On the outside domain battlefield, the human army was ultimately able to beat the alien army into retreating. This was a major event as it was humanity's first victory since the war against the aliens started.
But when the battle ended, nobody could bring themselves to feel joy. Too many of them had perished. About three million of them had come, and one-third had perished. That was a scary number. If they conducted such a massive battle a few more times, humanity and the aliens would probably fight themselves to extinction.
Nobody could be happy at a pyrrhic victory like that. While the aliens were retreating, Qin Jiu intended to lead a pursuing group. He wanted to use that chance to reaffirm his position as the leader, but he was stopped by Gongsun Sanyang. The two had been rivals since they were young. They would always try to sabotage the other party, even now.
"Gongsun Sanyang, why are you stopping us from giving chase? Are you afraid of them? If so, you don't have to join us," said Qin Jiu.
"Hmph. Do you not notice how high the casualties are? With everyone's condition, even if we manage to catch up to them, will we be able to kill all the aliens? We are better off staying and recuperating," said Gongsun Sanyang coldly.
"There are casualties on our side, but the aliens have even more casualties. If we don't take this chance to deal them a fatal blow, they will be harder to handle after they recover. Furthermore, there are still more aliens coming to the battlefield. We need to make an example out of them," said Qin Jiu. "Everyone, if you trust me, come with me and chase after the aliens. We shall return peace to the dominion!"
After listening to him, part of the humans responded. Gongsun Sanyang naturally wouldn't allow Qin Jiu to prevail. He said, "As the saying goes, do not push a cornered enemy. Everyone is in bad condition. If there is an ambush waiting for our pursuing army, things will be bad. I advise everyone to remain and recover. We will fight them again in the future. If we can defeat them once, we can defeat them twice."
Some of the people were so injured that they couldn't fight anymore. They naturally agreed with Gongsun Sanyang, hoping to stay and rest. While the two were arguing, the many young Gods were gathering their companions. Those who had suffered serious casualties were forced to ally themselves with other groups in order to continue surviving on the outside domain battlefield.
"Xiang Shaoyun, can we join your alliance?" asked a woman from the Celestial Palace. She had approached Xiang Shaoyun with her warship and her people.
Xiang Shaoyun's display of strength had earned the respect of many people, and this Celestial Palace woman was one of them. Although the Celestial Palace couldn't compare with the Guangling Palace, it was still an incredibly powerful organization. The woman was called Lin Meijia, an extremely beautiful sixth-stage Rebirth Realm cultivator.
Right after Lin Meijia made her request, a man approached with his group and said, "Xiang Shaoyun, we wish to ally with you as well."
That man came from the Skyseal Sect, and his name was Feng Meng. He was a peak fourth-stage God about 300 years old. Of the various young Gods, he was basically a middle-ranking God. Three other Gods also came over to ask for an alliance after him.
The three were stunning geniuses, but the gap between them and someone like Xiang Shaoyun was akin to the sky and the earth. Even if they had enough strength to continue competing for the young guild master position, they likely wouldn't succeed. They might as well join hands with Xiang Shaoyun and guarantee their safety.
Xiang Shaoyun had no reason to reject them. He readily agreed. With the inclusion of the new allies, Xiang Shaoyun's alliance grew in size, slowly approaching the size of Qin Jiu's and Gongsun Sanyang's groups.
The other young Gods were also busy picking their allies. Before long, the surviving human army was organized into eight alliances. The eight alliances were respectively led by Xiang Shaoyun, Qin Jiu, Gongsun Sanyang, Dugu Qiubai, Ji Feixian, Mo Du, Shi Gong, and Di Lin.
Of the eight leaders, Di Lin was the weakest. However, he had unleashed a terrifying army of puppets during the previous battle, unleashing even a puppet at the Nine Revolutions Realm. His army shocked many people. With those puppets, he had performed incredibly well during the battle.
Those were all ancient puppets. Controlling them with an ancient technique, Di Lin was able to display an impressive combat prowess. As for the Celestial War King, who did not get along well with Xiang Shaoyun, he had joined Di Lin's alliance.
The eight alliances had been formed, and the capability of these young Gods would decide who would be the young guild master. The greatest weakness of humanity was their inability to unite. Among the eight alliances, only Xiang Shaoyun and Dugu Qiubai had decided to work together. As for the other alliances, they all separated and fought their own battles.
If the eight alliances had decided to work together, they might have been able to truly defeat the aliens. Split into different groups, they were no longer able to pose any threat to the aliens.
After all the alliances separated, Zhuge Zhantian appeared noiselessly beside Xiang Shaoyun and asked, "Overlord, why don't you get everyone to work together? I believe they will be able to put trust in your strength."
"The time is not ripe yet," said Xiang Shaoyun with a profound look in his eyes.
With his strength, he could definitely defeat all the young Gods present, but what was the point of that? They wouldn't submit to him willingly. They would not listen to his commands either. It would be pointless to gather everyone up if that was the case.
He might as well wait until there was a better opportunity to subdue the alliances.
Xiang Shaoyun and Dugu Qiubai decided to rest on a random lifeless planet. They would focus on recovering for a while before drawing up new plans to deal with the aliens. Xiang Shaoyun took that period of time to further improve the strength of his people.
He gathered his father, Purple Lightning Marquis, Devil Concubine, Lang Ya, Scarlet Flame Monarch, Devouring Ghost, Green Ghost, Liu Qingchen, and Despair. Then, he gave them the treasures he had obtained in the primal chaos world, helping them accelerate their growth.
He also gave his father, Purple Lightning Marquis, and Lang Ya a primal chaos lotus seed each. Those three were the only ones at late-stage God Realm and the only ones among his people who could absorb a primal chaos lotus seed.
Everyone was overjoyed to receive the treasures from Xiang Shaoyun. On such an intense battlefield, who wouldn't want to quickly grow in strength? However, growth was difficult at the God Realm. Thus, Xiang Shaoyun's treasures were extremely helpful.