Most of Zorn's attention was immersed in comprehending the Calamity Rune Magic Ring.
Although it seemed Zorn was at a disadvantage in the war of Heroic Spirits against the eighteen Divine Spirits, the outcome of the battle actually made no difference to him.
If he won, would those two experts—the Seven Holy Stars and Nine Holy Stars masters—really just hand over their territory?
Of course not.
Zorn would still have to cultivate in seclusion for two or three hundred years, raising his Rune Magic Ring to a high enough level before he could conquer the territories of those two.
If he lost, Zorn would have an even more legitimate reason to withdraw his forces and cultivate in seclusion.
He could just come back to fight in a hundred years.
Zorn had only challenged them to find an excuse to fight, to use the battle to catalyze his own Divine Kingdom.
The outcome wasn't important; what mattered was the process—the process of growing and strengthening.
