Immortality: Starting with a grave, I'm invincible when burying corpses.

October, Year 80 of the Five Kingdoms Calendar.

Under Ye Lin's orders, the Southern Xinjiang army launched a counterattack, and the Sixth Group Army of Southern Xinjiang rushed to the front line.

An army of 300,000 marched north from Yinyin Mountain, officially launching a counterattack against Xiqi.

The two armies clashed in the hilly area surrounding Yinyin Mountain, and the main force of the Sixth Army Group decisively defeated the Xiqi Allied Army led by Jun Changping.

There were no conspiracies or schemes, no strategies or tactics; it was all about a direct, swift advance.

In just two months, the Western Qi Allied Army suffered more than 150,000 casualties, and the remaining soldiers all fled in disarray, showing no intention of obeying military orders.

The Western Qi was originally composed of multiple forces, and its army was mostly recruited from local armed forces, lacking systematic training.

Local armed forces under the Fire Feather Sect, servants and guards kept by powerful families in various regions, opportunistic local gangs, and bandits and horsemen who had to surrender due to changes in the situation...

The Western Entrepreneurs Alliance, boasting a million-strong army, was composed entirely of these low-ranking forces.

The vast Western Qi couldn't even muster a single fighting force; only the Dark Feather Guard, which operated underground, could barely be considered an elite army.

Worse still, the only Dark Feather Guard that could be considered usable had never participated in a direct battle.

Since the fall of the Great Qi Dynasty, over the past eighty years, the once-powerful Dark Feather Guards have gradually transformed into a clandestine underground force.

Letting them engage in assassinations and struggles is certainly within their expertise, but asking them to organize large-scale, head-on battles is like asking a dog to catch fleas—they have absolutely no idea how to do it.

If such an army keeps winning battles, it's fine; the joy of victory will temporarily mask all the problems.

But as the offensive stalled and the army collapsed, this hastily assembled force inevitably exposed its weaknesses.

The army lacked order and had no sound rules.

Upon encountering a more powerful enemy, the entire coalition collapsed at the first contact, with no morale whatsoever.

When casualties reached 10%, morale had already collapsed.

When casualties reached 20%, the rout could no longer be stopped.

Even though Jun Changping had studied countless military strategies over the years, he could only sigh in vain when faced with such a situation.

No matter what he tried, he couldn't revive the routed army.

When faced with overwhelming power, any schemes or tricks become meaningless.

Southern Xinjiang didn't even need to mobilize many troops; it only used one army group to defeat the Western Qi Allied Forces.

There are over a hundred large army groups like the Sixth Army Group in southern Xinjiang.

If it weren't for Jun Xiangyang, who was ranked eighth in the world, Xiqi would be nothing more than a roadside village in Ye Lin's eyes, easily kicked to death.

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December, Year 80 of the Five Kingdoms Calendar.

In the midst of a snowy season, the Western Qi Allied Forces embarked on a grand escape across the vast snow-covered plains.

One fled, the other pursued; the fleeing one ran like a madman, the pursuing one stopped and started, until they came to a halt before the snow-covered plateau.

This was a true rout. If the Southern Frontier army hadn't deliberately pursued them, the entire Western Qi Allied Army might have faced total annihilation.

However, for various reasons, the army in southern Xinjiang, after capturing more than ten small towns, lost interest in continuing the offensive.

During the pursuit, the Southern Frontier army had several opportunities to seize Jun Changping, but they did not take action. Instead, they symbolically left a breakthrough, allowing Jun Changping to leave the encirclement with his loyal followers.

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The wars in the Apocalypse Domain have their own established rules.

Land deities do not participate in mortal wars.

Every terrestrial deity is entitled to their own private plot of land, and regardless of who wins or loses in the end, this plot of land will not be damaged too much.

Four Elephant Mountain, Lingshan Temple, Lingzhou, Shuzhou City, Wanshuang City, East Sea Immortal Island...

All of these were considered the private domain of the immortals on land, and would not become part of the battlefield.

Only the original Qi'an City, due to its great symbolic significance, was turned into a battlefield under the influence of various parties.

Even so, none of the land immortals in Qi'an City perished, and even the Tianqi warship was later released without much hindrance.

If the various forces had truly wanted to stop it at the time, not to mention the demise of the terrestrial immortals, the Apocalypse warships would have had no chance of successfully returning to Dongqi.

This is the rule tacitly accepted by the Apocalypse Domain, and it is also a manifestation of the balance of the world.

Adhering to this rule is definitely more beneficial than harmful to these players.

Even if the fighting is fierce, it is still a struggle between mortals and will not harm these beings who truly stand at the pinnacle of heaven and earth.

More importantly, the rules of the Apocalypse Domain are never set by them.

Even these high and mighty terrestrial deities dared not gamble on whether the few in the clouds would allow them to wreak havoc on the order of heaven and earth.

Every terrestrial deity is a clever person; they know very well how to profit themselves within permissible limits.

The Heavenly Revelation Domain can be chaotic, but it cannot be as unrestrained and chaotic as the Yin Extreme Domain.

Ye Lin, who held a high position and had had considerable contact with Mu An, understood this order best and had no intention of testing it.

Because he met Mu An early on, Ye Lin knew better than most people in the world just how terrifying those two beings, known as the Supreme Saints of Heaven and Earth, truly were.

Ye Lin understood perfectly that if he wanted to live a carefree life in the Nine Domains, he had to act in accordance with the wishes of the big shots.

In Ye Lin's eyes, Huangzhou was Jun Xiangyang's private domain.

Even if the Western Qi coalition is defeated, there is no need to fight to the death.

It doesn't matter how many ordinary soldiers die, as long as Jun Changping doesn't die, there won't be a big problem.

Because he maintained contact with Bai Ling, Ye Lin also issued a special order.

The four people, including Jun Changping, Feng Jian, Wei Qiyuan, and Jiang Yunzhi, were all released.

Even the selection of hostages avoided these four people, leaving no hidden dangers.

It was this clear understanding that prevented Ye Lin from ordering a pursuit, and the Sixth Army Group in southern Xinjiang also stopped in front of Bai Xue.

Heavy snow has blocked the roads, making pursuit unwise.

With the Lunar New Year approaching, why not let the soldiers on the front lines return to warmer places to have a good holiday?

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