The Qiyan state suffered a crushing defeat in the Dao competition, losing two Tribulation Crossing Stage figures, Ji Chen and Ji Xin. Qinggan had exhausted all her resources, while Zhong Yuxiao and Yanjun had both perished at the hands of Lu Bei. Of the foundations accumulated over a thousand years of dormancy, not even ten percent remained. Among the former Nine Swords Elder-level figures, only Wu Chengyi and Juan Fei managed to escape.
Furthermore, without the support of the Nine Swords, the two of them were nothing special among Body Integration Stage cultivators; let alone Lu Bei, they might not even be able to defeat Wang Yan.
Zhu Mu believed that Qiyan's silence was a disguised form of surrender. Marching into Qiyan territory right now would be a great way to expand their borders and project the martial might of Wu Zhou. Since Qiyan had provoked them first, Wu Zhou would be entirely justified in seizing their territory, and no one could find fault with it.
Chapter 489