The Imperial Edict Arrives, Expedition to the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains

In but a moment.

A middle-aged man with an air of elegance was led before the hall by Wang Chao.

"Lord Qing Yun of the Blood Vine Ancient Kingdom pays respects to the Regent!"

Lord Qing Yun spoke respectfully. Now that Chu Jiang was the strongest person under heaven, even those who had broken through to the Heaven Transforming Realm did not dare put on airs before him.

"What is it?"

Chu Jiang looked at Lord Qing Yun.

"A calamity has befallen the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains. I beg the Regent to save my Blood Vine Ancient Kingdom..."

Grief filled Lord Qing Yun's eyes as he recounted the matter from beginning to end.

Chu Jiang's pupils flickered faintly. So those fellows had been hiding in the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains. After the Demon Emperor descended, he had ordered King of Hell Hall's intelligence network to keep watch. If large-scale demon activity appeared anywhere among the nations of the world, they were to report it immediately.

Yet there had been no news for a long time. Those demons seemed to have vanished from the face of the earth.

Although Lord Qing Yun had not produced irrefutable evidence, there was a ninety-eight percent chance that the demons were in the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, rapidly growing stronger.

This Xiangliu Demon Emperor had some brains.

Without hesitation, he immediately gave the order:

"Have the Grand Secretariat draft an edict. Marquis Dinghuang of the Southern Border is to lead one million soldiers and set out at once, entering the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains."

"The Southern Nine Prefectures are each to contribute one hundred thousand troops, forming a second army of one million. Wu Qi, Marshal of Dian, Xi, and Lei Prefectures, will lead them."

"The Imperial Capital Demon Suppression Guard will deploy twenty thousand