Meanwhile, within Tianming City...

"I have news to report..." said a tribulation elder with a pale complexion as he knelt on the ground, breaking into tears.

"Friend, stand up and tell me." Xuanyuan Xie helped the man up.

On the walls of the southern city gate stood the tribulation elders in a neat row. Countless normal citizens beyond the walls looked up at the bringers of news.

"The cities of Fufeng, Liuyun, and Guiyang have been breached. Our brothers in the Fienddragon Legion suffered five hundred thousand casualties, while over six hundred thousand garrison troops were slain. They were all heavily encircled, and fifteen million citizens have been taken captive. Linyu City is the only one that remains, and is at its limit." The elder immediately slumped to the ground after making his report. He had seen the most despairing sights possible in the human realm; his hurt could hardly be put into words.

The mood within Tianming City was just as dismal. Having experienced war, they finally understood...