Demon Suppression Division and Night Watch Palace

Over these thirty years, the internal landscape of the Great Qian Dynasty had also quietly changed.

Under the stewardship of Celestial Master Xuanyuan Ningxin, the Demon Suppression Division steadily grew stronger, even gaining a new Commander—White Eagle, a Peak Deity Transformation cultivator.

This man was immensely powerful and sharp in his methods, adding another fierce general to the Demon Suppression Division.

Yet the Demon Suppression Division's sphere of activity remained primarily concentrated in the Great Qian Capital and the dynasty's core prefectures and counties, where it monitored the officials and suppressed demons and evil spirits in the vital regions around the capital.

The vast borderlands, especially the frontiers adjoining the Demon Race and the Buddhist Kingdom, as well as the special "Tribute City" system, remained the traditional territory the Night Watcher organization had cultivated for centuries.

The two institutions, one overseeing the interior and the other guarding the borders, had originally had clearly divided responsibilities. For years, they had kept to their own waters, maintaining a surface peace.

But this fragile balance had been completely shattered half a year ago.

The fuse that lit the matter was White Eagle, the newly appointed Commander of the Demon Suppression Division.

While investigating a case involving Demon Race nobility, he pursued the trail all the way to a Tribute City on the border.

Decisive to the point of brutality, White Eagle not only used thunderous methods to arrest several Human Race officials and Demon Cultivators suspected of colluding with Demon Race nobles and wreaking havoc along the border, but also killed on the spot a Night Envoy who had tried to stop him and was himself under murky suspicion during the clash!

This matter instantly ignited the long-suppressed conflict between the two institutions.

Facing the questioning of the Night Watch Palace's upper ranks,