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

Without any hesitation, Mu Yong immediately prioritized the war to restart the Apocalypse Domain. With a single imperial edict, the entire Great Ling Empire entered a state of war.

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October, year 102 of the Five Kingdoms calendar.

In the imperial palace of Qing'an Prefecture, Mu Yong proclaimed to the world that the Great Ling Empire and the Great Shi Empire had formed a strategic alliance, and at the same time declared war on the three great empires of Dongqi, Datong, and Lingbei, in order to end the century-long war in the Tianqi Domain and achieve lasting peace.

This war, with the ultimate goal of pursuing peace, is a decree from the Great True Lord, a great holy war dedicated to the gods.

Thus began an epic war dubbed the Holy War of Peace.

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March of the 103rd year of the Five Kingdoms Calendar.

In the season of spring blossoms, the Great Empire, along with its four Immortal Legions and seventy-two Army Groups, simultaneously launched an offensive eastward.

Ye Lin personally led an army of eight million men to attack Dongqi from twelve directions.

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In April of the same year, all seven Five Spirit Legions of the Great Spirit Empire returned from the Yin Yin Domain.

The five armies marched north to attack Dongqi, aiming at Jiaozhou, intending to capture Dongqi's political center in one fell swoop.

The two armies marched south and stationed themselves at the border with the Datong Empire to guard against possible attacks from the Datong Empire.

Faced with attacks from both the Great Time Empire and the Great Spirit Empire, and with the war raging on two fronts, Dongqi was forced to shrink its defensive lines.

The frontline commanders adopted a scorched-earth strategy, setting fires along the way and leaving only desolate cities in both countries.

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In May, the two great empires of Dongqi and Datong simultaneously issued a proclamation condemning Emperor Mu Yong of the Great Ling Empire, declaring that he had abused the title of True Lord and used the name of True Lord to commit unjust acts.

The two countries announced an alliance, intending to jointly resist the threats from the Great Time Empire and the Great Spirit Empire.

Just when the insightful people of the Apocalypse Domain thought that the Lingbei Empire would also join the alliance to fight against the two great powers.

The founder of the Lingbei Empire, Fairy Ice Phoenix Shen Yunwei, deposed the current emperor of the Lingbei Empire and took over the Lingbei court.

As the founder of the empire and the guardian of the north, he issued orders to the entire Lingbei Empire.

They contracted their defenses, abandoned the territories they had seized over the years, and all the various ethnic groups returned to their ancestral lands in the North, no longer participating in the struggle for the Apocalypse Domain.

In the same month, an official document was sent from Wanshuang City, the capital of Lingbei, to the Demon Court of Wanling Domain.

The Lingbei Empire demanded that the demon race return the thirteen easternmost states, but this was refused.

Shen Yunwei immediately raised an army to attack the demons, intending to seize the thirteen states of the Eastern Pole.

Because the thirteen eastern states were not inhabited by powerful demon clans, but mostly by weaker races, the army from Lingbei quickly seized a large amount of territory.

The Demon Court was furious and called on all the major ethnic groups within its territory to form a coalition army, and the conflict between the human and demon races over the ownership of the thirteen eastern states reignited.

Upon learning the news, Mu Yong and Ye Lin simultaneously posted messages, stating that the human race should not be humiliated and that not an inch of human territory should be ceded, supporting Shen Yunwei's righteous act of reclaiming the human race's homeland.

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In July, the Datong Dao launched a northern expedition.

The three million-strong army marched westward, cutting off the Great Ling Empire's connection with the Southern Ocean region while invading the southeastern border of the Great Shi Empire.

Because the main force of the army was committed to the war with Dongqi, the southeastern part of the Great Empire was left undefended and lost a large amount of territory.

Upon learning of the fall of the southeastern border, Ye Lin at the front immediately communicated with Mu Yong.

The two discussed the current war situation and quickly reached an agreement.

Instead of redeploying troops to defend the territory, it would be better to launch an offensive and force the Datong Empire to withdraw its troops.

In September, the elite troops of the Great Spirit Empire who had rushed back from the Yin Yin Domain arrived at Sea Spirit Island one after another.

After gathering 500,000 elite troops in the southern sea area of ​​the Tianqi Domain, the army of the Great Ling Empire launched a fierce attack on the Great Tong Empire.

