No.

Wait.

Xie Xuanyi's Heart Lake skipped a beat, suddenly realizing the problem.

This world is vast.

The two kingdoms are not everything.

After descending into the Divine Travel World, Xie Xuanyi assumed that the Paperman Daoist Association was manipulating cause and effect between Great Chu and Da Li, but in fact, in the barren land further north of the Northern County... there resides a "country" that people subconsciously overlook.

Demon Country!

"Crash."

As the two conversed, the snowstorm atop Little Desolate Mountain gradually grew larger.

The snow falling from the Heavenly Peak was sharp as blades.

Xie Xuanyi unfolded a Sword Energy Barrier above his head, slicing the snowflakes into pieces.

It was from this moment.

The "unease" in Xie Xuanyi's Heart Lake became clearer and increasingly intense.

This "unease" did not come from King Yanle.

But from further north.

"A Yang God, a great array, plus ten thousand Iron Cavalry... may not be able to kill you..."

King Yanle softly said: "But what if we add a Demon Country?"

Thud!

Thud!

Thud!!!

The ground still thundered, but the encirclement force was already in place. The thunder was not from the Northern Iron Cavalry under King Yanle's command but from the periphery of the "Junfeng" Great Wall.

...

...

Miles away.

In front of the signal tower, shrouded in thick fog, the ground rumbled continuously.

Several teams of border iron cavalry, originally stationed at the signal tower, were forcibly withdrawn due to King Yanle's temporary order, leaving only a handful of soldiers guarding the tower. When the thunderous sound arose, the scouts on Junfeng City Wall instinctively wanted to climb the wall to investigate, but an order from the higher-ups in the communication order stopped them.

Thus.

After dozens of breaths.

The fog shattered, and a huge, hideous face as large as a mountain suddenly appeared on the faces of the soldiers guarding the signal tower wall.

It was a White Ape nearly a hundred feet tall, with a massive and majestic frame. It lightly exhaled a breath of foul air, extinguishing the signal tower's red fire, stirring the fog. The garrison soldiers widened their eyes, unable to transmit the words "enemy attack" using Divine Thought before a shadow loomed overhead, growing larger as it descended.

Finally, with a loud "boom"—

The White Ape slapped down with a heavy blow on Junfeng City Wall. Coincidentally, the city defense array, which had been active for many years, was closed tonight. This slap landed firmly, and the array cover did not provide the slightest hindrance. The entire majestic wall faced destruction like a decaying ruin under this slap! The expanse of the Junfeng defense line, in this moment, was like a fragile, elongated belly snake, smashed and broken in half, with stones and dirt flying in all directions. On both sides of the striking location, like the elevated curved body of a belly snake, they were lifted and turned over, surfacing from the ground!

"Hu..."

After delivering the slap, the White Ape paused for a moment, slightly turning its head, seemingly capturing a direction.

Above its head.

A figure in a white robe sat cross-legged, meditating as if indifferent to everything that had just transpired.

Though the person's eyes were closed, their facial features were sharp, with a somewhat pointed chin and apricot cheeks, and faint downy hair on the sides of the face. At this moment, their hands rested on a golden rod placed across their knees, with palms just falling on either side of the golden rod.

Rumble.

The White Ape turned its head and stepped directly toward Little Desolate Mountain.

About twenty breaths later, the news of Junfeng City Wall being breached finally reached the neighboring signal tower. Although King Yanle was responsible for overseeing the Northern County and guarding the Great Wall, the one hundred and eight garrison commanders of the Northern County were the true watchers of this Great Wall. A large iron cavalry was mobilized, rushing towards the breach in Junfeng City Wall.

Unfortunately, twenty breaths were already too late.

After the massive White Ape first smashed through the wall, countless demon beasts followed.

The great array shattered, and the birds of Heavenly Phoenix Palace appeared wantonly.

Numerous Teleportation Portals emerged at the site of the breached and collapsed Junfeng City Wall—

This immense demon tide condensed in an extremely short time, transforming into a sharp long sword, piercing through the thick city wall, straight into the heartland of Great Chu, unstoppable!

The Iron Cavalry hastily mobilized in a short time couldn't curb the crazy southern assault of the demon tide...

This was a breakout strike akin to the "Battle of Poison," shredding nearly a century of peace held by the Northern County Great Wall at this moment.

And the instigator was King Yanle.

Or perhaps, the Paperman Sect.

...

...

