The Demonic Barbarian Army continued to gather in Iron River Gorge on the northern side of the Cangmeng Mountain Range for 30 to 50 years. Whether it was Dragon Tooth Mountain, Shouyang Mountain, Xuliushan, Ji Yang, Yu Yang, or Yan Yun, they all followed the established steps to prepare for battle.

However, the Zhou, Jimo, and Yang clans had different levels of mastery over the areas they ruled, so the efficiency of their preparation and mobilization was either high or low.

The Zhou Clan and Yang Clan had been actively pushing Yan Yun and Ji Yang Prefectures to establish a unified defense army system.

Although the Zhou Clan and Yang Clan had long had the ambition to establish an imperial dynasty and rule over a prefecture, they were able to quickly organize the human forces of Yanyun and Jiyang Prefectures.

After the threat from the demonic barbarians became more and more serious in the north, Wen Mo College and Qi Tianshan quickly transferred elite disciples from the various sects to form the Yan Cloud Army and the Ji Yang Army, which were personally controlled by Zhou Zhu Yuan of Divine Marquis Yanyun and Divine Marquis Ji Yang.

Apart from the sects, the Shanmen Clan Leaders, and the capital cities of the core states, there were already more than 60 Brahma Heaven Realm immortals gathered in Yandu City and directly under Iron River Gorge’s jurisdiction on the eve of the Great War in Divine Marquis Yanyun. The number of Nirvana Realm elite Profound Cultivator generals had reached more than 20,000.

Although the Ji Yang Army was inferior to the Yan Yunjun Army, However, there wasn’t much difference-the territory of Yuyang Prefecture was much more chaotic. Although the Jimo clan controlled Qitian Island and formed the Yuyang army according to Yan Yun and Ji Yang, they were still mainly disciples of the Jimo clan and Qitian Island. There were a total of 21 Brahma Heaven Realm Immortals that could be mobilized, but this was a poisonous thorn that lurked in the shadows and threatened Dragon Tooth Mountain’s flank.

The demonic barbarian army threatened the four northern countries of the Xia Clan. The Xia Clan Divine Court also dispatched a military force to enter Chanyuan Prefecture in a decent manner in order to block the demonic barbarian army from crossing the boundless mountain range.

As the Tai Huan Realm had long since entered the era of numerous vassals and domination by heroes, even though the Xia Divine Court was nominally the co-lord of the powerful vassals of the Xia Prefectures, its control over the prefectures was even weaker than the Yi Divine Court controlled by Gu Zhihua. The amount of combat power and resources it could mobilize were truly limited.

On the eve of the battle in the Iron River Gorge, the reinforcements of the Xia Divine Court stationed at the southwest foot of the Cangmeng Mountain Range were composed of elite disciples of the Mi clan loyal to the Xia Divine Court. They were commanded by the peak Brahma Heaven Realm Immortal Mo Wei and the other seven Immortal Monarch God Generals, while their Nirvana Realm elites numbered less than 800.

Mo Wei’s cultivation was at the late Brahma Heaven stage. The other six Great Divine Generals’ cultivation was at the early Brahma Heaven stage, and their combat strength was far inferior to the Southern Mountain Battalion that had joined up with the Tianjun Xiong Clan. However, this was one of the few elite combat strengths that the Xia Divine Court could mobilize.

The Yi Clan’s Divine Court was better, but it wouldn’t be much better.

This was also the root of Chen Xun and Zhou Zhu Yuan’s judgement that Gu Zhihua wanted to borrow the power of the Yi Clan’s Divine Court to attack them, so his efficiency would never be faster. Moreover, Xiong Bi and Zhu Yan, who were the fastest to mobilize Huaneng of the valley, were already trapped in the Profound Obsidian Realm.

No matter what, the Xia Divine Court was still the co-owner of the Stillwater Prefectures. Mo Wei led his troops to the Southern Abyss Ridge, the southern branch of the Cangmeng Mountain Range, to build the Abyss City. Dragon Tooth Mountain also provided certain resources in the name of paying tribute.

