Before Zhou You left Putuo Prefecture, he returned to Mingjian Prefecture to collect his personal guards before setting off home.
Putuo Prefecture had descended completely into chaos. Evil Martial had been destroyed, but the God of Release Cult had not won either. The Enchantress Queen had emerged out of nowhere, and with a crook of her finger, she created more than a dozen Calamity Bewitchers—equivalent to more than a dozen Heavenly Sect-level combatants.
No one could contend with such terrifying power, so every faction withdrew one after another.
The Western Hall Master, the Five Halls Heavenly King, and the other higher-ups made a temporary decision: all God of Release Cult disciples would evacuate Putuo Prefecture. They had no choice but to leave, because the calamities raised by the Calamity Bewitchers had already wiped out most of their followers.
Putuo Prefecture's living conditions had become so vile that even powerful martial artists could no longer remain there, fleeing their homes in droves.
After parting ways with Fanzu, Zhou You had initially planned to return straight to Lihuo Prefecture and discuss the future course of events with Zhou Nanwang.
But the situation developed too quickly—so quickly that it caught everyone off guard.
A piece of news like thunder from the ninth heaven swept through the Fifty Provinces, leaving the noble families and sects of every prefecture and city with ringing ears.
"The Sealed Lord is lawless and devoid of virtue, allowing the Enchantress Queen to wreak havoc. The Eighteen Primordial Noble Families jointly impeach him and call upon all noble families under heaven to sign together, depose the Sealed Lord, and convene a grand assembly to elect an Emperor-Sealed Lord!"
Well, damn!
What had happened in Putuo Prefecture spread far and wide. The Ice Extreme Earth Lung Mansion disseminated the events in