With this in mind, the decision of the United Army to divide forces, with each commander leading their troops independently, was undoubtedly far stronger than if they had combined into a single force.
Therefore, regarding this point, the Nine Provinces side had discussed briefly and chose to agree.
Once they confird how to join forces, the remaining issue of the deploynt date also progressed swiftly.
In fact, there was no need for much consideration.
On their own, the Western Domain’s Five Sects were indeed lacking in strength, far from being a match for Taiping Dao and Changqing’s adversaries in their minds.
But if they pulled in the other hereditary lines, then even the current Taiping Dao would not asure up to the entire Jiuzhou Immortal Gate.
Not to ntion the still-recovering Qing Immortal Sect.
Initially, the other hereditary Immortal Sects didn’t really want to get involved in the war over there, because of the heavy losses suffered in repeated failures.
Together with the absence of any hope, they grew disheartened and were unwilling to join.
But now, with Taiping Dao added to the mix, the dawn of eradicating Changqing Immortal Sect suddenly appeared.
Therefore, the other hereditary Immortal Sects naturally could not refuse the opportunity to fulfill their ancestors’ long-cherished wishes.
Just like the Jiuzhou ssengers who went to Mi Yun Mountain, as soon as they understood the identity and intentions of Taiping Dao, they imdiately declared their stance, choosing to support it.
The Immortal Sects behind them would also undoubtedly fully support it, with no deviation in attitude.
Now, although Taiping Dao had already joined Nine Provinces and were nominally one of them,
even within a family, there are differences in closeness and distance.
The Western Domain’s Five Sects and the other hereditary lines were like blood brothers who had not yet split the family assets.
Great Plain Path, on the other hand, was like a cousin who had already divided their inheritance.
When it ca to choosing between helping blood brothers or cousins, it was not a difficult decision to make.
Therefore, Immortal Sects like Wind and Thunder Path, Heavenly River Sect, Yuchan Tao, even if they participated in the war, would only join the forces of the Western Domain Sects and would not likely join Taiping Dao.
And with the reception of these Immortal Sects’ troops, the Western Domain Sects, currently the weakest faction, would suddenly rise to beco the most powerful of the three parties within the Changqing Domain.
Since they had such strength, there was naturally no need to delay ti, waiting for Zhen Xuan and the younger generation to grow.
Even if these younger generations made breakthroughs, they would only add one Earth Immortal, a few Human Immortals.
For this war, it would not have much impact.
But if Changqing Immortal Sect gained one or two more Earth Immortals, the impact on the outco of the war would be significant.
For Nine Provinces, that could an several more Earth Immortals dead, dozens of Human Immortals, tens of thousands of disciples—a price they were not unwilling to pay.
After all, it was a great opportunity to eradicate Changqing Immortal Sect and fulfill their ancestors’ long-cherished wish; if the goal could be achieved, the death of so people was inconsequential.
But these people could have lived, so why should they pay the price for the re benefit of a few juniors?
Therefore, without the need for further discussion, between deploying troops after three hundred years or two hundred years, Nine Provinces chose the latter.
To deploy troops after two hundred years.
Even more so, they were already considering advancing the war ti further.
Advance it to one hundred and fifty years later, a hundred years later, or even now.
Taiping Dao already had three Earth Immortals, and with a bit of effort, the Jiuzhou Immortal Gate on their side could also muster three Earth Immortals, or even four.
Other Human Immortals and ordinary Cultivators were even more nurous.
With such strength, even if they attacked Changqing Immortal Sect imdiately, they would be more than enough to eradicate the opposition.
On the contrary, the longer the delay, the greater the variable, which could lead to unpredictable consequences.
However, Lu Yuan on his side naturally opposed an imdiate attack.
If they attacked Changqing Immortal Sect now, although they would have a great chance of victory, even able to completely destroy the opposition,
Taiping Dao was not yet prepared.
Six Earth Immortals of Taiping Dao versus eight Earth Immortals made only a one-third increase in the top-tier strength.
But for the Jiuzhou Immortal Gate, it was about a similar top-tier strength gap to nearly double the top-tier strength gap.
With five Earth Immortals for the Jiuzhou Immortal Gate and only six for Taiping Dao, the gap was not significant, and considering the difference in minor realms, they may even be at a disadvantage.
But if it was eight versus five, considering the forces that could be brought to the Changqing Domain battlefield, that would be nearly double the top-tier strength gap.
The difference implied between identical strength and double the gap goes without saying.
This was a struggle for dominance over the Changqing Domain battlefield.
It concerned the division of benefits and the battle for influence in the Changqing Domain after the war.
Dealing with fundantal self-interest, Lu Yuan could not possibly yield.
Facing the demand from the Jiuzhou Immortal Gate to deploy troops imdiately,
he outright refused.
The reason was that Taiping Dao was not yet prepared; he had just made a breakthrough and his realm was not stable; he could not imdiately join the battlefield and needed one or two hundred years to adapt.
At the sa ti, various supplies for the war within the sect had not been fully gathered and required so ti to prepare.
Essentially, the main strategy was to delay.
However, Huang Xuan and Huang Yun had both reached the Late-stage Human Immortal realm; though they had only just broken through, their foundations had long been solid, and they already had the accumulation of strength.
If they fully mobilized the resources of Taiping Dao to help these two break through to Earth Immortal, it really wouldn’t take two hundred years; perhaps one hundred years would be enough for both to make the breakthrough.
The main reason Lu Yuan wanted to delay for two hundred years was that after his own breakthrough to Mid-stage Earth Immortal, he could continue climbing for a while, making his own strength even stronger.
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