Upon hearing the news, you felt a chill in your heart. You knew the Demon was about to emerge, and Great Xia would soon fall into chaos. With Bai Tianhong, you headed to the Imperial City to meet Empress Xia Yuan and told her everything you knew.
For a moment, Empress Xia Yuan understood why you had been searching for someone named Mo Fan. At the same time, Bai Tianhong also learned why you had asked him to accompany you across the world.
However, both of them were deeply puzzled as to how you had known these things in advance. Yet, out of the friendship between you, neither of them pursued the matter.
In the days that followed, the Empress issued a proclamation to the realm and began offering bounties for Demon Cultivators. However, Demon Cultivators were exceedingly cunning, and their tracks were difficult to find. You knew that Mo Fan was about to strike against the Wu Family. Thus, in the year 511 of the Great Xia Calendar, you brought Bai Tianhong and experts from the Great Xia Royal Family to the Wu Family to wait for the hare by the tree stump.
In the year 511 of the Great Xia Calendar, the Wu Family was silently uprooted by the Demon Cultivator, leaving not a single survivor. After the Demon Cultivator made his move, Bai Tianhong and the Great Xia experts attacked as well, hunting him down. Yet, to your surprise, the Demon Cultivator's secret art was terrifying. Though he was no match for Bai Tianhong and the Great Xia Old Ancestor, he still escaped with his life.
You deeply regretted failing to kill him, and a shadow settled over your heart.
Bai Tianhong's failure to slay the Demon shocked the entire realm and drew everyone's attention. All understood