The battles on both the eastern and western fronts did not collapse instantly, but neither did they drag into a prolonged deadlock. Instead, after a brief stalemate of roughly half an hour, both fronts suddenly began to crumble.0

The eastern front, being the smaller engagement, fell apart first. Huangfu Qing abandoned her pursuit of Bo’e and turned back to assist Zhao Changhe and his allies, who were on the verge of being overwhelmed in their siege against Tngri.0

Tngri found himself unable to divide his attention between the deteriorating main battlefield on the western front and the intensifying pressure from this new threat. The arrival of Huangfu Qing as reinforcements played a decisive role. This was not merely because her cultivation surpassed that of Zhao Changhe and Yue Hongling, but because the three of them could use a battle formation. It was the very same formation they had previously used to slay the Dao Lord, uniting the forces of sun, moon, and stars into the Heaven-Earth-Man Formation. This synergy elevated Zhao Changhe and Yue Hongling’s combat power significantly.0

Huangfu Qing’s movements were never arbitrary. Every single one of her decisions was meticulously planned and calculated. She certainly was not here just to kick a wretched...0