Published: March 3, 2025
Chapter 294: The Situation in Tian Nan (Combined Chapter)
As Liu Yu understood, the largest cultivation nations within the Alliance of the Nine Nations included:
Qi State, Chu State, Yan State, Nanyu Nation, Wei State, Chari Kingdom, Nan Li Nation, Moon Frost Nation, and Ba State.
Among these nine major cultivation nations, each has more than a handful of yuan ying cultivators, and their comprehensive strength far exceeds that of the smaller nations.
The most powerful Qi State even has a late stage yuan ying grandmaster stationed there.
While the smaller nations are not without yuan ying cultivators, in terms of quantity, strength, and territorial range, they are incomparable to the nine major nations.
Thus, among the Alliance of the Nine Nations, the greatest voice has always belonged to these top nine nations, firmly holding a dominant position.
Such common knowledge had been briefly mentioned during their time at Yuan Yang Courtyard, while Liu Yu learned more details in the Scripture Vault.
He remembered the cultivation sects and major immortal cities of the top nine nations, but the specific situations of the dozens of smaller nations were only briefly mentioned by name in the texts, leaving him unclear.
As Liu Yu's thoughts raced, Master Changfeng's voice once again echoed in the hall.
"Everyone, take a look at Yan State and Nanyu Nation."
As Master Changfeng's words fell, the map's light barrier changed again, with Yan State and Nanyu Nation rapidly enlarging, revealing more specific details.
Yan State and Nanyu Nation are the two most peripheral major nations in the Alliance, located at the southernmost edge of the alliance, directly bordering the forces of the Orthodox and Demonic paths.
They can be considered the "gate" of the Alliance, firmly blocking the Orthodox and Demonic paths from extending into the Alliance.
If the Orthodox and Demonic paths were to launch an attack, the alliance could gather a large army to fend off the enemy.
With the map's changes, many foundation establishment cultivators gained a clearer understanding of the strengths of both the Alliance and the Orthodox and Demonic sides.
"If the worst-case scenario occurs, Yan State and Nanyu Nation have already been infiltrated by the Orthodox and Demonic paths."
"Perhaps even their sects have been bought off by them?"
Master Changfeng's serious and steady words continued to resonate in the hall.
"What?"
Upon hearing this, Liu Yu's heart jolted.
Even though he had never left Chu State and had no profound insights into the situation in Tian Nan, he still knew the importance of Yan State and Nanyu Nation to the Alliance.
As Master Changfeng narrated step by step, the map changed once more.
He saw that the gray color representing Yan State and Nanyu Nation, which originally belonged to the Alliance, was quickly stained with black and white, representing the Demonic and Orthodox paths.
Only the names remained gray, indicating that everything was still being carried out in secret, not yet made public, or perhaps they were not yet prepared, or had bigger schemes in mind.
"If we lose the unique advantageous conditions of these two nations, can the Alliance still persist?"
A thought flashed through Liu Yu's mind.
Regardless of whether it was the nine major nations or the dozens of smaller nations, they were all in an independent state within the Alliance, and their connections beyond the alliance were not necessarily very close.
If Yan State and Nanyu Nation were still intact, they could gather a large army here to resist the Orthodox and Demonic attacks.
If they lost the territory of these two nations, the Orthodox and Demonic paths would have many directions to launch attacks.
The power of the Alliance might not be as effective as it was before in rallying forces.
Could the individual cultivation nations withstand the historically powerful Orthodox and Demonic paths?
Not long after this thought crossed Liu Yu's mind, Master Changfeng stopped speaking, but the light barrier map changed once again.