The sect and clan leaders of Yan Yun and Ji Yang were extremely clear about the significance of controlling the battle within the Stillwater Abyss and even sealing off the Demonic Barbarian Army to the north of the Cangmeng Mountain Range so as not to spread the flames of war to Yan Yun and Ji Yang.

Therefore, the Yan Cloud Army and the Ji Yang Army both sent reinforcements to the southern foot of the Cang Mang Mountain Range, nominally under the orders of the Xia Clan’s Divine Court and Mo Wei. In fact, they formed an alliance with the Violet Wei Palace and Mo Wei’s forces to defend against the invasion of the demonic barbarian army in the Cang Mang Mountain Range.

The reinforcements of Yanyun Prefecture were led by Sancai Sword Immortal Chai Yu, Fairy Qingming Zhou Qing, Venerable Cui Feng, and a dozen other Brahma Heaven Realm experts-Venerable Cui Feng, who had secretly entered Spiritual Lake Island for 60 to 70 years, now had the chance to officially surface.

The reinforcements in Yanyun Prefecture consisted mainly of elite Xuan Xiu disciples above the Origin Core Realm, and their numbers were limited to two million.

In the eyes of the outside world, Divine Marquis Yanyun had mobilized such an extremely powerful but small army of elites. The main reason was that this elite army was able to retreat southward quickly when the battle in the Stillwater Abyss was out of control-after all, two million generals could retreat southward quickly with three to five top grade Dao Weapon warships.

Of course, the elite reinforcements led by Sancai Sword Immortal were the first batch of core reinforcements in Yanyun Prefecture that could mobilize to participate in the war in Iron River Gorge. Apart from arranging Sancai Sword Immortal Chai Yu and a dozen other Brahma Heaven Realm experts with the strongest combat strength in Mohism Seeking Palace to be generals, Divine Marquis Yanyun also did everything possible to strengthen the reinforcements’ combat strength.

The six direct descendants of the Yanyun Zhou Clan who had obtained the Profound Blood Dao Origin Pill and entered the Pseudo Brahma Heaven Realm were also included in this reinforcements …

The reason why elite Xuan Xiu disciples above the Origin Core Realm were the main force in the grassroots was to control the total number of people in order to be able to move into the battlefield south of Iron River Gorge as quickly as possible and spread out their combat strength.

Although there were eight Brahma Heaven Realm experts commanding the reinforcements of Ji Yang Prefecture stationed in the Cang Mang Mountain Range, the grassroots troops were mainly mid-and low-level Heaven Origin Realm and Reincarnation Realm Xuan Xiu disciples.

Although the number of reinforcements in Ji Yang Prefecture had reached an extremely terrifying 40 million, their actual combat strength was still far inferior to that of the reinforcements in Yan Yun Prefecture.

The biggest drawback was that the reinforcements of Ji Yang Prefecture could only be deployed in the defensive array of the Cang Mang Mountain Range.

It was extremely difficult for a middle-and low-level general soldier of such a scale to move quickly on a battlefield of tens of thousands of breaths of time. Without the protection of the grand defensive array, the slightest carelessness and the violent impact of the heaven and earth elemental energy would cause heavy casualties among the mid-and low-level Xuan Xiu generals.

Of course, this was the normal reaction of the Yang Clan and Qi Tian Palace in Ji Yang Prefecture.

Ji Yang Prefecture wanted to help defend the Cang Mang Mountain Range, but they would not place all their hopes on the Cang Mang Mountain Range defense line. Therefore, the reinforcements were mainly middle-and low-level Xuan Xiu disciples who would not affect the overall situation even if they sacrificed themselves. Even if the Boundless Mountain Range could not be defended, Stillwater County would fall, and the Alliance Army would suffer heavy casualties, it would not harm the foundation of Ji Yang County.

