Applying pressure on Great Jin and its allies, reminding them that the New Moon Cult, which watches the tigers fight from the mountain, can no longer be left unchecked, and rallying them both to suppress Sikong Yue and her daughter, was a vision that Hou Yuxiao had already settled on and largely achieved before entering the Treasure Vault Celestial Domain, as both Great Jin and the allies had promised him.

Hou Yuxiao was not surprised that Great Jin and the allies agreed, for the current situation of the three major factions in The World had indeed reached this point.

The New Moon Cult must be suppressed.

But he forgot that the situation is constantly changing.

The moment they entered the Treasure Vault, the situation had already changed.

As Sikong Xingzhou said at this moment, he seized the capital from Great Jin, which practically declared the failure of Great Jin's eastern campaign against Jizhou. The failure here was not that Great Jin couldn't conquer Jizhou, but that to take Jizhou, Great Jin must send more troops, which would inevitably affect other areas. For Great Jin, this is a failure!

Great Jin is waging war on three fronts, and the available troops have reached their limit. If any one of the three fronts suffers, the plan to sweep across The World will fail, and Great Jin will have to make strategic adjustments.

Hou Yuxiao inadvertently capturing the capital has already provided the allies with a breakthrough in Jizhou. It is foreseeable that the allies will certainly exploit this in Jizhou, making it much more difficult for Great Jin to continue its eastern campaign.

Even worse, once they leave the Treasure Vault, the New Moon Cult will officially enter the fray. Once the New Moon Cult cooperates with the allies, Great Jin won't just have trouble on the Jizhou front but even in Hexi, and perhaps even in their own stronghold in the Three Northern Provinces.

Yongzhou and the Three Northern Provinces are, after all, separated by the river!

With the situation changing, the choices of Great Jin will naturally change.

Who knows why Sikong Xingzhou released demons?

But after releasing the demons, it's highly likely that Great Jin will no longer face enemies on two fronts because everyone will have to focus on dealing with the demons.

...

In an instant, Hou Yuxiao understood Sikong Xingzhou's intentions. After noticing the subtle change in the positions of the Emperor of Jin and Zhuge Yuan, his face turned much gloomier.

These two had indeed been swayed by Sikong Xingzhou.

"Sikong Xingzhou, what are you trying to do!"

Suddenly, Jing Yuanxiu's sharp shout startled everyone; they hurriedly turned their heads to look and saw that Sikong Xingzhou, taking advantage of everyone's distraction, had already moved near the ancient tree with Fahai and Zhantai Wuyuan.

All at once, everyone rushed over.

Dozens of Second Rank, tens of thousands of Third Rank, hundreds of thousands of Fourth Rank demons—if truly released, except for the Holy Land and a few top-tier forces, Shenzhou will have no pure land left, and all life will be plunged into misery, exceeding mere words.

Even Hou Yuxiao felt a bit panicked.

It's no joke. Cruel though he is, the thought of billions dying made his heart tremble inexplicably. However, as he rushed towards the ancient tree, his target was not Sikong Xingzhou but Zhantai Wuyuan.

Stopping Sikong Xingzhou was the business of Saints.

All he could and wanted to do was save his son.

"That ancient tree is not Soul Returning Spirit Wood at all; your mother was killed by Sikong Yue. Sikong Xingzhou and his daughter are deceiving you; don't fall for it, boy!"

A heavenly light rose, and over ten Martial Dao Saints acted simultaneously, instantly filling the entire Ten Thousand Demons Cave with violent spiritual power. Without the protection of a Saint, Hou Yuxiao dared not get too close, so he could only transmit his voice from afar to Zhantai Wuyuan.

However, Zhantai Wuyuan didn't even turn his head and continued to closely follow behind Fahai and Sikong Xingzhou.

Sikong Xingzhou, seeing Hou Yuxiao approaching in the distance, had a glint of light flash through his pupils and then quickly turned to tell Zhantai Wuyuan:

"Wuyuan, there is a divine seal inside the Spirit Wood. Reveal the divine seal to gain control. Fahai and I will hold off these Saints; you go in first!"

Zhantai Wuyuan nodded without hesitation and headed straight towards the Spirit Wood below, the object in his eyes believed capable of saving his mother, Zhan Taiqing.

From afar, when Hou Yuxiao heard Sikong Xingzhou's words and saw Zhantai Wuyuan's actions, his expression suddenly froze before changing dramatically, and he shouted at Zhantai Wuyuan:

"Don't go in!"

There's no way Zhantai Wuyuan would listen to him.

He didn't listen to Hou Yuxiao at all and rushed towards the ancient tree without hesitation. The tree's bark seemed indestructible, yet at the moment of contact, it became illusory, directly sucking Zhantai Wuyuan inside.

A belated Hou Yuxiao stood outside the ancient tree, fists clenched, looking up at Sikong Xingzhou who had already engaged many Saints in the air, a hint of struggle flickering in his expression.

Just as Sikong Xingzhou said those words, he understood why the other person brought Zhantai Wuyuan into the Treasure Vault Celestial Domain.

Sikong Xingzhou and Fahai, two Saints, hadn't even brought Duanmu Hong, the Sub-Saint of Martial Dao, but instead, a mere Yuan Dan Realm Zhantai Wuyuan. How could a child like that help in the Treasure Vault Celestial Domain?

The Soul Returning Spirit Wood was undoubtedly fake, a ruse to lure Zhantai Wuyuan into the ancient tree. The real purpose was to trick him into entering!

Judging from Sikong Xingzhou's words easily sowing discord between Great Jin and the allies, Sikong Yue likely knew long ago that he was inciting them to jointly suppress the New Moon Cult. She knew releasing a million demons would tempt Great Jin, so she let Hou Yuxiao think his strategy had succeeded, with the real intention to get him to follow Zhantai Wuyuan into the Ten Thousand Demons Cave.