The conflict had thus come to a close, having resulted in 100 deaths and injuries for the humans and zero for the Protoss.
Without a doubt, the Protoss took quite the advantage of the Terrans in this first clash. But, in taking that tiny inch, they had also exposed their fatal weakness: the insufficient concentration of natural spiritual energy.
Even though celestial powers had been recovering for nearly a decade, the natural spiritual energy concentration on Earth was still only a few hundredths or even thousandths of that in the Heavenly Realm, and was incapable of supporting continuous consumption by cultivators of orders above the Jiedan.
