"There is news from the Danyang Empire that there is an assassination organization dedicated to Jiang Bingkun in their country, I heard that most of them are some old people from the previous dynasty, they are deeply dissatisfied with Jiang Bingkun's governance, and they have assassinated a number of important ministers in a row, and Jiang Bingkun's Shadow Tiger Assassin Group, which has disappeared for many years, has also reappeared, and the current Danyang Empire is also unstable, this may be an opportunity for us to turn the tide of the war", Xie Tianxing said.

"It's a good idea to dismantle them from the inside, but the danger is extremely high, I know a lot about this Shadow Tiger Assassin Regiment, their predecessor is the once feared Shadow Assassin Regiment on the mainland, Jiang Bingkun successfully rescued one of their leaders back then, and recruited him to his side, forming a powerful assassin team, the coup d'état of the year was completed by them, Yao Jingcheng is the Shadow Tiger, his strength is unfathomable, and he has helped him eradicate many people who oppose him in order to repay Jiang Bingkun for saving his lifeDai Tiande had obviously seen this person.

"We can send our disciples to the Danyang Empire to create a split and interfere with their actions from within, but be careful, they will face the minions of the Shadow Tiger there," Xie Tianxing said.

"Now the final thing in front of us is to assist the Tianyang Empire to build a military defense, Yecheng has no natural dangers, it is extremely difficult to resist the Shadow Moon army, and there will inevitably be a hard battle to fight when spring comes," Dai Tiande said.

Within the Tianhua Sect, after a long period of time, Dai Mengli recovered from the nightmare of her senior brother's death, these days, she often lost her mind and was not in a good state, Dai Tiande did not assign her tasks, she occasionally assisted Lin Zixu to teach the newcomer disciples of Tianhua Peak, but she was often absent-minded, these Lin Zixu were in his eyes, and now that Jiang Heng died in battle, Lin Zixu's status was directly greatly improved, and many elders also reported great hopes to him.

He looked at the lonely junior sister sitting alone in the pavilion in a daze, and walked to the side: "The three of us grew up together and became brothers and sisters, his death is indeed too heavy for us, but our road is difficult and long, if there is anything in the future, I will always stand by your side, and I will complete his great enmity for him", Lin Zixu comforted the lonely junior sister in front of him.

"Do you know, what a sudden feeling, we are used to hiding behind him all these years, usually he has carried everything down, but he is suddenly gone, I haven't eased up again, Senior Brother Lin is now the hope of the sect, the entire Tianhua Sect is watching you, you must remember to take every step of your own, and you will need to resist the heavy responsibility of the sect in the future", Dai Mengli said.

"Recently, the sect has been in an eventful season, I have a heavy task and rarely have time to accompany you, you must pay attention to protecting yourself alone, you can do anything for you as a senior brother", Lin Zixu said.

"Thank you, senior brother, the sect will definitely send you out to experience in the future, and you must also protect yourself when the time comes, I don't want to lose two senior brothers", Dai Mengli said.

Lin Zixu nodded, seeing that there was a smile on her face, he knew that time would slowly fade all this, and she would be fine.

Lin Zixu's responsibility is not small, he has now replaced Jiang Heng's task, everything in Tianhua Peak is in his charge, and recently there has been an annual rookie disciple competition, which is related to the honor of each peak.

In order to motivate the disciples to practice hard, the Tianhua Sect stipulates that a disciple competition will be held every year to give necessary encouragement to those outstanding disciples and spur those who are at the bottom.

This year's freshmen will also face their first assessment, for the other peaks are fine, the Spirit Forging Hall and Luoxia Peak and Tiankui Peak are gloomy, they have lost this year's best disciple in the Great Secret Realm, and their ranking is bound to be greatly affected this year.

The two strongest newcomer disciples of the Spirit Forging Hall, Shi Xuan and Zhao Zhuo, are gone, and it is not surprising that their Spirit Forging Hall will continue to be at the bottom. At this moment, Du Chunhua's face was pale, this kind of lonely mood was difficult for others to understand, and getting and losing this blow made him have no mood to pay attention to this grand event.

Many generations of disciples before this year went out to perform tasks, and their competitions were not so important, and the biggest attraction this year was the newcomers.

