After successfully repelling the Bloodblade Alliance's surprise attack, the smoke of battle gradually dissipated from the Lingxu Market, leaving it in ruins and devastation. The shattered buildings, scorched earth, and lingering magical light all testified to the fierce battle that had just ended.

Lin Yang gazed at the ruins, his heart filled with mixed emotions. He knew all too well that this victory had not come easily; it was bought with the blood and lives of everyone in the Spirit Ruins Market. "Notify the leaders of all factions to assemble in the council hall," Lin Yang said to the disciple beside him.

Soon, the leaders of various factions gathered in the council hall. Their faces showed exhaustion, but their eyes revealed determination and resilience.

"Although we repelled the enemy this time, we also paid a heavy price. We must reflect carefully, summarize our experiences and lessons, and prevent similar crises from happening again." Lin Yang broke the silence first, his gaze sweeping over everyone.

The president of the Linghe Chamber of Commerce said with a solemn expression, "Our intelligence work is still not up to par. We failed to detect the enemy's detailed plans and timing of action in advance. Going forward, the Chamber of Commerce will invest more resources to improve its intelligence network and train more professional intelligence personnel to ensure that we can obtain accurate intelligence in a timely manner."

The Pavilion Master of Wanbaoge added, "Regarding magical artifacts, although we successfully defended against the enemy's attack, some artifacts revealed some problems in actual combat, such as insufficient power and poor endurance. The artifact refiners in the Pavilion will address these issues by improving and upgrading the artifacts, while also accelerating the development of new defensive and offensive magical artifacts."

The elder of the Spirit Sword Sect stroked his beard and pondered for a moment before saying, "The sword cultivators performed admirably in battle, but when faced with a large-scale alliance attack, our sword formation still has room for improvement in terms of flexibility and coordinated combat. The sect will strengthen training in this area and cooperate with the Myriad Treasures Pavilion to develop magic weapons that are more suitable for the use of the sword formation."

After in-depth discussions, a series of post-war development and defense plans were formulated. The Linghe Chamber of Commerce was responsible for organizing manpower to clear the ruins, rebuild the market, and utilize its resources and influence to attract more cultivators and merchants back, restoring the market's prosperity. The Wanbao Pavilion increased its investment in magical artifact research and development, established special research projects, encouraged weapon refiners to innovate, and explored methods to integrate the power of the "Chaos Spiritual Pivot" into more magical artifacts. The Lingjian Sect selected promising young sword cultivators within the sect for intensive training, while also engaging in exchanges and cooperation with other forces to learn different combat techniques and sword formation variations.

Furthermore, the Lingxu Market decided to strengthen ties with neighboring friendly forces and establish a closer alliance. Through mutual exchange and resource sharing, they would jointly counter the threats posed by evil forces such as the Blood Blade Sect. Lin Yang personally led a team to several powerful sects in the surrounding area, engaging in in-depth exchanges and negotiations with their leaders.

"Our Lingxu Market hopes to establish a long-term cooperative relationship with your sect to jointly maintain peace and stability in the cultivation world. Forces like the Blood Blade Sect are ambitious, and if they are not curbed, they will surely bring disaster to the entire cultivation world," Lin Yang said sincerely to a sect leader.

The sect leader nodded in agreement: "Fellow Daoist Lin Yang is absolutely right. We are also well aware of the dangers posed by the Blood Blade Sect and are willing to work hand in hand with the Spirit Ruins Market."

Thanks to Lin Yang's efforts, the Lingxu Market reached a cooperation agreement with several surrounding sects. They exchanged contact information and tokens, agreeing to support each other in times of crisis.

However, the Bloodblade Sect and other forces were unwilling to accept defeat after their retreat. The Bloodblade Sect leader hid in a secret stronghold, healing his wounds while plotting a new revenge plan.

"Lingxu Market, this grudge must be avenged! I will make you pay an even heavier price!" the Blood Blade Sect Master said through gritted teeth. He began to contact the allied forces that had also suffered heavy losses in the raid, attempting to rebuild a stronger alliance and launch a new attack on Lingxu Market.