Half a month flew by in the briefest of moments. Because of all of the various godchild nests erupting, the situation for the resistance in the Moonrite Region was bad.2

Word spread quickly about the defeat of Fourth Vice-Bishop’s army, and it was a huge blow to morale. At the moment, there didn’t seem to be much hope left. Sparks had flown, igniting a wildfire, but it seemed like that would just be a final blaze of glory for most people.0

Right now, the desert was the center of attention. Because of the Heir Apparent, it had gone beyond the cultivators of the Bitter Life Mountains calling the little mudbrick city a holy land. Now, the resistance forces were calling the entire desert a holy land. Just about every day, people showed up trying to get into the desert and look for ‘the real resistance.’0

The Red Moon Cathedral had the entire place blockaded. However, some unexpected situations arose in which powerful experts arrived and broke open pathways inside.0

Patriarch Inkrule went to the border on orders from the Heir Apparent. He took with him a large number of desert cultivators, and together, they received the newcomers....1