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Deep winter arrived.
Heavy snow sealed the roads. Battles across the land came to a pause.
In the newly conquered city, renamed the Western Capital, the Divine Sovereign and his generals were reveling in their victories.
But their celebration was short-lived.
News came like a dagger in the dark. One of the imperial army’s forces had slipped through the blizzard like lightning, circling around to strike a southern rebel stronghold from behind. It was a surgical decapitation. The rebel leadership there was wiped out in one fell swoop.
The Divine Sovereign and his generals instantly tightened security.
And then chaos erupted in the Western Capital itself. It became clear the court had planted spies everywhere.
The open warfare shifted into shadow wars: alleyway ambushes and assassinations.
And the true martial experts of the imperial Ministry of Martial Arts began to show their teeth. Their deep foundation in elite training proved devastating.
After just a few exchanges, panic spread through the rebel command.
Barely a month later, word came that another Divine Lord’s head had been cut off and nailed above the gates of the city entrance..
The rebel forces may have matched the empire in numbers....
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