The Jimo Clan and Qitian Island of Yuyang Prefecture did not send reinforcements, but rather, Jimo Chi Qiu personally led the elites into the Spirit Traveling Mountain Range at the border between Yuyang Prefecture and Stillwater Abyss, indicating that they would follow the development of the Boundless Mountain Range at any time.

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In Dragon Fang Mountain, Zi Wei Palace had long since followed the established steps of fusing the power of the Wu clan of Void Flow Mountain, the Qiu clan of Shouyang Mountain, and the Wildlands tribes that Hundred Flowers Palace had previously controlled.

Although the Jimo Patriarch, Yuyang Divine Marquis, and Qitian Venerable Jimo Chi Qiu were most likely one of the Demon Sovereigns of the Origin Devil Sect, and the Hundred Flowers Palace had long been secretly controlled by the Jimo Clan and Qitian Island, this did not prevent Dragon Tooth Mountain from weakening the control of the Hundred Flowers Palace and absorbing and merging with the tribal forces previously controlled by the Hundred Flowers Palace.

Although spies from the Origin Devil Sect would lurk in during this process, Chen Xun only needed to keep the core of Spiritual Lake Island from penetrating the Origin Devil Sect.

If Purple Palace wanted to mobilize the power of the humans in the entire Tai Huan Realm to subdue the demons, it would be impossible for him to completely block the infiltration of the Origin Demon Sect’s secret room.

Even though the spies from the Origin Devil Sect could secretly exert their influence and cause trouble, once the conflict between the two races was thoroughly triggered, the three or five spies that the Origin Devil Sect had infiltrated into Dragon Tooth Mountain would not be able to achieve anything.

In the end, it depended on how much strength the human race could gather on the Boundless Mountain Range to defend against the wild assaults of the Origin Devil Sect and the Devil Barbarians.

Chen Xun was based on a million elite disciples of the Heavenly Meng Realm. He merged the forces of the Wu Clan of the Void Flowing Mountain, the Qiu Clan of the Shouyang Mountain, and the Hundred Flowers Palace. In addition, the large number of elite disciples transferred to Stillwater County by the Mohist Seeking Palace under the name of the Virtue Execution Reward had officially formed the Purple Wei Palace as the basic defensive force on the frontline from Dragon Tooth Mountain to the Vast Mountain Range Mountain Range.

The basic ranks of the Violet Wei Palace Army were still at the middle and lower Heavenly Yuan Realm and the Reincarnation Realm. This was also the most basic combat strength that the Void Flow Mountain, the Shouyang Mountain, and the Hundred Flowers Palace could provide to control many tribes. The scale was expanded to a terrifying 60 million people.

At the peak of the Heavenly Dao Demon Swinging Army, it was only at this scale. Of course, it could be further expanded. The main reason was that the Blood Sea Demon Tribulation did not spread further in the Xuanchen Seven Regions, so there was no need to continue to transfer disciples from the various sects to expand the scale of the Heavenly Dao Demon Swinging Army.

The supreme commander of the Zi Wei Palace Army was naturally Immortal Monarch Zi Wei, and the key core was Xi Yue, Zi Yuan, the three immortals led by Qiu Hongxiao, and the two immortals led by Wu Junmei. It was highly likely that the Hundred Flowers Palace Master of the Black-clothed Demon Emissary of the Origin Devil Sect was directly excluded from the Zi Wei Palace Army system by Chen Xun.

In addition, Liang He, Zang Mo, and the three direct disciples of Shouyang Mountain had to concoct the Profound Blood Dao Origin Pills, and their cultivation levels had advanced to the Quasi Brahma Heaven Realm, becoming the core backbone that the Zi Wei Palace Army could not tolerate or lack.

On the surface, the Zi Wei Palace Army, apart from having a large number of generals, had the same combat strength as the reinforcements of Yanyun County, Ji Yang, and the Xia Divine Court, Mi Wei. They were also the main force in building a defensive line in the Vast Desolate Mountain Range.

At the same time, Chen Xun transferred one million elite disciples of Mengtian Realm into Seven Peaks Spirit Mountain, which had never been hidden in Lotus Book Cave Dwelling’s space, and officially incorporated them into the Black Shirt Army under the pretext of communicating and cultivating with the various sects of Yanyun.

