Lack Of Soldiers.

After the Celestial Phoenix returned unharmed, Ember ordered the soldiers to recuperate and guard their territories on high alert.

She needed to assess how much damage they had really done to the Immortal Sect and the Wilderness before planning their next move.

It wasn't long before she received the report of their own casualties, and she wasn't surprised to see that the numbers were within her expectations. If anything, she was prepared to lose even more soldiers.

"This will not work again," Ozul spoke up, bringing Ember out of her thoughts. He needed to remind her just in case she was thinking of throwing him against a Sage again.

"I know," she hummed.

She wasn't oblivious to the fact that such circumstances wouldn't present themselves again. The next time she tried doing this, they would be met with complete force.

"We needed to get all the advantage."