"What are the casualties?" asked the Eastern Qinghua Emperor.
Huang Zhi looked at the battle report in his hand and then reported: "170,000 heavenly soldiers were killed in the battle, 1,003 Xuanxian heavenly generals were killed, 438 Taiyi Xuanxian heavenly generals were killed, and 66 Jinxian heavenly generals were killed."
Upon hearing this number, the expressions of the immortal officials in the hall suddenly became extremely solemn. The loss was really too great!
Upon hearing the casualty figures, Emperor Qinghua of the Eastern Pole sighed softly. Every Heavenly Soldier and General who died in battle was a huge loss to Heaven. The loss was not only the Heavenly Soldier and General themselves, but also the vast resources used to train them.
"Is there any statistics on the consumption of materials such as robbery jade?" Emperor Qinghua of Dongji asked Ren Hua, the governor of Taixuandu Province.
Ren Hua immediately bowed and said, "Your Excellency, I have made a preliminary calculation of the supplies consumed by the current war. If all supplies are converted into Jieyu, the war in the Southern Continent has already consumed 520 billion Jieyu."
Fang Jian couldn't help but feel distressed when he heard this number. So many Jieyu, 520 billion Jieyu.
Moreover, the size of the heavenly soldiers has now expanded by two million, and the consumption of robbery jade will inevitably be more. Fang Jian shuddered when he thought of the five million heavenly soldiers proposed by Erlang Shen. Adding the more than two million heavenly soldiers who were first transferred to the Southern Continent, and then recruiting another five million heavenly soldiers, that would be seven million heavenly soldiers.
Even if these seven million heavenly soldiers did not fight a single battle, the amount of robbery jade they consumed just by staying in Jambudvīpa for a month would be calculated in billions.
There are also rewards for heavenly soldiers who die in battle (to be collected after reincarnation), as well as rewards after every major war, and the consumption of talismans, elixirs, treasures, magic tools, armor, and other robbery jades, which is an astronomical figure.
But despite this, the Eastern Qinghua Emperor remained silent and said to Fang Jian, "After the battle on the front lines, Wuying Palace and Tianshu Province must compile the battle reports as soon as possible and reward people according to their merits without any mistakes."
Fang Jian bowed and said, "I will obey the order of the law."
Then the Eastern Qinghua Emperor asked again, "Two million dragon soldiers have been transferred to the Southern Continent, and another three million need to be recruited as soon as possible. Do you have a plan?"
Upon hearing this, Fang Jian immediately reported to the Great Emperor Qinghua of the Eastern Pole, "Reporting to the Great Envoy, I plan to recruit from the Taoist monks and the immortals of the four continents."
Upon hearing this, the Eastern Qinghua Emperor could not help but shake his head slightly and said, "The Daoist sects, Buddhist sects, and Xuanjiao have been fighting in the Southern Continent for decades. I'm afraid they no longer have the extra strength to be summoned by the Heavenly Court."
Fang Jian said: "The Dao Sect has many disciples. If we want to recruit them, we can always recruit some."
Emperor Qinghua of the Eastern Pole nodded slightly and said, "Since you have already made the rules, then we will recruit according to them."
"I obey the order of the law." Fang Jian bowed again.
Ancient Yuanzhou, the headquarters of Xuanjiao.
Inside the main hall, the five great saints stood there, solemnly reporting to the Xuanzhou Zhenjun on the Qingyun: "Master, the Heavenly Court is too powerful. We can't resist it with our strength."
The Earth Yuan Saint Lord reported, "Since the start of the war, eighty Golden Immortals, five hundred and twenty-nine Taiyi Xuanxians, over one thousand three hundred Xuanxians, and over two thousand Zhenxians have perished in our Xuan Sect. Only one million and eight hundred thousand Dao soldiers remain of our three and a half million. Half of the strength accumulated by our Holy Sect over eons has now been lost."
The Holy Lord Jin Yuan also said with a sad face: "We really can't stop it. If this continues, the accumulation of billions of years of our Holy Church will be destroyed. The power of the Heavenly Court is too great for us to contend with."
Only now did Xuan Jiao realize how ridiculous his original idea of "overthrowing the sky" was. He had not even deployed the combat power of the Taiyi Golden Immortal level, and the confrontation between the combat power below the Golden Immortal level had already caused them heavy losses.
Compared with the Heavenly Court, the power they have accumulated over billions of years is not as much as the Heavenly Court consumed in the heavens of the Tribulation Realm in a thousand years.
True Lord Xuanzhou had not expected the current situation to be like this. In his opinion, with the combination of his Xuanjiao and Buddhism, they could defeat Taoism and drive it out of the Southern Continent. Then, there would be no problem in blocking the offensive of the Heavenly Court and then stabilizing a front line for a tug-of-war.
But once the war started, they realized how naive this idea was. Under the attack of the Heavenly Court with hundreds of thousands of heavenly soldiers and massive supplies and logistics, every line of defense of the Xuanjiao could not hold out for more than three days and was completely defeated.
"How many Tianyin ghost leaders are there in the sect?" True Lord Xuanzhou asked the five holy masters at this time.
The Holy Lord Mu Yuan immediately reported: "Master, there are a total of 306 Heavenly Yin Ghost Leaders in the sect."
Upon hearing this, True Lord Xuanzhou immediately waved his hand and said, "Send them all out."
Three hundred and six Heavenly Yin Ghost Puppets are equivalent to three hundred and six Golden Immortals, which is an extremely powerful force.
"You all go back to the front line first and take charge. You are not allowed to withdraw from the battlefield without permission. You are not allowed to be cowardly or avoid fighting." Xuanzhou Zhenjun knew very well what they were thinking. The Heavenly Court was too powerful and could not be stopped at all. Fighting like this would only waste the power accumulated by the Xuanjiao over the years.
But what could Xuan Zhou Zhenjun do? If only he could make the decision himself, but the problem was that he couldn't make the decision himself. Without the Buddha's words, Xuan Jiao couldn't retreat.
The five great saints also understood this and felt helpless. This is the price of entering the world. Since Buddhism pushes you into the world, you have to pay your own price.
The five great saints bowed, sang and accepted the order before leaving. After Xuanzhou Zhenjun sat quietly in the hall for a long time, a mysterious light flashed around his body and he disappeared in the hall in an instant. He had already gone to Zixiao Hall to meet his master Juntian Daozhu.
Samantabhadra Bodhisattva stood on the clouds, looking at the majestic and beautiful Mount Emei in front of him, and sighed slightly.
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