That day, Lihuo Prefecture was in a state where the tree longed for stillness, yet the wind would not cease.
The newly appointed prefectural governor, Zhou Nanwang, toured the four quarters of the prefecture bearing the tally staff, and aristocratic clans and sects everywhere lined the roads to welcome him.
Meanwhile, the great war between the Hundred Sect Alliance and the Ten Southern Demons had only just ended. Though they had won a sweeping victory, their own losses were far from minor.
The Great Prince had slain two great demons, damaging his divine weapon, and was now summoning Grand Artisans to relight the furnace and reforge it.
The Ten Southern Demons had not rested either. On one hand, they were holding internal contests and promoting replacements to fill the vacancies left by the fallen; on the other, they dispatched members of the Demon Race to harass them in turns, hoping to delay the Great Prince's reforging of his divine weapon.
News of unrest also came from the Southern Border. It was said that the disciples and followers under Marquis Shen had already driven back over a hundred groups of invading enemies. Some had charged in head-on, while others had used Shadow Stealth, resorting to every conceivable method.
It was said that the target of these foreign enemies was none other than the Southern Border's forbidden ground, Luofu Mountain.
That day, chaos churned beneath heaven, and all four directions were troubled. Outstanding figures alike could not control themselves, swept into the surging tide of the times.
What had happened at the prefectural governor's office and Gathering Cauldron Mountain had caught the attention of demonic creatures, but it had not been taken too seriously.
The most significant demonic creature involved was merely a Wai Demon that had disguised itself and infiltrated. It