Arranging One's Affairs

Li Qi had truly never imagined that the Great Deer Kingdom possessed such an astonishing background.

It could even be said that the entire Baiyue region had become what it was because of the Great Deer Kingdom.

Li Qi had actually always harbored this doubt. The Baiyue region was simply too strange. It was a battleground in the struggle between the Human Path and the Shaman Path, yet wars were rarely seen. At most, there were minor skirmishes and standoffs. Even after Song Kingdom had been conquered, its conquerors had swiftly withdrawn, leaving only the Song Kingdom's sovereign to develop it alone, with no intention of occupying it whatsoever.

Yet now, it seemed that there had been a reason for all of it.

The Great Deer Kingdom's location was crucial, and it happened to sit right on the border between humans and shamans...

Wait. Perhaps it had not happened to sit on the human-shaman border. Rather, the Shaman Path had forcefully seized control of the Baiyue region and held Great Deer firmly in its grasp, thereby drawing the boundary.

But that clearly could not last. With the Human Path's domineering might, it could never possibly swallow such humiliation in silence. So later, the two sides reached an agreement and designated this place as a battleground for their struggle, ultimately creating the present state of the Baiyue region.

The two sides tacitly maintained a certain balance. They neither allowed the Human Path to lose sight of Great Deer nor allowed the Shaman Path to be unable to reach it, preserving things just like this.

So many years had now passed that the Baiyue Sovereigns seemed to truly believe... that they had become sovereigns of Baiyue.

This also explained why the Sky Swallowing Demon Lord had been stationed in Baiyue.

It had