As Azure Cliff City was being rebuilt, Li Muxiu quietly said goodbye to Li Hao.
He understood Li Hao's temperament: he would neither return to Qing Prefecture nor bow his head. Fortunately, the three Demon Kings had now been driven off, and Heaven's Gate Pass faced no immediate danger, which put his mind at ease.
Moreover, when he learned that Li Hao had actually slain the Black Bird Demon King, his shock gave way to the realization that Li Hao no longer needed the Li Family's protection.
Had four Demon Kings not come this time, Li Hao would have been more than capable of protecting himself in any other circumstances.
After all, an attack by four Demon Kings could bring down even someone in the Four Establishments Realm, let alone Li Hao, who was merely in the Heaven and Man Realm.
Besides feeling gratified by Li Hao's rapid growth, Li Muxiu could not help feeling a little loss and regret.
Still, when he saw the many martial artists from different prefectures gathered around Li Hao, he understood that this might be the best outcome for him.
Not long after Li Muxiu left, people from the Demon Suppression Division arrived.
They consisted of a Commander and three Demon Suppression Generals.
The Commander was in the Four Establishments Realm, while the three Demon Suppression Generals were all powerful cultivators in the Three Immortalities Realm.
Notably, Li Hao had actually met this Commander before. His name was Xiang Yuguang, and he had sided with Li Hao's opponent, Li Qianfeng, at the True Dragon Banquet.
As one of the Demon Suppression Division's seven Commanders, Xiang Yuguang had backed the wrong side before. Upon hearing the news from Heaven's Gate Pass, he hurried over to meet the young man from whom he had parted so