Although Tianhuazong suffered huge losses this year, the results of the newcomer competition were still eye-opening.

Su Cheng deserves to be the biggest dark horse this year except for Shi Xuan, he successfully defeated the strong people from the other ten peaks and won the first place in the newcomer competition, Yun Yixuan won the second, and Liu Ruyue was third.

Su Cheng's powerful strength completely made these Tianjiao understand the terrifying power of the power of holy light, Yun Yixuan successfully crossed the seventh-order barrier, but was still defeated by the fifth-order Su Cheng, this battle won countless cheers and shouts, even the head of the sect Dai Tiande was also happy, in his body seemed to see another Jiang Heng's rise, Su Cheng seemed to become an invincible myth among the newcomer disciples, many disciples compared him with Jiang Heng and Lin Zixu, thinking that the future achievements will not be lower than them.

And unexpectedly, even if there was no Shi Xuan and Zhao Zhuo in the Spirit Forging Hall, their results were not the last, and their rankings were still above the Spirit Pill Hall, Luoxia Peak, and Tiankui Peak, which was beyond everyone's expectations.

At this time, other peaks realized that the Spirit Forging Hall had also gained a lot of outstanding disciples this year, and Du Chunhua was also quite surprised by such an achievement, but the scar in his heart had not been healed, he knew that if Shi Xuan and Zhao Zhuo were there, Shi Xuan's kid might leave the first place in the Spirit Forging Hall, after all, as the biggest dark horse, he had great potential.

Many rookie disciples were also talking behind their backs: "You said that if Senior Brother Shi Xuan is alive, is it possible for him to defeat Senior Brother Su Cheng and win the first place?"

"I guess that's absolutely the case, he is the first disciple to break the tenth-level Heavenly Rank in so many years, and he has successfully defeated a senior brother who is five orders higher than him, this kind of combat power can definitely compete with Senior Brother Su Cheng's Holy Light", someone said.

"If he is so strong, he will die in the Great Secret Realm, I think he can't even beat Senior Brother Yun Yixuan, and it is a great luck to get the third place", some people chose to support Su Cheng.

"I really want to see them fight head-on, this year's big competition is really not as exciting as imagined, after all, several senior brothers have not been able to get out of the big secret realm", some people regretted.

"I can only envy others, you must know that the top ten disciples can get a spiritual skill suitable for themselves for free, this kind of reward we can only watch them take away, and we can only spend a high contribution value to buy it, let's go to take the task to earn contributions", someone said.

The cold winter wrapped in silver has rendered a special charm to the Tianhua Sect like a fairyland, the snowflakes are falling, countless Tianhua disciples still insist on practicing, the cultivators are not afraid of the cold with the enhancement of the city, to a certain extent, they can even open the valley, do not eat or drink for a long time, rely on spiritual power to maintain the operation of the body, when the cultivation reaches a very high point, their life span will also become long, which is also the purpose of people's choice to practice.

The chill of winter gradually dissipated, the warm breeze of spring dawned the earth, the thick snow gradually melted, the confluence of the city and the river, the warm spring light returned again, spring and winter alternated, and everything recovered.

However, there was no good year after the snow, the devastation was shocking, the wounds left by the war were difficult to heal, the civilians in the occupied areas were displaced, countless fields had long been wasteland, and a large number of villages had been turned into flying back, and large areas of no-man's land had appeared. Occasionally, some frozen corpses can be seen on the roadside to prove their existence.

Jiang Bingkun's iron-fisted methods made people tremble, bleeding and drifting everywhere he passed, and the once prosperous place had long since come to an end, all of which was my inflated ambition.

In the luxurious Imperial City of Danyang, the snow has melted, and the warm spring breeze reminds the emperor of his pleasure, "Now that it is spring, I have ordered all fronts to move forward immediately, and whoever dares to slack off must be severely punished", Jiang Bingkun said to the Overseer.

"I immediately rushed to the front line to urge the general to go on the expedition," Liang Ming said.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty, it won't be long before the Four Kingdoms will be in the bag, and then Your Majesty's plan for great unification will go further, the prime minister flattered.

