Celestial Pivot Prefecture, Elm Moon Mountain. Vast elm forests were felled section by section, while an enormous city hung in the sky.
From atop the city, one could faintly see, at the far end of the skyline, a great river flowing past like a white line. That river was the main channel of the Grand Canal.
Countless cultivators bustled about before the city. Countless Array Flags flew into every corner of it, while all manner of Artifact Crafters inscribed reinforcement array patterns onto the city's Spirit Stones.
Just then, a spirit boat descended. In an instant, a Nascent Soul flew out and looked over. Upon seeing that they were Ye Family cultivators and people from the Jade Union Sect, it retreated again.
Ye Jingyu took out several Storage Bags and handed them to the other party. After offering his thanks, he descended with Ye Jinghu, the other Ye Family clansmen, and the Jade Union Sect cultivators.
The Nascent Souls naturally had not returned here with them. Although the Righteous Path Sect's protection of the Ye Family was already a settled matter, there was no need to make it too obvious.
Most of the cultivators who had arrived had once resisted the enemy at Demon Subduing City. Some had hovered at death's door, while others had watched friends and loved ones depart. At this moment, all of them appeared downcast.
Even the cultivation families and sects were steeped in loss. Xiao Mountain Prefecture had been occupied, which was no different from seeing the foundations they had built vanish into smoke.
Of course, the one suffering most was Prefect Lu.
He had only just obtained the position of Prefect of Xiao Mountain Prefecture from his family, yet now the entire prefecture had been lost.
The only good news for everyone was probably