Due to Meng Zhang's efforts, a defensive line in the vicinity of Taiyi Sect temporarily drove away the invaders and restored peace.

Cultivators from Taiyi Sect and other sects were busy with aftermath work, treating the wounded and clearing the battlefield. In order to prevent the enemy from returning, they also had to promptly repair the formations and restore their protective strength.

After a simple count, both Taiyi Sect and the Hanhai Alliance suffered heavy losses with numerous casualties.

The only consolation was that the majority of the dead and injured were low-level cultivators. Though many Gold Core level cultivators were injured, none of them died on the spot.

Upon learning of this result, Meng Zhang finally breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as the Gold Core cultivators were not severely affected, it would take decades at most for Taiyi Sect to slowly recover and make up for its losses.

The fighting temporarily ceased around Taiyi Sect, but elsewhere, the battles were still intense.

Overall, Dali Dynasty had the upper hand.

Many places along the long defensive line were breached by the forces of Dali Dynasty. The sects and families defending the line either suffered heavy casualties or were unable to hold on and had to retreat to the rear.

After dealing with a few remaining enemy forces, most of the troops from Dali Dynasty were freed up, and they started gathering toward the central area, specifically the location of the Yellow Lotus Sect's Main Altar.

Meng Zhang casually found a small peak, flew up, and sat cross-legged to meditate and recover the strength he had lost in the previous battle.

It was not the time to relax yet, as the Dali Dynasty's forces could return at any moment. Meng Zhang needed to quickly regain his best condition to face the next wave of attacks.

Meng Zhang did not continue to assist more distant allies because it was not due to a selfish mentality of focusing on his own problems while neglecting others.

His heart was not so narrow, and he was not the kind of person who disregarded the overall situation.

However, as the Taiyi Sect Master, he had to ensure the safety of Taiyi Sect's disciples first.

In the previous battle, both Taiyi Sect and the Hanhai Alliance suffered significant casualties. He did not want to involve them in another major battle.

What if he went to assist the surrounding forces and attracted even stronger enemies?

What if he left this place, and the enemies took advantage to attack Taiyi Sect's defenses?

Most importantly, Meng Zhang was very clear in his mind.

The real key to deciding the outcome of this large-scale battle was not on Taiyi Sect's defensive line or elsewhere, but at the Yellow Lotus Sect's Main Altar.

That was the main battlefield, where both sides' strongest and most elite forces were concentrated.

The victory or defeat there would ultimately determine the overall outcome of this war.

Perhaps to reassure the people, or perhaps to stay informed about the specific situation along the entire defensive line, the cultivators stationed at the Yellow Lotus Sect's Main Altar, members of the Jade Sword Sect, regularly communicated with their forces stationed at different sections of the defense line through various messaging talismans.

According to the Jade Sword Sect's requirements, the major sects and families stationed at different sections of the defense line also had to send regular messaging talismans to the Yellow Lotus Sect's Main Altar, reporting their real-time situations.

After the war began, the Jade Sword Sect received the most messages, most of which were calls for urgent help.

Faced with Dali Dynasty's relentless onslaught, the messaging talismans requesting reinforcements flew towards the Yellow Lotus Sect's Main Altar like snowflakes, continuously seeking help.

To be honest, it was good that they could send out distress signals. At least it proved that the defensive line had not fallen and was still holding on to resist.

If even the calls for help ceased, the outcome was predictable.

The Jade Sword Sect wanted to provide support, but their own Main Altar was also under intense attack, tying up all of the Jade Sword Sect's forces.

The Jade Sword Sect was struggling to hold on and was constantly on the verge of collapse, leaving them with no spare capacity to aid other places.

Later on, the cultivators of Jade Sword Sect became numb and didn't bother to look at those calls for help anymore.

However, the messaging talismans sent from the Yellow Lotus Sect's Main Altar were intermittent but never completely cut off.

Especially after the arrival of reinforcements from the Grand Crossing Cultivation Circle, in order to boost morale and call for everyone to persevere, the Jade Sword Sect cultivators sent out a flurry of messaging talismans announcing the arrival of reinforcements.

A crying child has milk to eat; Meng Zhang understood this principle long ago.

Shortly after the war began, when Dali Dynasty started attacking the defensive line guarded by Taiyi Sect, the disciples who had received orders from Meng Zhang constantly sent out calls for help towards the Yellow Lotus Sect's Main Altar.

Taiyi Sect had thought that Jade Sword Sect would provide some support, but unexpectedly, the situation on Jade Sword Sect's side was so dire that they were already overwhelmed.

Once Taiyi Sect managed to repel the Dali Dynasty's army, they naturally wouldn't report the real situation back to Jade Sword Sect.

In fact, not only Taiyi Sect but all the cultivation forces that temporarily drove back the Dali Dynasty's army began acting dumb at this time, not reporting the real situation to Jade Sword Sect at all.

People are selfish, no matter what, they will always prioritize themselves.

Especially when they received the messaging talismans sent by Jade Sword Sect, announcing the arrival of reinforcements from the Grand Crossing Cultivation Circle, the few cultivation forces that repelled the Dali Dynasty's army became even less willing to exert themselves.

At this point, even Meng Zhang comforted himself. He had already done enough, and Taiyi Sect had paid a lot. At this time, it was better to let others fight and die.

Since there were reinforcements from the Grand Crossing Cultivation Circle, there was no need for their own meager strength to show up and embarrass themselves.

With everyone having the same thought, everyone at this time would conserve their strength.

Of course, in Jiuqu League, there were actually not many cultivation forces capable of repelling the Dali Dynasty's army. Whether they participated or not didn't have much impact on the overall situation.

On Dali Dynasty's side, the army formation that broke through the enemy's defensive line was rapidly gathering toward the Yellow Lotus Sect's Main Altar to provide reinforcements for their comrades there.

Dali Dynasty had always maintained absolute air superiority.

Unless Jiuqu League could deploy a squad of Primordial Spirit cultivators specifically to deal with Dali Dynasty's flying boats, there was no way to resist their flying boat fleet.

With the help of the flying boats, Dali Dynasty was quickly able to concentrate its forces and continuously provide support to the main battlefield.

As for Jiuqu League, needless to say, there was no Primordial Spirit True Monarch available to spare, so they naturally couldn't do anything about the enemy's flying boat fleet.

The cultivators from the Grand Crossing Cultivation Circle who came as reinforcements had quite a few flying boats, but they were mostly used for transportation and had limited combat effectiveness. They couldn't directly confront Dali Dynasty's flying boat fleet head-on.

In fact, the White Sun Valley cultivator in charge of command had long ordered their flying boat fleet to immediately retreat from the battlefield after completing their transportation tasks, to avoid unnecessary losses.

Although they lacked the cover of overhead flying boats, White Sun Valley still had a considerable number of Gold Core Daoist Masters and even Primordial Spirit True Monarchs under their command. Dali Dynasty's flying boat fleet didn't dare to fly directly over and launch large-scale attacks.