"Even if the four countries are conquered, there is still a threat from the five major sects, and our task is still difficult and dangerous, such as today, Huazong and Shenjian Valley have already participated in the war, once all the four countries are conquered by us, the Wind Thunder Pavilion and the Heavenly Star Pavilion will inevitably be involved, and we will inevitably face great pressure at that time", a minister said bluntly.

"Lord Shangshu can't help but underestimate our millions of troops, once the four kingdoms are wiped out, my Danyang Empire has basically unified the Central Plains, with a huge population, even if it is tens of millions of troops, it can be organized at that time, and how many sects can fight against it?" Zai asked instead.

"Do you know the actual situation now, the places where the war has passed have long been destroyed, the villages have been turned into flames, the fertile fields have turned into wasteland, and countless civilians have become refugees, I want to ask the Prime Minister, where did your army of tens of millions come from?"

"Enough, the widow has waited for decades for this day, even if the price is great, the great unification must be realized, even the accumulation of the bones of hundreds of millions of living beings must be completed, this is for the sake of the 10,000-year foundation of our Danyang Empire, those soldiers who died in battle are the pride of the empire, and it is an honor to sacrifice them for the empire, in the future, the five major sects dare to block my road to great unification, all of them will be eradicated, and there will be no need to exist in the future", Jiang Bingkun was furious.

"Your Majesty, the current situation in the country is turbulent, the previous Assassin Regiment has been rampant recently, many local officials have been assassinated, and their existence has threatened the safety of the Empire, and the minister proposes to send elite troops to purge and suppress it," the Prime Minister said.

"This group of bastards who eat inside and out, they treat them well, they actually dare to rebel, and they are ordered to mobilize the strength of the whole country to arrest these rebels, once they are caught, give me a thousand knives, kill a hundred people, punish him nine clans, I see who dares to make trouble", Jiang Bingkun was furious.

"If Your Majesty makes a bloody purge of the civilians in the country, it will inevitably cause more resistance, it is better to cut taxes and appease the people, so as to fundamentally solve their reaction, excessive purge will hurt the foundation of my Danyang Empire, and I hope Your Majesty will think twice", Shang Shu risked his life to admonish.

"These stupid civilians are not at all indoctrinated, and since they dare to obstruct His Majesty's great cause of unification, they should be bloodily suppressed and killed," the prime minister flattered, and many other officials echoed the prime minister's words.

"Enough, whoever dares to obstruct my actions in the future, don't blame me for being unkind", Jiang Bingkun looked at Shang Shu and a few other officials.

After retiring from the court, Shang Shu walked out of the hall angrily, he didn't expect that there was already only a group of flattering flatterers left in the court, Jiang Bingkun had gone completely crazy, and he would not hesitate to pay any price for an ethereal dream.

The prime minister looked at the gray-faced Shangshu and the others, their faces were full of pride, Jiang Bingkun's ambition over the years was provoked by this group of flatterers, and it was their great achievements that caused his expanding ambitions.

Soon the Danyang Empire was bloodily purged, and the Empire's secret assassin group swept up a terrifying wave in the Empire, and as long as they suspected signs of rebellion, they would carry out a bloody purge against them.

The shadow of the long-vanished Shadow Tiger always looms over the heads of the civilians of the Danyang Empire, but surprisingly, as their actions unfold, these rebel forces have not diminished due to the brutal suppression of the Empire, but have erupted into more riots from time to time.

On the front line of Night City, the overseer Liang Ming had already gone to supervise the battle, and the Shadow Moon King slowly mobilized the army to attack, and the other fronts were fighting, and for a while, the shadow of the war came again, and the civilians in countless war-torn places had no heart to cultivate, and they were displaced with their families to escape the war.

The Shadow Moon King's army was dispatched, and a large area around Yecheng began to fall, and in just two months, hundreds of small and medium-sized cities fell into the hands of the Shadow Moon King, and the Tianyang Empire had completed at least 400,000 defenders, with huge losses, and Yecheng was in danger.

In the Imperial City of the Tianyang Kingdom, a pair of mysterious people entered the palace, they were a large number of spirit masters from the Tianhua Sect, all of them were spirit masters who had been mobilized from other places to assist them in their defense.

