The four main battlefields—the Shattered Stone Domain, Apricot Kernel Domain, Scorpion Domain, and Ax Domain—saw our forces claim victory in two of them.
Our side acquired a large population and resources, eliminated part of the elite enemy forces and tens of millions of second-class troops, and shifted from a reactive to a proactive stance.
It's not to say we obliterated half of the enemy; they merely retreated a fair distance, ceding two star domains.
Both the Apricot Kernel Domain and Scorpion Domain hold significant developmental value, and with the technology, expertise, and workforce provided by the Ouzhou Continent, they can develop rapidly: minor development in two months, major development in four, a complete transformation in a year, and soaring to great heights in two years.
While Ma Lin surveyed the Poison Smoke Domain, his mind was filled with thoughts of the immense amount of work remaining and the hard toil that lay ahead.