The Sims: I Open the Immortal Path for All Beings Chapter 1959 - 1904–1905: The Battle’s End and Heavy Losses

But any plan is not set in stone. No matter how well-planned, there’s always fear of an unexpected turn. If the Jade Emperor’s side contributes insufficiently and instead collaborates with the Buddhism School to swiftly attack the sub-branch guarded by Xue Wuheng, then Xue Wuheng will face a significant crisis.

anwhile, Tie Qianshan oversees many affairs of the Heterodox Alliance and deals with various immortal sects, while also coordinating resources to find ways to purchase sixth-generation warships for them and transfer elixir resources. The hardships involved are unimaginable.

It can be said that the successful completion of their counterattack this ti owes much to everyone’s united effort.

"The Jade Emperor’s coalition retreated?" the Vajra Sect Leader asked.

"Yes, they retreated. After you defeated the Buddhism School fleet, they hastily left, even abandoning several occupied sub-branches," Xue Wuheng said.

Being besieged by the coalition of the Jade Emperor and Buddhism School for so long, without any news from the Vajra Sect Leader, was also an imnse pressure on him.

Perhaps Xue Wuheng himself has enough confidence not to worry too much, but for the core cultivators of the Heterodox Alliance, continuously abandoning many sub-branches is a significant blow to morale.

The rapid expansion of the Heterodox Alliance is built on integrating many strong independent practitioners and small religious sects. If they only keep failing and retreating, it is easy for these people to start having other thoughts. Without Zhao Baiyang, a Taoist Monarch’s presence, they would have scattered long ago.

However, fortunately, it’s all over now. When that battle concluded and the news of victory arrived, the coalition of the Jade Emperor and Buddhism School retreated, greatly boosting their morale here.

Furthermore, Xue Wuheng believes that after the tempering of this great battle, the recognition of the Heterodox Alliance will increase in the future.

"It seems our plan was correct. The cooperation between these two parties was deceptive from the start. Winning all the ti is fine, but facing setbacks will inevitably lead to division," Zi Tianxiong said with a cold laugh.

This was the initial consensus of their plan. The alliance between Buddhism School and the Jade Emperor was too fast. Although it caught them off guard, it also ant there was not a strong foundation of trust between them. They lacked mutual trust.

If they kept winning, they could have ti and even enough interest to sustain their cooperation, enhancing their mutual trust.

But when one side is struck, while the other remains unscathed, different thoughts naturally arise.

After all, in today’s chaotic situation, everyone’s goal is to strive for benefits. The conflict of interest is not that significant between top immortal sects and large immortal sects due to different levels of strength, or rather, different ambitions, leading to minimal overlap.

Instead, top immortal sects seek similar goals in interest. With limited benefits, if you take more, I’ll take less. In such a zero-sum ga, establishing comprehensive cooperation requires a strong foundation.

"Based on the information I received, Buddhism School suffered significant losses this ti, and several Arhat Venerates and many Buddha Soldiers in the coalition have been called back to guard the Buddhism territory. It can be said that the coalition of these two parties has disbanded, and this alliance is now nominally defunct," Tie Qianshan shared the information he obtained from Bai Xiaosheng.

This is unquestionably an encouraging piece of news for them, aning they can finally breathe easier.

It must be noted that their successive victories might seem occurring continuously, but the foundation of the Heterodox Alliance is only so much. Compared to these two top overlords, there is an unimaginable gap.

This ti, the Heterodox Alliance can be said to be in full operation, unleashing all its combat power, and all the resource consumption cos from its foundation. If not for Buddhism’s underestimation, consistently employing a pieceal strategy, achieving victory would have been difficult.

Even if they defeated Buddhism this ti, though Buddhism suffered losses, if Buddhism refused to relent, they would ultimately be the ones to collapse first.

"For Buddhism, their retreat this ti is not solely due to the losses inflicted by our counterattack, but for other reasons too," Xue Wuheng rationally analyzed all the reasons.

"Although the losses we inflicted on Buddhism were considerable, it did not fundantally harm them. There are two reasons for Buddhism’s retreat: First, the Jade Emperor’s side did not contribute effectively, making Buddhism realize the unreliability of this ally. If the delay continues, will the other side continue to undermine them? Second, the intervention of the three Taoist Monarchs from Smoke and Mist Sacred Land, or perhaps the three Taoist Monarchs behind them, is what truly intimidated Buddhism."

Xue Wuheng, although not directly participating in that battle, had faced the Jade Emperor and Buddhism coalition head-on, and he could see more clearly whether both sides were genuinely doing their best.

"Indeed, the real ga-changers were those few Taoist Monarchs. For Buddhism, our existence is a threat, but they do not care. In contrast, the appearance of those three Taoist Monarchs made Buddhism start hesitating and worrying," Tie Qianshan agreed with the information he obtained from Bai Xiaosheng.

Although Xue Wuheng’s words sowhat undermined their own efforts, they clearly understood that summarizing experiences now cannot overemphasize themselves. The role of those three Taoist Monarchs was indeed decisive.

The Heterodox Alliance and the three immortal sects are not considered a threat to Buddhism, such a dominant power, yet the appearance of three Taoist Monarchs ans even a power like Buddhism needs to be cautious to so extent.

Without truly understanding the intent of these three Taoist Monarchs and whether they have other support behind them, Buddhism dare not act rashly.

"Indeed, my intuition tells that these three were only partially visible and that there are possibly many more Taoist Monarchs supporting them behind the scenes," Xue Wuheng agreed.

In the beginning, when under siege, his attention was entirely on devising how to counter the battle, not having ti to focus on many aspects, inevitably overlooking many things.

But now that the great battle is over, reflecting on the past events shows that many things did not leave traces—many things had their traces deliberately erased.

"Indeed, throughout the vast Chaos Void, every piece of communication you sent returned normally, never intercepted once by Buddhism," Tie Qianshan laughed. "If this could be attributed to the cleverness of our communication thods alone, then why were the sixth-generation warship escorts never discovered by Buddhism? Even from our earliest assault on the Buddhism world, Buddhism never discovered it."

Anything that happens once doesn’t necessarily happen twice. If the surprise attack by the coalition of the Jade Emperor and Buddhism on the Heterodox Alliance sub-branch world was unexpected, a complete surprise.

Having learned from the previous surprise attack, wouldn’t Buddhism and the Jade Emperor, instead of negotiating, have made preparations? Yet, sohow, it allowed the Vajra Sect Leader to effortlessly break into the Buddhism world with his people, which was rather odd.

The first offensive against the Buddhism world was so smooth, so what about the second or third ti? Even with Zi Tianxiong leading such a large fleet roaming in the Chaos Void, disguising themselves sowhat, it couldn’t have blended in that easily.

It’s well-known that after the coalition of Buddhism and the Jade Emperor attacked the Heterodox Alliance sub-branch, all forces imdiately beca vigilant, guarding against unexpected attacks, concerned that an opponent might copy the surprise attack to themselves. They were closely monitoring the Chaos Void, yet they never noticed the Heterodox Alliance’s actions, which seed unreasonable.

If this were the case, it could still be explained by their excellent disguise and good luck.

But the subsequent handover of sixth-generation warships seamlessly happened every ti, and even when they coordinated with the three immortal sects to ambush strong figures from Buddhism, not a single tip leaked out. That was truly astonishing.