Bad news always traveled exceptionally fast. Before a day had passed, this news had spread throughout the void continent. Bai Aotu’s movements this time were simply too blatant, actually provoking the Zhao clan, the Song clan, and the Wei clan at the same time. Moreover, she seemed to be heading toward irreparable damage in a truly unusual trend. In the past, Bai Aotu was only tyrannical and not insane—at the very least, she was still reasonable. The matter this time had blown up so big that she might not be able to handle it alone. Many conspiracy theorists became excited and began guessing what major movement the Bai clan was going to come up with. There might even be an upheaval in the empire.

There was a small but strong fortress on the western border of the Zhao clan warzone. Void turbulences would occur from time to time in this place since it wasn’t too far from the edge of the void continent. According to reason, it wasn’t a place suitable for large scale battles at all. But right now, the Zhao clan warzone and the Li family base in the Misty Wood were the only places where the empire could dig in for defense. The dark races were apparently clear about this point. Dark race experts had appeared frequently around the Zhao clan area during...