At the bottom of the lake, a gigantic white snake floated and swam slowly.
Bai Yujun cultivated desperately so she could do more. The great Heavenly Punishment war in the Central Plains had left all living things devastated. No one knew how many ordinary people had died, and the fallen cultivators were beyond counting. Ancient riverbeds dried by drought ran with blood, and scorched earth stretched for thousands of miles.
Before its downfall, the Demonic Sect had done something insane.
In the occupied territories, it had herded more than a hundred thousand civilians into three cities, then used evil sorcery to sacrifice everyone in those cities, creating a terrifying region overrun by Demonic Beasts.
They were all madmen.
It was said that many temperate farming regions in the Central Plains had become drought-stricken wastelands. The cultivated land had dwindled, and no one knew what monster had been born to bring such drought.
As a demon beast, she could disregard humanity, but she could not ignore the grace bestowed upon her by mountains, rivers, and lakes.
"Still not strong enough..."
After a long silence, she flicked her tail, twisted upward, and surfaced. Jade Dragon Village would hold a ritual today, and Bai Yujun was the main attraction.
She swam out of the water and straight into the sky. Lake water dripped from her body in a noisy patter, dripping as she flew until the wind dried her. From afar, she saw Jiuli mountain folk blanketing the lakeshore and hillsides; to her infrared vision, they were a sea of glowing dots.
There was nothing new about it. She only had to stand there for a while and roar at the appropriate moments.
She descended with a gale. The violent airflow blew the old chief priest's long beard over his forehead, lifted the