This time it was Li Dufeng and Lin Zixu who led the team, Lin Zixu put down the disciple training of the sect and was sent by the sect to assist the guards of Yecheng, and Dai Mengli disintegrated his work.

The Emperor of the Tianyang Empire was grateful to the Emperor, and with the help of the Tianhua Sect, their pressure had plummeted, and he made it clear that the troops of the Tianyang Empire were fully capable of assisting them in their operations.

The other fronts, the Celestial Star Empire and the Taiwei Empire, all had a lot of elite disciples from the Divine Sword Valley involved, and even Yin Qianxi was sent to the Celestial Star Empire to carry out a mission, and the four fronts felt tremendous pressure.

At this stage of the war, the four countries are all exhausted, they know that once they are defeated again, the army of the Danyang Empire will drive straight in, and there is no possibility of turning the tables, and because of this, the battle is particularly fierce, the casualties on both sides are very huge, it is completely life for life, the victory or defeat of this war is all a competition of national strength, and the Stowe front has been the most stubborn resistance since the start of the war.

In the imperial city of Danyang, the front-line battle report has come, "Your Majesty, since the spring of this year, our army has launched hundreds of attacks in a row, although it has captured many cities, but the casualties of our army have reached a terrible point, and incomplete statistics have killed millions of people in our army, which is extremely expensive, and if it continues, it will hurt the vitality".

"How did I hear that our army has gained a lot since this spring, and a total of more than 300 cities in the four countries, large and small, have been included in the territory of my Danyang Empire, and I believe that it will not be long before they will all be defeated," Zai retorted.

"Although the losses are huge, I am still satisfied with the results, continue to allocate 100,000 troops to each of the four armies to make up for the vacancy, be sure to speed up the pace of attack, and order the Shadow Moon King before the end of spring, I want to see Yecheng included in the territory of my Danyang Empire," Jiang Bingkun said.

In the city of dark night, the military advisor came to report: "His Majesty the Emperor has once again allocated 100,000 troops and ordered you to capture Yecheng before the end of spring," Zhang Tiancheng said.

"I've heard that the other three attacks have all gotten bogged down in a quagmire and entered a tense standoff, and the old man actually asked me to conquer Yecheng alone, and he showed no mercy," said the Shadow Moon King.

"If we can't take Yecheng, I'm afraid he will have enough reasons to remove your title and deprive you of your military power, and then the situation will not be good," Zhang Zicheng said.

"I didn't expect the four empires to be so tough this year, almost every inch of land is fighting, last year I was confident that I would capture Yecheng before the end of spring, but I didn't expect them to resist so stubbornly, and it was really difficult to capture Yecheng for more than a month," said the Shadow Moon King.

"Although we have achieved a lot of achievements in the past two months, we have won hundreds of cities, but our casualties are also huge, and the Tianhua Sect has moved seriously, and many of the elite disciples have entered the army," Zhang Tiancheng said.

"No matter how big the loss is, I will definitely break through Yecheng within a month. By the way, how are your soldiers recruited?"

"In the secret valley of our Shadow Moon, there are already 200,000 troops in intensive training, and the follow-up work is still ongoing," Zhang Tiancheng said.

"When Jiang Bingkun's central army is exhausted, the old man will ask you to pay a heavy price", the Shadow Moon King has a far-reaching plan.

"I heard that our supplies to the front line have been raided again?" the military asked.

"I reckon the thieves have arrived in the vicinity of Nighttown, and they are ready to delay our attack plans, and you will have to play a game of cat and mouse with them this time," said the Shadowmoon King.

"It's really a hundred-legged insect that dies but doesn't stiffen, the last time we entered the deep mountains, they all got the news like a tiger, and they all evacuated, and this time they must pay the price," Zhang Tiancheng said.

"I've heard that disciples of the Moon Worship Sect have recently appeared in my fiefdom to preach, but is this the case?"

"I have heard of it, but this is a deal between His Majesty the Emperor and the Lunatic Sect, which supports the unification of the empire over the continent, but in exchange, they are allowed to spread their teachings," Zhang Tiancheng said.