The elite army legions and the powerful navy of the Great Spirit Empire launched an attack from the sea, with their target being Changzhou City, located in the southern part of the Tianqi Domain.

Despite the attack on the capital, the Datong Empire did not order its frontline troops to return to defend. Instead, it issued a series of orders to accelerate the offensive, seemingly intending to carry out its exchange tactics to the end.

Faced with Changzhou City, the birthplace of the Great Tong Dao and a city that the Great Tong Empire had managed for over a hundred years, the 500,000 elite troops of the Great Ling Empire could only sigh in vain.

After fighting for half a year, the Great Ling Empire's navy failed to achieve much, instead losing dozens of warships and suffering nearly 100,000 casualties.

Although Ye Lin and Mu Yong were furious, they didn't have any better solutions.

The Age of Exploration lasted for nearly twenty years, and the main force of the Great Spirit Empire was transferred to the Yin Yin Domain. Even though preparations for war had been made in advance, it was impossible to transfer the main force of the army back to the Tianqi Domain in a short period of time.

The time and resources required to cross the two domains are too great; even the most mobile Five Spirits Legion would need a month to travel between the two domains.

The large-scale mobilization of ordinary troops is inherently impossible.

Having developed for over a century, the Datong Empire was no weak country, and its capital, Changzhou, was so well-managed that it was as solid as a rock.

The Great Spirit Empire's strong attack on Changzhou City could only be carried out by continuously transferring troops from the Yin-Yang Domain by sea, and it was impossible to achieve any results in the short term.

Even the two Five Spirits Legions stationed on the southern border were blocked by the Datong Empire's air fleet immediately and failed to play their intended role.

The fighting on the southern front has reached a stalemate, while the fighting on the northern front is in full swing.

The massive army and powerful firepower overwhelmed Dongqi, causing repeated defeats at the front lines and the loss of hundreds of cities in just six months.

The territory that originally belonged to Xiqi was seized by the Great Shi Empire in one fell swoop. Former Xiqi officials, now ministers of the Western King, either surrendered or fled east, leaving them in a sorry state.

Faced with the overwhelming forces of the two nations, the Eastern Qi forces could only hold out in specific large cities, while rural towns, fields, and villages were all burned to the ground by a great fire.

Countless houses were set ablaze, fertile fields were reduced to scorched earth, and forests were engulfed in flames.

At first, neither country took it seriously, and their armies advanced deep into the heart of Dongqi in one fell swoop.

But the allied forces of the two countries soon realized that something was wrong. They could not get any supplies in the places they had captured, and they had to face the flames that were difficult to extinguish. Even normal garrisoning had become a luxury.

The raging flames halted the offensive of both countries, depriving their armies of supplies and forcing them to repeatedly detour, thus lengthening their march several times over.

Dongqi's actions greatly slowed down the offensive speed of the two countries, but also crippled their logistics.

This turned the war from an initial blitzkrieg into a protracted war with no end in sight.

In an instant, the raging flames spread across the land, and the war in the Apocalypse Domain was completely deadlocked.

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August, 105th year of the Five Kingdoms Calendar.

Due to repeated setbacks in the front-line battles, Mu Yong became increasingly anxious and, disregarding Ye Lin's advice, ordered the Five Spirits Legion, which had ceded power to Dongqi, to launch a strong attack on Dongqi from different directions.

The scattered Five Spirits Legion was exploited by the Eastern Qi forces. With the cooperation of the Cloud Soaring Legion, the Second Legion of the Five Spirits Legion was lured into the formation and was completely annihilated.

The Third Army Corps was also caught off guard by Dongqi's new anti-aircraft weapons and suffered heavy losses.

Just when all the officials in Qing'an Prefecture thought their emperor would be furious, Mu Yong acted contrary to his usual behavior.

Instead of being discouraged by the defeat, he quickly regrouped, went to the front lines, and launched a new offensive.

If there's anything different, it's the day before heading to the front lines.

Mu Yong went to the Mu residence alone, carried out a large sand table, and returned to the palace with great enthusiasm.

That night, strange laughter emanated from deep within the palace, accompanied by occasional strange sighs.

"This is it!"