Today's second update: Chapter 1702! 2/3!
Xu Kun had decided on a whim to return to Jiangnan Base City. Not only did he want to take the two girls to see the land where he had grown up, but he also wanted to visit Longquan Cemetery and see his Grandpa Yan!
He wanted to ask about the reincarnation of the underworld gods, including the Ten Kings of Hell and Grandpa Yan himself, as well as how to find the upper half of the Book of Life and Death!
Back then, within China, if one wanted to leave a base city and travel far, even War King Realm experts had to travel in groups and avoid great demons along the way. Only powerful Heavenly King Realm and Emperor Realm experts dared move freely throughout China!
But times had changed. The cleanup of foreign races within China was in full swing. Mountains and rivers were being restored, and vast swaths of land once occupied by powerful creatures had been cleared.
Humanity had begun stepping beyond the base cities. Cities of all sizes would be built wherever people could live, and they no longer needed layer upon layer of defenses like the old base cities!
This was what a race's true territory should be—absolute authority over its own land!
The last time Xu Kun had left Jiangnan Base City for Imperial Capital Base City, he had needed to remain cautious every step of the way. Even under Tao Hongjing's protection, danger had lurked around every corner.
But now, Xu Kun flew through the skies above China with the two girls without a care in the world, completely unafraid of anyone trying to stop them.
The cleanup efforts throughout China were flourishing, of course, but there were inevitably still fish that had slipped