"Jiang Bingkun, this confused old thing, he is digging his own grave, sooner or later, one day he will find out that the sharp teeth of the Moon Worship Sect will make him pay a heavy price, you exclude some reliable people to closely monitor the Moon Worship Sect people in the fiefdom, and assassinate them all if necessary", the Shadow Moon King realized the danger of the Moon Worship Sect.

"But if the Moon Worship Sect notices, I'm afraid it's not good for us?"

"Who knows that we did it, if you want to doubt it, you will only suspect Jiang Bingkun, this account can't be counted on us", said the Shadow Moon King.

"Got it".

Lin Zixu took Jiang Heng's place to lead the disciples of the Tianhua Sect to attack the Shadow Moon army, and they also prioritized attacking their two supplies to slow down their offensive.

This period also played a lot of roles, but with the emergence of the spirit master group led by Zhang Tiancheng, their actions were repeatedly frustrated.

"Senior Brother Lin, it seems that they are already familiar with our methods and have taken precautions against our actions", Zhao Tianhu said to Lin Zixu after the operation failed.

"Even in the difficulties, we have to take action, Yecheng has been attacked one after another, the damage is not small, this time their attack is tough, it is inevitable, we also have to come up with countermeasures, as long as they succeed in destroying their supply lines, their military spirit will be broken, and the danger of Yecheng can be solved," Lin Zixu said.

"But we've missed three times in a row, and it won't help us to wear it out like this?"

"Before, we were all carrying out the routine of fire attack and burning, although it was simple and rude, but the other party was familiar with our actions, equipped with a large number of spirit master protection, and we didn't have a chance to attack, but we can rely on natural danger to deal with them, you see", Lin Zixu said, pointing to a huge river on the map.

Zhao Tianhu was puzzled.

"This is the place they must pass through, and when they pass by, we will blow up the river embankment and let the merciless water destroy them all", Lin Zixu decided to use natural danger to deal with them.

"The water of the Tianping River is huge, what will happen to the civilians in this area once the embankment bursts?" Zhao Tianhu thought of the huge impact.

"The villagers here have long been fled because of the war, and there are almost no villagers left, and when this battle is over, the Tianyang Empire is ordered to rebuild the embankment, and the return of refugees in the future will not be affected," Lin Zixu said.

"But there are still some civilians out there, and maybe we have to find a way to send them away, or we'll be sinners," Zhao said.

"You go and inform the officials of the Tianyang Empire about this matter, and ask them to send people to disperse the rest of the residents in this area, and we will prepare at the ambush site. Lin Zi made a false plan.

"In a special period, I can only take risks, and this is also to defeat the enemy army, so I will go to them," Zhao Tianhu said.

In these days, the 300,000 army of the Shadow Moon King slaughtered Yecheng violently, launched the fifth siege battle, the two sides fought inextricably, this time the Tianyang Empire had a large number of powerful spirit divisions stationed, and the Shadow Moon army paid heavy casualties, but even so, the Shadow Moon King was as strong as steel, and it was bound to win, and he frantically carried out a siege for five days and five nights in a row, intending to succeed in one blow, but he never expected the enemy to be so tenacious, and wave after wave of people rushed to the city wall.

The Shadow Moon King even found that many civilians without armor had appeared on the city walls, and Skysun mobilized almost every force he could mobilize to defend it.

On the sixth day, the Shadow Moon King paid nearly 150,000 casualties and was temporarily evacuated, and this time Yecheng once again took the fifth attack of the Shadow Moon army with difficulty.

The Shadow Moon King was stationed in a military camp twenty miles away from Yecheng to wait for the supply of military rations, and the food they had brought with them for this rapid march was almost exhausted.

The military advisor had already sent a large number of spirit masters to Night City to begin escorting a large number of military rations to the front line, and the Shadow Moon King wanted to launch a sixth offensive as soon as possible.

Zhao Tianhu cooperated with a large number of people from Tianyang Country to disperse the remaining villagers near the ambush site, and Lin Zixu and the others were ready to blow up the river bank at any time on the bank of the river, as long as the grain and grass were together, they would be flooded by the rolling river, and at this time, the hundreds of thousands of troops on the front line would inevitably be defeated, and the danger of Yecheng would inevitably be solved.