sturdy and burly; although his hair was somewhat gray, his aura was fierce, and his eyes contained sharp, piercing light.

As the father of Huang Feiyan, he had privately received a large amount of resources from the Imperial Palace and had long since cultivated to the late stage of Mysterious Immortal, even higher than the cultivation level of Shen Gongbao.

"Old General Huang, please go first!"

Toward Huang Gun, even Zhao Gongming did not neglect him and maintained respect.

After all, this was the father-in-law of the Human Emperor.

His son, Huang Feihu, was also a Deputy Chief of Staff of the Military Affairs Department, one of the three great leaders.

After entering the main hall, the four of them took their seats.

Huang Gun spoke first: "General Han, I believe you have also received the Great King's decree. From now on, you will serve as my Deputy General, and you will continue to command the soldiers of Sishui Pass."

Han Rong nodded and said: "This general has received the decree. Old General, what about the soldiers of Qinglong Pass and Jiameng Pass?"

Huang Gun said: "It is said that they have been transferred to the East Sea Circuit and the North Sea Circuit respectively."

The East Sea Circuit refers to the original Eastern Vassal States and the regions extending east to the sea.

The North Sea Circuit refers to the original Northern Vassal States and the territory extending more than ten million li further north.

After the local administrative reforms, Yin Shang now has thirty-six circuits established in the regions, in addition to the Jingji (the original Yin Shang).

Han Rong frowned slightly and nodded.

Logically speaking, the armies of Qinglong Pass and Jiameng Pass were elite forces that had been tested by the fires of war and should have been kept to resist Xiqi; why would they be transferred to the East Sea Circuit and the North Sea Circuit?

However, since it was the Great King's order, there must certainly be other reasons.

In reality, Yin Qi transferred them to the East Sea Circuit and the North Sea Circuit mainly to clear out the remnants of the original Eastern and Northern Vassal States and to extinguish their subsequent rebellions. (End of this chapter)