Immortal Father
Chapter 1096 - 1096 383 Xuanyuan's Entrustment

1096: Chapter 383 Xuanyuan’s Entrustment 1096: Chapter 383 Xuanyuan’s Entrustment Unexpectedly for Lady Ba…

Even after this victory, it seems there will be no bonfire festivities.

There’s no helping it, too many lives were lost.

The Human Race’s immortal soldiers and generals suffered great casualties.

The wounded souls aided by Houtu were but those from the most tragic corner of the battlefield, and even the scattered spirits brought to reincarnation weren’t limited to the Human Race alone.

Lady Ba felt quite regretful about this and planned to later invite Li Ping’an to organize a small-scale bonfire gathering in her personal capacity.

Afterward, according to the usual practice, she prepared to return to the main alliance headquarters of the Eastern Alliance to oversee operations and conduct checks for a few days.

Her internal Calamity Dao always carried the risk of losing control, so she rarely participated in ministerial assemblies.

However, before she could set off, a trusted aide of the Human Emperor stepped forward to deliver a report.

“General!

His Majesty requests your immediate presence at the three cities of Dingxi for a council!”

“Me?

Is Father’s injury severe?”

“This…

Your subordinate does not know.

According to protocol, His Majesty’s injuries are classified as a Human Race secret; no one is permitted to inquire.”

“Oh.”

Lady Ba didn’t say much more.

She waved her hand, and her figure transformed into a streak of rainbow light that streaked across the firmament, heading straight for Dingxi City.

When she arrived, the central military camp had already been moved out of Dingxi City.

In front of the camp, rows of corpses covered with white cloth lay flat on the ground.

Their numbers had already reached the hundreds of thousands, but bodies were still being continuously brought back from the north.

In this campaign, over two thousand immortal generals of the Human Race perished in battle, including several hundred Golden Immortal warriors;

The immortal soldiers suffered casualties of over 1.6 million, not counting minor injuries;

Due to the intensity of the combat and repeated struggles for control, both sides’ experts unleashed slaughter on each other’s immortal and demon soldiers.

The number of immortal soldiers killed far outnumbered those who were heavily injured by a two-to-one ratio.

Additionally, over five hundred Golden Immortals and more than four thousand Heavenly Immortals successfully fell to demonic paths; within a few years to several centuries, they’ll perish with the wind, even the Heavenly Dao unable to save them.

The Human Race had indeed suffered great losses in vitality.

This was the price of taking over the entire Western Continent.

Still, this campaign could now be deemed a major victory for the Human Race.

The coalition of the Demon Race was nearly wiped out, losing the foundations they had amassed over tens of thousands of years.

Originally, the Western Continent had three hundred Demon King forces; now, only a few dozen Demon Kings remained, and even they were mostly Sky Slaves secretly crafted by Mo Linyuan, now re-assigned to the Heavenly Fury Guards of the Heavenly Court.

Those Demon Kings who had previously fled into the Three Thousand Worlds—about six to seven hundred of them—returned during the internal upheaval of the Heavenly Dao to join the great war on the Western Continent;

Of this group of old demons, only about three hundred or so managed to escape in the end.

The old ministers of the Ancient Heavenly Court, on the other hand, suffered relatively minor casualties.

Sensing the tides turning against them, they exited the battlefield directly.

The disciples of the Western Sect lost only about a dozen individuals, though outwardly, they would never admit they had been killed by the Human Race, instead citing reasons such as “cultivation deviation” or “accidents encountered from beyond the heavens” to explain their untimely deaths.

The ferocious demons raised by the Western Sect, along with the Asura troops sent to aid the Western Continent, suffered the gravest losses.

As a result of this campaign, one-third of the ferocious demons under the Western Sect were wiped out;

Most of the casualties were deeply loyal to the Western Sect, thoroughly brainwashed by Venerable Calamity to follow orders without question, forming the backbone of their assault forces.

Among those Asura reinforced by the internal power of the Heavenly Dao, eighty percent were killed or wounded, with only twenty percent managing to flee back to the underground realms in disgrace.

As for Dao Soldiers, the Western Sect suffered even graver losses.

Discounting the first wave of Dao Soldiers buried in the Western Continent, their second wave of reinforcements was en route under the escort of ferocious demons, yet by the time they reached the battlefield, the Western Sect had already suffered a crushing defeat.

Only thirty percent of this wave of Dao Soldiers managed to escape under the protection of the ferocious demons;

Some Dao Soldiers, without the safeguard of their demonic escorts, perished in the Void and were reduced to skeletons;

Others were captured by the Intercepting Sect Immortals, who planned to later “sell” them to the New Heavenly Emperor.

Outside the central military tent.

Lady Ba quietly listened to the ministers reporting these grim statistics, hesitating whether or not to enter directly.

The ministers were already discussing the challenges of post-war development in the Western Continent.

The good news was that the Human Race had vast numbers of Qi Cultivators, who would swarm to the Western Continent in pursuit of establishing their sects and claiming mountains.

The bad news was that the Western Continent was barren, and the war had further exacerbated its desolation, leaving much of the land as deserts or inhospitable terrains, unable to retain these Qi Cultivators.

Another minister reported:

“Your Majesty, we’ve deployed a million immortal soldiers near Ling Mountain; with your order, we can attack at any time…”

Lady Ba immediately perked up.

At present, the two Sect Hierarchs of the Western Sect were not at home—this was indeed the perfect opportunity to crush Ling Mountain completely.

Emperor Xuanyuan, however, countered: “Laying siege for a while is sufficient.

As long as the two Sect Hierarchs of the Western Sect remain alive, they can later reclaim some territories and rebuild another Ling Mountain.

The root of the problem would remain unresolved.”

“Understood.”

“Lady Ba?”

From inside the tent, Emperor Xuanyuan chuckled and sighed: “Don’t just stand outside.

Come in… Bring a chair for my daughter, place it beside me.”

Lady Ba took a deep breath, then straightened her back and stepped confidently inside.

Her flame-like orange-red hair swayed as though ablaze.

She immediately cupped her hands in salute: “Greetings, Father!”

Inside the tent, a trusted aide had already prepared a chair, placing it beside Emperor Xuanyuan;

the ministers all bowed their heads in respect toward Lady Ba.

“Greetings, Your Highness.”

“Hmm,” Lady Ba acknowledged softly, stepping around the edge of the tent to take her seat next to Emperor Xuanyuan.

Sitting closer to her father, Lady Ba instantly noticed Emperor Xuanyuan’s current weakness and fatigue, reflexively supporting his arm.

“It’s nothing.”

Emperor Xuanyuan offered a warm smile and gently patted Lady Ba’s wrist with his hand.

Then, he turned toward the gathered ministers and spoke slowly:

“With Lady Ba here, and with several divine generals already present, while the preparations for honoring the fallen continue, let’s first discuss a few matters.”

The dozen or so ministers of the Human Emperor inside the tent remained silent, heads lowered.

The atmosphere was somewhat grim.

Emperor Xuanyuan sighed:

“The Western Continent is ours, but at a heavy cost.