Nan Fenglan left, carrying the wooden blade infused with Xiang Yang's painstaking effort. She departed Xiangzhou alongside Huang Shaoxiong and returned to the Imperial Capital of Great Zhou, without a trace of unwillingness or regret.
Because his foundation had been damaged and his cultivation weakened, Xiang Yang chose to enter seclusion, hoping to recover as quickly as possible.
After learning what had happened, Ning Ke said nothing. She merely set aside her plans to break through to the Orthodox Path for the time being and devoted herself to staying by Xiang Yang's side.
Thus, the Divine Constable and Chief Constable who had stirred up such waves not long ago vanished without another word.
Only Su Baobao still remained stationed at the Divine Constable Gate headquarters, holding great authority. Following Xiang Yang's previous orders, he secretly dispatched loyal and sharp-witted constables to the five northern provinces to contact the upper ranks of the Divine Constable Gates in various regions, conveying Xiang Yang's instructions in the name of the Heavenly Blade Divine Constable.
Heavenly Blade Xiang Yang might not have held as much influence at the First Line of Heaven headquarters as the veteran Divine Constables, and his foundation there was shallow, but beyond the province, his prestige and influence were absolutely second to none.
For no other reason than that Xiang Yang had slain two who had attained the Dao and stood atop the Nineteen Provinces with his dazzling strength. That alone had made him the object of admiration and reverence among constables throughout the Divine Constable Gate, representing a status none could rival.
For a time, the winds and clouds shifted across the six northern provinces. With the Divine Constable Gate headquarters of each major province and prefecture as their focal points, constables from both the open and covert divisions