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For Li Ruoqing, Yi Dancheng was certainly memorable.

Influenced by him, Lu Yuan and other avatars including Che Shidao also became aware of his existence.

However, the man was wholeheartedly devoted to the righteous path, always wandering and seeking to subdue demons and eradicate monsters. After a trip to the Great Eye Kingdom, he plunged into Xiaye Country.

This unwavering ambition was truly admirable.

Therefore, those on the Taiping Dao looked favorably upon this disciple from Dongyang.

In recent years, Lu Yuan had also been keeping track of his movements.

The distance from Youxin Country to Xiaye Country through Youshan Country is not far, making it easy to gather information.

According to his knowledge, Li Ruoqing had fared quite well since arriving in Xiaye Country.

Upon his arrival in the country, he had killed several harmful demons, saving hundreds of thousands of people.

Later, he displayed great power, successively slaying several Demon Kings that came for revenge, and with the sword in his hand, he carved out tens of thousands of miles of safe haven in Xiaye Country, now a den of demons, protecting millions of lives.

The demons in Xiaye Country feared his reputation, dubbing him the Bloody Sun Sword Devil, to signify the depth of his killings.

However, the people saved by Li Ruoqing revered him as the Haoyang Sword Immortal, viewing him as the hope of Haoyang.

Even from the surrounding countries, many hot-blooded disciples of the Immortal Sect and individual cultivators, upon hearing of his deeds, flocked to follow him.

By now, Li Ruoqing had gathered nearly a hundred cultivators, leading them to battle against the demons in Xiaye Country, with increasing momentum.

Behind Xiaye Country, the two major forces of Xuan Turtle Mountain had been impacted by the rise of Taiping Dao over the past two years. As a neighboring force, it had to divert more attention to the west.

Due to this, it gradually lacked the energy to attend to the development in the eastern Xiaye Country.

At this time, an Immortal Sect Cultivator dedicated to the righteous path stepped forward, helping to bear the pressure of the demons and containing Jiuchuan Demon Country, which was actually a blessing.

Therefore, Xuan Turtle Mountain saw the rise of Li Ruoqing not as an enemy but welcomed it.

Privately, they issued orders to the demons under their control, providing him with considerable assistance.

As for Jiuchuan Demon Country, the two flood dragons from the Dragon Palace, although not bordering Taiping Dao, also felt the impact.

The elder flood dragon’s son, Black Snake, was directly slain by Che Shidao.

After the rise of Taiping Dao, Jiuchuan Demon Country suffered more losses and damage than Xuan Turtle Mountain.

Thus, as an outsider, Jiuchuan Demon Country was more sensitive and cautious about the rise of Taiping Dao.

Seeing Taiping Dao smoothing out Youxin Country and continuously infiltrating the Great Eye Monster Nation in recent years, they keenly sensed the changing winds in the Southern Domain.

Instinctively, they reduced their activity frequency.

Their aim was to avoid drawing attention, lest Taiping Dao’s focus shift toward them and make them a target.

Hence, for self-preservation, Jiuchuan Demon Country also chose a low profile, lacking the spare energy to deal with Li Ruoqing.

With the two major powers behind Xiaye Country no longer caring about its affairs, the greatest danger for Li Ruoqing in his quest to subdue demons and vanquish monsters naturally disappeared.

Even though the local demons were numerous, they were no match against a Heavenly Immortal true disciple.

Given the situation, even if he couldn’t expel all demons or restore the legitimate rule of Xiaye Country,

securing the reclaimed lands of the Human Race would still be manageable.

But there are always exceptions.

Just as Xiaye Country’s situation was improving and everything seemed hopeful, an unexpected change occurred.

"Not long ago, the Ghost King of Greedy Ghost City in Xiaye Country planned to hold a birthday celebration, intending to use 800,000 humans as blood food to entertain visiting Demon Kings and Ghost Kings.

Brother Li, harboring a sense of justice, could not bear to hear such news.

Thus, he angrily took up his sword, prepared to storm Greedy Ghost City, slay the Ghost King, and rescue the million common folk there.

We, too, had no choice but to follow.

Upon reaching Greedy Ghost City, we joined Brother Li and engaged in a fierce battle with those demons, turning the sky dark and the ground bloody.

In the end, Brother Li, superior in skill and wielding his sword, executed the Greedy Ghost King and slew a Demon King who had come to the gathering, causing many demons to flee in panic.

We thus secured a victory in this great battle.

However, just after our victory, as we prepared to gather the people and evacuate the city,

the ground suddenly shook, and a gate to the Netherworld opened from the ground. A Ghost Emperor from the Yellow Springs escaped from it.

We then realized that the Greedy Ghost King’s birthday celebration was not just a celebration but also intended to use 800,000 live humans as a sacrifice to a Ghost Emperor of the Yellow Springs as an offering of allegiance.

We had slain the Greedy Ghost King, but the Ghost Emperor was unaware and arrived according to timing, resulting in a direct confrontation.

How could we be a match for a Ghost Emperor?

In the end, it was Brother Li who deployed a sect technique, relying on a Pure Yang Sword Talisman and the force of Haoyang to repel the Ghost Emperor, delaying him.

This provided us and the city’s inhabitants time to evacuate.

But after we withdrew, Brother Li was trapped by the Ghost Emperor. Even with the sword talisman’s aid, he struggled to free himself.

In the end, we could only watch helplessly as he was dragged by the Ghost Emperor into the gate to the Yellow Springs, entering the Netherworld Court."

The cultivator named Xiong Guoyi, simply bursting into tears, recounted the whole incident.