Chen Xun’s plan was to lead the Black Shirt Army and the reinforcements of Yanyun Prefecture to ambush the Iron River Gorge where the demonic barbarian army was gathered together with Divine Marquis Yanyun.

It was far from enough to conquer the Iron River Gorge or defeat the demonic barbarian army that had gathered at the Iron River Gorge.

After crossing the Boundless Mountain Range and traveling hundreds of millions of kilometers to the north, they arrived at the Iron River Gorge. The environment was extremely harsh.

After hundreds of millions of demonic barbarians were defeated, In such a harsh and extreme environment, Chen Xun still had the ability to quickly flee in all directions. Even if Chen Xun transferred the Zi Wei Palace Army into the Iron River Gorge, or even if the reinforcements of Ji Yang Prefecture and Mo Wei’s troops were willing to cooperate to enter the Iron River Gorge to fight, they still did not have enough troops to chase after the rapidly fleeing Demon Barbarians in all directions.

Just defeating the demonic barbarian army was not enough to fundamentally reverse the situation. The Origin Demon Sect and the Demon God Army believed that they could quickly regroup these demonic barbarian routed troops.

Once the strength of the Black-Clad Army was completely exposed, the next wave of offensive organization of the Demonic Barbarian Army would be even more adequate.

The Origin Devil Sect and the Demon God Temple were still much stronger than the Black-clothed Army.

The fundamental purpose of Chen Xun’s surprise attack on the Iron River Gorge was to annihilate this army of demons and barbarians. Not only did he want to weaken the demons as much as possible, he also wanted to use the demon remains he had seized to refine a large number of magic treasures and profound weapons, greatly increasing the resistance of the human race.

There was no point in exposing one’s strength in advance if they could not wipe out the entire Iron River Gorge’s demonic barbarian army or annihilate most of them.

The Purple Wei Palace Army, the Black Shirt Army, the Ji Yang County reinforcements, and the Yan Yun County reinforcements were limited. The Yu Yang Army controlled by the Ji Mo clan might even delay their progress. If they wanted to annihilate the Iron River Gorge’s demonic barbarian army, Chen Xun would place his hopes on being attracted by the Demon Execution Merit Token, gathering a large number of rogue cultivators from the Boundless Mountain Range Mountain Range Range, as well as disciples from other prefectures and sects …

These rogue cultivators, sects, and clan disciples did not have a unified organization. Even though hundreds of exiled sects had established their ancestral halls in Stillwater County, they only sent a small number of disciples to join the Zi Wei Palace Army symbolically. The rest of them were still in a state where they could escape at any time.

Attracted by the Demon Execution Merit Token, the number of rogue cultivators entering Stillwater County was extremely large, and their cultivation levels were not bad either. There were already more than a hundred thousand Nirvana Realm elite profound cultivators, surpassing the combined elite profound cultivators of Yanyun, Yuyang, Ji Yang, and Stillwater Prefecture. There was no shortage of Brahma Heaven Realm experts who were heading north in search of opportunities.

After all, they had entered the Boundless Mountain Range to hunt magical creatures in exchange for profound weapons, magical treasures, and immortal pills. Without a bit of foundation, it was completely inadequate.

However, these people could only fight with the wind.

This was also the key to Chen Xun’s determination to attack the Iron River Gorge.

Chen Xun could not rely on these people to attack the city and pull out the stronghold, nor could he directly integrate them into the Violet Wei Palace Army to resist the attacks of the demonic barbarian army.

If there was a brutal tug-of-war between the Boundless Mountain Range and Dragon Tooth Mountain, resulting in a confrontation between the human and demon races, these people would most likely immediately retreat south. However, when Iron River Gorge’s demonic barbarian army collapsed and scattered in all directions, these people would be able to play the role of fighting a downwind battle to annihilate Iron River Gorge’s demonic barbarian army.