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Chapter 1478: Chapter 576 Northern Expedition to Changqing Chapter 1478: Chapter 576 Northern Expedition to Changqing After Taiping Dao and the Nine Provinces formed an alliance, neither side was in a hurry to announce their alignment.

The news that Taiping Dao had merged with the Nine Provinces was only circulated among the higher echelons of the sects; apart from the School Leaders, no one else was aware.

At the current stage of war preparations, and with a considerable amount of time before the actual commencement of hostilities—it was prudent to keep the alliance a secret from the Changqing Immortal Sect for as long as possible, even if only to confuse them.

The longer the enemy was preoccupied, the less prepared they would be for the decisive battle.

And the shorter the preparation time they were given, the less sufficient their preparation would be.

Insufficient preparation on the enemy’s part essentially meant thorough preparation on their own side.

The shorter the enemy’s reaction time was, the longer their own preparation time became.

With these accumulating factors, once the war began, they could certainly surprise the Changqing Immortal Sect.

Nevertheless, while both sides endeavored to keep their alliance hidden, preparing for a war that would span an entire domain—mobilizing supplies, assembling personnel, and making all sorts of tactical preparations—wasn’t something that could be easily concealed.

Although the Changqing Immortal Sect had not received news of the alliance between Taiping Dao and the Nine Provinces, they could easily deduce, based on the considerable mobilization of the two, that preparations for war were underway.

And whom might these two sects be targeting for war?

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Therefore, it was inevitable that they, too, began to make preparations and mobilizations.

However, the preparations made by the Changqing Immortal Sect were much slower and on a smaller scale compared to those of Taiping Dao.

The reason was simple.

A great war was about to erupt in the Changqing Domain—this was a consensus among all parties.

However, the timing of this war’s outbreak was speculated by each party to be in about five to six hundred years, or three to four hundred years at the earliest.

Even the most aggressive estimates did not foresee anything before two hundred years had passed.

This estimate was based on the accumulation of strength and recovery stages of Taiping Dao, the Nine Provinces, and the Changqing Immortal Sect.

After three or four hundred years, Taiping Dao would likely reach a limit of its strengths.

If delayed any further, they would collapse from exhaustion of resources without the need for an external attack.

Thus, a war initiated by Taiping Dao at this point was plausible to everyone.

In five to six hundred years, the Nine Provinces would have likely reached their peak, while the strength amassed by the Changqing Immortal Sect during that time would have attained a terrifying level.

If delayed further, the Changqing Immortal Sect, after having recharged for fifteen to sixteen hundred years, would unleash all its prior accumulations in full force.

Their numbers of Human Immortals and Earth Immortals likely would surge uncontrollably.

At that point, their ascent would truly be unstoppable.

Even if Taiping Dao allied with the Nine Provinces, they would stand no chance against them.

The extinction of these two sects would just be a matter of time.

Thus, to prevent that scenario from unfolding, engaging in battle after five to six hundred years was already the latest timeline conceivable.

As for the possibility of going to war in two hundred years—it was essentially what was previously discussed, coinciding with the critical time when new Earth Immortals were emerging in the Changqing Immortal Sect.

Initiating a decisive battle at this juncture also made perfect sense.

Additionally, considering all the above factors, a relatively accurate prediction could already be made about when the decisive battle within the domain would erupt.

It could be as soon as in two hundred years or as late as in five hundred years—with the clash between the three Immortal Sects impending.

Regardless of whether the battle occurred sooner or later, this timeline excluded any possibility of a battle in one hundred years.

No, now it was less than a hundred years.

Given this situation, based on the information openly gathered, it was logical for the Changqing Immortal Sect to misjudge.

As for why Taiping Dao and the Nine Provinces were already preemptively preparing for this decisive battle so swiftly,

this was also simple to understand.

They had no choice.

Who could blame them, especially when compared to the Changqing Immortal Sect, which was far too powerful?

Relying on their twice-as-large mass compared to their enemies, the Changqing Immortal Sect could proceed regularly, and just one year of their preparation equaled three to four years of the enemy’s.

While Taiping Dao and the Nine Provinces required two hundred years to gear up for the war,

the Changqing Immortal Sect side would only need about forty to fifty years of preparation.

This is the advantage of a mighty nation over a smaller one.

The same principle applied in the realm of immortals, from a Heavenly Immortal Sect to a Grand Fairy Door.

Therefore, the Changqing Immortal Sect could afford to prepare leisurely, continuing to accumulate their strength while getting ready for the war.

Eventually, as the war neared, a few more decades of preparation would suffice for them to manage the conflict.

However, Taiping Dao and the Jiuzhou Immortal Gate could not afford that luxury.

Hence, their initiating preparations a century or two in advance, although surprising at first, made sense after some reflection.

Accordingly, facing the unusual actions of both sects, although the Changqing Immortal Sect remained vigilant, they were not overly cautious.

They remained oblivious to the imminent danger.

For such a situation, Lu Yuan and the Nine Provinces were naturally delighted.

In fact, Lu Yuan’s choice to advance the timeline of the battle was partly influenced by the current situation.

He wondered if he might attempt deception to mislead the Nine Provinces.

He didn’t harbor much hope—at the end of the day, the relationship between the three sects had always been adversarial, particularly disadvantaging the Changqing Immortal Sect.

Under such circumstances, deceiving them seemed an immense challenge.

Yet, perhaps the other side had been faring too well these years, grown too quickly, and developed an inflated sense of themselves.

Maybe they had grown complacent or careless, or perhaps it was something else…

Regardless, their sluggish preparations allowed Lu Yuan’s somewhat immature plan to be smoothly implemented, trapping them in his stratagem.

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