Prince Zhenbei suffered a great defeat.
The news swept from the border across the whole of Great Yan like a torrential storm.
It was a rude awakening for the officials of the Court, who had been lost in the sweet dream of their Celestial Empire.
The news was impossible to conceal. The sight of the hundred-thousand-strong vanguard, personally led by Prince Zhenbei, suffering a disastrous defeat, coupled with the flight of the logistics corps, had already descended into utter chaos.
The reports that made it back basically said the same thing: an enormous, world-shaking hand had appeared out of the void and annihilated tens of thousands of soldiers with a mere flick of a finger. The suspected culprit was one of the Deities worshiped by the Demon Country.
Normally, military intelligence in ancient times traveled slowly. It could take months for news to arrive.
But the impact of this event was simply too immense.