After Junfeng City Wall collapsed and shattered, Xie Xuanyi firmly confirmed his suspicions.

These five years.

The Paperman Sect's most important endeavor... was not manipulating "Great Chu" or "Da Li." After the Holy Empress's cause and effect broke and failed, Lu Yuzhen decided to take an alternative path.

"So, the Paperman Sect's true intention was to stir up this demon tide?"

Xie Xuanyi stood amidst the wind and snow, speaking lightly.

"Actually, it's for the Qi fortune."

King Yanle calmly said, "In this world, although there are many heroes, there is little Qi fortune. To incite a great tide, one must initiate chaos..."

"Does this mean that Qi fortune can be reversed?"

Xie Xuanyi said coldly.

"It's better than a peaceful era."

King Yanle laughed, pointing his long blade at Xie Xuanyi, his voice suddenly slowed, enunciating each word, "Chaos... brings forth heroes!"

Clang!

Countless sword aura erupted, all directed at Xie Xuanyi, intent on obliteration.

The entire Little Desolate Mountain was, in that moment, enveloped by the Great Success Blade Domain, as the overwhelming wind and snow condensed and weighed down!

At this moment, Xie Xuanyi understood why "Snow Master" decided to follow King Yanle... This young prince of Northern County's blade technique and Taoist intent had been honed to the peak, truly a Great Chu's version of "Chen Chong." The Paperman Sect had put considerable effort into nurturing him.

The majestic pressure of the Wind Snow Path crashed down!

The entire small mountain crumbled segment by segment!

Xie Xuanyi stretched out two fingers, lightly brushing through, a ray of golden light pierced through the heavens and earth, directly shattering the pervasive wind and snow.

Chen Ke swiftly aimed at King Yanle's brow!

Perhaps due to the Paperman Sect having thorough intelligence on Xie Xuanyi... King Yanle chose to block with his blade before the flying sword arrived, incredibly managing to withstand the swift attack.

Clang!

The blade was heavily struck by the flying sword, causing King Yanle to uncontrollably fly backward.

"Ugh!"

King Yanle reversed his hand, driving the long blade into the ground, retreating several dozen yards, the sword aura carving a massive trench in the earth before halting his retreat.

He looked somberly at his own hand holding the blade.

Just a brief clash...

The web between his thumb and index finger was numbed and bleeding, with most of his arm losing feeling!

Both were favored by the heavens! Both had ascended to the Yang God realm!

Why was the disparity so great?!

On the other side.

Xie Xuanyi also snorted coldly, yet the Martial Arts Divine Image of the Great Success in Path of Destruction slightly tilted its shoulder, completely resisting the full-force strike of King Yanle's Wind Snow Dao Domain!

Xie Xuanyi suffered little damage.

But that strike was made with heavy force, the Dao Domain continued to descend, nearly leveling the entire small mountain!

Moments ago, Xie Xuanyi was situated a hundred yards high.

Moments later, the Wind Snow Dao Domain had ground the earth into a pit.

"Kill them for me!"

King Yanle took a deep breath, stood again, and raised his long blade.

The mountain was flattened.

The Iron Cavalry heard the command and began their charge without hesitation...

"..."

Xie Xuanyi observed this scene with a complex expression.

In a "mountain peak showdown" at the Yang God realm, these flesh bodies of the Northern Iron Cavalry, only in the Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment Realm, no matter how numerous, could not change the outcome.

They were, like the Dragon-locking Formation.

The "ashes," the "pawns," the insignificant "white paper scraps" of this battle.

This truth, Xie Xuanyi knew, King Yanle knew, Chi Wu knew.

But within the Paperman Sect's ideology.

Nurturing these pawns, waste paper...

Was precisely for this time, this moment!

Xie Xuanyi sighed lightly, gently swept his sleeve, and unleashed Sword Qi.

The Path of Destruction condensed into a barrier.

Only encompassed twenty yards in radius.

This barrier was not large, yet in the moment it settled, formed an absolute "death forbidden zone," the Iron Cavalry roared forth, colliding with the Sword Energy Barrier, piercing flesh and bone, directly turning to ashes, without even time for screams or wails...

Viewed from above, one could grasp how heart-wrenching this scene was.

In the tragic white desolate earth's pit.

Thousands of Iron Cavalry, one after another, enclose and slay one man.

That person was merely an extremely tiny, nearly indiscernible black dot.

Yet it is this black dot, like an abyss, devouring the lives of these Iron Cavalry.

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